**Category:** improvement **User Impact:** Mobile users can scan Activity as a focused conversation inbox and open the exact unread message or thread represented by each item. ## Context Mobile's Activity tab had not kept pace with Desktop: it presented isolated event headlines, advertised categories that were often empty, and opened a channel without clearly landing on the selected item. This PR brings the Mobile surface toward the conversation-oriented direction explored in Clay Delk's Desktop [Inbox refactor PR #2045](https://github.com/block/buzz/pull/2045), while adapting it to Mobile rather than copying the Desktop split-pane implementation. The related product/UX discussion is captured in the originating [Buzz thread](buzz://message?channel=a9bbc0e5-d25d-4740-849c-93c34bb578a4&id=a7d9a4d33dcd8c6bf0dc67d81c328892b9e38dedaa8548920224ef388301b6ab). ## UX decisions in this PR - **Conversation-oriented, not event-oriented:** related updates collapse into one row per thread/DM conversation, represented by the latest update and ordered by latest activity. Separate top-level conversations in the same channel remain separate rows. - **Resume at the oldest unread:** tapping a grouped row opens the represented canonical message/thread/DM at its oldest unread item, rather than merely opening the channel at an arbitrary position. - **Desktop-aligned row hierarchy:** rows lead with a full avatar and sender, followed by contextual location/type metadata, unread dot + time, and a two-line preview. A **New** boundary separates unread and read content. - **Mobile-native navigation:** Mobile keeps a single-column `Activity → canonical conversation → Back` flow. It does not introduce Desktop's persistent detail pane. - **Compact filtering:** the old horizontal chip rail becomes a compact filter menu so the source set fits a phone viewport without horizontal scanning. Filters are All, Mentions, Threads, Needs Action, Activity, Agents, Reminders, and Drafts. - **Focused source semantics:** All covers personally relevant work—DMs, mentions, thread replies, needs-action events, owned-agent activity, due reminders, and active drafts—rather than becoming a generic stream of every channel message. Mobile's standalone Activity source is currently limited to DM traffic because it does not have Desktop's aggregated channel-activity feed. - **Shared read behavior:** rows project canonical channel/thread/message markers, support unread-only and mark-all-read, and use local overrides only where canonical markers cannot represent an item. - **Reminders and drafts are real data:** reminders use the same encrypted NIP-ER events as Desktop. Drafts persist device-local composer state, restore on return, survive failed sends, and clear after successful sends. - **Explain navigation failures:** an unavailable destination produces an explanatory message rather than silently doing nothing or falling back to an unrelated channel position. ## Implementation summary - Adds a Mobile inbox model for conversation grouping, category priority, contextual labels, sorting, filtering, and oldest-unread targets. - Expands relay-backed sources for mentions, approvals, owned-agent lifecycle events, and DM traffic. - Adds fail-closed NIP-ER reminder decryption and device-local compose-draft persistence. - Redesigns Activity rows, boundaries, filters, unread controls, and empty/loading states. - Routes rows through Mobile's existing canonical channel/thread screens with precise target IDs. - Adds model, provider, widget, reminder, read-state, draft-lifecycle, and deep-link coverage. ## Reproduction steps 1. Run Mobile and open **Activity**. 2. Confirm full avatars, sender-first rows, context labels, unread indicators, timestamps, two-line previews, and the compact filter control. 3. Open the filter menu and verify All, Mentions, Threads, Needs Action, Activity, Agents, Reminders, and Drafts. 4. Tap a grouped thread row and confirm the canonical conversation opens at its oldest unread message. 5. Mark rows read/unread, enable unread-only mode, and use mark-all-read; confirm state agrees with the channel/thread destination. 6. Type without sending in a channel or thread, leave, and confirm the draft appears in Activity and restores in the composer. ## Screenshots | Before — merge-base `dd222a509` | After — PR head `52ad40aee` | |---|---| | <img width="1206" height="2622" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ae961b08-bf8a-4bd5-b487-f6321ae8d85b" /> | <img width="1206" height="2622" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bcbe7ab0-552a-417c-9e85-7a85eb4592ee" /> | Recaptured on the same authenticated iPhone 17 simulator, account, theme, and Activity view, at this PR's current merge-base (`dd222a509`) and head (`52ad40aee`). Both frames were taken within a few minutes on the same live feed, so the visible conversation set overlaps closely (the recent Ned/Bart/Tommy items appear in both). The compared change is the row *structure*: Before leads with an `@ Mention` headline over a small inline avatar and a horizontal chip rail; After leads with a full avatar, a compact `labelMedium` sender label, contextual "Mentioned in" metadata, and a filter menu. The sender username now renders at the same compact scale the old `@ Mention` label used. ## Verification - Current rebased head: `5bd87f4f4` on `origin/main` at `dd222a509`; GitHub reports the PR mergeable. - `flutter analyze` — clean at `5bd87f4f4`. - Full Mobile suite — 698 passed, 1 skipped, 4 failed; all four failures reproduce identically on clean `origin/main` (`channels_page_test` create-channel sheet and three `compose_bar_test` agent-mention cases). - The prior PR-specific `home_page_test` failures were fixed by providing the Activity local-state dependency in that harness. - Independent code and simulator UI review — approved. - Post-rebase GitHub checks are running. --------- Signed-off-by: Taylor Ho <taylorkmho@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: npub14vtk7pvazqrq9639qu7e560wnqtl0d53ca4gjuvq6jzf3k2el23qqlwa7f <ab176f059d100602ea25073d9a69ee9817f7b691c76a897180d48498d959faa2@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz> Co-authored-by: npub1223z34hd7vtwc6qj4s7flsxkj644nlre2nthu7lrrmkumhu3xddsrx9r6w <52a228d6edf316ec6812ac3c9fc0d696ab59fc7954d77e7be31eedcddf91335b@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz> Co-authored-by: npub14vtk7pvazqrq9639qu7e560wnqtl0d53ca4gjuvq6jzf3k2el23qqlwa7f <ab176f059d100602ea25073d9a69ee9817f7b691c76a897180d48498d959faa2@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/