Images Vanishing After Play Store Release — Fixing drawable-nodpi in Rork Android Apps
After publishing a Rork-generated Android app to the Play Store, images disappeared on low-density devices. The culprit: Play Store's density APK splits and how they handle drawable-nodpi resources. A real-world fix from 12 years of app development.
Is Rork's Generated Code Production-Ready? 3 Pitfalls I Found After 50M Downloads
After 50M cumulative app downloads, I tested Rork's generated code against real production scenarios and found 3 recurring crash patterns. Here's what to audit before shipping Rork-generated code, with concrete before/after examples.
Why Nesting Your Android Ad Gate Logic Causes Hard-to-Debug Bugs — Fixing It with Parallel Structure
A nested ad gate bug in Beautiful HD Wallpapers v2.1.0 led me to rethink how ad-free logic should be structured in Android apps. The parallel structure pattern I use now also improves Rork-generated code.
My Paywall and Review Prompt Showed at the Same Time — Fixing It with a ModalGate Pattern
How to prevent multiple modals from appearing simultaneously in Rork apps using a ModalGate pattern, with practical code examples from a real app update.
AdMob Mediation Dropped My eCPM by 30% After I Set It Up — What Went Wrong and How I Fixed It
My eCPM dropped 30% the morning after enabling AdMob mediation. Drawing on years of indie monetization work, here are the pitfalls I found in Rork apps, how to verify adapters are actually alive, how to derive floors from real data, and how to decide whether mediation is worth it at all.
Push Notifications Not Working on Android 13+ in Rork Apps — Adding POST_NOTIFICATIONS Permission
Push notifications silently failing on Android 13+? The culprit is usually a missing POST_NOTIFICATIONS permission. Here's how to add it to your Rork-generated app.
Switching from Context API to Zustand v5 in Rork Apps: What Changed and Why It Worked
Context API caused cascading re-renders in a growing Rork app. Here's how migrating to Zustand v5 solved it — with practical patterns for auth state and async logic in React Native.
Three Things I Got Stuck on When Implementing Ambient Sound in a Healing App with Rork
Three common pitfalls when implementing ambient looping audio in meditation and healing apps built with Rork: loop clicks, iOS silent mode, and battery drain — with working expo-av code.
What I Discovered Expanding My Rork App to Android — Key Differences Between App Store and Google Play
What actually differs between shipping to the App Store and shipping to Google Play — the AAB requirement, the 12-tester closed testing rule for new personal accounts, Data safety, staged rollouts, and how search works on each store.
I Built a Wallpaper App with Rork — An Honest Review from a Developer with 50M App Downloads
After running wallpaper and healing apps with 50M+ downloads since 2014, I prototype-tested Rork on the same genre. Here's my honest take on where it shines, where it struggles, and what it means for solo developers.
Rork vs Expo CLI: What the Build Experience Actually Feels Like — A 12-Year Indie Dev Perspective
A hands-on comparison of Rork and Expo CLI build workflows from a developer with 12 years of indie app experience and 50M+ cumulative downloads. Honest take on where Rork creates friction for CLI-savvy developers — and where it genuinely wins.
Stop Your Rork App's Search Field from Hammering the API: debounce + AbortController + Empty States
A keystroke-by-keystroke search field looks fine on a laptop and starts misbehaving the moment a real phone hits a slow network. Here is the three-piece kit I keep coming back to in Rork apps: debounced input, abortable requests, and a state machine the UI actually understands.