When Paying Users Still See Ads: Collapsing the Ad-Free Check Into One Place
A user who paid to remove ads still sees them. The cause is rarely a missing flag — it is a check that lives in too many places. Here is how I inventoried every ad call with Claude Code and folded the decision into a single gate.
Untangling Android Back-Button Ad Gates: A Parallel, Priority-Ordered Redesign with Claude Code
Nested back-button ad gates fired at the wrong moments. The parallel, priority-ordered redesign we shipped in v2.1.0, with Claude Code, Kotlin, and tests.
11 Days in Crashlytics: A Claude Code Debug Loop Across Two Android Wallpaper Apps
After shipping Beautiful Wallpapers v2.0.0 and Ukiyo-e Wallpapers v1.7.0 in early May, Crashlytics and Play Console threw more than 30 new issues at me in 11 days. This is the operations log of how I drove the fix list down to v2.1.1 / v1.8.1 using Claude Code as a triage partner.
Automated Play Store Staged Rollout Monitoring with Claude Code — Lessons from 50+ Crashes in v2.0.0
A hands-on record of building a Claude Code-powered monitoring system for Android staged rollouts (5%→100%). Covers crash-free rate thresholds, Wilson confidence intervals, and automatic Go/No-Go decisions — based on real experience shipping Beautiful HD Wallpapers.
Design Decisions Every Indie Developer Faces When Integrating Claude API into Mobile Apps
The design decisions indie mobile developers hit when integrating Claude API — model selection, async UX, context management, offline resilience, and cost control — with working code and a per-user cost table recalculated for the September 2026 price change.
An Implementation Notebook for Shipping Android/Kotlin Apps to Google Play with Claude Code
A production notebook from years of running an indie Android app business. Compose × Hilt × Room design calls, ProGuard crash triage, and a 14-item pre-release checklist that goes in front of every Google Play AAB upload.
Fixing Overlapping Paywall and Review Dialogs on Android with a Central ModalGate
How I fixed three dialogs — paywall, review prompt, and rewarded-ad promo — stacking on top of each other with a priority-based central gate, plus the three dismiss-leak paths a Claude Code design review uncovered.
How Claude Code Helped Me Kill a Glide 5.0.5 Java 8 Crash with One Line
After Beautiful HD Wallpapers v2.0.0 shipped, every Android 6.0.1 user crashed within 3 seconds. The fix turned out to be a single missing line in build.gradle.kts — and Claude Code is what got me there.
Retiring Dormant SDKs with Claude Code — A 12-Year Indie Developer's Pipeline for Safely Auditing Inactive Dependencies
Twelve years of indie iOS/Android development leaves a quiet sediment of SDKs that nobody calls anymore — but the dependencies remain. Here is the Claude Code pipeline I built to audit and safely retire them across four wallpaper apps, with the actual code and four weeks of operational metrics.
Three Months of Letting Claude Code Handle the Monthly Content Refresh for My Four Wallpaper Apps
Starting in February 2026 I began handing off the monthly content refresh of my wallpaper apps — Beautiful HD Wallpapers and three sibling titles — to Claude Code. After three months I want to share what kinds of judgement I felt comfortable delegating, and where I deliberately kept my own hands on the work.
How I Fixed Android RecyclerView Crashes in 28 Days Using Claude Code
After releasing v2.0.0 of Beautiful HD Wallpapers, RecyclerView IndexOutOfBoundsExceptions hit 50+ users over 28 days. Here's how a conversation with Claude Code uncovered the root cause — a defensive copy pattern.
react-native-permissions vs Expo Permissions API — Claude Code
Should you use react-native-permissions or the Expo permissions API? This guide clarifies the decision criteria and shows practical iOS/Android implementation patterns using Claude Code, including common pitfalls and Privacy Manifest requirements.