50 Very Useful Android Apps for Web Designers and Developers

We are living in the age of smart phones, where almost everything mobiles can do lot of stuff from task management to track of all of your business activities. But how web designers and developers can benefit from smartphones? answer is, there are many ways you can make your life easier using smartphones. Following is a list of some of very useful android apps for web designers and developers.

1.TouchQode

View and edit source code on Android phone. Touchqode is a true mobile code editor that comes with syntax highlighting, autocomplete and other features found in a desktop IDE. We support Java, HTML, JavaScript, Python, C++, C#, Ruby and PHP. Now with integrated FTP and SFTP client. Alternative to vim or emacs over the terminal. Works great as text editor, notepad or HTML editor. Install and start programming  

2.Eval Your Javascript Android App

  Enter your javascript code in text box, and click eval, to obtain the result. A simple tool which might be useful in checking with javascript while you commute, or doing some simple maths.

3.Color Pal

 

Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.

4.Fontroid

Enter your javascript code in text box, and click eval, to obtain the result. A simple tool which might be useful in checking with javascript while you commute, or doing some simple maths.

5.Dropbox for Android

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your Android device, and even the Dropbox website! With the Dropbox app, you can take everything that matters to you on the go. Read your docs or flip through your albums when you're out and about. Save photos or videos to your Dropbox and share them with friends in just a couple taps. Even if you accidentally leave your Android in a taxi, your stuff is always safe on Dropbox.

6.SilverEdit

Enter your javascript code in text box, and click eval, to obtain the result. A simple tool which might be useful in checking with javascript while you commute, or doing some simple maths.

7.PayPal App for Android

8.Stock Photo Power Search

The Stock Photo Power Search App makes it easy to search through over 35 MILLION stock images and find awesome microstock photos for your website or blog, for your design or print projects, for your clients, or for any other reason you need great photographs or illustrations for a low price. The app works for all screen sizes (phones and tablets) and displays search results for either new images or each agency's 'best match' search for upto 13 microstock image licensing agencies in a neat grid. Clicking any of these thumbnails will open a larger preview.

9.WordPress For Android

WordPress for Android is an Open Source app that empowers you to write new posts, edit content, view stats, and manage comments with built-in notifications. Version 2 brings an all new Dashboard UI with Quick Action bar and a powerful new editor that makes it easier than ever to post on the go. WordPress for Android supports both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress (3.0 or higher) blogs.

10.View Web Source

With this application you will be able to view the source of any website. You will also be able to select text, search for text as well as copy and paste the HTML. To get the source from the page you are currently viewing in the browser, you can now use the share feature from the menu and select View Web Source.

11.HTML Editor

HTML Editor is an easy HTML editor, it can color the syntax : nodes, attributes, JavaScript, CSS and support autocompletion. Opens the default files with the extensions : html, htm. Requires Adobe Air (it's FREE) and Android 2.2 or later.

12.CodeAnywhere

13.Adobe Photoshop Express for Android

Edit and share photos virtually anywhere. Touch to crop, rotate, adjust color, and add artistic effects. Access all your photos and videos directly from your free Photoshop.com account. Quickly share with family and friends. Requires SD card.

14.Magic Color Picker

Magic Color Picker is an powerful color selection tool suitable for designers, artists and programmers for selecting colors using different color models. Supports 7 different modes and RGB, HSV, HSL and YUV color models. Use either palette or sliders to adjust. Colors are shown in decimal and HEX.

15.AndFTP

AndFTP is a FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP client. It can manage several FTP configurations. It comes with both device and FTP file browser. It provides download, upload, synchronization and share features with resume support. It can open (local/remote), rename, delete, update permissions (chmod), run custom commands and more. SSH RSA/DSA keys support. Share from gallery is available. Intents are available for third party applications. SCP and folder synchronization are available in Pro version only.

16.Color Palette

- Edit colors using RGB or HSV modes. - Select colors from the official web color list from w3 standards. - Find the closest matching web color just by clicking. - Find palettes that use your colors or by keyword on COLOURlovers.com

17.Developer Cheet Sheet

Developer's cheat sheets in your android tablet: Arduino, ASCII, ASP, C++, CHMOD, CSS, Drupal 7, regular expressions, HTML, HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, Microformats, mod_rewrite, MySQL, PHP, PostgreSQL, Python, RGB, Ruby on Rails, SEO, Smarty, SQL, SVN, Symfony, Wikipedia and Wordpress.

18.Adobe Edge Inspect “Android App”

Adobe Edge Inspect is for web designers and developers who are targeting mobile browsers. After installing Edge Inspect on your computer, you’ll be able to pair your devices, have them browse in sync with your computer, and perform remote inspection and debugging so you can see HTML/CSS/JavaScript changes instantly on your device. This application requires Adobe Edge Inspect software for Windows or OS X.

19.Woo Sketch

Layered picture editing comes to android. An application to bridge the gap between photos on your phone and the graphics editor on your desktop.

20.ColorSnap

Capture real world colors and match them to Sherwin-Williams paint colors—for free. With ColorSnap®, it's easy to take color inspiration from a photo in your library or one you just snapped. Then choose matching colors or Ask Sherwin-Williams for recommendations. Either way, it's a cinch to match, adjust, and save colors. You can even share your palettes via email or Facebook and find your nearest Sherwin-Williams store.

21.ConnectBot

ConnectBot is a powerful open-source Secure Shell (SSH) client. It can manage simultaneous SSH sessions, create secure tunnels, and copy/paste between other applications. This client allows you to connect to Secure Shell servers that typically run on UNIX-based servers.

22.Google Drive

23.Android Web Editor Lite

- SSH/SFPT support - FTP multiserver support - Recent files - Replacement

24.CSS Reference

Complete CSS reference with syntax, examples, browser support, and more. If you need CSS3 reference,please search CSS3 Reference.

25.HTML5 Reference

This HTML5 reference lists all tags supported in the HTML5 specification. Tags, tag attributes and a listing of tags removed in HTML5 (valid in HTML4) are listed in a convenient cheatsheet format. This is the most complete, and up-to-date, HTML5 cheatsheet (reference) around.

26.File Manager

Full featured file manager on Android, fresh UI design and user friendly functions! Includes: * 3 sets of commercial icons for 80+ different file types, toolbar and menu items * Multiple resolution support * Support 19 languages * Cut, copy, paste and cancellable progress dialog * List and grid view for file browsing

27.Measure and Sketch

The „Measure & Sketch“ drawing app helps you to sketching up your measures and dimensions on a photo. All you have to do is take a photo of an object you wish to store dimensions of. Then you add dimensions with arrows, angles and text labels with very intuitive interface. You have ability to organize your sketches with folder system, export and share them with your friends or business partners.

28.Funky Photo Editor

Crazy but true: One of the most popular photo editors just got even better. BeFunky Photo Editor is now the only app that allows you to stack an UNLIMITED number of photo effects and edits, AND undo them! And even though YOU control the amount of each edit you make and YOU control how many are added, it’s still one of the easiest photo editors out there to use.

29.Phoenix Mysql Client

DIRECTLY, allows you to connect to a Mysql server, and perform sql quires, insert, delete, select,... and list the tables,views and sprocs. with the great result viewer (grid) you can view results in stylish way. DIRECT CONNECTION NO 3rd PARTY OR WEBSITE INVOLVED.

30.Android Codepad

Android CodePad is a simple source code viewer that supports syntax highlighting. it supports all C-like, Bash-like, and XML-like languages. it automatically selects the syntax depending on the file. Android CodePad uses WebKit and google-code-prettify to do the syntax highlighting.

31.PhoneGap Developer

32.Funny Developer Comments

Displays funny comments developers left in the code for others to stumble upon later.

33.Square

Accept credit cards and run your business anywhere with Square Register on your Android. Square’s free card reader, simple pricing, and smart business tools make it easy for you to do what you love and get paid. Pay just 2.75% per swipe for Visa, American Express, MasterCard and Discover. No monthly fees or merchant contracts. Funds from swiped payments are deposited into your bank account in 1-2 business days.

34.Expensify

Consistently rated as the #1 app for business travelers and road warriors, Expensify does expense reports that don't suck! Use Expensify on your Android™ device to log expenses, capture receipt images and manage reports on the go! Even better, SmartScan will read your receipt images, fill out the expense details, and create a new expense (or attach to an automatically imported bank/card transaction).

35.Evernote

Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.

36.SMS Backup +

Automatically backup SMS, MMS and call log entries using a separate label in Gmail / Google Calendar. It is also possible to restore SMS and call log entries back to the phone (MMS not supported yet).

37.Txt Msg Away Message

When you enable your custom away message this app will automatically reply to any text you receive. No more text while driving worries! Also great for when you're working, sleeping, at the movies, in class, etc.

38.Business Calendar

39.Tasks and To Do's

Manage your to-do list effortlessly using Tasks N ToDo's - the to-do list app for Android that syncs automatically with Google Tasks! Tasks N ToDo's is the ultimate to-do list app that is designed to be the best personal task manager app for Android smartphones and tablets. Tasks N ToDo's helps you get organized and keep up with life's many tasks and to-do's with minimal effort. Just key in your Google Tasks and to-do list and the app will handle the rest.

40.WhatTheFont

Identify the fonts in a photo or web graphic! Ever seen a great font in a magazine ad, poster, or on the web and wondered what the font used is? Whip out your phone and snap a photo, and WhatTheFont will identify that font in seconds!

41.Sketch Guru

Sketch Guru is a professional app to make you an artist by creating pencil sketch of your photos. Pick a picture from your gallery or capture one from your camera to generate the sketch.

42.VNC Viewer

Control a computer from your Android device! VNC® Viewer connects your device to a computer anywhere in the world, displays its desktop, and lets you take control. You can run applications, change settings, and access data exactly as you would be permitted to do were you sitting in front of that computer, and using the keyboard and mouse.

43.Mockups Lite

Mockups Lite is a sketch wire-framing tool for GUI or website prototyping. Developers, web site designers and project planners - this product for you! Experiment with concepts and draw visual prototypes in minutes. Share mock-ups with your team, development community or clients. Portable alternative to Visio or Balsamiq for Android.

44.Mobile GA

Mobile GA provides a handful of key Google Analytics reports so you can check your site's health from your phone. Here's why you should use it: - it's fast - it's free - it's secure (uses GA API)

45.Typography Junkies

Fresh news and photos on all things modern graphic design & typography related, including color schemes! Follow the leaders in graphics, like Design Museum, Behance, COLOURlovers, Smashing Magazine, Design Milk, Getty Museum, and more, all in one app! Browse the latest design related photos, instantly; plus, we include the ability to bookmark / share (via text, Facebook, Twitter, etc) your favorite news & photos.

46.LiveView

LiveView™ application connects & manages your LiveView™ accessory. It’ll help you manage features and plugins. And you can also personalise your LiveView™ display with new plugins that are available for download from Android Market with the LiveWare™ manager application.

47.Merchant

Use your phone and merchant account to accept your customer's credit cards. No more bad checks, enter info and get paid. Works anywhere with network connection.

48.Fontest

Fontest is a developer and typography tool that helps you quickly preview how your favorite fonts are rendered on Android.

49.Wifi Keyboard

Keyboard for keyboard-less phones like Nexus One. Allow you to type on your phone using your computer's _browser_. It works as ordinary input method. You can use terminal or type SMS ... Use WiFi for low latency input. 3G may be blocked by some carriers. USB connection works best, but require some technical knowledge and connected cable.

50.All Design

A free convenient App that helps you keep track of all things design related — from your favorite sources. Get updated news and information from many powerful design resources.   I am sure you liked most of applications. Please help grow my blog with likes and shares. Stay tuned for many other useful articles.