I have an android phone, can I use the messaging app on my new iPad?

Hello! I have an android phone, but got an iPad for the holidays and have a MacBook. I've never used messages on my MacBook but figured I might on my iPad when traveling. I have a phone number associated with my iCloud account, but I cannot seem to get the messages app to work - or is that basically impossible since I don't have an iPhone?

Also / unrelated: if I'm RCS messaging with someone on iPhone/iMessage, can they see when I quote-reply something for the added context, or is that one of the things that doesn't work?