Your Rork Max App Loses the Photos a User Picked After Relaunch — The Trap of Holding Onto URLs Under Limited Photo Access
In a native Swift app generated by Rork Max, photos picked via PHPickerViewController become unreadable after relaunch — because holding onto a URL or PHAsset no longer works in the age of limited access. Here's a design that copies the actual bytes into your own storage the instant they're picked.
Start a Live Activity Without Launching Your Rork Max App — Designing Around a push-to-start Token That Never Arrives
In a native Swift app generated by Rork Max, you want to start a Live Activity from your server without the user ever opening the app. But the push-to-start token is never observed and it fails silently. Here's the cause and an observation layer that reliably captures the token.
Your Rork Max Health App Misses Overnight Steps — Designing Background Delivery When HKObserverQuery Dies Silently
In a native Swift health app generated by Rork Max, data recorded while the app is closed never arrives — and it's almost always because HKObserverQuery's background delivery stopped without a word. Here's how to isolate the layer that broke and an observation layer you can drop in as-is.
Direct Device-to-Device Sharing in Rork Max Apps — The Local Network Permission Trap That Makes MultipeerConnectivity Fail Silently
How to add serverless, nearby device-to-device sharing to a native Swift app generated by Rork Max. It works in the simulator but no peers ever appear on real devices — and the culprit is almost always a silent Local Network permission failure.
Making Your Rork Max App Resilient to Dropped and Restored Connections: Offline Detection and Retry with NWPathMonitor
Build networking that survives a lost signal in your Rork Max native Swift app with NWPathMonitor. Detect offline states, respect Low Data Mode and cellular, and auto-resend queued work on reconnect — all with working Swift code.
Adding PDF Viewing and Export to a Rork Max App — When to Use PDFKit vs. ImageRenderer
Implement PDF viewing, search, and export in Rork Max's native Swift with PDFKit. Covers UIGraphicsPDFRenderer vs. ImageRenderer trade-offs, password protection, and share sheet integration.
Keeping Downloads Alive After Your Rork Max App Is Killed: Background URLSession Design and Relaunch Handling
How to design downloads in a Rork Max native Swift app so transfers continue in the OS daemon even after the app is suspended or terminated. Covers relaunch wiring, resumeData recovery, and measured isDiscretionary behavior with working code.
Adding Game Center to a Rork Max Game: Authentication, Leaderboards, Achievements, and Living with Score Tampering
How to add Game Center to a Rork Max iOS game — working Swift code for authentication, leaderboards, and achievements, plus a realistic approach to score tampering.
Logins Without Stored Passwords: Adding Passkey Authentication to a Rork Max App
How to add passkey authentication to a Swift app generated by Rork Max: Associated Domains setup, WebAuthn server verification with working code, and the device-testing pitfalls that cost me half a day.
Using MusicKit in Rork Max Native Swift — Apple Music Authorization, Search, and Playback in a Minimal Setup
Bringing MusicKit into a Rork Max Swift app: MusicAuthorization, catalog search with MusicCatalogSearchRequest, choosing between ApplicationMusicPlayer and SystemMusicPlayer, and handling non-subscribers with previews and offers.
Integrating Image Playground in Rork Max Native Swift — Availability Design and Fallbacks for In-App Image Generation
How to build Image Playground into a Rork Max Swift app: availability checks with supportsImagePlayground, the imagePlaygroundSheet modifier, programmatic generation with ImageCreator, and fallback design for unsupported devices.
Design On-Device Core ML So Cold Start and Heat Don't Break It
Put on-device Core ML in the native Swift that Rork Max generates and you hit two walls before accuracy: the first inference is slow, and the device heats up and slows down. Here is a design built around cold start and a thermal budget, with working Swift.