What's your tools for developing from your mobile?

Question

Have you tried writing code from a mobile device; and if not but you do have a device, why? Do you use commercial tools, or freeware/freemium software/donation-ware? What tools have you tried?

I currently have Quoda for a code editor and and Green Git Client (GGC) for managing committing to Git and pushing/pulling to/from GitHub, and they are both good (though GGC is buggy as it's still alpha/beta early access software, it does have a surprising amount of functionality) but I'm wondering if there's any other great tools available for Android that I've not tried, and thought this may help get a discussion going about some useful tools for developing while on a mobile device.

I have tried the following tools/languages (only their free version, if they are freemium):

AIDE - Android Java/C++ IDE - Used to be great but has since limited functionality greatly and became an almost-exclusively commercial app.
AIDE Web - HTML/CSS/JS IDE - I can't actually remember, but I don't have it lying around any more.
AWD - PHP/HTML/CSS/JS IDE - Sucked; terrible UI and controls and looks like an app for roughly Android 2.3.
Quoda - General editor - Awesome; good UI and controls, only ran into two bugs so far (and IDK if one is still there, haven't checked again yet - it was an issue displaying a file), but one of them has been there for years according to reviews and forums.
touchquode - General editor - Sucked; terrible UI and controls, also looks like an Android 2.3 app.
Codeanywhere - HTML/CSS/JS + GitHub integration - Sucked; buggy.

Answer 1

currently using qpython (as interpreter for immidiate testing) and droid edit as ide
on tablet i have chrooted linux with gui (but that is for skilled people ;-) )

Answer 2

Termux doesn't require root :)

Answer 3

@Michel Pácal ... I've had trouble with DroidEdit wiping my open buffers on a couple devices. I've written the developer several times but no responses.

So...I've been trying others like QuickEdit.

Answer 4

@Tom, git works fine in Termux. It's easier to install than (e.g.) Linux Deploy.

Basically you install Termux... it's very much a usable Linux shell... then read the welcome banner (both upgrade and install are there).

Answer 5

try quoda for your tablet

Answer 6

@Kirk Schafer: I didn't know Termux had git available, lol. Thank you for the tip though ;) If I get a root-able phone in the future Termux would be really nice. I don't really have a good handle on the Git commands though, so I use GGC on mobile and then GitKraken on PC. Neither really dumbs things down, though of course they don't require actual knowledge of how to use the git commands themselves they do both seem to use the command names/terminology that Git uses (from what little I do know), and I am learning a lot from them.

@Maxwell Anderson: No, I don't have an external keyboard unfortunately. That's part of why I like Quoda best of the apps I've tried -- it has an optional symbol-keyboard that pops up over the top row of the regular keyboard and includes multiple symbols on each; to use them you swipe towards the symbol you want and it inserts it at the cursor just as if you'd pressed a key. I do have a PC here at home I do the majority of my coding on, but I want to be able to make small changes while I'm away from my home computer at my job, or get a long-running build on Travis-CI going while I'm at work, and having apps on my device dedicated to code editing and GitHub helps greatly towards that. I've also tried using other keyboard apps like the Hacker's Keyboard, but it sucks.

@Michal Pácal: Nice, lol; good trick ;) I've had a rooted phone with a terminal and busybox, but not yet done a full install of Linux. Does it run well? Obviously it's limited because of CPU/GPU and RAM/VRAM, but what's the most "intensive" programs you've run on it?

@Ned Alturas: I don't actually have a tablet, or a desire to get one honestly. I prefer using either a PC or a phone for anything I do online because personally tablets are just too awkward for me to use -- short fat fingers have a hard time with their keyboards..lol.

Answer 7

@Tom Shaver
yeah me too.
I had used both qouda and droidedit but for me that works well is quoda because droidedit has some minor bugs.
so try out quoda on your phone