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Force Updates in Rork Apps: A Practical Guide to Sunsetting Old Versions Safely
How to design and implement a force-update flow for Rork apps. Covers soft vs hard updates, remote-driven version policy, store routing, and post-cutover monitoring.
Rork Max × Apple TipKit — Designing In-App Guidance That Cuts Onboarding Drop-Off
Wire Apple's TipKit framework into a Rork Max app via Expo Modules to ship contextual in-app guidance that meaningfully reduces onboarding drop-off — with eligibility rules, localization, CloudKit sync, and analytics covered end to end.
Five Things to Check First When Geolocation Stops Working in Your Rork App
Geolocation looks easy until it doesn't work. This guide walks through the five most common reasons your Rork app can't read the user's location — from a missing app.json plugin block to subtle simulator quirks.
Why the Android Back Button Stops Working in Your Rork App — A BackHandler Field Guide
When testers tap the Android back button, your Rork app exits unexpectedly, jumps to the wrong screen, or refuses to dismiss a modal. Here are the five most common BackHandler pitfalls in Expo Router projects, with working code for each.
Keep Rork-Generated UI From Drifting: A Practical Visual Regression Workflow with Storybook and Chromatic
A field-tested guide to wiring Storybook for React Native and Chromatic into a Rork project so you can spot AI-induced UI regressions before they ship — covering install pitfalls, story design, GitHub Actions, and a review workflow built for AI-generated code.
Don't Ship Rork Apps With an Empty EXPO_PUBLIC_RORK_AUTH_URL — A Practical Setup Walkthrough
What to put in EXPO_PUBLIC_RORK_AUTH_URL when Rork generates an app with login, and how to wire it up across dev, EAS Build, and production safely.
Why Your Rork Modal Won't Close — 5 Common Pitfalls and How to Fix Them
The close button doesn't fire, tapping the backdrop does nothing, and buttons inside the modal feel dead. In Rork-generated React Native code, eight times out of ten the cause is one of these five patterns.
Usage-Based Billing for Rork AI Apps with Stripe Meter — Charge by API Calls and Tokens, Not Flat Rates
Implement usage-based billing in your Rork AI app with Stripe Meter — meter setup, Cloudflare Workers reporting, retry queues, event aggregation, and how to choose between metered billing and prepaid credits.
Build a Store Finder App with Rork Using Google Places API: A Practical Location Integration Guide
Learn how to build a location-based store finder app with Rork and Google Places API. Covers current location access, nearby place search, and map markers — with working code and real troubleshooting tips.
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.