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Regardless what IDE I use I can debug just quite fine.

When a call into a proprietary library doesn't do what you expect it to do during debugging using your IDE, what steps do you take to determine why the call isn't doing what you expect it to do?

you can have those IDEs on a desktop

Is an IDE worth the price of a desktop to someone who does not already own a desktop because he regularly uses a smartphone and/or tablet to satisfy all of his other computing needs? If so, how can I convince people that this is the case?

and for Android there are no viable IDEs either that run on android devices.

In what way is AIDE not "viable"?

No matter the task, the new iPad Pro is up to it -- and then some.

Even if the task is developing a new app? I doubt Apple plans to allow a counterpart to AIDE any time soon.

Android and iOS are not Personal Computers. Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, etc are what makes a real computer.

To me, a "personal computer" is a device where the person who owns it controls what computing is done. By this definition, I agree with you about an iOS device not paired to a Mac. But once the AIDE app is installed on an Android device, it can edit, compile, and run applications from source without the help of any other computer. So how is a tablet running Android 6 or 7 any less of a personal computer than a laptop running FreeBSD 11, Xubuntu 16.04, or Windows 10?

In my opinion, it's a personal computer if the person who owns it can develop and run an application for it. Under this definition:

• GNU/Linux: PC.
• Windows (x86 and x86-64): PC because it can run MinGW or Visual Studio.
• Android with Bluetooth keyboard: PC because it can run AIDE.
• iPhone or iPad: Not a PC.
• iPhone or iPad connected to an Xcode appliance: PC.
• Stock game console: Not a PC.
• Retro game console connected to a PC with keyboard: PC.
• Stock Chromebook: Not a PC. All it can do is view web pages.
• Chromebook with Crouton: PC, but very easy to break. Once a Chromebook's owner installs Crouton, the firmware displays an "OS verification is OFF" screen that begs anyone who turns it on to wipe the drive by pressing Space then Enter.

In fact, Android has AIDE, an app for apping other apps. I was wondering more for students whose parents have bought heavily into the iOS ecosystem.

You need a PC to develop for them...

AIDE allows development of Android applications directly on an Android tablet with a USB, Bluetooth, or clip-on keyboard. After the discontinuation of netbooks, some people recommended pressing such a tablet into service as a substitute for a laptop.

There has also been a lot of convergence in OSX/iOS development tools over the last few xcode releases.

I'll believe the convergence once Xcode runs on iPad Pro. In theory, I could run Visual Studio, MonoDevelop, Code::Blocks, or any other IDE for Windows on a Surface Pro or Surface Book. Even Android has AIDE, an app for apping apps.

Apps!

Since when can you app apps in an iPad app? I thought only Android could do that.

You want freedom on a 4" computer that can't be used for serious things anyway.

I want freedom on a 4" computer that I can connect to a Bluetooth keyboard and HDMI monitor when I get to a desk.

So there's no Android SDK for Android.

You were saying? "AIDE supports developing Java/Xml based Android apps using the Android SDK. The AIDE app comes bundeled with a mobile version of the Android SDK, so there is no need to install anything else."

When you're apping apps with the AIDE app, 5G helps you get your app up to version control and your QA crew faster.

Faster apps!

How so? Android is the only major mobile platform I can think of that has an app for making apps. It's called AIDE. Other suggestions are welcome.

I no longer have "open" computers they can play with

For one thing, why have you allowed this to become the case? For another, AIDE runs on reasonably modern Android tablets.

Exactly, start building computers again instead of buying tablets. Don't act like NewEgg, TigerDirect, etc all went out of business or something.

I no longer have "open" computers they can play with

For one thing, why have you allowed this to become the case? For another, AIDE runs on reasonably modern Android tablets.