**Category:** improvement **User Impact:** Mobile users can sort each channel group by recent activity or A–Z, with their choices synchronized with desktop. **Problem:** Desktop supports persistent per-group channel sorting, but mobile shows the same groups without equivalent controls or shared preferences. The earlier mobile attempt coupled sorting to unsafe dirty-state behavior that could overwrite newer cross-client changes. **Solution:** Add mobile sorting controls and encrypted NIP-78 synchronization using the existing desktop `channel-sort` contract, while retaining ordinary whole-blob last-write-wins behavior. Local state is scoped by identity and normalized relay, startup closes fetch/subscription gaps, and both clients use the same deterministic ordering rules. <details> <summary>File changes</summary> **desktop/src/features/sidebar/lib/channelSortPreference.test.mjs** Updates ordering coverage for the deterministic, cross-client A–Z comparison rule. **desktop/src/features/sidebar/lib/channelSortPreference.ts** Aligns desktop channel-name collation with mobile so synchronized preferences produce the same visible order. **mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_sort/channel_sort_manager.dart** Adds encrypted relay synchronization with safe startup gap handling, clock checks, and ordinary last-write-wins conflicts. **mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_sort/channel_sort_provider.dart** Scopes sort state to the active identity and community lifecycle. **mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_sort/channel_sort_storage.dart** Defines the desktop-compatible payload, relay-scoped cache and migration, cleanup, and shared ordering behavior. **mobile/lib/features/channels/channels_page.dart** Connects sort state to the channel page. **mobile/lib/features/channels/channels_page/body.dart** Applies each selected order to Starred, custom groups, Channels, and DMs. **mobile/lib/features/channels/channels_page/sections.dart** Adds checked Recent and A–Z actions using the existing anchored-popover UI. **mobile/test/features/channels/channel_sort/channel_sort_manager_test.dart** Covers payload adoption, encrypted publication, conflicts, timestamps, retries, and cleanup. **mobile/test/features/channels/channel_sort/channel_sort_storage_test.dart** Covers parsing, relay isolation, migration, cleanup, and ordering modes. **mobile/test/features/channels/channels_page_test.dart** Verifies the group controls expose both choices. </details> ### Reproduction steps 1. Open the mobile channel list with populated built-in and custom groups. 2. Open a group menu and choose **Sort: Recent**; confirm active channels move to the top. 3. Choose **Sort: A–Z**; confirm deterministic alphabetical ordering returns. 4. Repeat for Starred, a custom group, Channels, and DMs. 5. Open desktop with the same identity and community and confirm each synchronized preference. 6. Switch communities and confirm cached preferences do not bleed across relays. ### Screenshots Approved `live` custom-section flow with `research` kept offscreen. | Recent selected | A–Z result | A–Z selected | |---|---|---| |  |  |  | ### Validation - Mobile `flutter analyze` — clean - Focused mobile sort and channel-page suites — 37/37 passed - Desktop full suite — 3906/3906 passed - Mobile full suite — 1034 passed, 1 skipped, 1 unrelated baseline failure reproduced at `ac4fa13b8` <!-- Originating Buzz channel: 2a16a2bb-6fd3-4d69-8182-2afcb21b2d14 --> --------- Signed-off-by: Taylor Ho <taylorkmho@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: npub1223z34hd7vtwc6qj4s7flsxkj644nlre2nthu7lrrmkumhu3xddsrx9r6w <52a228d6edf316ec6812ac3c9fc0d696ab59fc7954d77e7be31eedcddf91335b@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
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'sAppOverrides.xcconfigis included after it, so app-specific overrides like a personalBUNDLE_IDENTIFIERfor 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 fileBUZZ_ANDROID_UPLOAD_KEYSTORE_PASSWORDBUZZ_ANDROID_UPLOAD_KEY_ALIASBUZZ_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:
Gridtokens for consistent spacing - Linting:
flutter_lints+riverpod_lintviacustom_lint - Feature isolation: No cross-feature imports except
shared/