---
title: "AndroidPaint"
description: "Create a Compose [Paint] instance backed by an [android.graphics.Paint] object to be consumed by
Compose applications running on the Android platform"
type: "class"
---

<div class='type'>Class</div>


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<div class='sourceset sourceset-android'>Android</div>


```kotlin
class AndroidPaint(internal var internalPaint: android.graphics.Paint) : Paint
```


Create a Compose `Paint` instance backed by an `android.graphics.Paint` object to be consumed by
Compose applications running on the Android platform

#### Parameters

| | |
| --- | --- |
| internalPaint | `android.graphics.Paint` to be wrapped by the `AndroidPaint` instance |



## Secondary Constructors

```kotlin
constructor() : this(makeNativePaint())
```


Create a new `AndroidPaint` instance backed by a newly created `android.graphics.Paint`