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⬡ Rork Dev/2026-06-21Advanced

Why "Save to Photos" Fails on Only Some Devices in Your Rork App — expo-media-library Permission Scopes and Save Design

Your Rork app's image-saving feature works perfectly on your phone but fails for a subset of users. The real cause is expo-media-library permission scopes. Here is a save flow and album design that handles writeOnly permission, iOS limited access, and Android 14 partial access.

◇ App Dev/2026-05-31Intermediate

Getting Users All the Way to 'Set as Wallpaper' on iOS — Save-to-Photos Permissions and Shortcuts

iOS apps cannot set the wallpaper directly. Here is how I handle add-only photo permissions, Live Photo saving, guiding users to Settings, and Shortcuts automation, with real numbers from running six wallpaper apps.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-04-23Intermediate

Why Your Rork App Can't Save Images to the Camera Roll — A Complete Fix

Image and video saving often breaks the moment a Rork-generated app leaves the simulator. This guide walks through the permission model, expo-media-library quirks, and Android 13+ scoped storage changes that reliably trip people up.