hilman-k8n / vscode-android

Run vscode on android device

vscode-android

Run vscode on android device

ToC

• Download Termux
• Setup storage
• Install proot-distro
• Login to Ubuntu
• Install deps
• Install Oh My ZSH (optional)
• Update ZSH plugins (optional)
• Install VS Code Server
• Start VS Code Server
• Install ASDF (optional)
  • Install ASDF CLI
  • Install Development tools
  • Install gcloud
• Custom Alias (optional)
• Update ~/.zshrc
• References

Download Termux

Download and install termux from release page

Setup storage

Open termux and run these command

termux-setup-storage

Install proot-distro

pkg install proot-distro
proot-distro install ubuntu

Login to Ubuntu

proot-distro login ubuntu

Install deps

PKG_DEPS="git vim curl dnsutils jq procps unzip wget"
apt update
echo $PKG_DEPS | xargs apt install -y

Install Oh My ZSH (optional)

apt update && apt install -y zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Update ZSH plugins (optional)

ZSH_PLUGIN_LIST="git kubectl kubectx kube-ps1 aws"
sed -i "s/^plugins=.*/plugins=($ZSH_PLUGIN_LIST)/g" ~/.zshrc

Install VS Code Server

wget -LO vscode.tar.gz 'https://code.visualstudio.com/sha/download?build=stable&os=cli-alpine-arm64'
tar -xvf vscode.tar.gz
mv code /usr/local/bin/code

Start VS Code Server

code tunnel --accept-server-license-terms

You can also run the tunnel using code-tunnel command. See Custom Alias (optional)

Install ASDF (optional)

Install ASDF CLI

git clone https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf.git ~/.asdf --branch v0.12.0

Update ~/.zshrc file (see Update ~/.zshrc)

Install Development tools

apt install -y build-essential locales
locale-gen "en_US.utf8"

apt install -y python3

asdf plugin add awscli
asdf plugin add helm
asdf plugin add helmfile
asdf plugin add java
asdf plugin add k9s
asdf plugin add krew
asdf plugin add kubectl
asdf plugin add kubectx
asdf plugin add saml2aws
asdf plugin add terraform
asdf plugin add yq

cat << EOF > $HOME/.tool-versions
awscli 2.13.12
helm 3.12.3
helmfile 0.149.0
kubectl 1.24.0
kubectx 0.9.4
k9s 0.26.7
saml2aws 2.36.2
krew 0.4.3
java temurin-18.0.0+36
yq 4.30.8
terraform 1.5.5
EOF

asdf install

Install gcloud

cd /opt
curl -o /opt/gcloud.tar.gz https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-cli-443.0.0-linux-arm.tar.gz
tar -xvf gcloud.tar.gz
./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh

# GKE auth plugin for GKE 1.26+
gcloud components install gke-gcloud-auth-plugin

Custom Alias (optional)

Create alias

cat << 'EOF' > $HOME/.custom-alias
#!/bin/sh

# VS code server
alias code-tunnel='code tunnel --accept-server-license-terms'

# kill SSH tunnel
tunnel-kill() {
    ps -ef | grep 'bin/ssh' | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9
}

# start SSH tunnel with Google Cloud IAP
tunnel-start() {
    instance_prefix=${1:=gke}
    tunnel_port=${2:=8080}
    local instance=$(gcloud compute instances list | grep ${instance_prefix} | head -n1 | awk '{print $1}')
    gcloud compute ssh --tunnel-through-iap  --ssh-flag="-D :${tunnel_port} -fN -o TCPKeepAlive=yes -o ServerAliveInterval=5" $instance
}
EOF

Update ~/.zshrc

Update ~/.zshrc (needs oh my zsh)

sed -i 's/^# User configuration/# User configuration\nsource $HOME\/.custom-alias\n. $HOME\/.asdf\/asdf.sh\nsource $HOME\/.krew\/bin\nPROMPT='$(kube_ps1)'$PROMPT/g' ~/.zshrc

Troubleshooting

Fix character not in range issue

If during proot startup there is an output like /root/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/kube-ps1/kube-ps1.plugin.zsh:27: character not in range, Execute the following command:

sed -i 's/^# Path to your oh-my-zsh installation./# Path to your oh-my-zsh installation.\nexport LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8\nexport LANG=en_US.UTF-8/g' ~/.zshrc
 

References

• The VSCode Server Blog Post https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2022/07/07/vscode-server