Perhaps the question is off-topic, but I would like to ask experienced users: who faced the need to program on the tablet and is it convenient to do it on the basis of android?

I heard that compilers are installed on android, and that some people comfortably type the code on the tablet, like on a PC.

Should I try this method or is it better to take an inexpensive laptop? Interested mainly in Java programming.

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There are more or less suitable tablets for Windows on x86 - asus transformer pad and ms surface.

Pros:

  • any IDE is available for use
  • You can find similar tablets with a high DPI screen to compensate for the small screen diagonal

Minus:

  • a small and uncomfortable keyboard (the surface is extremely low keys, and the transformer is an inconvenient key layout).

As for Android, try to find at least one IDE comparable in capabilities with IDEA, Eclipse, NetBeans. There are no analogs for Android in principle, and probably will not be in the next 5 years. In terms of programming in Java, these IDEs significantly help with their embedded tools.

In this matter, I tend to agree with @zzashpaupat - the laptop will be much more practical.

  • "There are no analogues to them for Android, and probably will not be coming in about 5 years." Wrong, analogs exist - Helisia

I will say my personal opinion: it is heresy. All normal IDE for Java are created only for PC: IDEA, Eclipse, NetBeans. If I were you, I would take a laptop and program it on it.

    I tried somehow with AIDE to write under the android to write at least something for android. I did not see such Satanism even on Halloween. Shl tablets - for housewives, fades and casual gamers. Well, or for special tasks where you need to click quite rarely (reading rooms, command consoles, storekeepers, etc.). And to write something good, different from Halloween World, you need to click often, and not on the screen but on the keyboard. Perhaps the only plus tablets - the ability to work while standing.