Add inking to your app with the Ink API
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The Ink API helps you
add beautiful, low-latency freehand drawing to your Android app. Ink API
simplifies the complexities of input handling and graphics rendering, allowing
you to quickly implement responsive drawing surfaces for styluses and other
pointer inputs.
The API uses the
Jetpack Graphics Library for low latency to help
provide the smoothest and most responsive inking experience possible.
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Last updated 2025-12-17 UTC.
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