Using Notion as a CMS Backend for Rork Apps — Auth, Block Rendering, Rate Limits, and the 1-Hour Image URL Problem
Put Notion behind your Rork app. Pick the right auth model, render Notion blocks safely, survive the 1-hour image URL expiry, and stay under the API rate limit — a production-grade walkthrough.
Eliminating Flicker and Scroll Conflicts in Pull-to-Refresh for Rork Apps
If pull-to-refresh in your Rork app flashes white, jumps to the top, or leaves the spinner hanging, the fix is almost always in how refreshing state and scroll view nesting are handled. Here are the patterns that make it feel solid.
Designing Rork Apps That Don't Let Users Down on Bad-Signal Days — UX Patterns for Unstable Networks
After shipping a Rork app, the #1 reason I was losing review stars wasn't a crash — it was 'the screen just stays blank.' Here's how I redesign loading, empty, and error states so the experience gracefully degrades on flaky connections.
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.
The 5 Machine Learning Optimizations That Make Rork's AI Code Generation Fast
Why does Rork generate code faster and more reliably than other AI app builders? After three months of measuring and observing, here are five machine learning optimizations quietly working behind the scenes.
Rork × LiveKit: Production Voice Agent Infrastructure for AI-Powered Apps
Field notes on wiring LiveKit Agents into a Rork-generated React Native app: the agent server and token API, recovering from incoming calls and expired tokens, metered subscription billing, unit economics, and the monitoring queries that catch trouble before your users do.
Fixing Stuck Splash Screens and White Flash on Launch in Rork Apps
Fixes for the four most common Rork splash screen bugs: a splash that refuses to hide, a white flash on launch, Android 12+ cropping, and dark-mode mismatches.
FlatList Renders Blank in Rork? A Calm, Ordered Way to Debug Empty Lists
When a FlatList in your Rork-generated app shows nothing at all, the cause is usually a handful of very specific things. Here's the order I check them in, based on bugs I've actually shipped and fixed.
Prompt Techniques for Getting Rork AI to Generate the UI You Actually Want
To get the screen you pictured on the first try from Rork AI, the trick is prompt ordering: state constraints before intent. Here are seven techniques I use daily, each with a bad-example / good-example pair.
Practical Techniques to Cut the Startup Time of Rork-Generated Apps
If a Rork-generated app feels sluggish on launch, the cause is almost always in how initial loading is assembled. Here's the exact process I used to cut startup time to a third of its original value, measurements included.
Fixing Japanese IME Input Issues in Rork Apps: A React Native Deep Dive
Apps generated by Rork often misbehave with Japanese IME input — events fire during composition, candidate windows close unexpectedly. Here's how to diagnose and fix it with working React Native code.
Loading Custom Fonts Cleanly in Rork Apps — Preventing Startup Flicker (FOIT/FOUT) With expo-font
When you ship a Rork-generated app with a custom font, you often see a brief flash of the system font at launch — the classic FOIT/FOUT problem. This guide shows how to combine expo-font and expo-splash-screen to hold the splash screen until fonts are ready, with copy-paste-ready code.