Open-sourcing the Gitter mobile apps

After acquiring Gitter, the team set out to open-source its mobile Android and iOS apps, following the successful open-sourcing of the main web app in 2017. This process involved moving the projects from GitHub to GitLab, removing sensitive information using tools like truffleHog and BFG Repo-Cleaner, and setting up configurations to keep secrets out of source control. For Android, secrets were managed using a `secrets.properties` file, while for iOS, a `GitterSecrets-Dev.plist` was used. Both projects were eventually made publicly available, with the community encouraged to contribute improvements. Despite considering deprecating the apps, community support has kept them alive, with ongoing updates like dark themes and technical fixes being added.

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