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Running VS Code on an Android Device

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IF you're the sort of person who's phone is their workhorse as I am, then finding a decent IDE for quick edits on code is while a personal choice a bit of a problem as there are not many out there. While i'm not advocating trying to do all your coding on a phone,having access to a familiar interface would make things useful. With its library of plugins and easy to use interface VSCode is the defacto standard for nany when editing code such as ansible, bash or python. While its not supported as an app on android it is possible with a little tinkering to get it working on your phone. Termux Termux Termux is a Terminal emulator for Android which doesn't require root, its available on either the Google Play store or fDroid for download. Once installed you get a local terminal which can run bash, fish, zsh or others and the same tools you use on Linux desktops like ssh, nano, rsync and grep are all available and there is a package management system to pull in other applicati