Text editor SimpleEditorLight

Igor Luchkin

About this app

A simple file editor with a basic set of functions:
- Create, modify and save files to the device’s memory and removable storage (txt, xml, html, css, svg files...)
- Editing files on cloud services (details on the website)
- Using different encodings
- Open multiple files
- Recent files list
- You can undo changes in the editing process
- Search for text in a file and replace
- You can forward the contents of the editor window (E-Mail, SMS, Messengers, etc.)
- In reading mode, open large files (1 gigabyte and more)
- Print file
- Highlight markup language syntax (*.html, *.xml, *.svg, *.fb2 ...)
- Voice typing
- Automatically detect file encoding (see Notes)

NOTES.
1) If you try to open a large file, there will be delays in opening and scrolling.
The optimal file size depends on the type of file (text or binary) and device performance.
2) Binary files can be displayed with loss of information (some bytes of the file cannot be converted to text).
3) Limitations of the free version: 33 encodings are available. During the editing process, you can undo the last 20 changes.

Ratings and reviews

It made the unforgivable bug: it lost data! Two hours of careful research and editing which I thought it was auto-saving (because there's no Save button), then I automatically hit the only highlighted button which I subconsciously thought was Save and it opened a new file! So I hit Back and it flashed up an error page asking if I want to Save -- yes! But it crashed and now only says "Restarting a session" even after a reboot and asking Android to close the app. Unsafe. Uninstalled.

I use this app only for writing notes as text files. I understand there are many options in this app I don’t know the purpose of, but I prioritize security. This app gets 5 out of 5 stars for security and the easy use, because it only requests the necessary permissions and nothing more. It doesn’t start on its own in the background, and I can write in any language. This is a LEGIT and ETHICAL APP, suitable for both advanced use and simple notes!

It's well written, but too limited. You must use the bundled fonts; system fonts aren't available. There's no dark theme, unless you pay. (Android OS lets you choose a system-wide dark theme now, which most apps simply honor.) Undo is limited to the last 10 words—again, unless you pay. Sorry, but there are too many good, free editors to have to pay for such basic features.

What's new

Fixed bugs.