DroidEdit (free code editor)

André Restivo

Contains ads

About this app

DroidEdit is a text and source code editor for android tablets and phones with the following features:

★ Syntax Highlighting for several languages (C, C++, C#, Java, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, Ruby, Lua, LaTeX, SQL, ...)
★ Several color themes
★ Infinite undo & redo
★ Search & replace
★ Auto & block indentation
★ Keep opened files and changes between sessions
★ Open files directly from dropbox or a file manager
★ Character encoding support
★ Keyboard shortcuts (List below)
★ Share documents with other services (dropbox, email, ...)
★ Preview HTML files in browser
★ Bracket matching
★ Go to line
★ Run Scripts in SL4A directly
★ Configurable Shortcuts

Pro version only features:

★ SFTP/FTP support
★ Dropbox, Drive, Box support
★ Custom themes
★ Run external commands through SSH
★ Root mode

Using different character encodings:

★ To open a document with a different character encoding than the default: long press the open file button
★ To create a new document with a different character encoding than the default: long press the new file button
★ You can make this behavior the default in the preference screen

Long pressing the save document button allows you to save a document with a different filename

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DroidEdit is specially useful for new generation android tablets with external keyboards like the Asus Transformer.

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You should try the ad supported DroidEdit Free before buying this app. The ad supported version has exactly the same functionality as the paid version except it doesn't have SFTP support, Dropbox support, Custom themes and root mode.

Please rate the app in the market. For bug reports, feature requests or any other subject please use the following contacts:

Mail: droideditapp (at) gmail.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DroidEdit
Page: http://www.droidedit.com/
User Support: http://www.droidedit.com/support/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/droidedit

Ratings and reviews

Saves files to its own directory instead of where they were opened from (so opened file is not overwritten as expected). Ad is large and obtrusive, taking up a significant amount of space, leaving very little room to see what you're doing when the keyboard is open, which will be most of the time in an editor. And it even blocks the app's hints so you can't read them.

I was looking for quick code edits through my phone. This app was promising till I downloaded it and found out that the advertisement strip is shoved on your face. Feels like it takes a lot of screen real-estate. Why would I even consider the pro version? I could barely use the features of the free version.

Huge banner ads greatly interfere with usability. Not only does it encroach upon our precious, mobile screen space but is so obtrusive it drives me to distraction. Sure, there's a paid version without ads but come on!.. Trying to evaluate the product while being crippled by the very thing meant to entice the purchase seems absurd because it's the sole reason I've decided not to continue using this egregious application.

What's new

★ Pocket Git has been released:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aor.pocketgit

★ Small bug fixes
★ Stay tuned for a major update coming soon...