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How to install Vscode on android

Josias Aurel on May 19, 2020

Hello there. Today (about an hour ago) I tried something cool. As the title says it. I will show you how to install visual studio code (code Oss) o...
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mrarmyant

Now for bonus points, how do I install node to that ubuntu instance, and map/mount the sd card :D

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Sajid1500 • Edited

Any idea how to install code server directly on termux home or make a link for my files to Ubuntu? All of my project folders, packages, modules are in termux home directory which can't seem to be accessed using code server.

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Josias Aurel

Personally I have never tried. You could do so :). I don't use the vscode that much tho

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Sajid1500

Which code editor are you then using?

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Josias Aurel

Vim/Emacs

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Sajid1500

Just to let you know, there is also an vs code clone on playstore named VHS code. If you want you could also make a article on that so others can benefit from it.

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calag4n • Edited

Those crazy things we can acheive nowadays ! 😅

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Josias Aurel

Yeah it's cool

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GokuNik

This was helpful but how can i run cpp on it?

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Josias Aurel

Hi, as visual studio code is running inside termux, you can technically run any command from vscode terminal and it will get executed in termux. Just make sure you have clang or gcc installed.

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Erik Muir

I'd love to see an update to this article using the newest version of code-server.

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Sungmin Woo

This is beautiful! Now my Galaxy Tap is a full-fledged dev machine. I'd never imagined I could do genuine C++ development on Android.

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Josias Aurel

That's exciting. I can now write C/C++ and even Rust on my phone ðŸĪŠ

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rodrigozan

Uou... Thanks for this! o/

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satrujit11

My python extensions are not installing ... it's shows an error telling that ...this extension is not compatible for this version..how do I install the latest version of it

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I think that could be expected as the extension builds are designed to run on some specific platforms. It is possible to modify the extension to run on aarchthough