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⬡ Rork Dev/2026-06-30Advanced

Take One Contact, Not the Whole Book — iOS 18's ContactAccessButton

iOS 18 adds a limited tier to contacts access. With ContactAccessButton you can receive just the one contact a user picks, without ever asking for the whole address book. Assuming the native Swift Rork Max generates, here is the design and implementation.

◇ App Dev/2026-06-30Intermediate

Building a Native Bluetooth Pairing Sheet with AccessorySetupKit

iOS 18's AccessorySetupKit lets you pair a single, specific device through a system sheet without the broad Bluetooth permission prompt. Assuming the native Swift that Rork Max generates, here is the path from declaration to picker to connection, with working code.

◉ Rork AI/2026-06-23Advanced

On-Device Translation in a Rork Max App with iOS 18 — Free, Offline, Multilingual

Add free, offline, real-time translation to a Rork Max Swift app using the iOS 18 Translation framework. Covers checking language availability, batch translation, and avoiding empty results — all with working Swift code.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-05-01Intermediate

Adding iOS 18 Dark / Tinted Icons and Android Themed Icons to a Rork App

A practical walkthrough for shipping iOS 18 dark and tinted icons and Android 13+ themed icons from a Rork-generated project. Asset prep, Expo config, cache pitfalls when replacing icons, and what App Store Connect actually checks for.