Draw a stroke

To achieve optimal drawing performance, use the startStroke(), addToStroke(), and finishStroke() methods of the InProgressStrokesView class, passing MotionEvent objects as input.

1. Set up UI component

   Integrate the InProgressStrokesView into your view hierarchy.

   <FrameLayout>
   
     <ScrollView
       android:id="@+id/my_content"
       android:width="match_parent"
       android:height="match_parent"
       >
       <!-- Your content here. -->
     </ScrollView>
   
     <androidx.ink.authoring.InProgressStrokesView
       android:id="@+id/in_progress_strokes_view"
       android:width="match_parent"
       android:height="match_parent"
       />
   
   </FrameLayout>
   

2. Instantiate InProgressStrokesView

   Within your activity or fragment's [onCreate()][ink-draw-include6] method, obtain a reference to the InProgressStrokesView and establish a touch listener for managing user input.

   class MyActivity : View.OnTouchListener {
       private lateinit var contentView: ScrollView
       private lateinit var inProgressStrokesView: InProgressStrokesView
       private lateinit var predictor: MotionEventPredictor
   
       // ... other variables
   
       override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
           super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
         predictor = MotionEventPredictor.newInstance(contentView)
           contentView = findViewById(R.id.my_content)
           contentView.setOnTouchListener(touchListener)
           inProgressStrokesView = findViewById(R.id.in_progress_strokes_view)
       }
   
       // ... (touchListener implementation)
   }
   

3. Handle touch events

   Having established the UI components, you can now initiate drawing based on touch events.

   MotionEvent action	InProgressStrokesView method	Description
   ACTION_DOWN	startStroke()	Begin stroke rendering
   ACTION_MOVE	addToStroke()	Continue rendering the stroke
   ACTION_UP	finishStroke()	Finalize the stroke rendering
   ACTION_CANCEL or FLAG_CANCELED	cancelStroke()	Implement palm rejection; cancel the stroke

   class MyActivity : View.OnTouchListener {
     private lateinit var contentView: ScrollView
     private lateinit var inProgressStrokesView: InProgressStrokesView
   
     private var pointerId = -1
     private var strokeId: InProgressStrokeId? = null
     private lateinit var predictor: MotionEventPredictor
   
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
   
       contentView = findViewById(R.id.my_content)
       predictor = MotionEventPredictor.create(contentView)
       contentView.setOnTouchListener(touchListener)
       inProgressStrokesView = findViewById(R.id.in_progress_strokes_view)
     }
   
     private val touchListener = { view: View, event: MotionEvent ->
       predictor.record(event)
         when (event.actionMasked) {
           MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN -> {
             // First pointer - treat it as inking.
             view.requestUnbufferedDispatch(event)
             val pointerIndex = event.actionIndex
             pointerIdToStrokeId[event.getPointerId(pointerIndex)] =
               inProgressStrokesView.startStroke(event, pointerId)
             return true
           }
           MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_DOWN -> {
             val stroke = strokeId ?: return false
             inProgressStrokesView.cancelStroke(stroke, event)
             strokeId = null
             pointerId = -1
             return false
           }
           MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE -> {
             val predictedEvent = predictor.predict()
             try
             {
               for (pointerIndex in 0 until pointerCount) {
                 val strokeId =
                 pointerIdToStrokeId[event.getPointerId(pointerIndex)] ?: continue
                 inProgressStrokesView.addToStroke(event, pointerId, strokeId, predictedEvent)
               } finally {
                 predictedEvent?.recycle()
               }
             }
           }
           MotionEvent.ACTION_UP -> {
             val pointerIndex = event.actionIndex
             val strokeId =
               pointerIdToStrokeId[event.getPointerId(pointerIndex)] ?: return false
             inProgressStrokesView.finishStroke(event, pointerId, strokeId)
             return true
           }
           MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL -> {
             val pointerIndex = event.actionIndex
             val strokeId =
               pointerIdToStrokeId[event.getPointerId(pointerIndex)] ?: return false
             inProgressStrokesView.cancelStroke(strokeId, event)
             return true
           }
         }
       return false
     }
   }
   

4. Handle finished strokes

   Upon calling finishStroke(), the stroke is marked for completion. However, the finalization process isn't instantaneous. The stroke is fully processed and becomes accessible to your application shortly after finishStroke() is called, specifically when there are no other strokes in progress. This ensures that all drawing operations are concluded before the stroke is handed off to the client as finished.

   To retrieve finished strokes, you have two options:

   • Implement the InProgressStrokesFinishedListener interface within your activity or ViewModel, and register the listener with the InProgressStrokesView with addFinishedStrokesListener.
   • Use the getFinishedStrokes() method of InProgressStrokesView to obtain all finished strokes directly.

   class MyActivity : ComponentActivity(), InProgressStrokesFinishedListener {
     ...
   
     private val finishedStrokesState = mutableStateOf(emptySet<Stroke>())
   
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
       ...
       inProgressStrokesView.addFinishedStrokesListener(this)
     }
   
     // ... (handle touch events)
   
     @UiThread
     override fun onStrokesFinished(strokes: Map<InProgressStrokeId, Stroke>) {
       finishedStrokesState.value += strokes.values
       inProgressStrokesView.removeFinishedStrokes(strokes.keys)
     }
   }
   

   Once you have retrieved the finished strokes, you can use the ViewStrokeRenderer as a higher-level abstraction built on top of the CanvasStrokeRenderer. This can further simplify the rendering process within your view hierarchy.

   class DrawingView(context: Context) : View(context) {
     private val viewStrokeRenderer = ViewStrokeRenderer(myCanvasStrokeRenderer, this)
   
     override fun onDraw(canvas: Canvas) {
       viewStrokeRenderer.drawWithStrokes(canvas) { scope ->
         canvas.scale(myZoomLevel)
         canvas.rotate(myRotation)
         canvas.translate(myPanX, myPanY)
         scope.drawStroke(myStroke)
         // Draw other objects including more strokes, apply more transformations, ...
       }
     }
   }