VerbTeX LaTeX Editor

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About this app

VerbTeX is a free, 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.

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)
* Zotero integration (Local Mode)
* Mendeley integration (Local Mode)
* AI assistant (ChatGPT and Claude)
* 2 Modes: Local Mode (stores .tex documents on your device) and Cloud Mode (synchronizes your projects with Verbosus)
* Full LaTeX distribution (TeXLive)
* Inverse search (jump from PDF to .tex file)
* No account needed (Local Mode)
* Syntax highlighting
* Hotkeys (see below)
* Web-Interface (Cloud Mode)
* Collaboration (Cloud Mode)
* Two factor authentication (Cloud Mode, in combination with Copiosus)
* Autosave (Local Mode)
* No ads

Additional features in VerbTeX Pro:
* 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)

Limitations in free VerbTeX version:
* Max. number of projects (Local Mode): 2
* Max. number of documents per project (Local Mode): 2
* Max. number of files to upload per project (Local Mode): 2
* Max. number of projects (Cloud Mode): 2
* Max. number of documents per project (Cloud Mode): 2

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

I really like what this app does. my only complaint is that in copying and pasting text, I'm limited effectively to 2000 words by the OS capability. I'd really like to be able to import/export files to my phone/editor from the phones file system. editing a 20 page paper in the editor the way it is can be tedious and mistake prone. edit: if I try to copy much more than 2000 words it pastes a truncated version. A54 Android 16.

It's exactly what I want. Typing code-like things on a phone is tricky, but they include some of the more syntax symbols, ()/$ without needing to change your keyboard settings. Previewing the document is easy. And yeah, at the end of the day, you're writing a tex file, so you can use the cloud sync feature, or you can just copy it to run with another engine elsewhere.

Nice for 1 page doc, but some serious shortcomings for longer ones. 1. Strange bug wherein after typing a character the window moves to the end of the file. 2. No search utility, really? 3. Generating a pdf takes you to page 1, rather than where you where editing. 2023-02-14: Ah thanks, I didn't realize that "Action Toolbar" meant "Find & Replace". :)

What’s new

* Set as main file
* Improved auto indentation