Building a Native iOS App with Rork — From SwiftUI Generation to TestFlight, Step by Step
Trying to ship a native iOS app with Rork but unsure how SwiftUI gets generated and built behind the scenes? Here's the actual workflow I run, end to end, with concrete examples.
App Crashes After App Store Release But Not on TestFlight — 4 Common Causes
Your Rork app worked perfectly on TestFlight, but crashes after App Store release. Here are the 4 most common causes and how to fix each one.
Mobile Attribution for Rork Apps — A Production Guide to AppsFlyer, Adjust, SKAdNetwork 4.0, and ATT
A complete walkthrough of wiring AppsFlyer or Adjust into a Rork (Expo + React Native) app, designing SKAdNetwork 4.0 conversion values, building a high-opt-in ATT prompt, and integrating deep links — with copy-paste code and the pitfalls I hit in production.
Why Your Rork App Icon Won't Update — Cache Fixes for iOS and Android
Replaced your Rork app icon but still seeing the old one? Walk through the layered causes — iOS SpringBoard cache, EAS Build cache, missing Android adaptive icons — and the exact fixes that get the new icon to stick.
Building CarPlay Support for Rork Apps — Entitlements, CPTemplate APIs, and Winning App Store Review
A practitioner's guide to adding CarPlay support to apps built with Rork. Covers entitlement requests, CPTemplate API selection, UIScene configuration, data sharing via App Groups, and strategies for passing App Store review with audio, navigation, and messaging categories.
Rork WebView Is Blank or Won't Load: 6 Causes to Check Before You Ship
Dropped a WebView into your Rork app and got a silent blank screen on device? Here's the checklist I run through, in the order that catches the most bugs first.
Optimizing Machine Learning in Rork Max Apps — Core ML Integration, Per-Device Tuning, Quantization, Size Reduction
A complete playbook for integrating Core ML into SwiftUI apps generated by Rork Max: model conversion, quantization, Neural Engine targeting, battery management, and per-device tuning — written at the implementation level, not the marketing one.
Rork Max SwiftUI Output Won't Build in Xcode — A Symptom-Based Recovery Guide
When Rork Max's generated SwiftUI project fails to build in Xcode, the right fix depends on the exact error. This guide walks through the common failure modes — dependency resolution, Info.plist, entitlements, bundle ID conflicts — with targeted recovery steps for each.
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.
Integrating Siri and Shortcuts into Rork Apps: App Intents with Expo, Without the Pitfalls
A production-grade guide to adding Siri Shortcuts and App Intents to a React Native app generated by Rork. Bridge native Swift via an Expo Config Plugin, model AppShortcut / AppEntity / EntityQuery correctly, and ship Donations and Control Center widgets without breaking Apple's conventions.
Keeping a Rork-Built Solo App Alive Past Year Three — A Maintenance Design Against Silent App Aging
When you run a Rork-built app over the long haul, a kind of 'aging' starts creeping in that wasn't visible at launch — OS updates, breaking library changes, shifting device landscapes. After more than a decade of independent app development and two years of running Rork apps, here are the maintenance design principles I rely on to keep apps stable past year three.
Fixing Safe Area & Notch Display Issues in Rork Apps
Why content in Rork-generated apps clips behind the iPhone notch and home indicator, and the SafeAreaView / useSafeAreaInsets patterns that actually fix it.