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App Crashes After App Store Release But Not on TestFlight — 4 Common Causes
Your Rork app worked perfectly on TestFlight, but crashes after App Store release. Here are the 4 most common causes and how to fix each one.
Mobile Attribution for Rork Apps — A Production Guide to AppsFlyer, Adjust, SKAdNetwork 4.0, and ATT
A complete walkthrough of wiring AppsFlyer or Adjust into a Rork (Expo + React Native) app, designing SKAdNetwork 4.0 conversion values, building a high-opt-in ATT prompt, and integrating deep links — with copy-paste code and the pitfalls I hit in production.
How Rork Max's SwiftUI Generation Talks to Its AI Layer — 7 Prompt Patterns That Shift Output Quality
Rork Max's SwiftUI generation and its AI capabilities are not two separate features — they share the same underlying model. Here are 7 prompt patterns I rely on to nudge the same model toward production-ready output, with before-and-after SwiftUI examples.
Adding iOS 26 Liquid Glass to Rork Max Apps — What I Learned After Three Real Apps
I shipped three Rork Max apps that adopt iOS 26 Liquid Glass. Here is what actually works in production: where to apply glassEffect, how to fall back on iOS 25, and the three most common ways the new material breaks your UI.
Outgrowing RevenueCat: A Self-Hosted Guide to App Store Server Notifications V2 for Rork Apps
A complete implementation guide for receiving App Store Server Notifications V2 in Cloudflare Workers without RevenueCat — covering JWS verification, idempotent state updates, user binding, and production testing for Rork apps.
Why Your Rork App Icon Won't Update — Cache Fixes for iOS and Android
Replaced your Rork app icon but still seeing the old one? Walk through the layered causes — iOS SpringBoard cache, EAS Build cache, missing Android adaptive icons — and the exact fixes that get the new icon to stick.
Rork Companion Won't Sync or Connect: A Diagnostic Guide
How to diagnose Rork Companion connection failures, QR login issues, and stale previews — symptom-by-symptom on both iOS and Android.
Skeleton Screens in Rork Apps — Practical Patterns for Better Perceived Performance
If your Rork app still shows a spinner on a blank screen during load, you are leaving a lot of perceived performance on the table. Here is how I drop skeleton screens and shimmer effects into Rork-generated React Native code without over-engineering it.
Getting a 1GB Video Out of a Rork App Without Losing It — TUS, S3 Multipart, and Background Transfers
A production-ready implementation guide for uploading 1GB+ videos and high-resolution photos from Rork apps. Covers the TUS protocol, S3/R2 Multipart Upload, iOS background transfers, and a resumable progress UI — all with working code.
Connecting Rork Apps to Zapier — Automate Notifications and Data Sync Without a Backend
Learn how to connect your Rork app to Zapier via Webhooks to automate welcome emails, form data storage, and purchase notifications — no dedicated backend required.
The Machine Learning Optimizations Rork Runs Behind the Scenes — Why Generated Apps Just Feel Faster
Have you noticed Rork-generated apps run smoother than equivalent code you wrote yourself? Multiple ML pipelines are at work behind the scenes. This guide breaks down what's happening at code-gen, build, and runtime — backed by my own benchmarks.
Building CarPlay Support for Rork Apps — Entitlements, CPTemplate APIs, and Winning App Store Review
A practitioner's guide to adding CarPlay support to apps built with Rork. Covers entitlement requests, CPTemplate API selection, UIScene configuration, data sharing via App Groups, and strategies for passing App Store review with audio, navigation, and messaging categories.