@kawaiipunk I have never had a linux phone, but I've used waydroid for this on a touchscreen laptop. You have to upgrade the android rom which underpins the compatibility layer, and you have the option to start the Android launcher/Shell rather than making application shortcuts in Linux for the Android apps you install. If anything on a phone it would work even better, since there is no architecture difference. Waydroid lets you download lineageOS nightly which I'd suggest, and you can also specify whether you want/need Gapps.