Ruby practical for Android Development?

I am trying to break into a bit of development and have been advised Ruby is quite an easy / powerful language to get started on.

My main hope for learning a programming language was to break into mobile development. I have heard Ruby can be used for Android development with the right 'kit' but is this a practical language to use for this or will it end up being a more long winded approach than just learning Java from the get go?

I recently read about Ruboto. You should check it out too!

Maybe you should be looking at http://rhomobile.com/?