Killing the Silent Crash in Rork-Generated Apps — A Practical Error Boundary and Unhandled Promise Setup
Rork-generated code tends to swallow errors with optional chaining and leave promise rejections uncaught. Here is the minimum production-grade setup to surface those crashes instead of letting users churn in silence.
Keeping Rork Apps Fresh While Closed — iOS BGTaskScheduler, Silent Push, and Android WorkManager
Silent Pushes that never arrive. A BGTaskScheduler that stays quiet. This is how I pushed background refresh in a Rork-built app up to production quality on both iOS and Android — and what the success-rate numbers told me to fix first.
Rork iOS App: Why Your App Tracking Transparency Prompt Never Shows Up — and How to Fix It
Three real causes the ATT (App Tracking Transparency) dialog never appears in Rork-generated iOS apps — Info.plist, call timing, and AdMob init order — with working code and on-device verification steps.
Animation Jank in Rork Apps — How I Diagnosed Frame Drops and Fixed Them
Animations in your Rork app running smoothly in the preview but stuttering on a real device? This guide explains how to diagnose frame drops, why they happen, and how one line of code often fixes the problem completely.
Adding Expo Dev Client to Your Rork App
The moment you add react-native-mmkv or RevenueCat to a Rork app, Expo Go stops launching it. Here's how to set up Expo Dev Client (a custom development build) and the three pitfalls I've actually walked into.
Building a Complete Stripe SaaS Payment System with Rork: Next.js × Cloudflare Workers × Supabase
A complete guide to implementing Stripe subscriptions, one-time purchases, and webhooks in a Rork-generated Next.js app. Build a production-grade SaaS billing stack with Cloudflare Workers and Supabase from scratch.
Building a Fan Club App with Rork — Direct Revenue Without Platform Dependence
A practical guide for artists, illustrators, and creators to build their own fan club app with Rork. Covers Supabase content management, tiered RevenueCat subscriptions, creator posting tools, and App Store review considerations.
to Production Edge AI in Rork Apps— Ollama Streaming, Conversation History, and Cost Architecture
A complete production guide to integrating Ollama-powered local LLMs into Rork apps. Covers token streaming, SQLite conversation history, cloud fallback routing, and sustainable monetization for indie developers.
7 Real Challenges When Building a Tarot App with Rork (And How to Solve Them)
A practical guide to building a daily tarot and oracle card app with Rork. Covers card data architecture, AI interpretation generation, daily reset logic, monetization design, and App Store review pitfalls specific to fortune-telling apps.
Google Play Subscription Offers: Reduce Churn and Maximize Revenue for Your Rork App
A practical guide to using Google Play subscription offers — free trials, introductory pricing, upgrade offers, and win-back offers — to maximize revenue from Android apps built with Rork.
Adding Offline Edge AI to Rork Apps — No-Internet AI Features Without Cloud APIs
How to add offline-capable AI features to apps built with Rork. Covers the Ollama + local server approach, fallback patterns, a basic chat implementation, and which use cases make local AI worthwhile.
Taking a Rork Podcast App to Production — Migrating to expo-audio, Recovering from Interruptions, and Resumable Downloads
Implementation notes for making a Rork podcast app survive real use: migrating off expo-av before SDK 55 removes it, recovering from call interruptions, resuming broken downloads, and budgeting storage against iCloud backup.