PixelWeave | Pixel Art and Sprite Animator - Android App

PixelWeave | Pixel Art and Sprite Animator – Android App Template

PixelWeave is a high-performance Native Android application built for pixel artists and retro game developers. Engineered with modern Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, this template delivers a highly fluid 8-bit drawing, sprite layering, and frame-by-frame animation experience.

Whether you’re targeting indie game creators, retro enthusiast artists, or building a standalone pixel art tool, PixelWeave provides a gorgeous modern interface and robust, ready-to-publish monetization systems.

Core Drawing & Animation Engine

• 100% Jetpack Compose MVVM: Clean, reactive UI with professional modular structure. Powered by Hilt dependency injection.
• Layer & Frame Management: Create frame-by-frame sprite loops. Add, clone, reorder, and preview animations in real time with adjustable FPS and onion-skin overlays.
• Adaptive Precision Canvas: Pinch-to-zoom up to 1024% without losing grid sharpness. Pixel-perfect pencil, bucket fill, shape tools (lines), and a precise color eyedropper.

Advanced Creative Tools

• Sprite Sheet Exporter: Export animations by packing multiple frames into a single, structured sprite sheet PNG, ready for integration into game engines like Unity, Godot, or Unreal.
• Retro CRT Shaders: Simulate classic arcade screens with interactive shaders, adjusting CRT scanlines, curvature, and brightness.
• Palette Shop: Unlock retro color palettes (such as GameBoy Classic, Cyberpunk Neon, Forest Moss) using rewarded video ads or premium status.
• Daily Drawing Prompts: Start new artwork with daily prompts featuring pre-configured canvas sizes and color palette recommendations.

App Features for Users

• Intuitive Pixel Canvas: Pan, zoom up to 1024%, and draw with pixel-perfect accuracy using pencil, eraser, fill bucket, eyedropper and line.
• Multi-Layer & Frame Animation: Support for multi-layer drawing and frame-by-frame animation with real-time preview, FPS adjustment, and onion skinning.
• Curated Retro Palettes: Access classic 8-bit color swatches and unlock additional retro palettes via rewarded ads or Pro upgrade.
• Sprite Sheet & GIF Export: Export creations as PNG images, animated GIFs, or packed sprite sheets optimized for indie game engines.
• Retro CRT Visual Effects: Real-time arcade screen shader FX including scanlines and CRT display filters.
• Daily Challenges: Daily drawing prompts with recommended canvas dimensions and palette presets.
• Retro Arcade UI Theme: Modern 8-bit dark theme design system built with Jetpack Compose for phone and tablet screens.

Monetization & Production Ready

• Secure AdMob Configuration: Fully integrated Google AdMob with GDPR User Messaging Platform (UMP) consent. Includes Banner, Interstitial, and App Open ads. All keys are injected securely through local.properties.
• Google Play Billing 8.0: Secure lifecycle lifetime premium upgrade integration to unlock unlimited project slots, premium shop palettes, and remove all ads. Excludes purchase records from device backups to prevent paywall hacks.
• Safe Room Migrations: Implements active database migrations to prevent user data loss during schema updates.

Requirements & Prerequisites

• Android Studio: Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop 2025.1.2 or newer
• Android SDK: minSdk 26, targetSdk 36, compileSdk 36.
• Kotlin Knowledge: Basic understanding of Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Hilt.

Important Disclosures

• Third-Party Accounts & Fees: Distributing this app on Google Play requires a Google Play Developer account (subject to a one-time registration fee). Google also takes a commission on in-app purchases made via Google Play Billing.
• AdMob Approval: Monetizing with AdMob requires a separate, independent approval process from Google, which is outside the scope of this template purchase.
• Pro Feature Gating: The app includes built-in Pro gating for unlimited project slots, premium shop palettes, and ad-free experience. This operates locally via Play Billing validation without requiring a separate backend server.

What You Will Get

• Full Native Android Source Code (Kotlin & Compose)
• Comprehensive HTML Documentation & Walkthrough
• High-quality UI/UX Design System Asset Placeholders
• Pre-configured ProGuard rules for secure production building