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Tablet Android pen-drawing app (beehaw.org)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have an Android tablet and a pen for it.

Do you have any FOSS experience or recommendations for Android tablet drawing apps?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Saber notes is really good. It's more for notes, annotating PDFs and simple artwork than anything graphic design level though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Krita I don't draw so can't talk about the experience of using it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Krita doesn't have an Android app version though, does it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Krita (Professionelles Malprogramm) https://f-droid.org/packages/org.krita/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I think they're looking for a new maintainer for the Android version, hopefully they'll find one but don't depend on it too much

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Found this. I think it's pretty new.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.krita&hl=en_US&gl=US

Edit: the app link, not search results.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It's the full Kira desktop UI and app on Android. Digital pen drawing with pressure sensitivity works without further setup. The pen buttons don't seem to work natively. The version seems to be not the most recent Kira release (is the previous feature release instead).

I'll be using it. :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's currently in early development and I don't know how well it works, but Xournal++ mobile is a thing. Its desktop app is really good, so I'd expect the mobile app to eventually get there aswell.

Edit: Whoops skipped the drawing part, Xournal++ is more for note-taking. Krita is a good choice for drawing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Linwood - https://github.com/LinwoodDev/Butterfly

In development!