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Fixing iOS-Only Linking.canOpenURL False Returns in Rork — The LSApplicationQueriesSchemes Trap
Production iOS builds silently route every user to the mobile web instead of opening TikTok or X? This is almost always a missing LSApplicationQueriesSchemes entry. Here is the full fix path for Rork.
Three Weeks of Adjusting a Rork-Generated App for iPad: Design Notes
After building a small iPhone app with Rork, I opened it on my iPad Air and found more rough edges than I expected. Here are the concrete adjustments I made over three weeks.
Adapting Your Rork iOS App to iPhone Air and 17 Pro Series — Layout Patterns for 2026's New Resolutions
When iPhone Air added a new point resolution to the mix, existing Rork apps needed layout adjustments. Based on updating 4 iOS apps simultaneously — including Beautiful HD Wallpapers with 50M+ downloads — this guide covers device constant management, Safe Area handling, and full-screen wallpaper display fixes.
Images Vanishing After Play Store Release — Fixing drawable-nodpi in Rork Android Apps
After publishing a Rork-generated Android app to the Play Store, images disappeared on low-density devices. The culprit: Play Store's density APK splits and how they handle drawable-nodpi resources. A real-world fix from 12 years of app development.
Rork FlatList Crashes from Direct State Mutation – Defensive Copy Fix
FlatList crashes in Rork-generated code are often caused by direct array mutation. Learn the defensive copy pattern that eliminated 50+ crashes in 28 days from a 50M-download app's v2.1.0 update.
Is Rork's Generated Code Production-Ready? 3 Pitfalls I Found After 50M Downloads
After 50M cumulative app downloads, I tested Rork's generated code against real production scenarios and found 3 recurring crash patterns. Here's what to audit before shipping Rork-generated code, with concrete before/after examples.
Testing Rork Max SwiftUI Features on a Real Wallpaper App — What Worked, What Needed Fixes
As a developer with 50 million cumulative app downloads, I put Rork Max's SwiftUI generation through its paces using my actual wallpaper app as the benchmark. Here's an honest breakdown of features that worked, features that needed adjustment, and features I ended up writing by hand.
Why Nesting Your Android Ad Gate Logic Causes Hard-to-Debug Bugs — Fixing It with Parallel Structure
A nested ad gate bug in Beautiful HD Wallpapers v2.1.0 led me to rethink how ad-free logic should be structured in Android apps. The parallel structure pattern I use now also improves Rork-generated code.
Rork Max SwiftUI App Crash Logs Are Unreadable: The dSYM Upload Pitfall
Fix Unsymbolicated crash reports in Firebase Crashlytics for Rork Max SwiftUI apps. Learn the correct dSYM upload configuration with real examples from indie app development.
Fixing White Screen on Theme Switch Without recreate() — Lessons from a 50M Download Wallpaper App
How I fixed a white screen bug triggered by theme switching in an Android app — replacing recreate() with an AppRestarter.safeRestart pattern. Lessons from 12 years of indie app development with 50M+ cumulative downloads.
Migrating Firebase CocoaPods to Swift Package Manager in Rork Max iOS Apps — Real Migration Log and 3 Pitfalls to Avoid Before October 2026
Firebase Apple SDK's CocoaPods distribution ends in October 2026. Here's a detailed migration log from moving 4 Rork Max iOS apps to Swift Package Manager — including dSYM failures, module errors, and the Dropbox conflict copy problem you'll definitely hit.
My Paywall and Review Prompt Showed at the Same Time — Fixing It with a ModalGate Pattern
How to prevent multiple modals from appearing simultaneously in Rork apps using a ModalGate pattern, with practical code examples from a real app update.