Deep Links in Rork Max — Universal Links and URL Schemes
A hands-on guide to deep linking in Rork Max apps: when to use URL Schemes vs. Universal Links, the AASA/assetlinks pitfalls, and the cold-start trap — with working examples.
Unifying Onboarding Across Six Wallpaper Apps: What One Month of First-Day Retention Showed Me
I folded the onboarding flows of six wallpaper apps scaffolded with Rork into a single config-driven component and watched first-day retention and push opt-in for a month. Here is an honest, operational note on what moved and what didn't.
Guarding Analytics Events With Types Across Six Rork Apps — A Shared Event Layer
After event names drifted across six apps and quietly broke my dashboards, I built a typed event registry and a thin wrapper to centralize tracking, plus a CI check that catches schema drift. Here is the design, with the code I actually use.
Fixing 'No bundle URL present' on a Release Build to a Real iOS Device
How to read the 'No bundle URL present' error that shows up when you build a Rork-exported app locally in Xcode. We separate the Metro-connection case from the missing-embedded-bundle case, and walk through generating an offline bundle by hand with working commands.
What Localizing My Wallpaper Apps' App Store Listings Taught Me — Translation Isn't the Hard Part, Being Read Locally Is
Field notes from localizing my wallpaper apps' App Store listings across many locales: where literal translation fell short, where the keyword field and screenshot copy actually moved the needle, and how I now prioritize localization as a solo developer.
Getting Users All the Way to 'Set as Wallpaper' on iOS — Save-to-Photos Permissions and Shortcuts
iOS apps cannot set the wallpaper directly. Here is how I handle add-only photo permissions, Live Photo saving, guiding users to Settings, and Shortcuts automation, with real numbers from running six wallpaper apps.
Running Crash-Free Rate as a Budget: An SLO Design Note for Deciding Where to Invest Across 6 Indie Apps
Notes from running 6 wallpaper apps in parallel and the shift from treating crash-free rate as a pass/fail threshold to treating it as an error budget. A working write-up on turning burn rate into investment and sunset decisions.
Managing Native Settings Across Rork-Exported Apps with a Custom Expo Config Plugin
Tired of re-typing your AdMob ID and ATT string every time prebuild wipes your Info.plist? Here is how I made native settings reproducible with a custom Expo config plugin and shared it across six wallpaper apps.
Fixing 'TurboModuleRegistry.getEnforcing could not be found' in Rork
A practical walkthrough of the 'TurboModuleRegistry.getEnforcing(...): could not be found' error that became common once the New Architecture went default. Covers Expo Go vs. dev builds, when a native rebuild is required, and how to isolate libraries that aren't New Architecture-ready.
Diagnosing 'Network request failed' That Only Hits Android Emulator in Rork
Your fetch returns fine in the iOS simulator but throws 'Network request failed' the moment you switch to Android. Here is the diagnosis order I use to separate localhost, cleartext, certificate, and proxy issues, with code that actually compiles.
Three Weeks of Syncing Release Notes Across Six Wallpaper Apps
Notes from three weeks of writing What's New entries for six wallpaper apps in the same week, with the same tone, using Rork as the source of truth.
Rork × EAS Update Runtime Version Strategy — Upgrading Expo SDK Across 6 Apps Without Breaking Existing Users
A complete record of how I migrated 6 Rork-generated apps from Expo SDK 50 to 51 in three weeks without a single user-visible incident — runtimeVersion policies, full eas.json, a safety-gated publish script, and a 30-minute incident recovery playbook.