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AdMob Mediation Dropped My eCPM by 30% After I Set It Up — What Went Wrong and How I Fixed It
My eCPM dropped 30% the morning after enabling AdMob mediation. Drawing on years of indie monetization work, here are the pitfalls I found in Rork apps, how to verify adapters are actually alive, how to derive floors from real data, and how to decide whether mediation is worth it at all.
Push Notifications Not Working on Android 13+ in Rork Apps — Adding POST_NOTIFICATIONS Permission
Push notifications silently failing on Android 13+? The culprit is usually a missing POST_NOTIFICATIONS permission. Here's how to add it to your Rork-generated app.
Testing AdMob in Rork After 12 Years of Ad Revenue Experience — 3 Concerns and 1 Real Win
An indie developer with 12+ years of AdMob experience and 50M+ cumulative app downloads shares an honest review of integrating AdMob in a Rork-generated app — what felt off, what surprised me, and who this actually works for.
Building a Short Video Feed with Rork Max — Camera Recording, Supabase Upload & Vertical Scroll Patterns
A hands-on guide to implementing a TikTok/Reels-style vertical video feed with Rork Max. Covers camera recording, background upload to Supabase Storage, and infinite scroll with active-video detection.
Switching from Context API to Zustand v5 in Rork Apps: What Changed and Why It Worked
Context API caused cascading re-renders in a growing Rork app. Here's how migrating to Zustand v5 solved it — with practical patterns for auth state and async logic in React Native.
Supabase Storage Returns 403 After Image Upload in Rork Apps ─ Fixing RLS Policies and Bucket Settings
Uploaded an image to Supabase Storage in your Rork app, but the URL returns 403 Forbidden? This guide covers the three most common causes: bucket Public/Private settings, missing RLS SELECT policies, and the getPublicUrl vs createSignedUrl confusion — with working code examples.
Three Things I Got Stuck on When Implementing Ambient Sound in a Healing App with Rork
Three common pitfalls when implementing ambient looping audio in meditation and healing apps built with Rork: loop clicks, iOS silent mode, and battery drain — with working expo-av code.
I Let AI Read My Rork App Reviews — It Found My Next Feature in 3 Minutes
Build an automated user review analysis system using Claude API and App Store Connect API for your Rork app. Working code for sentiment analysis, theme clustering, priority scoring, and the reconciliation step that keeps batches from silently dropping reviews.
What I Discovered Expanding My Rork App to Android — Key Differences Between App Store and Google Play
What actually differs between shipping to the App Store and shipping to Google Play — the AAB requirement, the 12-tester closed testing rule for new personal accounts, Data safety, staged rollouts, and how search works on each store.
I Built a Wallpaper App with Rork — An Honest Review from a Developer with 50M App Downloads
After running wallpaper and healing apps with 50M+ downloads since 2014, I prototype-tested Rork on the same genre. Here's my honest take on where it shines, where it struggles, and what it means for solo developers.
Rork App Rejected for Incomplete Data Safety Section on Google Play: How to Fix It
Step-by-step guide to correctly filling out Google Play's Data Safety section for Rork apps. Covers AdMob, Firebase, RevenueCat, and common declaration mistakes that cause rejections.
Building a Shared UI Component Library with Swift Package Manager in Rork Max
A practical guide to building a shared SwiftUI component library with Swift Package Manager for indie developers running multiple apps — eliminate duplicate code across wallpaper, healing, and similar app families.