Smartphones are cheaper and more portable than desktops and laptops. We use them to communicate, stay in touch with friends or family, and for entertainment so why not for programming or coding?
In this article, I bring you the best HTML code editors you can use to write and run code on your smartphone, tablet,iPad, or iPhone.
These apps are designed to give an alternative development environment to your desktop/laptop/desktop environment. Let's look at their features.
Best HTML code editors:
1)Treb-Edit
Treb Edit is an awesome HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code editor to start this list. This app comes with a code editor, a built-in preview and a learn to code section.
The app supports multiple languages including the following:
HTML
CSS
Javascript
JQUERY
JSON
The code editor makes it easier to code with these awesome features:
Syntax-Highlighting: attribute names .values and (or ) class names are colored differently, making it easier to identify them. This ensures a smooth coding experience.
Auto code completion: the app completes your code and tags for you when writing.
Code prediction: it predicts what you are about to write and finishes it:
Multiple tabs: so you can write HTML, CSS, and javascript simultaneously
An extra keyboard with all the special characters you'll need e.g curly braces, backslash, and semicolon.
The build-in browser preview has the following features:
A javascript console where you can console.log(" console output stuff ").
A responsive checker you can use to check if your site is responsive. With this, you will be able to see what it would look like on different devices(smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops).
The learn to code section contains manuals you can read to learn how to code in different programming languages.
2)SPCK Editor.
SPCK editor is the closest app to Vs code for android devices. It has way more features than the other apps so I won't list them all but I will give you all the important features.
This app comes with:
An awesome code editor
A sophisticated menu system
A coding work-space
A vscode like layout
a built-in preview
Its code editor has the following features:
Syntax highlighting.
Code prediction.
Auto code completion.
Editable Snippets: save templates of code to use time.
Split window display(live preview/tablet mode) to view and edit your files at the same time.
The file system and layout resemble that of Visual Studio Code. It makes it very easy to browse your files you edit your code.
It supports the following languages:
Javascript
Typescript
React
HTML&CSS
BootStrap
Vue
Material UI
Svlete 3
D 36
Angular
SPCK Editor also contains some fairly advanced practice projects that demonstrate its capabilities.
3)Acode
Acode is a good code editor for markup languages on a smartphone. It has all the basic features you'll need to write code in multiple languages.
It comes with a code editor, a console, GitHub support, a color picker, and an extra keyboard.
Its code editor has:
Syntax highlighting.
Code prediction.
Auto-code-completion.
The color picker can be used to pick colors in hex code while you are coding and you save your files into a GitHub repository automatically from the app.
4)WebCode
WebCode is a basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Code editor for mobile devices.
It has the following features:
A JavaScript console
An Excellent code editor with code completion and code prediction.
An Awesome file management system
an extra keyboard with special characters.
A built-in preview.
Its Code editor supports syntax highlighting for multiple languages including:
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Multiple tabs so you can edit files simultaneously.
5)Code Editor
Code editor is a fully functional IDE for web development on a mobile smartphone.
It has a code editor as well as an In-app browser to see your files within the app.
The code editor has syntax highlighting, an extra keyboard for extra functionality, and supports many languages.
These are all the features you need for web development on Android/iPhone/iPad.
6)HTML Editor
The first thing you'll notice when you open HTML Editor is its awesome UI design, good job to however is responsible for this design.
In offers the following features:
An in-app browser to browse the internet within the app and view your web pages.
A Quick HTML Editor which works online to edit HTML files.
A local file editor/file management system.
A create webpages section.
An offline HTML Editor.
Source Code viewer to see the source code of every URL.
Some sample projects.
Local image explorer.
WYSIWYG editor.
The HTML editor has features like syntax highlighting and code prediction but lacks a few vital features like Auto-code completion and multiple tabs.
However, it's still a good option for an HTML editor on Android.
7)Visual studio mobile
This app attempt to look and feel like Visual studio for mobile devices. ( It is not endorsed by Microsoft but its Developer did a good enough job for me to include it).
It has syntax highlighting for a lot of languages:
JavaScript
JSON
Python
HTML
C++
C
Java
ActionScript and more.
This code editor has an In-app browser with a JavaScript console and all the other features.
However, it lacks Auto code completion and code prediction. Its design is awesome.
8)Quoda
This is a good web development IDE for mobile devices.
It has features:
Quick preview to view pages within the app.
Syntax highlighting
Auto code completion
Customizable snippets
Multiple tabs
Multiple language support.
9)Code Studio
Code Studio is a Java, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code editor.
For Java, it has a terminal and a console to see your completion output and for web languages, it hasan In-app browser with a JavaScript console.
For all supported programming languages, syntax highlighting and Auto-code completion are available.
Try this app for yourself.
10)Anacode
This app supports compilation for Java, C, and C++ but it's on this list because of its capabilities with markup or web languages.
It has a very good web development editor with syntax highlighting and code completion for JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, a built-in browser with a JavaScript console.
Its design is awesome so if you're looking for a multi-purpose code editor on your smartphone, one that can handle both programming languages like Java, C, and C++ and mark-up languages well, look no further than Anacode.
12)AnWriter
I'll be honest with you when I first saw the logo of this app and its name I hesitated but now, I'm glad I downloaded and tried it. And after seeing what it can do, I must say I'm impressed.
It is a code editor for HTML on mobile devices, a pretty good one.
It has every feature you'd expect in a code editor for Android.
Syntax highlighting.
Code completion.
Code prediction.
Cool layout
In-app browser
Additional keyboard
File management system
Multiple language support
Multiple tabs
A JavaScript console.
13)Acode
Acode is a fairly advanced code editor for Android. It supports syntax highlighting for the following mark-up and programming languages:
JavaScript
HTML & CSS
PHP
C & C++
JSON
Java
Dart
Swift
Kotlin and more.
Its in-app browser allows you to see your pages within the app and it has multiple tabs so you can open as many files as you with at once.
It has GitHub integration so you can upload files to a GitHub repository within the app.
14)AWD - IDE for the web
AWD is a decent HTML code editor for Android.
It supports multiple languages like:
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
PHP and more
GitHub integration, code prediction, syntax highlighting, a built-in browser, and an additional keyboard are available for all supported mark-up and programming languages.
13)Brackey's IDE
This app is a good IDE for web development because it has all the features required for a smooth coding experience on Android.
It supports multiple markup or web languages and has the following features:
Syntax highlighting
Multiple tabs
Awesome layout
No code completion
No code preview
Are they available on the Google Playstore and are they all free?
All these apps are available on the Google Playstore for free and they all have a rating above 4.0. However, some of them have features that can be unlocked only with the premium/paid versions.
Why should I download a code editor on my smartphone?
Smartphones are portable so if you're someone who codes regularly, you can code anywhere. The awesome thing is that these apps are so good that your coding experience on your smartphone won't be awful. You will be surprised to see how smooth these are.
These are an IDE for Android/iPhone/iPad for almost all programming languages.
All these apps are available on the Google Play store so go and check them out.
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