use child theme for mobile version

Question

I have never used the child theme function. so I am curious if it is possible to use this function to create a mobile version or no? I know that there are mobile plugins for this but I was curious if can use a child there for this

Answer 1

I don't see why it wouldn't be possible. I use a switch plugin to display a totally different theme for mobile. A child theme is a totally different theme. The dependencies on the parent theme should still work, as they are WP functions built in.

Give it a try with a super simple child theme so you don't waste too much time. Just set up the style.css, use the import rule, but do something simple and drastic like changing a really obvious colour. See if it works.