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How much Google controls the software experience and locks it down.
Currently I wish I could run a local HTML/CSS/JS App on my browser (like you can easily do in any desktop OS) but I can't.
UPDATE: I found a way!! I have to run a local HTTP server on my phone using an app like "Simple HTTP server", put my HTML/CSS/JS into a folder targeted by the server, and then go to http://127.0.0.1:8080/ in Chrome (it doesn't work in Firefox for some reason).
From what I know, we've been able to do this for at least 15 years.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36632649/running-node-js-on-android
Thank you, I'll look into this! Unfortunately, since my phone is Android 13, it doesn't look like Termux would function properly, and the rest of the answers are very old and seem to require lots and lots of setup. What is the easiest way?
Install the f-droid store and see if you get it through there
Installing it isn't the problem. Getting it to run without randomly quitting is the problem.
Ah gotcha, yeah I guess battery saver features would cause some issues asides possible os extended support
Update: I got node.js to do a simple program. Now, I want it to run a much larger program involving playing audio.
Update 2: I can't get node.js to play any audio, and I cannot install the non dependencies for some reason.