How to develop applications on Android

Since I will be on the move for some time, I will mainly use my Android phone to develop applications. In this post, I would like to show the tools I use to work as a developer on Android.

Phone

I am usung a Samsung GT-I9100 running Lineage OS 16 with a 32GB SD-Card.

Tools

So, here is a list of tools I use to develop applications.

Blutooth-Keyboard

I reaally appcreiate the typing speed of the Bluetooth keyboard. One can swith languages to EN_US, to allow typing some brakets and slashes more easily.

Shortcuts:

• Alt+Tab - switch between apps
• Control+C, Ontrol+V, Control+X, Control+A
• Alt to open the on-screen keyboard
• Control+Space to switch languages

Termux

Termux is a terminal application. There, I have access to

• pkg - the package manager.
  I can install many packages, such as wget, python (Python 3) and ruby with it.
• nano - a simple editor
  I use this frequently in the console. The reason: When I use VIM I can not press ESC.
• git - the versioning system
  this allows me to ull code from GitHub and GitLab.
• python - Python 3 programming language
  This allows me i.e. to start a web server using python -m http.server.
• jekyll - the templating engine
  I could install this through installing Ruby and bundler. This allows editing and serving GitHub Pages.

FastHub-libre

FastHub-libre allows me to cnnect to my GitHub account and open issues and more.

Programming Environments

There are severeal kinds of allications which an be developed on the phone.

GitHub/GitLab Pages

GitHub and GitLab pages are an easy way to host the website online and develop it on the Android phone.

You need

• a GitHub/GitLab acount
• Termux, git, ruby and jekyll

Further Reading

• Post about some tools
• Post about programming with a feature phone and becoming a developer