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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.
Is a Rork-Generated App Really Lighter? Separating the ML Optimization Rumors From What You Can Measure
Why Rork-generated apps often feel light, split into what can be confirmed and what is only guesswork. Includes a hands-on routine for measuring bundle size, cold start, and list rendering in your own project, plus guardrails for keeping performance after you add hand-written code.
Building CarPlay Support for Rork Apps — Entitlements, CPTemplate APIs, and Winning App Store Review
What it actually took to get CarPlay support shipped on a Rork-built app — writing the entitlement request, configuring UIScenes, choosing CPTemplate APIs, sharing data through App Groups, and the review notes I only learned about the hard way, with category-specific design notes for audio, navigation, and messaging.
Rork WebView Is Blank or Won't Load: 6 Causes to Check Before You Ship
Dropped a WebView into your Rork app and got a silent blank screen on device? Here's the checklist I run through, in the order that catches the most bugs first.
When Your Rork App Binary Tops 150MB: 5 Causes to Isolate and a Step-by-Step Slim-Down Plan
My Rork-built app archived at 172MB and App Store Connect stopped me cold. Here is how I broke the bloat into 5 measurable causes and got it down to 69MB — including the three cuts that backfired.
Diagnosing Metro Bundler Freezes and Broken Fast Refresh in Rork Apps
When your Rork-generated Expo app stops picking up code changes or Metro freezes mid-bundle, here is the diagnostic order and the safe reset steps that actually work.