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SDK58 — The Expo SDK 58 beta is open. It adopts the iOS 27 UIScene lifecycle, and R8 is now on by default for Android release buildsSWIFT — Rork no longer creates new Expo projects. New apps are Swift, Kotlin or React, and existing Expo projects keep building as before11/01 — Forty-two days remain for anyone who filed an extension on Google Play's target API level. Miss it and new users on newer devices stop seeing the appEXPOGO — Scanning the QR code in Expo Go stopped working for some people. Since September 3, iOS requires you to be signed in on both the terminal and the appNEW — What I changed when prebuild stopped and asked for the standard Swift AppDelegateXCODE27 — Xcode 27 is not required yet. The latest EAS Build image is still 26.6, and the 27 image is listed as coming soonSDK58 — The Expo SDK 58 beta is open. It adopts the iOS 27 UIScene lifecycle, and R8 is now on by default for Android release buildsSWIFT — Rork no longer creates new Expo projects. New apps are Swift, Kotlin or React, and existing Expo projects keep building as before11/01 — Forty-two days remain for anyone who filed an extension on Google Play's target API level. Miss it and new users on newer devices stop seeing the appEXPOGO — Scanning the QR code in Expo Go stopped working for some people. Since September 3, iOS requires you to be signed in on both the terminal and the appNEW — What I changed when prebuild stopped and asked for the standard Swift AppDelegateXCODE27 — Xcode 27 is not required yet. The latest EAS Build image is still 26.6, and the 27 image is listed as coming soon
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Dev Tools/2026-05-09Intermediate

5 Things to Check When Google Sign-In Throws redirect_uri_mismatch in Your Rork App

When your Rork app keeps throwing redirect_uri_mismatch on Google Sign-In, the gap is almost always between Google Cloud Console and your Expo config. Here are 5 checks that resolve it for good.

Dev Tools/2026-05-08Advanced

A Phased Release Strategy for Rork Apps — How I Combine iOS Phased Release, Android Staged Rollout, and OTA Hotfixes for a Production That Doesn't Break

How to protect a Rork app's production with three layers of safety: iOS Phased Release, Android Staged Rollout, and EAS Update OTA hotfixes — with the numeric thresholds I use to pause a rollout, a Sentry monitor, and the App Store Connect API call that pauses a phased release from your phone.

AI Models/2026-05-08Intermediate

How I Stop Rork's AI From Generating Outdated Library Code — My Version-Pinned Prompt Template

A practical look at why Rork Max sometimes generates outdated API code, the version-pinned prompt template I rely on every day, and the device-level checks I use to catch the cases where mismatches still slip through.

Dev Tools/2026-05-08Intermediate

Why Rork Max Cloud Compile Fails — and How to Fix It

A symptom-based guide to fixing Rork Max Cloud Compile failures. Covers code signing errors, Swift version mismatches, dependency resolution failures, and build timeouts with practical solutions.

Dev Tools/2026-05-07Intermediate

Killing the Silent Crash in Rork-Generated Apps — A Practical Error Boundary and Unhandled Promise Setup

Rork-generated code tends to swallow errors with optional chaining and leave promise rejections uncaught. Here is the minimum production-grade setup to surface those crashes instead of letting users churn in silence.

Dev Tools/2026-05-07Advanced

Keeping Rork Apps Fresh While Closed — iOS BGTaskScheduler, Silent Push, and Android WorkManager

Silent Pushes that never arrive. A BGTaskScheduler that stays quiet. This is how I pushed background refresh in a Rork-built app up to production quality on both iOS and Android — and what the success-rate numbers told me to fix first.

Dev Tools/2026-05-07Intermediate

Rork iOS App: Why Your App Tracking Transparency Prompt Never Shows Up — and How to Fix It

Three real causes the ATT (App Tracking Transparency) dialog never appears in Rork-generated iOS apps — Info.plist, call timing, and AdMob init order — with working code and on-device verification steps.

Dev Tools/2026-05-06Advanced

Growing Rork-Generated React Native Code Into Something Production Can Hold

Learn how to identify the six most common technical debt patterns in Rork-generated React Native code and transform them into production-ready quality through TypeScript safety, component splitting, state management, async patterns, performance tuning, and testability — all with real Before/After examples.

Dev Tools/2026-05-06Intermediate

Animation Jank in Rork Apps — How I Diagnosed Frame Drops and Fixed Them

Animations in your Rork app running smoothly in the preview but stuttering on a real device? This guide explains how to diagnose frame drops, why they happen, and how one line of code often fixes the problem completely.

Dev Tools/2026-05-06Intermediate

Adding Expo Dev Client to Your Rork App

The moment you add react-native-mmkv or RevenueCat to a Rork app, Expo Go stops launching it. Here's how to set up Expo Dev Client (a custom development build) and the three pitfalls I've actually walked into.

Business/2026-05-06Advanced

Building a Complete Stripe SaaS Payment System with Rork: Next.js × Cloudflare Workers × Supabase

A complete guide to implementing Stripe subscriptions, one-time purchases, and webhooks in a Rork-generated Next.js app. Build a production-grade SaaS billing stack with Cloudflare Workers and Supabase from scratch.

Dev Tools/2026-05-06Advanced

Rork Max × Xcode Cloud: A Complete CI/CD Guide — From Pull Request Tests to App Store Submission

Learn how to connect Rork Max's native SwiftUI output to Xcode Cloud and build a production-grade CI/CD pipeline — from automated pull request testing to TestFlight distribution and App Store submission.