VerbTeX Pro LaTeX Editor

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About this app

VerbTeX is a collaborative LaTeX Editor for your Android device. It allows you to create and manage LaTeX projects directly on your Android device and generate a PDF offline (Verbnox) or online (Verbosus).

This software is provided "as is" without warranties or conditions of any kind, either expressed or implied.

Pro version:
* Code completion (commands)
* Encrypted transmission (TLS) of your content
* Unlimited number of projects (Local Mode)
* Unlimited number of documents (Local Mode)
* Unlimited number of projects (Cloud Mode)
* Unlimited number of documents (Cloud Mode)

Features:
* Use PdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX to generate a PDF
* Use BibTeX or Biber for bibliographies
* Offline compilation (Local Mode, enable in Settings)
* Automatic Dropbox synchronization (Local Mode)
* Automatic Box synchronization (Local Mode)
* Git integration (Local Mode)
* 2 Modes: Local Mode (stores .tex documents on your device) and Cloud Mode (synchronizes your projects with Verbosus)
* Full LaTeX distribution (TeXLive)
* No account needed (Local Mode)
* Syntax highlighting
* Code completion (commands)
* Hotkeys (see below)
* Web-Interface (Cloud Mode)
* Collaboration (Cloud Mode)
* Two factor authentication (Cloud Mode, in combination with Copiosus)
* Autosave (Local Mode)

Import and export existing projects in Local Mode:
* Link to Dropbox or Box (Settings -> Link to Dropbox / Link to Box) and let VerbTeX automatically synchronize your projects
OR
* Use Git integration: Clone or track an existing repository

Use any .ttf/.otf font:
Put your font file inside your project and reference it in your document:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{fontname.otf}
\begin{document}
\section{Main Heading}
Это тест
\end{document}

You can write chinese in PdfTeX using the CJKutf8 package as shown in the following example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{CJKutf8}
\begin{document}
\begin{CJK}{UTF8}{gbsn}
这是一个测试
\end{CJK}
\end{document}

You can write chinese in XeTeX using the xeCJK package as shown in the following example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xeCJK}
\begin{document}
这是一个测试
\end{document}

If you experience any performance issues while using the editor please try
* to disable syntax highlighting and line numbers by choosing Menu -> Syntax Highlighting: ON and Line Numbers: ON
* to split up your project into multiple .tex files by using the \include{...} command of LaTeX

Hotkeys in editor:
ctrl+s: Save
ctrl+g: Generate PDF
ctrl+n: New document
ctrl+d: Delete document
ctrl+.: Next document
ctrl+,: Previous document

Ratings and reviews

It's awesome that I can use latex on my tablet. The code completion has some problems, for instance when I use up/down arrow keys on my keyboard I get stuck in a line of some piece of code even if it is completed. One way to circumvent this is to hold shift when scrolling. Also there could be more suggestions for code completion, say for the imported packages or for \newcommands.

Great application. One problem that when I linked it to Dropbox, it does not update frequently and what I did here I did not find on my Dropbox files! Another suggession is to update the liberaries so whe I use one, it can directly suggest its commands. Finally, I recommed to have a Latex that complete and correct things not waiting to write the whole commands letter by letter.

Bought pro version mainly for code completion. But felt bit disappointed as the aid is available only in first level. for example in the following script \begin{itemize} %begin appears. but itemize doesnt \item % this line and \end{itemize} % this line doesnt automatically appear after entering first line. So we have to type all. Hopefully the future updates will get a better code completion experience!

What’s new

* Bugfix: Rare upload issue in Box
* Typos