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●DEADLINE — From August 31, 2026, Google Play requires target API level 36 (Android 16) or higher for both new apps and updates to existing ones. Thirteen days left●EXTENSION — If you cannot make the date, the deadline extension form in Play Console buys you until November 1. The extension is not automatic, so the request itself has to land before August 31●TARGET SDK — Even for Expo and React Native apps produced by builders like Rork, the targetSdkVersion is yours to verify. A template pinned to an older SDK will not meet the requirement on its own●POLICY — The spam and minimum functionality policy has been tightened around high-quality features and content experience, which puts thin, mass-produced apps squarely in scope●PRIVACY — You are expected to explain in detail what data is collected, how it is used, and whether it is shared, including analytics SDKs and advertising identifiers a builder wires in for you●RORK — Where the original Rork emits React Native and Expo, Rork Max generates SwiftUI. There is a free tier to start with, and paid plans begin at $25 per month●DEADLINE — From August 31, 2026, Google Play requires target API level 36 (Android 16) or higher for both new apps and updates to existing ones. Thirteen days left●EXTENSION — If you cannot make the date, the deadline extension form in Play Console buys you until November 1. The extension is not automatic, so the request itself has to land before August 31●TARGET SDK — Even for Expo and React Native apps produced by builders like Rork, the targetSdkVersion is yours to verify. A template pinned to an older SDK will not meet the requirement on its own●POLICY — The spam and minimum functionality policy has been tightened around high-quality features and content experience, which puts thin, mass-produced apps squarely in scope●PRIVACY — You are expected to explain in detail what data is collected, how it is used, and whether it is shared, including analytics SDKs and advertising identifiers a builder wires in for you●RORK — Where the original Rork emits React Native and Expo, Rork Max generates SwiftUI. There is a free tier to start with, and paid plans begin at $25 per month
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◇ App Dev/2026-07-31Advanced

My generated wallpaper catalog hashed differently on every run — isolating five sources of nondeterminism

The same image folder refused to produce the same catalog.json twice. Directory enumeration order, JSON.stringify key reordering, collation, Unicode normalization, and async completion order — measured one at a time across 1,225 files until the output settled on a single hash.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-07-30Advanced

What Renovate may bump in an Expo app, and what it must never touch

Turning on automated dependency updates in a Rork-generated app also hands Renovate the 123 packages Expo SDK 57 pins. Measured on 2026-07-30, six of them sit a full major version behind npm latest. Here is how to generate the ignore list from the SDK instead of maintaining it by hand.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-07-09Advanced

Holding Layer Boundaries in a Rork-Generated Expo App with ESLint and dependency-cruiser

Long-lived Rork-generated Expo apps quietly accumulate screens that import the API client directly. Here is how I froze 214 existing violations as a baseline, eliminated 17 circular dependencies, and made CI reject anything new for 38 extra seconds.

◇ App Dev/2026-06-25Advanced

Why Untranslated Strings Leak to Production Every Time You Add a Language — A Catalog and Gap-Detection Design for Rork (Expo) Apps

A design for stopping untranslated strings from leaking into production after you localize a Rork-generated Expo app. Covers a single source-of-truth catalog, CI-based missing/extra key detection, explicit fallback chains, plurals, and pseudolocalization for layout — with implementation.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-06-19Intermediate

Before You Burn Out Hand-Testing Every Release: Automate Your Rork App's Critical Flows with Maestro

With Rork, a prompt that fixes one screen can quietly break another. Here is how I automate the revenue-critical path from launch to paywall using Maestro and run it in CI, including the spots where I got stuck as an indie developer.