Subject: Request for Syntax Highlighting in GitHub Mobile Code Editor

[MadaraMods]

I'd like to provide feedback regarding the code editor experience in the GitHub Mobile app. Currently, the absence of syntax highlighting in the code editor creates several usability issues:

1. Reduced Code Readability: Without syntax highlighting, code appears as a uniform block of text, making it difficult to quickly distinguish between keywords, variables, strings, and comments.
2. Increased Cognitive Load: Developers need to spend extra mental effort parsing and understanding the code structure without visual cues that syntax highlighting provides.
3. Poor Aesthetics: The monochromatic code presentation looks unattractive and doesn't meet modern development environment standards.
4. Error-Prone Editing: The lack of visual differentiation increases the likelihood of missing syntax errors during code review or editing sessions.

Given that GitHub is a platform built for developers, it's surprising that the mobile experience lacks such a fundamental feature that's standard in every code editor and IDE. Syntax highlighting is essential for efficient code reading, editing, and review processes - especially when developers need to quickly check or edit code while mobile.

Suggested Improvement:
Please implement syntax highlighting in the GitHub Mobile code editor,similar to what's available on the desktop web version. This would significantly improve the mobile development experience and align with GitHub's commitment to developer productivity.

Thank you for considering this enhancement to make GitHub Mobile more developer-friendly.

Subject: Syntax Highlighting Missing in GitHub Mobile Code Editor

The lack of syntax highlighting in GitHub Mobile's code editor makes code difficult to read and edit. Code appears as plain, monochromatic text which:

· Reduces readability and code comprehension
· Makes the interface look unpolished
· Doesn't meet developer expectations for a code viewing platform

As GitHub is a developer-focused platform, implementing syntax highlighting in the mobile app would greatly improve the code review and editing experience on-the-go

Wouldn't it be amazing to add the syntax highlighting used in code review to the code editor?

This would significantly improve the mobile coding experience.

Syntax highlighting is missing in GitHub Mobile's code editor. Adding the same beautiful syntax colors from code review to the editor would be amazing for mobile developers!

[HenSquared]

Hey! Thanks for the feedback @MadaraMods . I have opened an issue with the android team to track improving syntax highlighting.

[MadaraMods]

Hey! Thanks for the feedback @MadaraMods . I have opened an issue with the android team to track improving syntax highlighting.

Thank you for reply