Preservación del estado y almacenamiento persistente

La conservación del estado y el almacenamiento persistente son aspectos no triviales de las apps de tinta, en especial en Compose. Los objetos de datos principales, como las propiedades del pincel y los puntos que forman un trazo, son complejos y no se conservan automáticamente. Esto requiere una estrategia deliberada para guardar el estado en situaciones como los cambios de configuración y guardar de forma permanente los dibujos de un usuario en una base de datos.

State preservation

In Jetpack Compose, UI state is typically managed using remember and rememberSaveable. While rememberSaveable offers automatic state preservation across configuration changes, its built-in capabilities are limited to primitive data types and objects that implement Parcelable or Serializable.

For custom objects that contain complex properties, such as Brush, you must define explicit serialization and deserialization mechanisms using a custom state saver. By defining a custom Saver for the Brush object, you can preserve the brush's essential attributes when configuration changes occur, as shown in the following brushStateSaver example.

fun brushStateSaver(converters: Converters): Saver<MutableState<Brush>, SerializedBrush> = Saver(
    save = { converters.serializeBrush(it.value) },
    restore = { mutableStateOf(converters.deserializeBrush(it)) },
)

You can then use the custom Saver to preserve the selected brush state:

val currentBrush = rememberSaveable(saver = brushStateSaver(Converters())) { mutableStateOf(defaultBrush) }

Almacenamiento persistente

To enable features such as document saving, loading, and potential real-time collaboration, store strokes and associated data in a serialized format. For the Ink API, manual serialization and deserialization are necessary.

To accurately restore a stroke, save its Brush and StrokeInputBatch.

The Storage module simplifies compactly serializing the most complex part: the StrokeInputBatch.

To save a stroke:

  • Serialize the StrokeInputBatch using the storage module's encode function. Store the resulting binary data.
  • Separately save the essential properties of the stroke's Brush:
    • The enum that represents the brush family &mdash Although the instance can be serialized, this is not efficient for apps that use a limited selection of brush families
    • colorLong
    • size
    • epsilon
fun serializeStroke(stroke: Stroke): SerializedStroke {
  val serializedBrush = serializeBrush(stroke.brush)
  val encodedSerializedInputs = ByteArrayOutputStream().use
    {
      stroke.inputs.encode(it)
      it.toByteArray()
    }

  return SerializedStroke(
    inputs = encodedSerializedInputs,
    brush = serializedBrush
  )
}

To load a stroke object:

  • Retrieve the saved binary data for the StrokeInputBatch and deserialize it using the storage module's decode() function.
  • Retrieve the saved Brush properties and create the brush.

  • Create the final stroke using the recreated brush and the deserialized StrokeInputBatch.

    fun deserializeStroke(serializedStroke: SerializedStroke): Stroke {
  val inputs = ByteArrayInputStream(serializedStroke.inputs).use {
    StrokeInputBatch.decode(it)
  }
  val brush = deserializeBrush(serializedStroke.brush)
  return Stroke(brush = brush, inputs = inputs)
}

Handle zoom, pan, and rotation

If your app supports zooming, panning, or rotation, you must provide the current transformation to InProgressStrokes. This helps newly drawn strokes match the position and scale of your existing strokes.

You do this by passing a Matrix to the pointerEventToWorldTransform parameter. The matrix should represent the inverse of the transformation you apply to your finished strokes canvas.

@Composable
fun ZoomableDrawingScreen(...) {
    // 1. Manage your zoom/pan state (e.g., using detectTransformGestures).
    var zoom by remember { mutableStateOf(1f) }
    var pan by remember { mutableStateOf(Offset.Zero) }

    // 2. Create the Matrix.
    val pointerEventToWorldTransform = remember(zoom, pan) {
        android.graphics.Matrix().apply {
            // Apply the inverse of your rendering transforms
            postTranslate(-pan.x, -pan.y)
            postScale(1 / zoom, 1 / zoom)
        }
    }

    Box(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
        // ...Your finished strokes Canvas, with regular transform applied

        // 3. Pass the matrix to InProgressStrokes.
        InProgressStrokes(
            modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
            pointerEventToWorldTransform = pointerEventToWorldTransform,
            defaultBrush = currentBrush,
            nextBrush = onGetNextBrush,
            onStrokesFinished = onStrokesFinished
        )
    }
}

Export strokes

You might need to export your stroke scene as a static image file. This is useful for sharing the drawing with other applications, generating thumbnails, or saving a final, uneditable version of the content.

To export a scene, you can render your strokes to an offscreen bitmap instead of directly to the screen. Use Android's Picture API, which lets you record drawings on a canvas without needing a visible UI component.

The process involves creating a Picture instance, calling beginRecording() to get a Canvas, and then using your existing CanvasStrokeRenderer to draw each stroke onto that Canvas. After you record all the drawing commands, you can use the Picture to create a Bitmap, which you can then compress and save to a file.

fun exportDocumentAsImage() {
  val picture = Picture()
  val canvas = picture.beginRecording(bitmapWidth, bitmapHeight)

  // The following is similar logic that you'd use in your custom View.onDraw or Compose Canvas.
  for (item in myDocument) {
    when (item) {
      is Stroke -> {
        canvasStrokeRenderer.draw(canvas, stroke, worldToScreenTransform)
      }
      // Draw your other types of items to the canvas.
    }
  }

  // Create a Bitmap from the Picture and write it to a file.
  val bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(picture)
  val outstream = FileOutputStream(filename)
  bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, outstream)
}

Data object and converter helpers

Define a serialization object structure that mirrors needed Ink API objects.

Use the Ink API's storage module to encode and decode StrokeInputBatch.

Data transfer objects
@Parcelize
@Serializable
data class SerializedStroke(
  val inputs: ByteArray,
  val brush: SerializedBrush
) : Parcelable {
  override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
    if (this === other) return true
    if (other !is SerializedStroke) return false
    if (!inputs.contentEquals(other.inputs)) return false
    if (brush != other.brush) return false
    return true
  }

  override fun hashCode(): Int {
    var result = inputs.contentHashCode()
    result = 31 * result + brush.hashCode()
    return result
  }
}

@Parcelize
@Serializable
data class SerializedBrush(
  val size: Float,
  val color: Long,
  val epsilon: Float,
  val stockBrush: SerializedStockBrush,
  val clientBrushFamilyId: String? = null
) : Parcelable

enum class SerializedStockBrush {
  Marker,
  PressurePen,
  Highlighter,
  DashedLine,
}
Converters
object Converters {
  private val stockBrushToEnumValues = mapOf(
    StockBrushes.marker() to SerializedStockBrush.Marker,
    StockBrushes.pressurePen() to SerializedStockBrush.PressurePen,
    StockBrushes.highlighter() to SerializedStockBrush.Highlighter,
    StockBrushes.dashedLine() to SerializedStockBrush.DashedLine,
  )

  private val enumToStockBrush =
    stockBrushToEnumValues.entries.associate { (key, value) -> value to key
  }

  private fun serializeBrush(brush: Brush): SerializedBrush {
    return SerializedBrush(
      size = brush.size,
      color = brush.colorLong,
      epsilon = brush.epsilon,
      stockBrush = stockBrushToEnumValues[brush.family] ?: SerializedStockBrush.Marker,
    )
  }

  fun serializeStroke(stroke: Stroke): SerializedStroke {
    val serializedBrush = serializeBrush(stroke.brush)
    val encodedSerializedInputs = ByteArrayOutputStream().use { outputStream ->
      stroke.inputs.encode(outputStream)
      outputStream.toByteArray()
    }

    return SerializedStroke(
      inputs = encodedSerializedInputs,
      brush = serializedBrush
    )
  }

  private fun deserializeStroke(
    serializedStroke: SerializedStroke,
  ): Stroke? {
    val inputs = ByteArrayInputStream(serializedStroke.inputs).use { inputStream ->
        StrokeInputBatch.decode(inputStream)
    }
    val brush = deserializeBrush(serializedStroke.brush, customBrushes)
    return Stroke(brush = brush, inputs = inputs)
  }

  private fun deserializeBrush(
    serializedBrush: SerializedBrush,
  ): Brush {
    val stockBrushFamily = enumToStockBrush[serializedBrush.stockBrush]
    val brushFamily = customBrush?.brushFamily ?: stockBrushFamily ?: StockBrushes.marker()

    return Brush.createWithColorLong(
      family = brushFamily,
      colorLong = serializedBrush.color,
      size = serializedBrush.size,
      epsilon = serializedBrush.epsilon,
    )
  }
}
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