ink-app-builder

The Android Ink API (androidx.ink) is a modular Jetpack library for building high-performance, low-latency freehand drawing experiences on Android. It uses a wet ink and dry ink two-phase model:

• Wet ink : Real-time, ultra-low-latency rendering while the user is drawing, handled by the InProgressStrokes composable.
• Dry ink : Finalized, immutable Stroke objects rendered by the app using CanvasStrokeRenderer.

Setup and dependencies

The Ink API requires minSdk = 26 , which corresponds to Android 8.0 (API level 26) and higher. All androidx.ink modules MUST share an identical version in gradle/libs.versions.toml. Ask user permission before modifying project build files.

Version selection (1.0.0 stable versus 1.1.0-alpha03 and higher)

• Use 1.0.0 (Stable) for production apps that rely on StockBrushes or pre-serialized .brush assets decoded with BrushFamily.decode. In 1.0.0 stable, BrushFamily.encode, BrushFamily.decode, AndroidBrushFamilySerialization, and BrushFamilyDecodeCallback require @OptIn(ExperimentalInkCustomBrushApi::class).
• Use 1.1.0-alpha03 and higher when the app constructs programmatic custom brushes (BrushFamily, BrushCoat, BrushTip, BrushPaint, BrushBehavior) in Kotlin code. Starting in 1.1.0-alpha02 and higher, BrushFamily serialization requires no @OptIn (and in 1.1.0-alpha05 and higher, ExperimentalInkCustomBrushApi is @RestrictTo(LIBRARY_GROUP), so NEVER annotate 1.1.0-alpha03 and higher code with it).