PencilKit updates

Overview

Browse notable changes in PencilKit.

June 2026

Strokes

• Access and assign a stable identity to strokes and stroke paths using the id property on PKStroke and PKStrokePath, which conform to Identifiable.

• Select strokes programmatically and respond to selection changes using the selection property and the canvasViewSelectionDidChange(_:) delegate method.

• Erase portions of a drawing along a path using erasePath(_:mask:transform:), or get a new drawing with the erasure applied using erasingPath(_:mask:transform:).

• Convert a stroke path to a CGPath using the bezierRepresentation property, or create a stroke path from a bezier path using init(bezierPath:creationDate:pointProvider:).

Handwriting recognition

• Recognize handwritten text, search within ink, and generate indexable string content using PKStrokeRecognizer.

See Also

Technology and frameworks

• Accelerate updates
• Accessibility updates
• ActivityKit updates
• AdAttributionKit Updates
• App Clips updates
• App Intents updates
• AppKit updates
• Apple Intelligence updates
• AppleMapsServerAPI Updates
• Apple Pencil updates
• ARKit updates
• Audio Toolbox updates
• AuthenticationServices updates
• AVFAudio updates
• AVFoundation updates