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perf(mobile): stop rebuilding the native nav bar on every scrolled frame - #9458

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On iOS, FrostedAppBar built its native IosNavigationBar inside the ValueListenableBuilder for the page's scroll offset, so every scrolled frame rebuilt the bar. Each rebuild jsonEncodes the whole native payload to see whether it changed, and that payload carries the header's avatars: base64 image data, and the data URLs of people whose profile picture is one (100 KB or more each). The bar already follows the offset itself, through its own listener that sends scroll to UIKit, so none of that work was needed.

The bar is now built once per FrostedAppBar build, outside the offset builder. Scrolling still rebuilds the positioned frame around it (its height follows the large title), but passes the same bar widget, so Flutter skips it.

Validation

New test: scrolling a FrostedScaffold page leaves the same IosNavigationBar instance in the tree. It fails without this change.

Full mobile test suite, flutter analyze and the file-size check pass.

On the iPhone 12 mini (profile build, Builderlab), opening a busy channel whose header shows member avatars, and scrolling history with 10 swipes (about 30 seconds):

IosNavigationBar.build (CPU samples) BUILD total LAYOUT total UI frame time total
Before 1,581 ms 3,304 ms 3,514 ms 7,013 ms
After 0 ms (no samples) 591 ms 748 ms 4,718 ms

The remaining long frames (up to 130 ms) are older history loading in, and are the same before and after. The automated run covered a cold start, search, opening the channel from a search result, and scrolling its history.

Regressions

None expected. The bar's inputs don't depend on the offset; only the frame's height and animation duration do, and those still update per frame.

FrostedAppBar built IosNavigationBar inside the scroll-offset builder,
so each scrolled frame rebuilt the bar and jsonEncoded its native
payload, which carries the header's avatar images and data URLs. The bar
follows the offset through its own listener, so build it once outside
the builder.

Co-authored-by: studio <dc2fc481343672df31a689840c09299972e704dac592e0da6f18486646a7ee3e@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
Signed-off-by: Tom Brow <[email protected]>
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  • Exact PR diff: 59ae028a360242d43ffbfdafca8a76eda00484d9...9d914076ac52b8e6c99d27c0397732fd096cd3cd
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No concrete security, correctness, or reliability issues found in the authorized PR range. The reused navigation bar retains its independent scroll listener and reactive update paths.

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Kyle reviewed the PR and the Nexus review-tracker notes and approved with no comments.

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wpfleger96 added a commit that referenced this pull request Nov 14, 2026
* origin/main: (24 commits)
  docs(readme): point desktop readers at block/buzz-app and describe where each client lives (#9493)
  test(cli,db): freeze the assertion test clock and give pool release tests a test-lane acquire budget (#9442)
  test(desktop): unmount every TerminalSubstrate tree before the window closes (#9440)
  fix(mobile): drop the iOS share extension from the build until it's signed (#9489)
  chore(release): release Buzz Desktop version 0.5.30 (#9491)
  perf(mobile): parse each event's thread reference once (#9460)
  perf(mobile): load only the directory when search opens (#9466)
  perf(mobile): stop rebuilding Home's channel list when a route covers it (#9459)
  perf(mobile): ask typing subscriptions only for the typing window (#9454)
  perf(mobile): skip avatar URL parsing for non-HTTP URLs (#9448)
  perf(mobile): download the identity archive list only when it changed (#9445)
  perf(mobile): don't treat a Control Center pull as a resume (#9443)
  fix(mobile): keep a superseded roster read out of the offline snapshot (#9452)
  perf(mobile): read channel bot roles from the member list (#9451)
  perf(mobile): read Activity once per reconnect (#9455)
  fix(mobile): offer role controls for agents (#9475)
  perf(mobile): stop rebuilding the native nav bar on every scrolled frame (#9458)
  perf(mobile): keep verified-name batches open as people are added (#9450)
  perf(mobile): read only changed custom emoji sets on reconnect (#9446)
  perf(mobile): keep latest-message times on a directory load (#9457)
  ...

Signed-off-by: Will Pfleger <[email protected]>

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#	crates/buzz-cli/src/desktop_provider.rs
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* origin/main: (111 commits)
  perf(acp): avoid repeated observer batch serialization (#9483)
  docs(readme): point desktop readers at block/buzz-app and describe where each client lives (#9493)
  test(cli,db): freeze the assertion test clock and give pool release tests a test-lane acquire budget (#9442)
  test(desktop): unmount every TerminalSubstrate tree before the window closes (#9440)
  fix(mobile): drop the iOS share extension from the build until it's signed (#9489)
  chore(release): release Buzz Desktop version 0.5.30 (#9491)
  perf(mobile): parse each event's thread reference once (#9460)
  perf(mobile): load only the directory when search opens (#9466)
  perf(mobile): stop rebuilding Home's channel list when a route covers it (#9459)
  perf(mobile): ask typing subscriptions only for the typing window (#9454)
  perf(mobile): skip avatar URL parsing for non-HTTP URLs (#9448)
  perf(mobile): download the identity archive list only when it changed (#9445)
  perf(mobile): don't treat a Control Center pull as a resume (#9443)
  fix(mobile): keep a superseded roster read out of the offline snapshot (#9452)
  perf(mobile): read channel bot roles from the member list (#9451)
  perf(mobile): read Activity once per reconnect (#9455)
  fix(mobile): offer role controls for agents (#9475)
  perf(mobile): stop rebuilding the native nav bar on every scrolled frame (#9458)
  perf(mobile): keep verified-name batches open as people are added (#9450)
  perf(mobile): read only changed custom emoji sets on reconnect (#9446)
  ...

Signed-off-by: Matthew Boston <[email protected]>

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