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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/2026-04-25Intermediate

Skeleton Screens in Rork Apps — Practical Patterns for Better Perceived Performance

If your Rork app still shows a spinner on a blank screen during load, you are leaving a lot of perceived performance on the table. Here is how I drop skeleton screens and shimmer effects into Rork-generated React Native code without over-engineering it.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-03-30Advanced

Rork × React Native Reanimated & Gesture Handler — Building 60fps Animations and Advanced Gesture Interactions

Keeping Reanimated 3 and Gesture Handler at 60fps, told through the production pitfalls I hit running wallpaper and calming-tone apps: delayed runOnJS, useDerivedValue caching, FlashList pairing, and missing cancelAnimation — each with real measurements.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-03-21Intermediate

When Your Figma Comp and Your Rork Screen Don't Match — It's Almost Always These Five Properties

You hand Figma to Rork, the generated screen has every element in place, and it still looks wrong. Comparing the numbers instead of the pixels shows the gap collapses into five properties. Includes an Auto Layout translation table and a token file to ship with your prompt.