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TOOLING — Rork's developer repos keep moving: rork-xcode was updated on July 16, rork-device on July 15, and rork-plist on July 13OPUS46 — Claude Opus 4.6 is live in Rork, and Rork Max is built to assemble apps on top of Claude CodeSIM — A cloud iOS simulator runs in the browser, with one click to install on a device and two clicks to publish to the App StoreMAX — Rork Max emits pure Swift rather than React Native, reaching iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Vision Pro, and even iMessageNATIVE — That opens up HealthKit, ARKit and LiDAR, NFC, Dynamic Island, Live Activities, 3D through Metal, and on-device inference with Core MLSEED — Rork raised a $15M seed led by Left Lane Capital, with Peak XV and a16z Speedrun joining the roundTOOLING — Rork's developer repos keep moving: rork-xcode was updated on July 16, rork-device on July 15, and rork-plist on July 13OPUS46 — Claude Opus 4.6 is live in Rork, and Rork Max is built to assemble apps on top of Claude CodeSIM — A cloud iOS simulator runs in the browser, with one click to install on a device and two clicks to publish to the App StoreMAX — Rork Max emits pure Swift rather than React Native, reaching iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Vision Pro, and even iMessageNATIVE — That opens up HealthKit, ARKit and LiDAR, NFC, Dynamic Island, Live Activities, 3D through Metal, and on-device inference with Core MLSEED — Rork raised a $15M seed led by Left Lane Capital, with Peak XV and a16z Speedrun joining the round
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App Dev/2026-07-02Intermediate

Building a Place-Search Map in Rork Max with MapKit: MKLocalSearch, Pin Clustering, and Location Permissions

A hands-on guide to building a place-search map screen with Rork Max native Swift: nearby search with MKLocalSearch, when to switch from SwiftUI Map to MKMapView for pin clustering, and location permission design that survives App Review.

App Dev/2026-06-27Intermediate

Building Production-Ready iOS Apps with Rork

Rork generates Expo / React Native apps. A practical look at architecture, surfacing crashes in production, list performance, the eas submit workflow, and the iOS review pitfalls to clear — learned from real review round-trips.

Rork Dev/2026-05-17Advanced

Testing Rork Max SwiftUI Features on a Real Wallpaper App — What Worked, What Needed Fixes

As a developer with 50 million cumulative app downloads, I put Rork Max's SwiftUI generation through its paces using my actual wallpaper app as the benchmark. Here's an honest breakdown of features that worked, features that needed adjustment, and features I ended up writing by hand.

Rork AI/2026-05-04Advanced

From Rork Max SwiftUI to App Store Launch: A Complete Playbook

Rork Max generates SwiftUI code in minutes, but there are eight overlooked stages between that code and a shippable App Store release. Drawing on a decade of indie iOS development, here's a complete playbook for taking generated code to commercial quality.

Rork AI/2026-05-04Intermediate

What Can Rork Max Actually Generate in SwiftUI? — Real-Device Testing in 2026

An honest assessment of Rork Max's SwiftUI native app generation — what it handles well, where it struggles, and what that means for your App Store submission. Based on real-device testing.

Rork Dev/2026-05-04Advanced

Shipping a Kids App with Rork Max — Kids Category Review, COPPA, and Parental Gates

A complete guide to developing and publishing kids apps with Rork Max. Covers App Store Kids category requirements, COPPA-compliant implementation patterns, parental gate code examples, and Ask to Buy integration for indie developers.

Rork AI/2026-05-02Intermediate

An End-to-End Rork Max Workflow for SwiftUI Native Apps — From Spec to App Store Submission

How I run Rork Max in production for SwiftUI native iOS apps: from spec preparation, through TestFlight, to App Store submission. The full pipeline I've settled on as a solo developer.

Rork Dev/2026-04-28Advanced

Implementing Screen Time Control Apps with Rork Max — Family Controls / DeviceActivity / ManagedSettings

A complete walkthrough for shipping a Screen Time-style app with Rork Max — covering Family Controls authorization, DeviceActivity scheduling, and ManagedSettings shielding via custom native modules and a DeviceActivityMonitor extension.

Rork AI/2026-04-27Advanced

From Prompt to App Store: A Complete SwiftUI Implementation Guide with Rork Max

Rork Max stepped up its SwiftUI native app generation noticeably. Drawing from an app I shipped through App Store review, here's the full implementation playbook — design decisions, prompts, and the fix patterns that mattered.

Rork AI/2026-04-23Intermediate

Shipping a Native SwiftUI App with Rork Max: An Indie Developer's Honest Field Guide

A practitioner-focused guide to building and shipping a native SwiftUI iOS app with Rork Max — the differences from classic Rork (React Native), the two-click App Store submission flow, how to wire in Vision Framework and Core ML, and the honest list of projects where you should still open Xcode.

Rork Dev/2026-04-05Advanced

Rork Max × Swift Concurrency: The Complete Implementation Guide — Mastering async/await, Actors, and Structured Concurrency

A practical deep-dive into Swift Concurrency for Rork Max developers. From async/await fundamentals to Actor isolation, Structured Concurrency, TaskGroup, and AsyncStream — learn to write production-quality concurrent Swift code with confidence.

Rork Basics/2026-04-05Beginner

Publishing Your App to the App Store with Rork Max: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide

A complete walkthrough for publishing an iOS app to the App Store using Rork Max — from Apple Developer registration to submission and release, all without touching Xcode.