Inky - Vector Graphics Editor

UserLAnd Technologies

About this app

What is Inky?

Inky is not Inkscape™ but an unofficial compatibility layer that allows running it on Android.

What is Inkscape?

Inkscape is a free and open-source vector graphics editor used to create vector images, primarily in Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format. Other formats can be imported and exported.

How to use Inky:

Use it just like normal. But here are some specifics to the Android interface.
* Tap with one figure to left click.
* Move mouse by sliding around one finger.
* Pinch to zoom.
* Press and hold and then slide one finger to pan (useful when zoomed in).
* Slide two fingers up and down to scroll.
* If you want to bring up a keyboard, tap on the screen to get a set of icons to appear and then click the keyboard icon.
* If you want to do the equivalent to a right click, tap with two fingers.
* If you want to change the desktop scaling, find the service android notification and click the settings. You have to stop and restart the app after changing this settings for it to take effect.
This is all easier to do on a tablet and with a stylus, but it can be done on a phone or using your finger as well.

To access files from the rest of Android, there are many useful links in your home directory (/home/userland) to places like your Documents, Pictures, etc. No need to import or export files.

If you don't want to, or cannot pay the cost of this app, you can run Inkscape via the UserLAnd app.

Licensing:

The icon is made from the Inkscape Logo which is licenced CC-By-SA 3.0. The original author is Andrew Michael Fitzsimon.

This app is not created by the main Inkscape development team. Instead it is an adaptation that allows the Linux version to run on Android.

Ratings and reviews

Really loving this app, but I'm an experienced Inkscape user, so that's why. It isn't an app that's optimized for a mobile device, but it IS Inkscape, which, in my opinion, is much better than just about any vector image creating and editing app you could get. Get a bluetooth mouse and a screen magnifier and use Inkscape ANYWHERE. Love it. Thank you for porting this to Android!

I've desperately wanted a vector editor on Android for years, something 'Inkscapey.' Yes, it's an ancient version, and requires figuring out an even more precise finger ballet to use the ui, *while* simultaneously trying to draw. Takes some getting used to 🤪. I've managed to draw, move, and size a filled rectangle on a 6" screen so far, but I've also opened some fairly complicated Inkscape drawings (331 objects) that are 6 years old, and they render perfectly. ..flabbergasted

Don't bother installing cuz you'll regret it, just like I do. it's difficult to use, the icons are too small, the user interface is not usee friendly, zooming in is such a chore, can't open files on your device. Slow, all the annoying things you can find on an app and much worse.

What’s new

Many bug fixes and performance improvements
Specifically access of files and directory of the sdcard works much better now