feat: add speech_to_text, optimize navigation transitions, improve bottom nav rebuild performance, and fix home screen padding.

ios/Podfile.lock

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ PODS:
     - GoogleUtilities/Environment (~> 8.0)
     - GoogleUtilities/UserDefaults (~> 8.0)
     - PromisesObjC (~> 2.4)
+  - CwlCatchException (2.2.1):
+    - CwlCatchExceptionSupport (~> 2.2.1)
+  - CwlCatchExceptionSupport (2.2.1)
   - emoji_picker_flutter (0.0.1):
     - Flutter
   - FBAEMKit (18.0.2):
@@ -121,6 +124,10 @@ PODS:
   - shared_preferences_foundation (0.0.1):
     - Flutter
     - FlutterMacOS
+  - speech_to_text (7.2.0):
+    - CwlCatchException
+    - Flutter
+    - FlutterMacOS
   - sqflite_darwin (0.0.4):
     - Flutter
     - FlutterMacOS
@@ -143,6 +150,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - package_info_plus (from `.symlinks/plugins/package_info_plus/ios`)
   - path_provider_foundation (from `.symlinks/plugins/path_provider_foundation/darwin`)
   - shared_preferences_foundation (from `.symlinks/plugins/shared_preferences_foundation/darwin`)
+  - speech_to_text (from `.symlinks/plugins/speech_to_text/darwin`)
   - sqflite_darwin (from `.symlinks/plugins/sqflite_darwin/darwin`)
   - url_launcher_ios (from `.symlinks/plugins/url_launcher_ios/ios`)
   - webview_flutter_wkwebview (from `.symlinks/plugins/webview_flutter_wkwebview/darwin`)
@@ -151,6 +159,8 @@ SPEC REPOS:
   trunk:
     - AppAuth
     - AppCheckCore
+    - CwlCatchException
+    - CwlCatchExceptionSupport
     - FBAEMKit
     - FBSDKCoreKit
     - FBSDKCoreKit_Basics
@@ -193,6 +203,8 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: ".symlinks/plugins/path_provider_foundation/darwin"
   shared_preferences_foundation:
     :path: ".symlinks/plugins/shared_preferences_foundation/darwin"
+  speech_to_text:
+    :path: ".symlinks/plugins/speech_to_text/darwin"
   sqflite_darwin:
     :path: ".symlinks/plugins/sqflite_darwin/darwin"
   url_launcher_ios:
@@ -203,6 +215,8 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
 SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   AppAuth: d4f13a8fe0baf391b2108511793e4b479691fb73
   AppCheckCore: cc8fd0a3a230ddd401f326489c99990b013f0c4f
+  CwlCatchException: 7acc161b299a6de7f0a46a6ed741eae2c8b4d75a
+  CwlCatchExceptionSupport: 54ccab8d8c78907b57f99717fb19d4cc3bce02dc
   emoji_picker_flutter: 8e50ec5caac456a23a78637e02c6293ea0ac8771
   FBAEMKit: 56a4f5a9607957b547b6458b17a98c5bb2736367
   FBSDKCoreKit: 54f1240567e16862ab71c53c33dc347db5c524c5
@@ -231,6 +245,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   path_provider_foundation: 2b6b4c569c0fb62ec74538f866245ac84301af46
   PromisesObjC: f5707f49cb48b9636751c5b2e7d227e43fba9f47
   shared_preferences_foundation: 5086985c1d43c5ba4d5e69a4e8083a389e2909e6
+  speech_to_text: 87bf9298952e8d9073be1b6aade6d5758db5170c
   sqflite_darwin: 5a7236e3b501866c1c9befc6771dfd73ffb8702d
   url_launcher_ios: bb13df5870e8c4234ca12609d04010a21be43dfa
   webview_flutter_wkwebview: 29eb20d43355b48fe7d07113835b9128f84e3af4

lib/core/widgets/app_bottom_nav_bar.dart

@@ -82,8 +82,11 @@ class AppBottomNavBar extends ConsumerWidget {
               Builder(builder: (context) {
                 final authState = ref.watch(authProvider);
                 final isAuth = authState.status == AuthStatus.authenticated;
+                // Only watch the unreadCount field — not the entire messaging
+                // state. This prevents the nav bar from rebuilding on every
+                // typing event, new message, or status change.
                 final msgUnread = isAuth
-                    ? ref.watch(messagingProvider).unreadCount
+                    ? ref.watch(messagingProvider.select((s) => s.unreadCount))
                     : 0;
                 return _NavItem(
                   svgPath: 'assets/icons/nav_messages_icon.svg',

lib/features/home/presentation/screens/home_screen.dart

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class HomeScreen extends ConsumerWidget {
     ];
     return ListView.builder(
       controller: scrollController,
+      padding: EdgeInsets.zero,
       itemCount: sections.length,
       itemBuilder: (_, i) => sections[i],
     );

lib/routing/app_router.dart

@@ -298,26 +298,52 @@ class _HomeRouteWrapper extends ConsumerWidget {
 }
 
 /// Slide from right transition for push-style navigation.
+/// The entering page slides in from the right while the exiting page
+/// slides slightly left + fades, giving a native iOS-like depth effect.
 Widget _slideTransition(
   BuildContext context,
   Animation<double> animation,
   Animation<double> secondaryAnimation,
   Widget child,
 ) {
+  // Entering page: slide in from right
+  final slideIn = Tween<Offset>(
+    begin: const Offset(1, 0),
+    end: Offset.zero,
+  ).animate(CurvedAnimation(
+    parent: animation,
+    curve: Curves.easeOutCubic,
+  ));
+
+  // Exiting page: slide slightly left + dim
+  final slideOut = Tween<Offset>(
+    begin: Offset.zero,
+    end: const Offset(-0.25, 0),
+  ).animate(CurvedAnimation(
+    parent: secondaryAnimation,
+    curve: Curves.easeOutCubic,
+  ));
+
+  final fadeOut = Tween<double>(begin: 1.0, end: 0.9).animate(
+    CurvedAnimation(parent: secondaryAnimation, curve: Curves.easeOut),
+  );
+
   return SlideTransition(
-    position: Tween<Offset>(
+    position: slideOut,
-      begin: const Offset(1, 0),
+    child: FadeTransition(
-      end: Offset.zero,
+      opacity: fadeOut,
-    ).animate(CurvedAnimation(parent: animation, curve: Curves.easeOut)),
+      child: SlideTransition(
-    child: Container(
+        position: slideIn,
-      color: Colors.white,
+        child: DecoratedBox(
-      child: child,
+          decoration: const BoxDecoration(color: Colors.white),
+          child: child,
+        ),
+      ),
     ),
   );
 }
 
-/// Smooth fade transition for tab-to-tab navigation.
+/// Smooth crossfade transition for tab-to-tab navigation.
-/// Uses a white container behind to prevent content overlap during transition.
 Widget _fadeTransition(
   BuildContext context,
   Animation<double> animation,
@@ -325,9 +351,9 @@ Widget _fadeTransition(
   Widget child,
 ) {
   return FadeTransition(
-    opacity: CurveTween(curve: Curves.easeIn).animate(animation),
+    opacity: CurvedAnimation(parent: animation, curve: Curves.easeInOut),
-    child: Container(
+    child: DecoratedBox(
-      color: Colors.white,
+      decoration: const BoxDecoration(color: Colors.white),
       child: child,
     ),
   );