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Fixing Missing Bottom Tab Icons or Unresponsive Tabs in Rork Apps
When your Rork-built app suddenly loses its Bottom Tab icons or tabs stop responding to taps, the cause is usually one of three patterns. Here's how to triage the symptom and apply the right fix in minutes instead of hours.
Building a Cofounder-Level AI Agent — Equity, Escrow Trusts, and Team Dynamics at the $1M Milestone
Structure your Rork agent as a genuine cofounder: design equity trusts, vesting schedules, and incentive alignment. Includes legal templates, tax strategy, and exit planning.
Building AI Backends for Rork Mobile Apps: When to Use Cloudflare Containers vs Workers AI
A practical guide to choosing between Cloudflare Containers and Workers AI when building AI features for Rork-generated mobile apps, with cost numbers and code examples.
How to Make Ads and Subscriptions Coexist in a Rork App: A Solo Developer's Hybrid Revenue Model
I used to think ads and subscriptions don't mix. After a year of experiments on my own apps, I learned that with the right boundary design, a hybrid produces nearly 1.7x the revenue of either model alone. Here's the model I'm shipping, with implementation code and real numbers.
Implementing Share Extensions with Rork Max — Adding Your App to iOS's Share Sheet
A production-ready guide to building iOS share extensions on top of a Rork Max project. Covers App Groups, URL schemes, minimal extension UI, and the gotchas that ship-blocking apps every quarter.
Choosing a Revenue Model for Your Rork App — Ads, Subscriptions, or One-Time Purchase, Backed by Real Operating Numbers
Drawing on the years I spent running ads in my own wallpaper apps, I rebuilt the comparison of ads, subscriptions, and one-time purchases under identical conditions — with genre-by-genre guidance and implementation notes for Rork.
Monetize Rork AI Agents as SaaS — Three-Layer Revenue Model (Subscriptions + API Metering + Affiliate)
Field notes on running a Rork-built AI agent as a SaaS: how to reconcile two billing sources (Stripe and RevenueCat) into one entitlement, make webhooks idempotent, and automate recovery before a cancellation lands.
Communicating Design Rules to AI: Using DESIGN.md for Mobile Apps
Google's open-source DESIGN.md format helps you communicate design specifications to AI tools like Rork. Learn to define colors, typography, and spacing rules in markdown so AI-generated UI stays consistent with your brand.
Vibe Coding with Rork: Build Apps Without Programming Knowledge
Vibe coding means building apps by describing what you feel and want, not by knowing how to code. Rork is perfect for this—learn practical techniques to turn your ideas into working apps without writing a single line of code.
Monetizing SwiftUI Native Apps Built with Rork Max — From App Store Approval to Subscription Revenue
How to take SwiftUI code generated by Rork Max through App Store review and add StoreKit 2 subscriptions, with working code and the items review actually checks.
Squeezing Every Character of Value Out of Your App Store Keyword Field — A Practical ASO Guide for Rork-Built Apps
The App Store keyword field gives you only 100 characters, and they often decide whether an indie app is found at all. Here is how I design that field for Rork-built apps: removing words already in the name and subtitle, covering spelling variants, designing per locale, and a small script that counts the remaining budget for you.
Why In-App Purchases Disappear with Family Sharing — Building Bulletproof IAP for Family Apps with Rork
Subscription revenue from Family Sharing purchases can vanish days after the sale settles. This guide covers the four refund triggers, a StoreKit 2 + Server Notifications V2 implementation for Rork apps, and a StoreKit Testing matrix that catches family edge cases before launch.