block / block/buzz

Make Buzz Android available in France or provide an official APK

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Description

**Motivation**
The official Buzz Android app is currently not available on the Google Play Store in France.

This makes it difficult for French users of self-hosted Buzz communities to install the mobile client, even though the Android application is already being distributed in other markets.

**Proposed solution**
Could you please either:

1. Enable France as a Google Play Store territory for the Buzz Android app, or
2. Provide an official signed APK, ideally through GitHub Releases, for users in countries where the Play Store version is not available.

Providing an APK would also be useful for self-hosted users who prefer sideloading or use Android devices without Google Play Services.

**Additional context**
The Buzz repository already contains the Android application and build tooling, but the public GitHub releases currently only provide desktop binaries.

The mobile release documentation indicates that signed Android builds are produced through the private buzz-releases pipeline and then promoted through the store workflow.

An official APK alongside the store release would therefore be very helpful for the self-hosted community.

Thanks!

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the mobile release documentation, then inspect the Android application and build tooling alongside the private buzz-releases pipeline and store workflow described in the issue. Confirm whether the chosen outcome is France Play availability or an official signed APK through GitHub Releases; done means the selected distribution path is published and installable for French and self-hosted users.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android
Domain
mobile, release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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