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●PLAY — Google Play's target API level 36 requirement took effect yesterday, August 31. From today, new apps and updates must target Android 16●VISIBILITY — Apps still on API 35 stay listed but disappear for users on newer Android versions. No error is raised; new installs simply fade, which makes the change easy to miss●EXTENSION — If you missed the deadline, an extension through November 1, 2026 can be requested in Play Console — best filed alongside a concrete migration plan●APPLE — On the Apple side, the event lands September 9 and iOS 27 is reported to ship September 14. Testing generated apps on iOS 27 hardware before release week is time well spent●EXPO — Expo released expo-paste-input on August 28, a native module that brings image, GIF, and sticker paste to React Native TextInput●EAS — EAS Observe reached general availability on August 20, putting crash and performance monitoring on the same EAS platform as builds and updates●PLAY — Google Play's target API level 36 requirement took effect yesterday, August 31. From today, new apps and updates must target Android 16●VISIBILITY — Apps still on API 35 stay listed but disappear for users on newer Android versions. No error is raised; new installs simply fade, which makes the change easy to miss●EXTENSION — If you missed the deadline, an extension through November 1, 2026 can be requested in Play Console — best filed alongside a concrete migration plan●APPLE — On the Apple side, the event lands September 9 and iOS 27 is reported to ship September 14. Testing generated apps on iOS 27 hardware before release week is time well spent●EXPO — Expo released expo-paste-input on August 28, a native module that brings image, GIF, and sticker paste to React Native TextInput●EAS — EAS Observe reached general availability on August 20, putting crash and performance monitoring on the same EAS platform as builds and updates
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⟐ Business/2026-05-30Intermediate

Taking Inventory of Your AdMob Ad Units — All the Way to App Open Cooldown Design

When rewarded and interstitial units pile up and you can no longer tell which one fires on which screen, here is the inventory process I use, plus the design for adding a cooldown to an App Open ad that otherwise shows on every launch.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-05-28Advanced

Tuning Interstitial Ad Fatigue Across Six Rork iOS Wallpaper Apps with Crashlytics and Remote Config

An implementation note from running six Rork-built iOS wallpaper apps in parallel and rebalancing interstitial fatigue with a three-layer frequency cap powered by Crashlytics non-fatal signals and Remote Config thresholds. Swift code, Cloudflare Workers config, and measured eCPM / D1 retention numbers from a four-week phased rollout.

⟐ Business/2026-05-25Advanced

How I Layered Rewarded, Interstitial, and App Open Ads to Lift ARPDAU 1.4× on My Wallpaper App

Optimizing AdMob's three formats individually hit a ceiling — they were eating each other's impressions. After redesigning Rewarded, Interstitial, and App Open as a coordinated 3-layer system with strict role separation and an exclusion gate, ARPDAU climbed 1.4× over nine weeks. The full playbook, code, and weekly numbers.