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●PLAY — Google Play's target API level deadline passed on August 31. Whether the project your builder generates has kept pace is worth verifying yourself rather than assuming●POLICY — Play has sharpened its definition of a low-value app: rehashes of existing apps, or thin wrappers around a third-party model with no useful function of their own●DATA — User Data requirements apply to third-party AI integrations too. Disclosing what gets sent to an external model is the responsibility of whoever publishes the app●APPLE — Enforcement of Guideline 2.5.2 has tightened around apps that execute arbitrary code at runtime, putting the line between a tool and an app under closer scrutiny●BUILD — Compiling a signed native binary server-side through a reproducible pipeline sits outside 2.5.2, and the technical distinction is worth stating precisely●IOS — iOS 27 reaches general release in September, supporting iPhone 11 and later. Building the device check into an annual routine takes the surprise out of it●PLAY — Google Play's target API level deadline passed on August 31. Whether the project your builder generates has kept pace is worth verifying yourself rather than assuming●POLICY — Play has sharpened its definition of a low-value app: rehashes of existing apps, or thin wrappers around a third-party model with no useful function of their own●DATA — User Data requirements apply to third-party AI integrations too. Disclosing what gets sent to an external model is the responsibility of whoever publishes the app●APPLE — Enforcement of Guideline 2.5.2 has tightened around apps that execute arbitrary code at runtime, putting the line between a tool and an app under closer scrutiny●BUILD — Compiling a signed native binary server-side through a reproducible pipeline sits outside 2.5.2, and the technical distinction is worth stating precisely●IOS — iOS 27 reaches general release in September, supporting iPhone 11 and later. Building the device check into an annual routine takes the surprise out of it
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⬡ Rork Dev/2026-05-28Intermediate

Tracking Down BGTaskScheduler.submit Error Code=1 (Unavailable) in Rork iOS Apps

When BGTaskScheduler.submit returns Error Code=1, the cause space is finite — six of them. Includes the identifier trap specific to Expo-based Rork apps and a getPendingTaskRequests self-check, ordered the way I actually hit them.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-05-27Advanced

Three-Layer StoreKit 2 Entitlement Sync for Rork Apps: Launch, Background Refresh, and Restore

When you wire StoreKit 2 subscriptions into a Rork-generated app, Transaction.updates alone leaves gaps. Here is the three-layer sync I run across six wallpaper apps — launch-time re-evaluation, Background App Refresh, and Restore Purchase — including measured refresh rates and the AdMob revenue I recovered.

⬡ Rork Dev/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.