Why Your Rork App Loses Data After an iCloud Restore (and How to Fix It)
If users complain that 'everything was wiped after switching iPhones,' the cause is almost always your iCloud backup configuration. This guide walks through how AsyncStorage, Documents, and Keychain behave on restore in a Rork app — and the exact settings you need to keep user state intact.
Bluetooth Low Energy in Rork Apps — A Practical BLE Guide with react-native-ble-plx
A hands-on guide to talking to BLE peripherals — heart-rate monitors, smart locks, custom IoT boards — from a Rork-built app. Covers permissions, scanning, connection, read/write, and disconnect handling with real code.
Implementing App Tracking Transparency in Rork: How to Pass App Store Review
How to implement App Tracking Transparency (ATT) in Rork-built iOS apps so they pass App Store review on the first try, with the right Info.plist copy, prompt timing, and graceful fallback when users deny tracking.
Why Your Rork Android App Shows a White Square Notification Icon (and How to Fix It)
Your Rork or Expo app's notification icon shows up as a white square or blob on Android. Here's the underlying Android spec, the correct transparent icon recipe, the right app.json fields, and the cache traps that make fixes appear to do nothing.
Fixing Date/Timezone Bugs in Rork Apps: When Times Are 9 Hours Off
When dates appear shifted by 9 hours, when an entry made at 11pm shows up on the wrong day, or when production data drifts—here are the patterns that catch Rork developers and how to fix them safely.
Adding Bottom Sheets to a Rork App — A Practical Guide to @gorhom/bottom-sheet on iOS and Android
Rork's default Modal works for confirmations, but the moment you need multiple snap points or inertial scroll inside the sheet it falls short. This guide walks through dropping @gorhom/bottom-sheet into a Rork project, handling the keyboard, and smoothing out iOS/Android differences.
Five Fix Patterns for TypeScript Errors That Refuse to Leave Your Rork-Generated Code
When Rork-generated React Native code is buried in red squiggles and the AI keeps re-introducing the same TypeScript errors, these five patterns and their concrete fixes are the first places to look.
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.
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.