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This PR implements MVP, iOS-only,
[NIP-PL](8d2d0ff5ad/docs/nips/NIP-PL.md)-compliant
push notifications.
A relay with `BUZZ_PUSH_ENABLED` will send a push notification for any
message that appears in the in-app Notifications tab.
## Enrollment flow
The first time the client first connects to a relay with
`BUZZ_PUSH_ENABLED`:
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
autonumber
participant App as Buzz iOS app
participant iOS
participant Relay as Buzz relay
participant Attest as Apple App Attest
participant Gateway as Push gateway
App->>Relay: Fetch NIP-11 push capability
Relay-->>App: Push profile, current relay public key, and limits
par
App->>iOS: Request notification permission
iOS-->>App: Permission result
and
App->>iOS: Register for remote notifications
iOS-->>App: Device token
end
App->>Gateway: Request installation challenge
Gateway-->>App: Single-use challenge
App->>Attest: Attest installation transcript
Attest-->>App: Attestation proof
App->>Gateway: Enroll device token and proof
Gateway-->>App: Installation handle
App->>Gateway: Request delegation challenge
Gateway-->>App: Single-use challenge
App->>Attest: Assert relay-key delegation
Attest-->>App: Assertion
App->>Gateway: Create delegation
Gateway-->>App: Opaque endpoint grant
App->>Relay: Publish encrypted push lease and filters
Relay-->>App: Lease acknowledged
```
## Push-time flow
When a notification-eligible event is received by the relay:
```mermaid
%%{init: {
"sequence": {
"actorMargin": 20,
"width": 110,
"messageMargin": 18,
"diagramMarginX": 8,
"wrap": true
}
}}%%
sequenceDiagram
autonumber
participant Relay as Buzz relay
participant Gateway as Push gateway
participant APNs as Apple Push<br/>Notification service
participant iOS
participant NSE as Notification service<br/>extension
Relay->>Gateway: POST /v1/deliveries/apns<br/>opaque endpoint grant, request ID, expiry, NIP-98 authorization
Gateway->>APNs: POST /3/device/{device-token}<br/>topic, request ID, expiry, constant mutable-content payload
APNs-->>Gateway: 200 OK: request accepted
Gateway-->>Relay: 200 OK: accepted status
APNs-->>iOS: Notification: constant reconnect alert<br/>mutable-content = 1
iOS->>NSE: Invoke extension<br/>original notification content
NSE->>Relay: POST /query: subscription filters, limit 10<br/>NIP-98 authorization
Relay-->>NSE: 200 OK: signed Nostr events<br/>kinds 9, 40002, 45001, or 45003
NSE->>iOS: Complete notification: title, body, subtitle<br/>thread ID, exact-message target
```
relay → push gateway → APNs -> NSE -> Notification Center
## Known limitations
The APNs wake payload is intentionally constant and opaque: it contains
no originating community or message identifier, in keeping with the
implemented NIP-PL privacy design.
The Notification Service Extension must therefore reconnect to the relay
and resolve eligible messages after each wake. Around overlapping wakes,
timing boundaries, or resolution windows, notification presentation may
occasionally omit an expected message or display a message more than
once.
This best-effort behavior is deliberately accepted for the current
implementation and will be measured during the internal rollout to
determine whether the user experience is acceptable before any broader
deployment; the implementation does not claim exactly-once presentation.
## Validation
Live end-to-end hardware validation used an internal remotely hosted
development relay and push gateway, the APNs sandbox, and a physical
iPhone 12 mini:
- A second real Buzz client published a uniquely marked message through
the hosted relay.
- The relay matched the message and sent the constant opaque wake
through the hosted gateway. The gateway made an actual APNs request; no
`simctl push` or simulated notification was used.
- The iPhone received the notification on its lock screen. The
Notification Service Extension reconnected to the relay, fetched the
event, verified its ID and signature, and replaced the placeholder
content with the real notification title and body.
- After the app populated its shared presentation cache, a final marked
notification visibly showed the sender display name, sender avatar, and
hashtag-prefixed channel name.
- Tapping a lock-screen notification opened Buzz and exercised the
notification-response path and navigated to the corresponding message.
Final validation with a dogfood-signed artifact and production App
Attest/APNs configuration remains a release step.
## Independent pre-reviews
- **First pass:**
[Carl](buzz://message?channel=18882f4c-289f-41db-942f-81f6f8066da1&id=74ab9a93bb227f3e762568f1cf9fee66d7495b0edc3918735ff787238b9cc585)
found missing transient retries, executor-key rotation suppression,
duplicate installation renewal, and an unauthenticated challenge write
amplifier. These were resolved by [retry-safe
bootstrap](https://github.com/block/buzz/pull/6269/changes/12c66ea62)
and [authenticated renewal plus a cross-replica
quota](https://github.com/block/buzz/pull/6269/changes/8e5ece0bd).
[sol-max](buzz://message?channel=ad83385f-8e9e-4461-9a35-c1bf2e208532&id=d26d53daa4684669e2ed354638241f13f36c3a97027fe8b4dd738aff09038962)
found delegation generation burning and an edited applied migration,
resolved by [exact-generation
revocation](https://github.com/block/buzz/pull/6269/changes/c26d2159d)
and a [forward-only
migration](https://github.com/block/buzz/pull/6269/changes/956c1d099).
[k3-max](buzz://message?channel=5e46055d-a766-4065-ae25-05d1e4aaa6b2&id=d43139138a0b15f806cbdbeeedd8f69d992cadf2e805876db6fdde6a34c7eda1)
found no blockers.
- **Exact-head re-review:**
[Carl](buzz://message?channel=18882f4c-289f-41db-942f-81f6f8066da1&id=a897721673459301b0cf26e8b85a1478d7ebbb56a4621f93d774c98d395b8f68),
[sol-max](buzz://message?channel=ad83385f-8e9e-4461-9a35-c1bf2e208532&id=fb2159f709ec68f74f7b21459acd76da0e8a7c5c0f3d469f99826b0cc2380849),
and
[k3-max](buzz://message?channel=5e46055d-a766-4065-ae25-05d1e4aaa6b2&id=2ce2842910435f562e9d9cc718595848f281b122c94605e523a4b964254b8bfb)
independently returned **NO BLOCKERS** at `7eb3a650b`; k3-max also
revalidated every remediation and the endpoint-specific App Attest
enrollment bound.
---------
Signed-off-by: Tom Brow <tomb@squareup.com>
Signed-off-by: Tom Brow <tomb@block.xyz>
Co-authored-by: Tom Brow <tomb@squareup.com>
Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordan Mecom <jm@squareup.com>
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# Buzz Mobile
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Flutter mobile client for Buzz.
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## Setup
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Use the Flutter SDK pinned by the repository. Activate Hermit from the repo
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root before resolving packages or running any Flutter command:
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```bash
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cd /path/to/buzz
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. ./bin/activate-hermit
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./bin/just mobile-install
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```
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`mobile-build-android` intentionally builds with `--no-pub`. If an IDE or an
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external Flutter SDK has touched `mobile/.dart_tool`, rerun `mobile-install`
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with the pinned SDK before building so `flutter_test`, `sky_engine`, and the
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engine all come from the same Flutter version.
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## Run
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```bash
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# From repo root (applies a worktree-isolated debug identity and starts/reuses Simulator):
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just mobile-dev
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# Direct (uses the app's configured community; apply worktree overrides first):
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cd mobile && flutter run
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```
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### Worktree-aware debug identity
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Debug builds produced from a git worktree get a unique app identifier keyed
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to the **worktree directory name**
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(`xyz.block.buzz.dogfood.mobile.<slug>` on iOS,
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`xyz.block.buzz.mobile.<slug>` on Android) plus a display-only branch label
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in the app name (`Buzz (my-branch)`, or a short SHA when the worktree is
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detached). Because the identifier follows the directory rather than the
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branch, one worktree keeps exactly one installed app — and its login state —
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across branch switches, and builds from multiple worktrees install side by
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side, mirroring the desktop dev experience. Release and profile builds
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always keep the production identity and name.
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`just mobile-dev` and `just mobile-build-android` apply this automatically by
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running `scripts/mobile-worktree-overrides.sh`, which writes two gitignored
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files:
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- `mobile/ios/Flutter/WorktreeOverrides.xcconfig` (included by Debug builds
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only; a developer's `AppOverrides.xcconfig` is included after it, so
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app-specific overrides like a personal `BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER` for device
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signing always win)
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- `mobile/android/worktree.properties` (read by the debug build type only)
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Android developers can keep a stable local test identity that takes precedence
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over the generated worktree values by creating the gitignored
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`mobile/android/AppOverrides.properties`:
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```properties
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appName=Buzz Pairing
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applicationIdSuffix=.device_pairing_e2e1
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```
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These values are consumed by the debug build type only. The standard
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`just mobile-build-android` command can still be used; regenerating
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`worktree.properties` does not overwrite `AppOverrides.properties`. Release
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and profile builds keep the production `Buzz` name and application ID.
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For direct Xcode / Android Studio / `flutter run` development, run
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`./scripts/mobile-worktree-overrides.sh` from the repo root once per branch
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switch to refresh the display label (the install identity never changes);
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the persisted files are then picked up by any subsequent build. In the main
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checkout the script is a no-op that removes stale override files, restoring
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the plain `Buzz` identity.
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For an Android debug build that must remain installed alongside other Buzz
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worktree builds, set an explicit launcher name and package suffix when invoking
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the generator or a recipe that invokes it:
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```bash
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BUZZ_ANDROID_DEBUG_APP_NAME="Buzz Huddles" \
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BUZZ_ANDROID_DEBUG_ID_SUFFIX=".huddles_829c" \
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./bin/just mobile-build-android
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```
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This example produces the debug-only package
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`xyz.block.buzz.mobile.huddles_829c` with the launcher label `Buzz Huddles`.
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The suffix must start with a dot followed by a lowercase letter and may contain
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only lowercase letters, digits, and underscores. Release and profile builds
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ignore these overrides and retain the production package and name.
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To remove leftover worktree-suffixed installs from booted iOS simulators and
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connected Android emulators, run `just mobile-clean` (add `--dry-run` via
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`./scripts/mobile-worktree-clean.sh --dry-run` to preview). Production
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installs are never touched.
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### iOS push capability
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Every iOS artifact builds and embeds the Notification Service Extension and
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native push bridge. Runtime activation is fail-closed and scoped to the current
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relay. After authenticated connectivity and a fully valid NIP-11 `nip-pl` push
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descriptor, Buzz independently requests display permission and registers with
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APNs. Display denial or request failure does not gate the device token, gateway
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enrollment, or lease publication, so a later user opt-in can display pushes
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without rebuilding transport authority. An absent, malformed, or unreachable
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descriptor leaves push inactive without partial enrollment.
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Relay rollout remains an explicit deployment opt-in. Only deployments with
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`BUZZ_PUSH_ENABLED=true` advertise the descriptor and process push. See
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`docs/push-gateway-deployment.md` for the canonical gateway profile contract,
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manual physical-device proof, measurements, and rollback procedure.
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For local physical-device development, override the identity and sandbox
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environments in the gitignored `mobile/ios/Flutter/AppOverrides.xcconfig`:
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```xcconfig
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BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = xyz.block.buzz.mobile
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BUZZ_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = EYF346PHUG
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BUZZ_IOS_PUSH_ENVIRONMENT = development
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BUZZ_APP_ATTEST_ENVIRONMENT = development
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```
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This exercises the client, extension, relay, and gateway integration without
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requiring a dogfood development signing identity. It uses the canonical
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gateway's server-owned App Store profile configured for sandbox in the local
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development gateway; it does not validate the internally distributed dogfood
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artifact or enable the App Store profile in production. Validate dogfood APNs
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end to end by cutting an internal release, waiting for it to reach Mobile
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Releases/Comp Portal, and installing that signed artifact on a physical device.
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Parent app identifiers require Apple's Communication
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Notifications capability and a regenerated app provisioning profile. The
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Notification Service Extension profile does not require that capability.
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Enable it on the personal development App ID for local rich-presentation
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validation. Enabling it on the Block dogfood and eventual App Store App IDs is
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a release follow-up and is not performed by this repository change. Without a
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matching parent profile, source and unit validation still work, but the app
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cannot be signed for a physical device.
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APNs and the gateway continue to carry only the constant opaque wake-up. The
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extension fetches the message from the scoped relay, verifies message, sender
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profile, and channel-metadata signatures, and uses a bounded App Group cache
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for names and app-rendered avatar thumbnails. It never fetches an avatar URL;
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missing, stale, or invalid enrichment falls back to the verified message with a
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short sender pubkey, community subtitle, and no image.
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## Checks
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```bash
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dart format --output=none --set-exit-if-changed .
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flutter analyze
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flutter test
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```
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Or from the repo root: `just mobile-check` and `just mobile-test`.
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## Android release signing
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Android release builds fail unless all upload-key inputs are supplied through the
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environment:
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- `BUZZ_ANDROID_UPLOAD_KEYSTORE_PATH`: path to a CI-vended keystore file
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- `BUZZ_ANDROID_UPLOAD_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD`
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- `BUZZ_ANDROID_UPLOAD_KEY_ALIAS`
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- `BUZZ_ANDROID_UPLOAD_KEY_PASSWORD`
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The keystore path must be absolute, and the keystore must remain outside the
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repository. Development and debug builds do not require these variables.
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Release pipelines that sign through the central APK Signer service instead of
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a local upload keystore must set `BUZZ_ANDROID_RELEASE_SIGNING=external`. That
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mode produces an unsigned release bundle and refuses to run if any
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`BUZZ_ANDROID_UPLOAD_*` value is also set.
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## Architecture
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```
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lib/
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├── main.dart # Entry point, Riverpod bootstrap
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├── app.dart # MaterialApp with theme
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├── shared/
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│ └── theme/ # Catppuccin light/dark, spacing tokens, extensions
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└── features/
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└── home/ # Placeholder home surface
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```
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- **State management:** Riverpod + Hooks (`HookConsumerWidget`)
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- **Theme:** Catppuccin Latte (light) / Macchiato (dark) — matches desktop
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- **Spacing:** `Grid` tokens for consistent spacing
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- **Linting:** `flutter_lints` + `riverpod_lint` via `custom_lint`
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- **Feature isolation:** No cross-feature imports except `shared/`
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