SignProvider

A library that provides ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for use with a hieroglyph renderer such as Egyptian Writer.

This library is part of the Egyptian Writer Android App.

Tip

If you want to render Hieroglyphs in Android try the Egyptian Writer Android App or these libraries:
THOTH and MAAT

Implementation with jitpack

Add this to your settings.gradle.kts at the end of repositories:

dependencyResolutionManagement {
  repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
  repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven { url = uri("https://jitpack.io") }
  }
}

Then add this dependency to your build.gradle.kts file:

dependencies {
  implementation("com.github.ThothDroid:SignProvider:1.1.1")
}

Note

For the implementation for other build systems like Groovy see here

Implementation with .aar file

Download the SignProvider_versionname.aar file from the latest release, create a libs folder in your project directory and paste the file there. Then add this dependency to your build.gradle.kts file:

dependencies {
  implementation(files("../libs/SignProvider_versionname.aar"))
}

Important

If you renamed the .aar file you also have to change the name in the dependencies

Version Catalog

Important

Since version 16.08.2026@1.1.0 the version catalog uses the new versioning system see here.

04.02.2026@1.0.0

This is the first release of the SignProvider library.

08.02.2026@1.0.1

• Removed CsvValidationException from methods throwable list.
• Removed Phonetic alternatives from getAllSigns. Now it only returns the Gardiner Codes.

16.02.2026@1.0.2

Removed Gardiner codes without drawable from Drawable_Paths.csv

16.08.2026@1.1.0

Added getSignPathData() method to get the path data of a sign by its Gardiner code or phonetics.

16.08.2026@1.1.1

• Changed the getSignPathData() method to return a SvgData object instead of a String. The SvgData object contains the path data, width, and height of the sign.
• Renamed getSignPathData() to getSvgData()

latest Version

16.08.2026@1.1.1