There are plenty of good programming questions that don't directly involve code. Here's a few top-voted questions from the tags I frequent:
- Does Swift have access modifiers?
- Why create “Implicitly Unwrapped Optionals”?
- Xcode 4.5 Storyboard 'Exit'
- Custom Cell Row Height setting in storyboard is not responding
Some good questions don't need code because they discuss a problem at a higher (but still solvable) level. Some good questions generalize multiple issues and lead to answers that will solve many people's problems. Some good questions discuss aspects of development that don't involve postable code or screenshots. Some decent questions can't include code because pinning down the cause of an issue isn't easy — I've seen plenty of questions that are meaningful but not initially solvable, where the OP manages to edit it into something more answerable only after comments or chat help diagnose an issue.
Conversely: posting code does not a good question make (cf. many, many questions that fail the MCVE test).
TLDR: If I've spent all day at my desk struggling with something and can elucidate my thoughts well enough to meaningfully solicit help, there's no reason I shouldn't be able to post those thoughts while I'm waiting for the bus.
If we want better questions posted from the mobile app (or mobile website, or the full website accessed via a mobile browser... where does it end?), perhaps we'd be better off amending those apps to encourage better questions.
