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Killing the Silent Crash in Rork-Generated Apps — A Practical Error Boundary and Unhandled Promise Setup
Rork-generated code tends to swallow errors with optional chaining and leave promise rejections uncaught. Here is the minimum production-grade setup to surface those crashes instead of letting users churn in silence.
Keeping Rork Apps Fresh While Closed — iOS BGTaskScheduler, Silent Push, and Android WorkManager
Silent Pushes that never arrive. A BGTaskScheduler that stays quiet. This is how I pushed background refresh in a Rork-built app up to production quality on both iOS and Android — and what the success-rate numbers told me to fix first.
Rork iOS App: Why Your App Tracking Transparency Prompt Never Shows Up — and How to Fix It
Three real causes the ATT (App Tracking Transparency) dialog never appears in Rork-generated iOS apps — Info.plist, call timing, and AdMob init order — with working code and on-device verification steps.
Growing Rork-Generated React Native Code Into Something Production Can Hold
Learn how to identify the six most common technical debt patterns in Rork-generated React Native code and transform them into production-ready quality through TypeScript safety, component splitting, state management, async patterns, performance tuning, and testability — all with real Before/After examples.
Animation Jank in Rork Apps — How I Diagnosed Frame Drops and Fixed Them
Animations in your Rork app running smoothly in the preview but stuttering on a real device? This guide explains how to diagnose frame drops, why they happen, and how one line of code often fixes the problem completely.
Adding Expo Dev Client to Your Rork App
The moment you add react-native-mmkv or RevenueCat to a Rork app, Expo Go stops launching it. Here's how to set up Expo Dev Client (a custom development build) and the three pitfalls I've actually walked into.
Rork Max × Xcode Cloud: A Complete CI/CD Guide — From Pull Request Tests to App Store Submission
Learn how to connect Rork Max's native SwiftUI output to Xcode Cloud and build a production-grade CI/CD pipeline — from automated pull request testing to TestFlight distribution and App Store submission.
to Production Edge AI in Rork Apps— Ollama Streaming, Conversation History, and Cost Architecture
A complete production guide to integrating Ollama-powered local LLMs into Rork apps. Covers token streaming, SQLite conversation history, cloud fallback routing, and sustainable monetization for indie developers.
Adding Offline Edge AI to Rork Apps — No-Internet AI Features Without Cloud APIs
How to add offline-capable AI features to apps built with Rork. Covers the Ollama + local server approach, fallback patterns, a basic chat implementation, and which use cases make local AI worthwhile.
Swipes and Taps Not Working in Your Rork App: 5 Common Causes and Fixes
Gestures not responding in your Rork app? This guide walks through 5 common causes — from missing GestureHandlerRootView to z-index conflicts — with concrete code fixes for each.
Rork App Quality Metrics 2026— Crashlytics, Instruments, and Android Vitals for Production
A complete guide to quality metrics for Rork-generated apps in production. Covers Firebase Crashlytics, Xcode Instruments, and Android Vitals for crash rate monitoring, startup time measurement, and ANR prevention — plus CI quality gates using GitHub Actions and EAS Build.
Taking a Rork Podcast App to Production — Migrating to expo-audio, Recovering from Interruptions, and Resumable Downloads
Implementation notes for making a Rork podcast app survive real use: migrating off expo-av before SDK 55 removes it, recovering from call interruptions, resuming broken downloads, and budgeting storage against iCloud backup.