https://github.com/2bllw8/notepad

A notepad for Android
https://github.com/2bllw8/notepad

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A notepad for Android

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/2bllw8/notepad
• Owner: 2bllw8
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2021-10-05T09:12:17.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-11-29T09:47:46.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-12-01T10:57:26.201Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: android-app, java, notepad
• Language: Java
• Homepage:
• Size: 411 KB
• Stars: 9
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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# Notepad

[![Notepad CI](https://github.com/2bllw8/notepad/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/2bllw8/notepad/actions/workflows/main.yml)

[![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/2bllw8/notepad?color=red&label=download)](https://github.com/2bllw8/notepad/releases/latest)

Notepad is a simple notepad application for Android: it can read, edit and create text files from

the device storage or other apps.

## Features

- Open, edit and create text files

- Cursor and selection information

- Undo actions

- Automatically close brackets and quotes: `' '`, `" "`, `( )`, `[ ]`, `{ }`

- Support different EOL

- Text wrapping

- Commands

  - `/my text`: find next occurrence of _my text_ from the current cursor position

  - `d/my text`: delete all occurrences of _my text_

  - `N d/my text`: delete first N occurrences of _my text_ (write the number instead of N)

  - `s/my text/new text`: substitute all occurrences of _my text_ with _new text_

  - `N s/my text/new text`: substitute first N occurrences of _my text_ with _new text_

      (write the number instead of N)

- Open selected text from other apps as a new text file and save it on the device

- Keyboard shortcuts

  - `ctrl` + `N`: Create a new file

  - `ctrl` + `O`: Open a file

  - `ctrl` + `Q`: Quit

  - `ctrl` + `S`: Save

  - `ctrl` + `Z`: Undo

  - `ctrl` + `+`: Increase text size

  - `ctrl` + `-`: Decrease text size

  - `ctrl` + `/`: Show (or hide) command field

## Download

Download the apk from [latest](https://github.com/2bllw8/notepad/releases/latest) release tag.

## Build

With Gradle:

- `./gradlew :app:assembleRelease`

- `./gradlew :app:assembleDebug`

With AOSP / LineageOS:

- `mka notepad`

## Get help

Open an issue [on github](https://github.com/2bllw8/notepad/issues/)

## License

notepad is licensed under the [GNU General Public License v3 (GPL-3)](http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html).