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buzz/mobile
5ddf23d700 feat(mobile-messages): render compact Buzz permalink chips (#5639)
**Category:** improvement
**User Impact:** Buzz channel, message, repository, pull request, and
issue links now display recognizable context and navigate reliably in
the mobile app.
**Problem:** Bare Buzz permalinks appeared as raw or ambiguous URLs on
mobile, while channel and message links were not handled consistently
across Markdown forms and startup states.
**Solution:** Normalize eligible bare Buzz URLs without consuming
Markdown syntax, render them as semantic icon-prefixed chips, and route
channel/message targets through the mobile deep-link dispatcher while
preserving authored Markdown labels as ordinary links.

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

**mobile/lib/features/channels/deep_link_dispatcher.dart**
Routes parsed channel and message links through the appropriate in-app
navigation callbacks.

**mobile/lib/features/channels/message_content.dart**
Presents all bare Buzz permalinks as semantic icon chips and keeps
authored labels as ordinary links.

**mobile/lib/features/channels/message_content/link_normalizer.dart**
Normalizes bare and autolinked Buzz URLs without consuming Markdown
delimiters, code, or punctuation.

**mobile/lib/shared/deeplink/deep_link.dart**
Adds strict channel and project-entity parsing alongside message deep
links.

**mobile/lib/shared/deeplink/pending_deep_link_provider.dart**
Preserves pending navigation until the mobile routing surface is ready.

**mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test.dart**
Updates navigation integration coverage for icon-prefixed channel chips.

**mobile/test/features/channels/deep_link_dispatcher_test.dart**
Covers channel/message dispatch and missing-target behavior.


**mobile/test/features/channels/message_content/link_normalizer_test.dart**
Exercises Markdown-safe normalization across the full Buzz link suite.

**mobile/test/features/channels/message_content_test.dart**
Verifies chip labels, icons, semantics, authored-label opt-out, and
navigation callbacks.

**mobile/test/shared/deeplink/deep_link_test.dart**
Covers strict parsing for channel, message, repository, pull-request,
and issue links.

</details>

## Reproduction steps
1. Run the mobile app and open a channel containing bare
`buzz://channel`, `buzz://message`, `buzz://repo`, `buzz://pr`, and
`buzz://issue` URLs.
2. Confirm each bare URL renders as one cohesive chip with a type icon,
a useful name or shortened identifier, and no duplicated channel `#`
character.
3. Add an authored Markdown link such as `[design
discussion](buzz://issue?...)` and confirm the supplied label remains an
ordinary link rather than becoming a chip.
4. Select channel and message links and confirm they navigate correctly
from inline and autolinked forms.

## Screenshots / demos
**iOS Simulator — channel, message, repository, pull request, and issue
permalink chips**

Real app build (`37b2cb5eb`) running on an iPhone 17 Pro simulator.

![Mobile permalink chips on iOS
Simulator](https://d24qwcpro867f5.cloudfront.net/repos/buzz/prs/5639/mobile-permalink-chips-simulator.png)

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Signed-off-by: Taylor Ho <taylorkmho@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Wes <wesbillman@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Carl <acda9e433d19dcd0e6b6840f7f4b98f3a56f1fab98049d444c087019e6d36560@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
Co-authored-by: Wes <wesbillman@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Carl <c7ebe626f000404285d3686e1dc74cc07cc60a9754a150041ba132e14bd3e2ec@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
2026-08-14 10:44:58 -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/