Is Lua as powerful as Java on Android, or are there any restrictions?

Question

So, I tried to get into Android application development, and everywhere in the tutorials it says Java is the “main” language for Android development. And I also found out that Lua can be used too. My question is, can Lua create applications of the same class as Java, or am I better off learning Java?

The fact is that everything I found mentions Lua as a secondary language, and then I found that Lua is easier to learn than Java, but applications created using the Corona SDK are mainly for games. So can regular applications be developed, or should I go to Java?

I want to ask if applications created using LUA can be as good as applications created using Java, or to make only simplified and less advanced applications using LUA? Basically, I meant that LUA offers the same features and functions when it comes to programming for Android?

I would make apps like CCleaner, uTorrent, not games.

I also have background in C.

Thanks a lot for your answer.

Answer 1

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