Implementing Share Extensions with Rork Max — Adding Your App to iOS's Share Sheet
A production-ready guide to building iOS share extensions on top of a Rork Max project. Covers App Groups, URL schemes, minimal extension UI, and the gotchas that ship-blocking apps every quarter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lifting ATT Opt-in Rates in Rork Apps — Turning iOS Tracking Consent into Real Ad Revenue
Implementation patterns that raise App Tracking Transparency (ATT) opt-in rates in Rork-built iOS apps, wired to your AdMob revenue. Covers purpose string copy, prompt timing, a pre-permission screen, cohort-level measurement, UMP (GDPR) ordering, and a dynamic non-personalized ads fallback.
Building a Wallpaper App with Rork and Getting It on the App Store — A Full Account
A complete record of building a wallpaper app with Rork from zero to the App Store — the iOS wallpaper API limitation, WebP optimization, and how to structure revenue without breaking the experience.
What Actually Happens When You Ship a Rork App to iOS and Android at the Same Time
A practical account of releasing a Rork app to both the App Store and Google Play simultaneously — covering screenshot specs, privacy manifests, SDK requirements, review timing, and what actually trips you up along the way.