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Re: deVStudio – Runs VS Code on Android

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Code App is a similar app available on iOS. I've used it a bit, and it's pretty polished. It's a paid app in the app store but the testflight build is available for free. https://github.com/thebaselab/codeapp

+1 to Code App. The developer has been super responsive to bugs. So far the app is the best IDE offering on iPad imho.

Re: deVStudio – Runs VS Code on Android

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This is made by the makers of UserLAnd - Run Linux on Android. Looking for early feedback. If you want a promo code (first 500) please email support@userland.tech.

Very cool! While I'm not an Android user, I'm glad to see this released. The more tablet-friendly IDE's the better.

Re: deVStudio – Runs VS Code on Android

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Great! I have been wondering why something like this did not already exist, given that you can already run a full Ubuntu from termux (and indeed people have run a coder-server from such an environment). Someone must be able to create a more user-friendly version of vscode on Android. Will try this out on my Samsung tablet.

My only concern is the memory management -- vscode (and its extensions) is not super friendly in its memory usage, and on a phone/tablet the RAM could easily run out, even if swap is enabled.

Re: deVStudio – Runs VS Code on Android

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Code App is a similar app available on iOS. I've used it a bit, and it's pretty polished. It's a paid app in the app store but the testflight build is available for free. https://github.com/thebaselab/codeapp

I think they only look similar but are completely different. OP's app runs a full-featured vscode (not creating a new editor) and supposedly has access to all vscode's marketplace extensions.

Re: deVStudio – Runs VS Code on Android

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From the screenshots this seems to use an X/VNC server or something, it might be good to also explore using https://github.com/coder/code-server with a native Android browser to get things like graphics acceleration (though with disadvantages like not being about to develop graphical applications)

Re: deVStudio – Runs VS Code on Android

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Code App is a similar app available on iOS. I've used it a bit, and it's pretty polished. It's a paid app in the app store but the testflight build is available for free. https://github.com/thebaselab/codeapp

something like this but using the ssh remoting feature would be killer for me.

Re: deVStudio – Runs VS Code on Android

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Great! I have been wondering why something like this did not already exist, given that you can already run a full Ubuntu from termux (and indeed people have run a coder-server from such an environment). Someone must be able to create a more user-friendly version of vscode on Android. Will try this out on my Samsung tablet. My only concern is the memory management -- vscode (and its extensions) is not super friendly i…

Do you have guide on hand about enabling swap on Android devices?

I searched a bit but saw some conflicting info and most of it was quite old. It seemed like people don't recommend doing it is possible.

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