diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/activities/EditActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/activities/EditActivity.kt
index e0f76780f..a791a634a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/activities/EditActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/activities/EditActivity.kt
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ class EditActivity : SimpleActivity(), CropImageView.OnCropImageCompleteListener
     private fun loadDefaultImageView() {
         default_image_view.beVisible()
         crop_image_view.beGone()
+        editor_draw_canvas.beGone()
 
         val options = RequestOptions()
                 .skipMemoryCache(true)
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ class EditActivity : SimpleActivity(), CropImageView.OnCropImageCompleteListener
 
     private fun loadCropImageView() {
         default_image_view.beGone()
+        editor_draw_canvas.beGone()
         crop_image_view.apply {
             beVisible()
             setOnCropImageCompleteListener(this@EditActivity)
@@ -233,6 +235,12 @@ class EditActivity : SimpleActivity(), CropImageView.OnCropImageCompleteListener
         }
     }
 
+    private fun loadDrawCanvas() {
+        default_image_view.beGone()
+        crop_image_view.beGone()
+        editor_draw_canvas.beVisible()
+    }
+
     @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.N)
     private fun saveImage() {
         var inputStream: InputStream? = null
@@ -388,6 +396,8 @@ class EditActivity : SimpleActivity(), CropImageView.OnCropImageCompleteListener
             loadCropImageView()
         } else if (default_image_view.isGone() && currPrimaryAction == PRIMARY_ACTION_FILTER) {
             loadDefaultImageView()
+        } else if (editor_draw_canvas.isGone() && currPrimaryAction == PRIMARY_ACTION_DRAW) {
+            loadDrawCanvas()
         }
 
         arrayOf(bottom_primary_filter, bottom_primary_crop_rotate, bottom_primary_draw).forEach {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/views/EditorDrawCanvas.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/views/EditorDrawCanvas.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fd6014e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/views/EditorDrawCanvas.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro.views
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.util.AttributeSet
+import android.view.View
+
+class EditorDrawCanvas(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet) : View(context, attrs) {
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_edit.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_edit.xml
index b6db534a7..6a675d81c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_edit.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_edit.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
         app:cropBackgroundColor="@color/crop_image_view_background"
         app:cropInitialCropWindowPaddingRatio="0"/>
 
+    <com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro.views.EditorDrawCanvas
+        android:id="@+id/editor_draw_canvas"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="match_parent"
+        android:layout_above="@+id/bottom_editor_crop_rotate_actions"
+        android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/activity_margin"
+        android:background="@android:color/transparent"
+        android:visibility="gone"/>
+
     <RelativeLayout
         android:id="@+id/bottom_editor_actions_background"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"