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●PLAY — Google Play's target API level 36 requirement took effect yesterday, August 31. From today, new apps and updates must target Android 16●VISIBILITY — Apps still on API 35 stay listed but disappear for users on newer Android versions. No error is raised; new installs simply fade, which makes the change easy to miss●EXTENSION — If you missed the deadline, an extension through November 1, 2026 can be requested in Play Console — best filed alongside a concrete migration plan●APPLE — On the Apple side, the event lands September 9 and iOS 27 is reported to ship September 14. Testing generated apps on iOS 27 hardware before release week is time well spent●EXPO — Expo released expo-paste-input on August 28, a native module that brings image, GIF, and sticker paste to React Native TextInput●EAS — EAS Observe reached general availability on August 20, putting crash and performance monitoring on the same EAS platform as builds and updates●PLAY — Google Play's target API level 36 requirement took effect yesterday, August 31. From today, new apps and updates must target Android 16●VISIBILITY — Apps still on API 35 stay listed but disappear for users on newer Android versions. No error is raised; new installs simply fade, which makes the change easy to miss●EXTENSION — If you missed the deadline, an extension through November 1, 2026 can be requested in Play Console — best filed alongside a concrete migration plan●APPLE — On the Apple side, the event lands September 9 and iOS 27 is reported to ship September 14. Testing generated apps on iOS 27 hardware before release week is time well spent●EXPO — Expo released expo-paste-input on August 28, a native module that brings image, GIF, and sticker paste to React Native TextInput●EAS — EAS Observe reached general availability on August 20, putting crash and performance monitoring on the same EAS platform as builds and updates
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◇ App Dev/2026-08-24Advanced

I Moved the Thumbnails Assuming the Shipped Build Would Keep Asking for the Old Path

Reorganizing image directories on the server does not reach the builds already installed on people's phones. Here is the two-way fallback that returns 200 for both the old and new paths, the ordering rule for images versus catalog, and the four checks I run through a CDN before calling a release live.

⟐ Business/2026-06-02Intermediate

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.

◇ App Dev/2026-05-29Intermediate

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.

⟐ Business/2026-05-25Advanced

How I Layered Rewarded, Interstitial, and App Open Ads to Lift ARPDAU 1.4× on My Wallpaper App

Optimizing AdMob's three formats individually hit a ceiling — they were eating each other's impressions. After redesigning Rewarded, Interstitial, and App Open as a coordinated 3-layer system with strict role separation and an exclusion gate, ARPDAU climbed 1.4× over nine weeks. The full playbook, code, and weekly numbers.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-05-25Advanced

iOS Memory Pressure on Rork Apps — A 5-Tier Release Architecture from 12 Years of Wallpaper Apps

A 5-tier memory release architecture for Rork-built iOS apps, refined while running wallpaper apps to a cumulative 50 million downloads. Includes the Instruments + MetricKit measurement flow that brought OOM rate from 4.3% to 0.36%.

⬡ Rork Dev/2026-05-24Intermediate

Rolling Out Privacy Manifest to Six Wallpaper Apps in Parallel — Translating One Rejection into Five Clean Submissions

Operational notes from rolling out Privacy Manifest to six iOS wallpaper apps in parallel. How a single rejection on the first submission shaped the remaining five, and how phased release rings were designed for a UI-less update.