4 best mobile code editor on android

best mobile code editor

Cris Fandino Jr. on Jan 26, 2021

Best Mobile Code Editor ?

1. Acode - powerful code editor

Acode is light weight yet powerful code editor and web IDE for android. You can use this editor for editing HTML, JavaScript, text. You can create website, run the website in browser and see error or logs in the console. Also edit any kind of source file like, python, CSS, html, java, JavaScript, Dart etc.

This is my favorite code editor especially if you are focusing on web development but you can also run other language as stated on the description.

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Pros

  • Excellent Workspace
  • There are frameworks Templates
  • Support Emmet
  • Lightweight
  • Convenient Quick Tools
  • Best Partner of Termux
  • FTP support
  • Supports syntax highlighting for 100+ programming languages

Cons

  • Code completion is old

2. Spck Code Editor / JS Sandbox / Git Client

Spck Editor lets you write code whenever, wherever. Quickly change code snippets, preview them, and commit to any git repository all with this tiny (but powerful) JavaScript IDE. There's no more need to compromise when developing on your mobile Android device. Clone from Github/Gitlab/Bitbucket, AWS CodeCommit, Azure DevOps, or more, make commits and push them from your phone.

SPCK editor use monaco editor that power vscode so it has similar functionality. Actually monaco editor is not suitable on mobile but spck team make it possible to work on mobile.

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Pros

  • Rich Intellisense
  • Lot of templates
  • Better Code completion
  • Lightweight
  • Convenient Quick Tools
  • Excellent debugging tools
  • Git Source control
  • Support Emmet

Cons

  • Cannot work on direct storage
  • Sometimes it crashes

3. Code Editor

Code editor is an optimized text editor focused on coding. It is a handy tool for development on Android. It contains necessary features for coding, includes syntax highlighting, auto indention, code assist, auto completion, etc.

Code editor has similarity on acode cause it uses the same editor library called ACE.

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Pros

  • Excellent debugging tools
  • Access files from Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive.
  • Support Emmet
  • Accessible Themes

Cons

  • Workspace is not good
  • ADS

4. VHEditor - Programming on Android

VHEditor runs on code server on your device so you can use VSCode directly on your phone. This like a port so you can use VSCode in your android. This is best if you have external keyboard and mouse, but if you haven't it's a waste of time to download it.

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Pros

  • Similar to VSCode
  • Great Port if you have external devices

Cons

  • Not Working Very Well on touch devices
  • Heavy App
  • Might not work on low-level phones