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If you're on Android, the Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.krita https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.krita) will tell

If you're on Android, the Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.krita https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.krita) will tell you it's not compatible with your Android phone. This actually appears to be false! I downloaded the v8 ARM APK directly [0] and it started up and is working fine. Enjoy :) [0] https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.1.5/ https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.1.5/ Thank goodness for side loading. Edit: @hallarempt, naturally it isn't perfect on a phone screen, but still works. A mobile-native version would be cool but this is still a lot better than any other Phone-oshop tools I've tried! Kind of depressing to be told it's "incompatible" when in reality it's functional with some limitations.

hallarempt 4y ago
Yeah... The thing is, the current UI isn't really good for small screens, so when we teamed up with Google to bring Krita to Android and ChromeOS, we only targeted large-screen devices. We are trying to add a UX suitable for small-screen devices, but... Google changes Android so often and so weirdly that the guy working on Krita on Android pretty much spends all his time chasing those changes instead of designing a small-screen friendly UI.
- evertedsphere 4y ago
  To be fair, Clip Studio Paint also for the most part chose to port the desktop UI to Android instead of something more touch-friendly, didn't they?
- Pxtl 4y ago
  Oh shit I just bought my kid a Moto G Stylus and Krita was part of our game-plan. Is there a bounty I can donate to for this?
  - hallarempt 4y ago
    You can still sideload it, but a phone-suitable UX is going to take a year, or two, three.
    - Pxtl 4y ago
      Great, thanks!
  - monetus 4y ago
    I've been trying it on the stylus but it is difficult - f-droid hosts it I think.
davidgerard 4y ago
it's also in F-Droid https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.krita/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.krita/

hallarempt 4y ago

Yeah... The thing is, the current UI isn't really good for small screens, so when we teamed up with Google to bring Krita to Android and ChromeOS, we only targeted large-screen devices. We are trying to add a UX suitable for small-screen devices, but... Google changes Android so often and so weirdly that the guy working on Krita on Android pretty much spends all his time chasing those changes instead of designing a small-screen friendly UI.

evertedsphere 4y ago
To be fair, Clip Studio Paint also for the most part chose to port the desktop UI to Android instead of something more touch-friendly, didn't they?
Pxtl 4y ago
Oh shit I just bought my kid a Moto G Stylus and Krita was part of our game-plan. Is there a bounty I can donate to for this?
- hallarempt 4y ago
  You can still sideload it, but a phone-suitable UX is going to take a year, or two, three.
  - Pxtl 4y ago
    Great, thanks!
- monetus 4y ago
  I've been trying it on the stylus but it is difficult - f-droid hosts it I think.

davidgerard 4y ago

it's also in F-Droid https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.krita/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.krita/