Best Code Editor Apps and HTML IDE for Android

Are you interested in building webpages, practise coding, writing source codes on your Android device. Here, I am going to share about 3 best and free source code editors and HTML IDE for Android devices. You can not only use these apps for writing and editing source codes, but also as an IDE for your HTML programs and building website on your Android device. These IDEs provide almost all features that are needed by programmer while writing codes. So, you can install these apps from the Play Store and start coding on your Android Device.

1. Acode

Acode is a light weight, powerful, free and open-source code editor app and web IDE for Android. You can use Acode as IDE for HTML, CSS and JavaScript programs. You can create your website on your Android using Acode and run it within the app or another external browser. It also provides a JavaScript console by the help of which you can see the errors and logs on the console.

In addition to HTML, CSS and JavaScript, you can also use Acode as code editor to write and edit lot of languages like Python, Ruby, Dart, PHP, C, Java, C++ and many more. You cannot run these programs in Acode but you can easily run them using appropriate IDE of that program or by using Termux. It supports syntax highlighting for 100+ programming languages.

The editor of Acode is fully customizable. You can modify the font and font size according to your need. There are many editor themes available, so, you can choose one of your favorite editor theme. Other more useful features include checking syntax errors of your program, GitHub support, in-app file browser, keyboard shortcuts, etc.

Download and Install Acode Editor

Click here to download and install Acode from Play Store.

Writing Programs in Acode

After installing the app, you can start writing your programs in the IDE. You can easily work with multiple files at one time as shown in the screnshot below. If you are working on Website Project, this will be very useful for you. In order to use full features of the editor like syntax highlight, autocomplete, etc. you need to save your program file on your storage.

Exexuting HTML & JavaScript Programs in Acode

You can run your HTML, MarkDown and JavaScript on the app or on browser and see the output.

You can click ⚠ floating button to open JavaScript console. You will see the console messages and error messages on the console.

You can choose where to view your web project, within the app or on external browser like Chrome or Opera. You can do this by going into Settings > Preview Mode and Choose IN APP or BROWSER. If you choose NOT SET, you will be asked every time when you run your program.

2. Code Editor

Code Editor is a useful tool for writing codes on Android. This app is the code editor version of QuickEdit Text Editor with more features. It is an awesome IDE for building website on Android as well as code editor for any programming language. It offers all necessary features for coding like auto completion, syntax highlighting, editor themes, app themes, editor customization, auto indentation, code assist and many more.

It is a good web IDE for Android device. You can create your website project using Code Editor and view it within the app. It also provides a console where you can see the error on your JavaScript code as well as network usage, resources usage similar to the console available on PC.

In addition to HTML, you can use Code Editor for writing programs on many languages like Python, Ruby, C, Java, C++, Dart, etc. with syntax highlighting, auto completion, auto indentation, etc. You cannot run these programs inside the Code Editor but you can use Termux to run these programs.

Download Code Editor

Click here to download and install Code Editor from Play Store.

Writing Programs in Code Editor

You can write program on any language on the Editor.

Executing HTML & JavaScript Programs in Code Editor

You can execute HTML and JavaScript programs in Code Editor. Press the ▶ button or ⠇ > ▶Preview to run your code. You can open the JavaScript console by clicking on the floating button. You will see the JavaScript errors and console messages on the console.

If your program is other than HTML or JavaScript, you cannot run it on the Code Editor app. But you can run it by using Termux or respective compiler of that program.

3. Quoda

Quoda is a easy to use and free source code editor app for Android devices. You can use Quoda for writing and running HTML programs as well as editing programs on any language.

This app has lot of features which includes fully customizable editor, editor themes, syntax highlighting, color picker, format HTML code and many more.

Download Quoda Code Editor

Click here to download and install Quoda from Play Store.

Writing Codes in Editor

You can write your program on the editor. You need to save the program in order to run it.

Running HTML Codes in Quoda

You can see the result of your HTML code by clicking on ⠇ > Preview > Quick Preview/ Preview In Browser.

If your code is other than HTML, you can use respective IDE of that language or Termux or Online Compilers.

Conclusion

This is the list of best and free code editor apps and HTML IDE for Android devices. If you want to create webpages or write programs on your Android, you can use any one of these editors and start coding on your Android phone.