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buzz/mobile
05150c1188 feat(mobile): sync themes per community (#3767)
**Category:** new-feature
**User Impact:** Mobile now keeps each community’s appearance in sync
with desktop, including theme, accent, and system-mode preference.

**Problem:** Appearance choices were device-local, so the same account
could look different between desktop and mobile. Live sync could also
stop after the relay closed a subscription.

**Solution:** Store each community’s encrypted appearance preference on
its relay using the shared desktop wire contract, restore it from a
local identity-scoped cache, and apply replacement events live. Closed
subscriptions now recover with guarded backoff and fetch the latest
preference so no update is lost during the gap.

<details>
<summary>File changes</summary>

**mobile/lib/app.dart**
Connects community appearance state to the authenticated app lifecycle.

**mobile/lib/features/settings/accent_picker_page.dart**
Aligns mobile accent choices and selection behavior with the shared
catalog.

**mobile/lib/features/settings/settings_page/appearance_section.dart**
Clarifies the active appearance and hides accent controls when the Buzz
theme owns its neutral accent.

**mobile/lib/features/settings/theme_picker_page.dart**
Persists catalog theme choices through the community-scoped provider.

**mobile/lib/shared/theme/accent_colors.dart**
Matches desktop’s accent catalog and wire values.

**mobile/lib/shared/theme/buzz_theme.dart**
Keeps Buzz visually neutral without discarding the user’s stored accent
for other themes.

**mobile/lib/shared/theme/community_theme_preference.dart**
Defines and validates the versioned desktop-compatible appearance
payload.

**mobile/lib/shared/theme/community_theme_provider.dart**
Coordinates cache-first appearance loading with account and community
changes.

**mobile/lib/shared/theme/community_theme_sync.dart**
Adds encrypted NIP-78 relay persistence, live replacement handling,
deterministic ordering, safe seeding, and resilient subscription
recovery.

**mobile/lib/shared/theme/theme.dart**
Exports the community appearance modules.

**mobile/test/features/settings/theme_picker_page_test.dart**
Covers the updated settings behavior.

**mobile/test/shared/crypto/nip44_interop_test.dart**
Proves Dart decrypts a desktop-produced nostr-rs NIP-44 v2 preference.

**mobile/test/shared/theme/buzz_theme_test.dart**
Covers Buzz’s neutral rendering and stored-accent restoration.

**mobile/test/shared/theme/community_theme_preference_test.dart**
Covers wire parsing, validation, migration, and future-version handling.

**mobile/test/shared/theme/community_theme_sync_test.dart**
Covers cache/relay lifecycle, replacement ordering, switching races,
absence-only seeding, and closed-subscription recovery.

</details>

## Reproduction steps

1. Sign into desktop and mobile with the same account and join the same
community relay.
2. On desktop, choose a distinctive non-Buzz theme and accent; mobile
should update without a local toggle.
3. Restart mobile and confirm it restores the same appearance.
4. Change the mobile theme and accent and confirm desktop follows.
5. Leave mobile idle or backgrounded through a relay reconnect, then
change desktop again; mobile should resubscribe and catch up
automatically.
6. Switch communities and confirm each community restores only its own
appearance.

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Signed-off-by: Taylor Ho <taylorkmho@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: npub1223z34hd7vtwc6qj4s7flsxkj644nlre2nthu7lrrmkumhu3xddsrx9r6w <52a228d6edf316ec6812ac3c9fc0d696ab59fc7954d77e7be31eedcddf91335b@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
2026-08-05 13:18:53 -07:00
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Buzz Mobile

Flutter mobile client for Buzz.

Setup

cd mobile
flutter pub get

Run

# From repo root (recommended — starts Docker, relay, and simulator):
just mobile-dev

# Direct (requires services and relay already running):
cd mobile && flutter run

Worktree-aware debug identity

Debug builds produced from a git worktree get a unique app identifier keyed to the worktree directory name (com.buzz.buzzMobile.<slug> on iOS, xyz.block.buzz.mobile.<slug> on Android) plus a display-only branch label in the app name (Buzz (my-branch), or a short SHA when the worktree is detached). Because the identifier follows the directory rather than the branch, one worktree keeps exactly one installed app — and its login state — across branch switches, and builds from multiple worktrees install side by side, mirroring the desktop dev experience. Release and profile builds always keep the production identity and name.

just mobile-dev and just mobile-build-android apply this automatically by running scripts/mobile-worktree-overrides.sh, which writes two gitignored files:

  • mobile/ios/Flutter/WorktreeOverrides.xcconfig (included by Debug builds only; a developer's AppOverrides.xcconfig is included after it, so app-specific overrides like a personal BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER for device signing always win)
  • mobile/android/worktree.properties (read by the debug build type only)

For direct Xcode / Android Studio / flutter run development, run ./scripts/mobile-worktree-overrides.sh from the repo root once per branch switch to refresh the display label (the install identity never changes); the persisted files are then picked up by any subsequent build. In the main checkout the script is a no-op that removes stale override files, restoring the plain Buzz identity.

To remove leftover worktree-suffixed installs from booted iOS simulators and connected Android emulators, run just mobile-clean (add --dry-run via ./scripts/mobile-worktree-clean.sh --dry-run to preview). Production installs are never touched.

Checks

dart format --output=none --set-exit-if-changed .
flutter analyze
flutter test

Or from the repo root: just mobile-check and just mobile-test.

Android release signing

Android release builds fail unless all upload-key inputs are supplied through the environment:

  • BUZZ_ANDROID_UPLOAD_KEYSTORE_PATH: path to a CI-vended keystore file
  • BUZZ_ANDROID_UPLOAD_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD
  • BUZZ_ANDROID_UPLOAD_KEY_ALIAS
  • BUZZ_ANDROID_UPLOAD_KEY_PASSWORD

The keystore path must be absolute, and the keystore must remain outside the repository. Development and debug builds do not require these variables.

Release pipelines that sign through the central APK Signer service instead of a local upload keystore must set BUZZ_ANDROID_RELEASE_SIGNING=external. That mode produces an unsigned release bundle and refuses to run if any BUZZ_ANDROID_UPLOAD_* value is also set.

Architecture

lib/
├── main.dart              # Entry point, Riverpod bootstrap
├── app.dart               # MaterialApp with theme
├── shared/
│   └── theme/             # Catppuccin light/dark, spacing tokens, extensions
└── features/
    └── home/              # Placeholder home surface
  • State management: Riverpod + Hooks (HookConsumerWidget)
  • Theme: Catppuccin Latte (light) / Macchiato (dark) — matches desktop
  • Spacing: Grid tokens for consistent spacing
  • Linting: flutter_lints + riverpod_lint via custom_lint
  • Feature isolation: No cross-feature imports except shared/