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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 16VISIBILITY — 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 missEXTENSION — If you missed the deadline, an extension through November 1, 2026 can be requested in Play Console — best filed alongside a concrete migration planAPPLE — 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 spentEXPO — Expo released expo-paste-input on August 28, a native module that brings image, GIF, and sticker paste to React Native TextInputEAS — EAS Observe reached general availability on August 20, putting crash and performance monitoring on the same EAS platform as builds and updatesPLAY — Google Play's target API level 36 requirement took effect yesterday, August 31. From today, new apps and updates must target Android 16VISIBILITY — 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 missEXTENSION — If you missed the deadline, an extension through November 1, 2026 can be requested in Play Console — best filed alongside a concrete migration planAPPLE — 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 spentEXPO — Expo released expo-paste-input on August 28, a native module that brings image, GIF, and sticker paste to React Native TextInputEAS — 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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Rork Dev/2026-07-24Advanced

Collapsing Duplicate Requests Into One: A Reference-Counted Single-Flight Layer

When several components fire the same API call at launch, you get a burst of identical requests. Here is a single-flight layer that shares one in-flight promise instead: how to build the key that decides the folding, the trap of handing out a failed promise forever, the trap of one caller's abort cancelling everyone, and the test that keeps it all from regressing, with the real network numbers alongside.

Rork Dev/2026-07-14Advanced

Adding a Single Zod Validation Boundary to Rork's Generated Fetch Code

The network code Rork generates implicitly trusts the shape of the response. When the API shifts, the screen quietly goes blank. Here is how to slip a single Zod parse layer between the generated UI and the network to make failures predictable, with numbers from real operation.

Rork Dev/2026-06-19Advanced

Hardening API Calls in Rork Apps: Token Refresh, Retry, and Idempotency

The fetch Rork generates is left fragile against expired tokens, flaky signal, and double sends. Here is a design that consolidates token refresh, retry with backoff, and idempotency keys into a single client layer, with implementation code and operational numbers.

Business/2026-06-15Advanced

Managing Store Metadata as Code with the App Store Connect API — Turning Manual Edits into a Monthly System

As the apps you ship with Rork pile up, the time spent hand-editing store descriptions and prices stops being negligible. This walks through managing metadata as code with the App Store Connect API and rolling it out across a dozen apps, including the authentication pitfalls.

Rork Dev/2026-04-19Intermediate

Rork App Loading Spinner Never Stops — Fixing Async State Update Issues

Learn why Rork app loading spinners get stuck and data never appears. Covers try/catch/finally patterns, useEffect dependency array issues, and response structure mismatches with practical code fixes.

Rork AI/2026-04-17Intermediate

Build Lightning-Fast AI Chat in Your Rork App with Groq API

Learn how to integrate Groq API into your Rork app to build blazing-fast AI chat features. Covers streaming responses, error handling, and model selection with working code examples.

Rork Dev/2026-04-10Advanced

Rork Max Advanced Techniques— SwiftUI APIs and Cloud-Native Development

Master advanced Rork Max techniques: cloud Swift compilation, custom SwiftUI component design, REST/GraphQL/WebSocket integration, multi-platform support for Apple Watch and Vision Pro, and production-grade performance optimization.

Rork Basics/2026-04-09Beginner

Rork Network and API Request Failures: A Debugging Guide

API requests failing in your Rork app? Step-by-step debugging for network errors, CORS issues, authentication failures, and data mapping problems—with ready-to-use prompts for Rork AI.