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There's also this one, which seems to be a bit more of a structured approach: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilebasi...

The trouble I always wind up having with these though is you quickly discover that it's a huge pain in the ass trying to type code on an Android touch keyboard. Even in the days you could still get physical keyboards it was hardly pleasant. I just wind up writing a couple basic "Hello World" programs and get bored.

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I've used Termux (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux) with a Bluetooth keyboard on my Nexus 6P to write a few nodeJS apps. I'd say it's about as good as writing code over SSH. All the important stuff works - serving on localhost, npm, git, etc. Actually, the most annoying thing about it is switching between windows.

As a bit of a bonus there's an extension app for Termux that gives you access to some phone features like SMS receiving and sending, the accelerometer and GPS. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux.api

Also in the repository you can find Emacs etc.

Just looking around, I found a programmable calculator from the same developer with BASIC support - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.visualisat...

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