Reader App - Local-Only Android Text Editor

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GitHub ->

androidflutterlocal-firstprivacytext-editormobile
Reader Android editor screen showing a local text document open for editing.

TL;DR: Reader is intentionally small: open a text file on Android, edit it locally, and save it without accounts, cloud services, ads, analytics, or broad storage access.

Problem

Editing a Markdown, JSON, code, or plain text file on a phone should not require a heavy editor or a cloud account.

Reader uses Android’s system document picker and Storage Access Framework. The user chooses a file, and the app works with that selected document instead of asking for unrestricted storage access.

Screens

Reader Android home screen Reader Android editor screen Reader Android settings screen

Current Scope

Reader is a compact text editor, not a mobile IDE. The repo documents support for opening, creating, saving, searching, detecting unsaved changes, local recovery drafts, and recent files.

It deliberately does not include cloud sync, code execution, rich-text formatting, folder workspaces, or Git integration.

What This Demonstrates

  • Product restraint
  • Local-only privacy model
  • Flutter mobile implementation
  • Respect for ordinary file ownership on Android