now the question, is how do we get ssb-patchql actually running on the phone?

It's an node.js package with native bindings, right? So it should work, if the bindings are compilable for android/arm, and if it's not then it's a matter of figuring out compilation flags using Android's NDK compilers, which is usually an annoying task.

which means android development is currently only accessible to @staltz.

Unfortunately yeah that's what I heard from Luandro and Miles, but I'm also puzzled with it. I sometimes nuke the node_modules and reinstall everything and recompile everything, and it works.

Anyone got capacity to grease that wheel ?

I'm a bit time depleted