How to run VS Code on Android Device

I have Galaxy tab S6 and it has cool features to replace laptop like connecting mouse and keyboard, but it unfortunately running Android OS, and not a lot of development apps are available to Android, so I thought if there's an option to run VS code at least on my device?

Solution

Update: Simply go to github.dev from your device and add to home screen.

I Wrote this post using Linux Ubuntu on Galaxy Tab S6 ARM64 Based Processor using full version of chromium. and the following methods can be applied on any high-end android device ;)

You have 2 ways to install Linux:

First easy way (Virtual Network Computing) (VNC):

1. Install a Linux distro via "Termux"

<code> pkg update -y && pkg install proot wget tar pulseaudio  -y &&  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndronixApp/AndronixOrigin/master/Rootfs/Ubuntu19/ubuntu19.sh && chmod +x ubuntu19.sh && ./ubuntu19.sh </code>

2. Install Linux GUI desktop environment like "Xfce".

sudo apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-goodies -y

3. start a VNC server on your linux.

sudo apt-get install tightvncserver -y

4. Open "VNC Viewer" on android to start hacking.

you may need to do command vncserver -list to list the port

5. Install vscode for arm64
6. Optional: Install NodeJS for arm64

```apt install nodejs```

Second hacky way (Linux Natively):
install bootable linux environment
boot and install linux

more info:

https://medium.com/@quantvc/running-debian-on-android-device-natively-73545c9b0757

Helpful Resources:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=studio.com.techriz.andronix

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.realvnc.viewer.android