Google android is far from clean. I had to install a new launcher because it wouldn’t let me disable the stupid google bar on the mainscreen. Searching for a way to disable it I stumpled on way too many google kiddies asking “WhY WoULd wAnT To DisaBLe tHiS FeaTUre?”
Yes. There is a mod that allows audiointerfaces to be connected directly to RS via asio drivers.
https://github.com/mdias/rs_asio
Tho it is stated that you also need wineasio for linux.
You need some fiddeling to get it working even under windows but once it works its almost perfect.