Install Visual Studio Code (actually code-server) on Android

README.md

1. Install Termux, an Android terminal emulator that provides a Linux execution environment and various tools.

2. Update system packages in Termux:

   $ pkg update -y

   

3. Install code-server via apt or pkg

$ pkg install code-server

OR

apt install code-server

Run the server

$ cd ~
$ code-server --auth none --disable-telemetry

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1. Now, you can open your browser and visit code-server at http://localhost:8080.

   

2. (Bonus) If you wish to visit this code-server from another device in the same local network, you can expose the HTTP service to all network interfaces by starting code-server with --bind-addr:

   $ code-server --bind-addr 0.0.0.0:8080 --disable-telemetry

   You can find the password under ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml:

   $ cat ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml

   

   You may also need to enable HTTPS to enable clipboard and others features of Visual Studio Code in browsers. To do this, install openssl-tool and let code-server generate a certificate on startup:

   $ pkg install openssl-tool
   $ code-server --bind-addr 0.0.0.0:8080 --cert --disable-telemetry

   

   You can get the public IP address of your device using the command below in Termux:

   $ ifconfig