Vim Touch was a tools app developed by momodalo design. It was removed from Google Play Dec 5, 2017 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Vim Touch had been downloaded 220 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Vim Touch was rated 4.34 out of 5 stars, based on 1.5 thousand ratings.
App Information
Vim Touch was free to download. The APK download size was 5.49 MB. The last available version was 2.7.1501021018. The last update was on January 3, 2015.
Technical Requirements
Vim Touch required Android 4.1+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Unrated Maturity. The app had been available on Google Play January 2012.
Description
VimTouch is a open source VIM port on Android. It supports full vim syntax and finger touch gestures to help VIM much more usable on touch screens.
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★★★★★
Great application Just like the original vim, much better if you install Hackers Keyboard with it. It can be faster than using other apps if used with hackers keyboard or some other keyboard with esc ctrl etc
★★★★★
Vim Touch is an Android port of Vim, and it works very closely like Vim on desktop computers. There are some additional features and UI layouts that make using Vim on a mobile platform easier to use, with visual buttons and shortcuts to make editing on a touchscreen or small device more usable. Other than that, it's Vim all the way down with the typical features to expect from Vim being included here. Aside from some roughness caused by the UI suited for small devices and the Android system changing the behavior of Vim a bit, Vim Touch is an excellent port of the text editor for editing files with a familiar interface.
★★★★★
I can record macros but playing macro is reg a 100 times using @100a will not work. ESC should have been at some easier place. Overall nice attempt in phone.
★★☆☆☆
Crashes I would love to have a working and usable Vim on my phone. Sadly, this app seems to be bitrotted to the point of uselessness - it crashes as soon as I attempt to paste from clipboard ("*p or "+p).
★★☆☆☆
Why can't I save the file? Couldn't do it on my previous phone nor on my current phone, and yes I do use :w or :wq. Thanks
★★☆☆☆
Corrupts data. Has done this to me on multiple devices. Related to Android shutting down the app after inactivity, and then restoring from the swap file corrupts the file. Never restore from the swap file, apparently.
★★☆☆☆
some debilitating quirks Erratic keyboard behavior. Sometimes the keyboard goes straight to insert, othertimes it doesn't. It's hard to know because the *insert* notification is inconsistent. When it does start in insert mode and I escape out, it automatically moves the cursor back one character. Default tabbing and spacing on linebreak is nonsensical. Pasting from the external clipboard adds a double linebreak. The worst (dealbreaker)I have to constantly restart the app because I lose the ability to edit at random moments.
Technologies used by Vim Touch
Vim Touch is requesting 3 permissions and is using 2 libraries.
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Android Jetpack core