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GettingStarted - Android

 14th November 2021 at 11:16am

There are three options for using TiddlyWiki on Android:

Using Firefox and TiddlyFox

Deprecated fromvFireFox 57(seeSaving)

(Alternatively, see the video tutorial)

  1. Ensure you have the latest version of Firefox for Android
  2. Install the latest release of the TiddlyFox extension from:
  3. Install this extension to be able to save the TiddlyWiki file locally:
  4. Download an empty TiddlyWiki by saving this link:
    (to save the link, ensure you've installed the "save-link-menus" extension and then long-press on the link and choose "Save link")
  5. When the file has downloaded, click on it within the notification tray or the download manager application
  6. Choose to open the file in Firefox (rather than the default Android viewer)
  7. Click OK in response to the prompt from TiddlyFox that asks whether to enable saving for this file
  8. Try creating a new tiddler using the new tiddler button in the sidebar. Type some content for the tiddler, and click the ok button
  9. Save your changes by clicking the save changes button in the sidebar
    • Look for the yellow notification Saved wiki at the top right of the window
  10. Refresh the browser window to verify that your changes have been saved correctly

Using the AndTidWiki App

The Tiddloid and Tiddloid Lite app are Android apps that makes it possible to edit and save changes to TiddlyWiki HTML files.

Features

  • Create new TiddlyWiki importing latest edition from internet
  • Import existing TiddlyWikis stored on device/internal storage. (TiddloidLite supports external SD card too)
  • Fork interesting ~Tiddlywikis from internet (Supports TW5 only)
  • TiddlyWiki detection
  • Locally stored ~Tiddlywikis are updated simultaneously on saving changes to TiddlyWikis imported to the app
  • Backup system that is compatible with TiddlyDesktop, the desktop TiddlyWiki saver
  • Creating shortcuts to existing TiddlyWiki on Android Homepage
  • TiddloidLite supports cloud storages like GDrive and OneDrive

Please note

  • Tiddloid Lite feature better support for devices running Android Q or later. It also supports cloud storages like GDrive and OneDrive, while Tiddloid keeps the compatibility to TiddlyWikiClassic. To know more about differences between Tiddloid and Tiddloid Lite, please visit Tiddloid's homepage.
  • You should keep the .html or .htm extension of the files to be imported.

Using Node.js in Termux

Termux is and open source android application providing limited Unix environment enabling users to install Node.js and npm modules in android. Users can install and run TiddlyWiki on Node.js using Termux.

Instructions

apt update
apt upgrade
apt install nodejs
npm install -g tiddlywiki
  • If you need to create/serve TiddlyWiki on Node.js from the internal storage, you need to give termux storage permission by running the following command in termux
termux-setup-storage
  • Now you can create and serve TiddlyWiki on Node.js from internal storage. In the example given below, user is creating a new wiki called "mynewwiki" in his internal folder.
cd storage/shared
tiddlywiki mynewwiki --init server
tiddlywiki mynewwiki --listen
  • Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080/ in your browser
  • From then on, as long as Termux is not closed, you may access your wiki anytime from your favourite Web browser pointing on the expected address and port.

Tip
In Termux, you may as well install git, emacs or vi, in order to edit and maintain individual tiddler files. This would probably require that you also attach a more powerful keyboard to your Android, like the Hacker's Keyboard application or a Bluetooth external device.