What's New

This update fixes a crash that could happen when working with files in Google Drive. It includes all new features of Textastic 10:

- Refreshed user interface and new icons in all parts of the app.
- Added a completely new Swift syntax definition with support for modern Swift including async/await.
- Swift classes, structs, enums, functions, properties etc. are now shown in the symbol list.
- Upload files to any remote connection using the new "More" -> "Upload To…" menu without leaving the editor.
- New horizontally scrollable tab bar. It's now easier to re-arrange tabs with drag & drop.
- Updated the icons in the symbol list. The letter in the icon now more accurately reflects the type of symbol.
- Uses menus in more parts of the app, for example when tapping the "More" button and when changing the sort order of file lists.

- Improved behavior of "Open…" and "Add External Folder…" commands. Textastic now doesn't enable multiple file selection in the document picker anymore. This change saves a tap when opening a file. It also fixes an issue on iOS 16 and 17 in which the document picker didn't remember the last used folder. You can still open multiple files at once by selecting the files in the Files app and using drag & drop to open them in Textastic.
- Improved external folder support.
- Improved regular expression replace syntax: Allow backslash in addition to a dollar sign to reference capture groups. For example, \1 and $1 in a replace string now both reference the first capture group. (To reference capture groups >= 10, you still need to use the dollar sign, e.g., $10. This behavior is the same as in Sublime Text.).
- Improved behavior of "Replace All".
- Added "Create ZIP File" to the file context menu.

Fixed text selection issues on iOS/iPadOS 17:
- The cursor was not visible when creating a new file on iOS 17.
- The edit menu was not shown after changing the selection using text selection handles on iOS 17.
- The cursor disappeared when entering marked text on iOS 17.

- Fixed issues when moving files in the iCloud location.
- Fixed performance issues when many files were stored in the iCloud location.
- Fixed issues with dictation on iOS 17.
- Fixed: When pasting text, Textastic now doesn't indent the last pasted line anymore. Changing the indentation could cause problems in languages like Python or YAML in which indentation is meaningful.
- Fixed an issue when previewing files from an external folder.
- Fixed symbol list issues for Python and CSS.
- Fixed a problem with the refresh indicator when listing remote files on iOS 17.
- Fixed issues with password lock and multiple windows on iPad.
- Fixed a performance issue in the C# syntax definition that could cause very slow parsing of C# files.

App Description

Textastic is a comprehensive and versatile text and code editor for iPad and iPhone. It supports syntax highlighting of more than 80 programming and markup languages. Connect to SFTP, FTP, and WebDAV servers or to your Dropbox or Google Drive account. Use the built-in SSH terminal to work directly on your server.

FEATURES:
• Syntax highlighting of more than 80 languages: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, C++, Swift, Objective-C, Rust, XML, Markdown, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua, YAML, JSON, SQL, shell scripts and many more (full list available on the website)
• Compatible with Sublime Text 3 and TextMate 1 syntax definitions and themes
• Code completion for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C, Objective-C, and PHP
• SFTP (SSH connection), FTP, FTPS (FTP over SSL), WebDAV, Dropbox and Google Drive clients
• SSH terminal connections
• Git repositories from the Git client app Working Copy can be opened as external folders in Textastic
• Emmet support
• JavaScript console
• iCloud Drive file synchronization
• WebDAV server to easily transfer files from your Mac or PC over Wi-Fi.
• Symbol list to quickly navigate in a file
• Full support for external keyboards, trackpads, and mice
• Configurable keyboard shortcuts
• Displays additional keys over the virtual keyboard to make it easy to type characters often used for programming
• Cursor navigation wheel for easy text selection
• Easily move the cursor using swipe gestures
• Split View and Slide Over multitasking on iPad
• Open multiple files in tabs
• Multiple Windows on iPadOS
• Support for Dark Mode
• Supports most encodings like UTF-8, UTF-16, and ISO-8859-1
• Supports different tab widths and soft tabs (spaces instead of tabs)
• Custom fonts
• Find & Replace (including regular expression search)
• Find in multiple files
• File information like character count and word count
• Local and remote web preview for HTML and Markdown files

Don't hesitate to tell me the features you want to see in the next version!

https://feedback.textasticapp.com/

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • March 13, 2016 Initial release
  • July 12, 2016 New version 6.1
  • August 03, 2016 New version 6.2
  • November 08, 2016 New version 6.3
  • June 14, 2019 New version 7.1.2
  • June 25, 2019 New version 8.0
  • July 03, 2019 New version 8.0.1
  • August 17, 2019 New version 8.0.3
  • September 24, 2019 New version 8.1
  • July 15, 2020 New version 9.3
  • October 23, 2020 New version 9.4.2
  • December 10, 2020 New version 9.5
  • August 06, 2021 New version 9.6.4
  • September 16, 2023 New version 9.9.3
  • September 16, 2023 Price increase: $9.99 -> $12.99
  • November 15, 2023 New version 10.0.2

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