Monday, October 12, 2015

TOP 5 ANDROID IDEs AND COMPILERS FOR PROGRAMMERS

There are plenty of programs on desktop computers for writing and compiling code – but what about on Android? Here are top 5 apps that will hopefully make your life easier while programming, whether you are just beginning, or have been programming your whole life. Productivity is extremely important in programming, so maybe a few of these apps will help you be on your way to being a coding maniac!

1. TERMINAL IDE
Terminal IDE is an expandable terminal
application, with a full Java / C/ C++/
HTML/ Android development kit, that runs
on your Android device.
It uses the command line, with many
powerful and robust open-source
applications, plus a custom ASCII on-
screen 'soft' keyboard that works well and also has an
extensive generic external 'hard' keyboard
key mapper.
  Download here

2. AIDE- IDE for Android Java...
AIDE is an integrated development
environment (IDE) for developing real
Android apps directly on your Android
device. Follow interactive coding lessons
and step-by-step become an expert app
developer. Visually design apps, write code
with the feature rich editor with code
completion, real-time error checking,
refactoring and smart code navigation, run
your app with a single click and use the Java debugger to find bugs.
AIDE features interactive lessons with
step-by-step instructions to learn Android
app development and Java programming
skills. Follow the lessons, become an
expert and apply what you've learned in
your own app projects.
Download here

3. JavaIDEdroid
JavaIDEdroid is an IDE (integrated development environment) which can run on Android and allows you to natively create Android applications without the need to use the Android SDK on Mac, Windows or Linux. JavaIDEdroid comes equipped with an aapt tool, compiler for Java, dx tool, DexMerger tool, ApkBuilder, zipsigner-lib (this library also does the zipalign),  SpongyCastle Library, BeanShell Interpreter and JavaRunner, which allows running of any binary Java command line applications (.jar file).
Download here

4. DroidEdit
DroidEdit is a text and source code editor (similar to Notepad++ on the PC) and is available for android tablets and phones. DroidEdit is supported by android tablets with external keyboards like the Asus Transformer or those with third party external keyboards, there is also support for Hackers Keyboard. It also supports a variety of languages like C, C++, C#, Java, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, Ruby, Lua, LaTeX, and SQL.
There is also a premium version with SFTP/FTP, Dropbox, Drive and Box support (great if you are on the move), custom themes (for those that want to customize everything), external commands through SSH and root mode.
Download here

5. C4droid
C4droid is a user-friendly (but powerful) C/C++ IDE + C/C++ offline compiler for Android. It has a supply code editor with syntax highlighting, tabs, code completion, code formatting, file affiliation undo/redo, customizable GUI, Full ANSI C and ISO C99 fortify with TCC (Tiny C Compiler) + uClibc, Git integration and lots more.
Download here

Hopefully this guide as given you some useful ideas of what editors and IDEs you can use if you are on the go and also gives you a bigger insight into what your Android phone/tablet can do in terms of coding/programming.

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