So if I want to run it, what would the best supported device? I do see the list of supported devices, but they vary. Which one would provide the best experience?
Usually the first party supported Sony xperia devices should all work well with all the bells and whistles of sailfish (their Android app support, some proprietary sync functionality)
If you have an old Motorola, OnePlus, older Xiaomi Devices - you can get the community ported Sailfish OS. That won't have their Android app support, but there are other options to get that working.
So they are using waydroid... nice! Use this myself a lot on Linux-based tablets/computers, like the Legion GO.
Wonder how well this integrates with the (edit: Sailfish) OS.
Unfortunately, this also does not do screenlocks and therefore has security restrictions and certain apps refuse to work properly.
I get your point: "patches are welcome", but I meant to understand what it does with Sailfish besides launching applications. Android and MeeGo had the idea of intents, like sending a file through a certain application. Also, the filesystems are probably separated.
Filesystems are separated but i used to bind mount Folders like Documents, Downloads, Pictures etc.. into the Android container.. thereby sharing the important data.
Other integrations could include making sure your contacts between Android and Sailfish are in sync.
Not sure what the status of notifications is.
Keeping the clipboards in sync.
Half of these things can be "hacked into" by using something like kde connect in the waydroid container.
Integration with Android intents like share etc .. would be stretching it..
