@antdesros @FediTips ok I figured it out. The original tip from feditips was completely wrong, unfortunately. It's the drop down menu in my home feed that allows me to view the local feed. Anyway, thanks all!

@FediTips @antdesros the magnifying glass is called "explore" in my app, and in there are four options: posts, hashtags, news, for you. "Posts" seems most likely to be the local feed, but the people I see in there are from different servers ...

@lrhodes I wasn't aware of the feature. How can I access the local feed on the mastodon android app?