When Pasting the Submission Log Didn't Fix It, Read From the First Error, Not the Last Line
When a Rork App Store submission fails and pasting the log back to Rork keeps returning the same failure: a 40-line script that pulls out the first error, and how to match it against the four causes Rork's docs list.
Sunset.png and sunset.png: one file on your Mac, two on the build server
An image that renders locally but breaks the cloud build. The cause was filename casing. Here is the reproduction, the git behavior behind it, and a small checker with measured results.
Rork App Won't Build? Eight Symptoms to Sort Out First
A troubleshooting FAQ that sorts Rork build failures by layer: dependency conflicts, unresolved Expo modules, simulator and emulator trouble, stalled generation, stale hot reload, and when Fix Now is safe to press.
Cloud-Synced Folders Break App Builds — Excluding Build Artifacts From Sync to Fix It for Good
A project living in Dropbox or iCloud Drive stopped building one morning. The cause was sync creating conflicted copies inside build artifacts. Here is how I excluded node_modules and Pods from sync to stop the recurrence, told as an indie developer's field notes.
When 'pod install' Fails on Rork-Exported iOS Projects — A Practical Guide for the Apple Silicon Era
Most pod install failures on Rork-generated iOS projects come from the same handful of root causes — Apple Silicon ffi mismatches, Ruby version conflicts, CocoaPods version drift, Xcode path issues, and Hermes/Folly compile errors. Here is the order I work through them.
When Rork / Rork Max Gets Stuck Mid-Build or Mid-Generation: A Recovery Flow
Your Rork or Rork Max project froze partway through. Generation paused and never resumed, the native build keeps failing while preview works, the project itself refuses to move forward. This guide categorizes the four stuck modes, shows how to diagnose yours in ten seconds, and walks through the recovery path that actually unblocks each one.
Rork Max App Works in Expo Go But Breaks in Production Build: Fix Guide
Fix common issues where Rork Max apps work in Expo Go preview but fail in real device builds. Covers custom fonts, native modules, environment variables, and dynamic assets that behave differently between Expo Go and production builds.