To access your Android server from other devices, find your Android device's IP address (usually in Settings → About Phone → Status) and have other devices connect to http://[your-android-ip]:8080 .

Download AWebServer . It's the closest thing to a true XAMPP experience on Android, complete with Apache, PHP, MariaDB, and phpMyAdmin.

What are you planning to run (e.g., WordPress, custom PHP scripts)?

Termux is a powerful terminal emulator and Linux environment setup for Android. It does not use a graphical interface, making it perfect for developers who prefer the command line.

Pros

| Task | Performance | |------|-------------| | Serving static HTML | Blazing fast (<10ms) | | PHP 8 script (100 loops) | ~45ms | | MySQL query (10k rows) | ~120ms | | Running WordPress homepage | ~0.8 seconds | | Concurrent users (simulated) | Suitable for 5-10 users |

While Android devices are primarily used for mobile computing, there are several scenarios where you might need to use XAMPP on your Android device:

You now have a 100% real, open-source, full server environment on your Android device. Your document root is at ~/storage/downloads/htdocs or $PREFIX/share/apache2/default-site/htdocs .

Lighttpd/Apache, Nginx, PHP, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin.