User Documentation

If you want to write code that uses the Skia library, this is the place for you.

The Skia graphics library can be used for drawing Text, Geometries, and Images:

  • 3x3 matrices w/ perspective
  • antialiasing, transparency, filters
  • shaders, xfermodes, maskfilters, patheffects
  • subpixel text

Device backends for Skia currently include:

  • Raster
  • OpenGL
  • PDF
  • XPS
  • SVG
  • Picture (for recording and then playing back into another Canvas)