●TOOLING — Rork's developer repos keep moving: rork-xcode was updated on July 16, rork-device on July 15, and rork-plist on July 13●OPUS46 — Claude Opus 4.6 is live in Rork, and Rork Max is built to assemble apps on top of Claude Code●SIM — A cloud iOS simulator runs in the browser, with one click to install on a device and two clicks to publish to the App Store●MAX — Rork Max emits pure Swift rather than React Native, reaching iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Vision Pro, and even iMessage●NATIVE — That opens up HealthKit, ARKit and LiDAR, NFC, Dynamic Island, Live Activities, 3D through Metal, and on-device inference with Core ML●SEED — Rork raised a $15M seed led by Left Lane Capital, with Peak XV and a16z Speedrun joining the round●TOOLING — Rork's developer repos keep moving: rork-xcode was updated on July 16, rork-device on July 15, and rork-plist on July 13●OPUS46 — Claude Opus 4.6 is live in Rork, and Rork Max is built to assemble apps on top of Claude Code●SIM — A cloud iOS simulator runs in the browser, with one click to install on a device and two clicks to publish to the App Store●MAX — Rork Max emits pure Swift rather than React Native, reaching iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Vision Pro, and even iMessage●NATIVE — That opens up HealthKit, ARKit and LiDAR, NFC, Dynamic Island, Live Activities, 3D through Metal, and on-device inference with Core ML●SEED — Rork raised a $15M seed led by Left Lane Capital, with Peak XV and a16z Speedrun joining the round

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Rork² expo-av² React Native² sleep timer¹ audio¹ ambient sound¹ meditation app¹ background music¹

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-07-15Advanced

My Rork sleep timer faded out on time — but the sound didn't

Rork writes sleep-timer fades against the wall clock with setInterval. The numbers say 30 minutes, but the real audio fades early or cuts out abruptly. Here is how to drive the fade from the actual playback position, why a logarithmic curve sounds natural, and the honest limit of JS fades when the screen is locked.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-05-13Intermediate

Three Things I Got Stuck on When Implementing Ambient Sound in a Healing App with Rork

Three common pitfalls when implementing ambient looping audio in meditation and healing apps built with Rork: loop clicks, iOS silent mode, and battery drain — with working expo-av code.