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## Summary
In the mobile app, anyone who hasn't set a display name shows up as a
raw 64-character hex key (e.g. `3a5d4f9c…`) — unreadable, and
unrecognizable as the same identity across screens. Profile and Settings
also let you copy that raw hex. Nostr public keys have a standard
readable form — `npub1…`, the same encoding other Nostr apps and our
desktop app already display. This PR makes every mobile identity surface
render npub instead:
- **Unnamed people everywhere** — message and thread authors, reactions,
typing indicators, member lists, channel details, DM headers and tiles,
inbox, search, forum cards, Pulse notes and reply context, mention
suggestions, and invite rows — now show a compact npub label: first 8 +
last 4 characters of the full npub joined by an ellipsis
(`npub1abcd…wxyz`), the same truncation desktop uses. Previously these
showed truncated raw hex.
- **DM fallback avatars and blank names** — 1:1 DM tiles and headers key
their fallback avatar to the same non-self counterpart the label names,
including self-first participant order; a self-DM keeps its
hex-key-derived initial. Blank or whitespace-only display names fall
back to the compact npub instead of rendering empty, while nonblank
authored names render verbatim (padding included).
- **Profile sheet → "Copy public key"** now copies the full canonical
npub — never raw hex. When the identity string isn't a valid public key,
the copy tile is disabled, so a malformed key never reaches the
clipboard.
- **Settings → Identity (pubkey)** displays and copies the full npub; an
invalid identity reads "Identity unavailable" with copy disabled.
- **Invalid identities never leak truncated raw hex** into the UI
anywhere — they render a neutral "Unknown identity" label.
- **Unchanged on purpose:** display names and verified handles (NIP-05 —
the `name@domain` badge) still render as before. Unnamed avatars keep
distinct per-key initials, derived from the underlying hex key rather
than the npub — otherwise every unnamed key would render the same "N"
initial. Event IDs are not public keys, so they keep their hex
truncation (in Pulse's "Replying to", the parent author shows npub while
an event-id fallback still shows hex). The nevent share link, private
keys, and internal hex storage are untouched. Inputs that accept a key
(invite/member entry) accept both hex and npub and keep working in hex
internally.
### Related issue
N/A. Searched open issues/PRs for npub identity display on mobile —
closest related: none found. Desktop's parallel npub standardization
lives in the stacked desktop PRs (#7488 foundation, #7489 controls,
#7495 display surfaces); this is the independent mobile slice (based
directly on `main`, not on those branches).
### Testing
At exact head `5a620e420a1fd57d9d8011ac26434eed32fcf765` (base: `main`
`44316ff72`; 40 files, +1,345/−154):
- Full mobile suite: 2,098 tests passing (`cd mobile && flutter test`);
`flutter analyze` clean; `dart format --set-exit-if-changed .` clean —
the same checks CI runs.
- Widget/unit coverage at production seams: compact labels and hex-keyed
avatar initials for DM headers/tiles, member rows, mention suggestions,
and Pulse reply context; DM fallback avatars keyed to the labeled
counterpart (self-first order and self-DMs); blank/whitespace
display-name npub fallback with nonblank authored labels verbatim,
including the Activity inbox sender and profile-sheet heading (each with
its own empty/whitespace production-seam regression); full-npub copy and
disabled-copy semantics in profile and settings; invalid-key
suppression; and hex↔npub input round-trips.
Verified via unit and widget tests — no device/simulator validation is
claimed.
### Task provenance
Buzz channel: `1f0e4a3d-7e01-4efe-bb16-843b357f85c9`
Task:
buzz://message?channel=1f0e4a3d-7e01-4efe-bb16-843b357f85c9&id=86b34eb4bd84a1472419e9af22636c011c0fe273e3c196f967d7a36996e149b6
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Signed-off-by: Logan Johnson <loganj@squareup.com>
Co-authored-by: Larry <627498bd4bd1f281a16431e3c6cce3b5c25b6692798c78672298aefbf2f8f8b5@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
## Summary
- keep transparent channel-list gaps in Flutter's gesture arena
- allow a new drag to interrupt active ballistic scrolling immediately
- add a behavioral fling-and-counter-drag regression test
## Scope audit
- audited mobile list and scroll constructors across `mobile/lib`
- channels is the only app scrollable overriding `hitTestBehavior`
- all other lists retain Flutter's default opaque hit testing and do not
share this defect
## Verification
- regression test fails before the production change: ballistic offset
continues from `271.17` to `345.56`
- focused interruption regression passes with the fix
- profile/community control test passes
- pre-commit: Dart formatting and Flutter analyzer pass
- pre-push: complete mobile suite passes, 1323 tests
- simulator: immediate counter-drag from the transparent gutter
interrupts deceleration
Simulator evidence:
`/Users/wesb/.buzz/.scratch/mobile-scroll-videos/interruption-verified.mp4`
Signed-off-by: Wes <wesbillman@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Carl <c7ebe626f000404285d3686e1dc74cc07cc60a9754a150041ba132e14bd3e2ec@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
## Summary
- make mobile unread state visible with bold channel names, an animated
Inbox badge, and swipe-to-toggle Inbox rows
- add directional transitions for top-level mobile navigation
- let mobile send while media uploads, with cancellable progress UI
- normalize iOS and Android video uploads, attach poster frames, and
improve native video playback
## Validation
- `just mobile-check`
- `just mobile-test`
- `cargo test -p buzz-media`
- Pixel smoke test
- iPhone smoke test
Desktop background uploads moved to #4522 so the two platforms can be
reviewed independently.
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Signed-off-by: kenny lopez <klopez4212@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tom Brow <tomb@block.xyz>
Co-authored-by: leader <71e9f2c44a6932b6772caaaccda1911d010463c3e2c6c40410b8329956046801@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
Co-authored-by: Tom Brow <tomb@block.xyz>
**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 -->
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Signed-off-by: Taylor Ho <taylorkmho@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: npub1223z34hd7vtwc6qj4s7flsxkj644nlre2nthu7lrrmkumhu3xddsrx9r6w <52a228d6edf316ec6812ac3c9fc0d696ab59fc7954d77e7be31eedcddf91335b@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
## Summary
- Add a shared footer fade behind the floating tabs on Home, Activity,
and Search.
- Use a shared anchored popover for Activity filters and section
actions, with working section move controls.
- Polish message grouping/press states and remove the initial Search
back button.
<img width="630" height="1368" alt="Screenshot 2026-07-29 at 08 49 37"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9e787adf-0bb3-49c6-8224-5819e8cfb1ad"
/>
### Testing
- `flutter analyze`
- `flutter test`
- Release build installed and checked on a connected iPhone
### Screenshots
A real-device Activity baseline showing the original solid footer is
attached in a PR comment. The updated review build was checked on the
connected iPhone.
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Signed-off-by: kenny lopez <klopez4212@gmail.com>
## Summary
- replace mobile connecting and reconnecting banners with element-shaped
skeletons for channel lists and message timelines
- add a low-contrast two-second shimmer and same-slot reveal, with
reduced-motion support
- align top, section, loaded-row, and skeleton label columns
## Why
Connection banners shifted content and did not match the desktop loading
treatment. The skeletons preserve layout and make reconnects less
disruptive.
## Testing
- `just mobile-check`
- `just mobile-test` — 704 passed, 1 skipped
- Pixel 10 visual verification in loaded and reconnecting states
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Signed-off-by: kenny lopez <klopez4212@gmail.com>
**Category:** new-feature
**User Impact:** Mobile users can copy permalinks, revisit, follow, and
manage messages through a clearer long-press menu that matches desktop
capabilities.
**Problem:** The mobile message menu exposed only a small subset of
desktop actions, and important workflows such as copying a permalink or
scheduling a reminder were unavailable or hard to discover.
**Solution:** Bring applicable desktop actions to mobile using native
patterns, promote Reply, Copy link, and Remind me above the fold, and
group the remaining actions by intent in a scrollable sheet.
**Intentional behavior changes (per review):**
- The quick-reaction row goes from 6 emojis to 4 (👀 and 🙏 dropped) to
make room for larger 52px tap targets alongside the `+` picker, which
still offers the full set.
- **Copy link — not a native share sheet — is the permalink path.** An
earlier revision shipped a `share_plus` Share message row; it was
removed in review since Copy link covers the job and custom-scheme
`buzz://` URIs are handled inconsistently by share targets. Native share
can return as a follow-up with an https fallback.
- Mark unread is message-scoped and session-local: it forces just that
message unread (surfacing its channel as unread), and message-level Mark
read can never clear a channel-level unread set from the channel tile.
<details>
<summary>File changes</summary>
**mobile/lib/features/channels/channels_provider.dart**
Feeds followed thread roots into unread and notification evaluation so
following a thread has meaningful behavior.
**mobile/lib/features/channels/message_actions.dart**
Reworks the long-press sheet with promoted fast actions, message links,
reminders, read state, thread following, and clearer action grouping
while preserving existing guards. Quick-reaction circles share one
extracted widget.
**mobile/lib/features/channels/read_state/message_read_state.dart**
Centralizes message-level unread evaluation across channel, message, and
thread markers; channel-level forced unread deliberately does not leak
into message state.
**mobile/lib/features/channels/read_state/read_state_provider.dart**
Forced-unread flags are per-context (channel id or `msg:` key) mapped to
their channel, so message- and channel-level unread choices round-trip
independently.
**mobile/lib/features/channels/thread_follows/thread_follows_provider.dart**
Exposes per-identity thread follow state to the message menu and
notification pipeline.
**mobile/lib/features/channels/thread_follows/thread_follows_storage.dart**
Persists a bounded, validated set of followed thread roots on the
device.
**mobile/lib/shared/reminders/remind_me_later_sheet.dart**
Adds reminder presets and a native custom date/time flow for deferring a
message. Lives under `shared/` so the channels feature never imports
another feature module. Cancelling the custom picker keeps the preset
sheet open; submission failures show stable copy and log the underlying
error.
**mobile/lib/shared/reminders/reminder_service.dart**
Creates desktop-compatible, self-encrypted kind-30300 reminder events.
**mobile/lib/shared/reminders/reminder_time_presets.dart**
Defines reminder choices that match the desktop experience.
**mobile/lib/shared/deeplink/deep_link.dart**
Builds canonical Buzz message links, including thread context when
present.
**mobile/lib/shared/relay/nostr_models.dart**
Adds the reminder event kind to the shared Nostr model constants.
**mobile/lib/shared/widgets/sheet_divider.dart**
Shared bottom-sheet section divider used by the message actions and
reminder sheets.
**mobile/test/features/channels/message_actions_test.dart**
Covers action visibility and guards, promoted actions, read/unread
round-tripping (including channel- vs message-level force isolation),
thread follows, and canonical links.
**mobile/test/features/channels/read_state/message_read_state_test.dart**
Covers unread precedence for channel, message, and thread contexts.
**mobile/test/features/channels/thread_follows/thread_follows_storage_test.dart**
Covers follow persistence, identity separation, validation, and storage
bounds.
**mobile/test/shared/reminders/reminder_service_test.dart**
Covers reminder payloads, tags, crypto round-tripping, and preset
behavior.
**mobile/test/features/channels/read_state/read_state_provider_test.dart**
Drives the production ReadStateNotifier/ReadStateManager (no fake
bookkeeping) through message unread → read → unread round-trips,
explicit channel-level Mark read clearing forced messages, and automatic
channel-open reads preserving them.
**mobile/test/shared/reminders/remind_me_later_sheet_test.dart**
Covers custom-picker cancel keeping the sheet open, stable failure copy
without the raw error, and the happy preset path.
**mobile/test/shared/deeplink/deep_link_test.dart**
Covers canonical top-level and threaded message-link generation.
</details>
## Reproduction steps
1. Run the mobile app with a signed-in identity and open a channel
containing regular messages and threads.
2. Long-press a message and confirm reactions plus Reply, Copy link, and
Remind me appear as fast actions above the fold.
3. Use Copy link; confirm the resulting `buzz://message` link opens the
correct channel and thread context.
4. Toggle Mark unread/Mark read and Follow thread/Unfollow thread,
reopening the sheet to confirm each state changes correctly. Force a
channel unread from the channel tile, then mark a message read — the
channel stays unread.
5. Choose a reminder preset and a custom date/time; confirm the reminder
is created and appears in the desktop reminder experience. Cancel the
custom date picker and confirm the reminder sheet stays open.
6. Long-press a system message and a message you cannot manage; confirm
utility and destructive actions remain appropriately hidden.
## Screenshots / demos
<img width="1206" height="2622" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/81096cd6-329b-408f-bcff-712e23b268a4"
/>
---------
Signed-off-by: Taylor Ho <taylorkmho@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: npub1223z34hd7vtwc6qj4s7flsxkj644nlre2nthu7lrrmkumhu3xddsrx9r6w <52a228d6edf316ec6812ac3c9fc0d696ab59fc7954d77e7be31eedcddf91335b@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
## Summary
- reorganize mobile settings around profile, appearance, and connection
cards
- add System/Light/Dark theme pairing, accent selection, and the Buzz
gradient theme
- align avatar badges, status editing, and supporting mobile chrome
## Test plan
- `just mobile-check`
- `just mobile-test`
## Summary
- Refine mobile navigation with icon-only tabs, haptics, a solid active
state, and spring quick actions.
- Bring Create channel and New message closer to desktop with radio
settings, keyboard submission, relay people, and wrapped recipient
chips.
- Keep both sheets draggable below the status area and prevent keyboard
overflow with many recipients.
## Testing
- `just mobile-check`
- `just mobile-test`
- Pixel 10 manual verification
