Is there a way to completly develop on Android ?(Tablet)

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Is there a way to completly develop on Android ?(Tablet)

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Hey there is it possible to completly develelop on a android Tablet ? (coding, pixeling, creating sound, and running the app) ?

Would be nice if you help me ! :)

Thanks in advance !
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Re: Is there a way to completly develop on Android ?(Tablet)

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TL;DR: there is solutions for all these questions, but they're not the best choice.

Maybe. I remember using SourceLair (online code editor) few years ago to make my highschool exercises from an Android tablet, but it was back on 2014... Today, there is some code editors for Android like DroidEdit, it should be fine.

Pixeling, I'm sure there will be something for this. Not the best option, anyway. Also some graphic tablets like the Huion HS610, supports Android, so... you can also use this. For sound creation, I swear I saw an Android version of FL Studio (paid?).

And, for running the app, there is a Love2D official version for Android, but I'm not sure about if it is suitable for development. Example: running your game will be messy, because you will need to find the way to script it (not sure, but maybe Termux can run shell scripts, so there should be some way to call an app from termux).
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JuanjoSalvador wrote:running your game will be messy, because you will need to find the way to script it
Actually, there is an easy way to run your game with the app. You can create a folder called "lovegame" in the root of your filesystem, and put main.lua and other files in there. The app will automatically launch main.lua in that folder.
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Hmm... you're right steve, I didn't notice that.
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Re: Is there a way to completly develop on Android ?(Tablet)

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I did yesterday setup my tablet and it works really good here is my setup:

Hardware:

Tablet - Lenovo Tab M7 would recommend a bit better one but for it's price it works good enough
Keyboard - Bluetooth Keyboard for tablets
Mouse - Any Bluetooth Mouse would do the trick
Solarpowerbank - so you could even code in the park

Software:

Code Editor - Acode
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... e&hl=en_US ~ free

There is also a paid version --> https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... code&hl=de ~3,59 €

Pixel Art - Pixel Brush
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... aint&hl=de ~ free

Music - FL Studio Mobile
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... M&hl=en_US ~ 17,99 €

best regards

Michael
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Lovingsoul1337 wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:40 pm I did yesterday setup my tablet and it works really good here is my setup:

Hardware:

Tablet - Lenovo Tab M7 would recommend a bit better one but for it's price it works good enough
Keyboard - Bluetooth Keyboard for tablets
Mouse - Any Bluetooth Mouse would do the trick
Solarpowerbank - so you could even code in the park

Software:

Code Editor - Acode
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... e&hl=en_US ~ free

There is also a paid version --> https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... code&hl=de ~3,59 €

Pixel Art - Pixel Brush
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... aint&hl=de ~ free

Music - FL Studio Mobile
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... M&hl=en_US ~ 17,99 €

best regards

Michael
Is any editor on android which supports autocomplete or snippets? Because it would be super-awesome to have this kind of functionality when you develop on the go. And as i see in Acode has only some autocomplete for pure LUA.
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