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Ruby

Marcus H
Marcus H
4,267 Points
Posted by Marcus H
Marcus H
4,267 Points

Android & IOS apps

Quick question, can Ruby and/or Ruby on Rails be used to create mobile apps or do you need to learn another programming language entirely?

2 Answers

Max McClaskie
Max McClaskie
7,635 Points
Max McClaskie
Max McClaskie
7,635 Points

It depends on what you want to make. If you only want a web application that can be formatted to work on a mobile web browser than that can be accomplished through a combination of Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS and JS. If you want to build a native Mobile App that can be downloaded and run on a smartphone then you will need to make it in the respective language. Objective-C and C for iOS and Java for Android.

Marcus H
Marcus H
4,267 Points
Marcus H
Marcus H
4,267 Points

Thanks, I have no idea what type of app I would make but you answered my question perfectly.