Text Editor for Android
AnExplorer's built-in text editor opens any text-based file for immediate editing — configuration files, scripts, HTML, JSON, and plain text documents, all inside your file manager.
Supported File Types
Any file that contains plain text can be opened and edited. Common types:
| Extensions | Category |
|---|---|
.txt, .md, .log | Plain text |
.html, .htm, .xhtml | Web pages |
.xml, .xsd | XML markup |
.json, .jsonc | Config / API responses |
.csv, .tsv | Data files |
.yaml, .yml | Configuration |
.sh, .bash, .zsh | Shell scripts |
.py, .js, .ts, .php | Source code |
.conf, .ini, .cfg, .properties | App/system config |
.env, .htaccess | Server config |
.css, .less, .scss | Stylesheets |
.sql | Database queries |
Editor Features
Syntax Highlighting
Common languages and formats are colour-coded: keywords, strings, comments, operators. Makes editing code and config files dramatically easier than a plain notepad.
Find & Replace
- Find — locate any string across the entire file
- Regex mode — use regular expressions for pattern matching
- Replace — replace the current match or all occurrences at once
- Case-insensitive and case-sensitive modes
Undo / Redo
Multi-level undo stack — edit freely, undo as far back as you need.
Word Wrap Toggle
Toggle word wrap on/off. Wide code files or config files with long lines can be viewed horizontally without wrapping.
Line Numbers
Enable a line-number gutter for code editing — makes following stack traces and reviewing diff output much easier.
File Encoding
Open files in: UTF-8, UTF-16 LE/BE, ISO-8859-1, Windows-1252. Auto-detect encoding on open. Choose encoding manually when saving.
Font Size
Adjust font size inline — pinch-to-zoom in the editor, or use the +/- buttons in the toolbar.
Root File Editing
With Root File Manager access, the text editor opens and saves system files:
| File | What you can do |
|---|---|
/etc/hosts | Add system-level ad-blocking or domain redirects |
/system/build.prop | Modify device properties (DPI, fingeprint) |
/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf | View saved WiFi passwords |
Any /data/data/... config | Edit app configuration files directly |
Before saving, AnExplorer remounts the system partition read-write, writes the file, then remounts read-only immediately for safety.
Practical Workflow
- Browse to file in AnExplorer.
- Tap → opens in text editor.
- Edit inline — full keyboard, copy/paste from clipboard, all standard Android text operations.
- Save → returns to file manager.
No "share to editor app", no export steps, no losing your folder context.
Related Features
Combine with Root File Manager for system path access. Use FTP Client to retrieve config files from a server and edit on device.