Ask HN: Has someone used Ruby/Python for Android/iOS development?

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by kung-fu-master • 14 years ago

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bdfh42• 14 years ago

I quite liked the look of RubyMotion http://www.rubymotion.com/developer-center/ for iOs development (as I fancied using Ruby) but I cant say I have tried it - sorry.

bmelton• 14 years ago

I was really hopeful of kivy [http://kivy.org/], but after playing around with it a little bit, it seemed very foreign to me, even though I program in Python daily. It seems very un-Pythonic, for lack of a better term.

On top of that, it seems to focus more on 3D than 2D, which is probably why there's so much there I'm less familiar with, but I mostly just want a decent 2D interface in Python.

I've had the best luck out of things like AppCelerator and Phonegap, but I've never been thrilled with the performance of either.

allsystemsgo2• 14 years ago

Wasn't Instagram written in Python?

anujkk• 14 years ago

At Instagram, the backend, API and web applications are built using Python/Django but not mobile applications. They are made with native ios/android technologies.

allsystemsgo2• 14 years ago

Ah, thought so.

Ask HN: Has someone used Ruby/Python for Android/iOS development?

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