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Add to SafariWhen comparing DroidEdit vs MX Player Pro, the Slant community recommends DroidEdit for most people. In the question“What are the best code editors for Android?” DroidEdit is ranked 1st while MX Player Pro is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose DroidEdit is:
C, C++, C#, CSS, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Lua, LaTex, Python, Ruby, and SQL.
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Pros
Pro Supports a lot of languages
C, C++, C#, CSS, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Lua, LaTex, Python, Ruby, and SQL.
Pro Syntax highlighting and customizable themes
Pro Auto or block indentation
Pro Works very well on tablet with keyboard
Good use of screen space in landscape mode and no switching into portrait mode. Good for writing just text files and coding stuff.
Pro Dark theme
Pro Lots of keyboard shortcuts when using physical keyboard
Pro Special characters keyboard add on
Pro Hardware acceleration
Hardware acceleration can be used for video playback to help in the apps HW+ mode. This allows for smoother video playback as well as better playback of higher resolutions.
Pro Built-in touch lock feature
It is possible to have videos played in touch lock mode. It is also possible to hide watermarks or display the player's touch locked status.
Cons
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Con Looks incredibly outdated
Con No longer supported
Last update: September 30, 2017!
Con Does not fully support Android 12
Can't save files on Dropbox.
Con Can't quite minimize all menus to go full screen
Con No color adjustment like saturation, hue, and contrast
Con HW+ audio quality is very bad
Con Closed source & paid
Con No ac3 support
There is no ac3 audio support.
Con No Chromecast support
Not having Chromecast support severely limits the apps usefulness to those that use said service, especially when many other video apps support it.
