DroidVim was a tools app developed by ShiftRot. It was removed from Google Play Oct 30, 2024 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
DroidVim had been downloaded 130 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
DroidVim was rated 4.42 out of 5 stars, based on 640 ratings.
App Information
DroidVim was free to download. The APK download size was 33.70 MB. The last available version was 2.5.0+DFM. The last update was on May 2, 2024.
Technical Requirements
DroidVim required Android 5.0+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play December 2016.
Description
This app is for those who understand Vim and unix.
DroidVim is a Vim clone text editor ported for Android. Vim (huge version, multi language), grep, diff and ctags are ready to use.
Features:
▼ External storage support - External SD card, USB memory, GoogleDrive, Dropbox, etc. ▼ Special Keys - Esc, Ctrl, Tab, Arrow keys and more. ▼ Direct input - Disabling predictive text and/or auto correction for normal mode. ▼ Clipboard - Clipboard commands ("*p "*y) are supported. ▼ Custom Font - Use your favorite monospaced font. ▼ Touch to move - Touch, swipe, flick to move cursor. ▼ Multi language - Vim with multi byte option, iconv and multi language messages.
Extra features (in-app purchase): ▼Git - Version Control System. ▼Python - Programming language.
Appendix: DroidVim is an open source project.
Recent changes: * Vim 9.1.0374. * Add MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission. Direct access to internal storage is now possible even with Android 11 or later.
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★★★★★
I wanted an editor that could quickly edit documents that are a megabyte or more in size. Droid Vim seems fine editing and searching through such documents. (I'll never use "advanced" features such as programming language support, so I can't comment on those.) I've found the developer to be quick and helpful in response to questions via email. It took me a while to adjust to Droid Vim's modes and commands, but I'm now very pleased with it.
★★★★★
Finally! Yes! On my Linux computer at home vim is my all-time favorite tool to use in the terminal, this is beyond epic thank you so much for porting this to Android as an app, now I don't have to figure out how to root my phone and possibly damage it. :)
★★★★★
5 starts for Vim. But actually unusable on touch device without physical keyboard. Perhaps with a better `.vimrc` it could be configured to be usable. E.g. by following gestures as mouse movement scan codes or something and mapping them to commands. Haven't tried.
★★☆☆☆
"Application ID is not correct" error when trying to enter external modules menu
★★☆☆☆
The app it's self is quite well put together, but it lacks a compiler, and a runtime environment. Perhaps you could build those into a new app, and run it native? I would buy it myself, and there is no real competition apart from programming hub's online RE, and theirs has a number of issues. I have also been struggling to get vim to access other folders, so I can easily access it with my compiler (the PRU one ;)). I think it lacks the needed permissions but it won't ask for them.
★★☆☆☆
Cursor is shown in wrong place as you type. I know this worked fine when I used it sometime back
★★☆☆☆
Save not working. I edited a file and :w saved. It says saved, but when I opened the file again, it still has the original content
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