diff --git a/.beads/interactions.jsonl b/.beads/interactions.jsonl
index 79cf19a..0ec7fb2 100644
--- a/.beads/interactions.jsonl
+++ b/.beads/interactions.jsonl
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 {"id":"int-d8dc4ec5","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-25T01:25:35.590554Z","actor":"dirtydishes","issue_id":"dreamio-tnv","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"closed","old_value":"in_progress","reason":"Added bundle metadata to Info.plist and validated processed app bundle identifier."}}
 {"id":"int-a86e17e0","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-25T02:34:54.605755Z","actor":"dirtydishes","issue_id":"dreamio-evt","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"closed","old_value":"in_progress","reason":"Implemented debug-only WKWebView inspection, token-safe playback diagnostics, navigation logging, validation build, and turn documentation."}}
 {"id":"int-4d73c126","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-25T03:20:17.439589Z","actor":"dirtydishes","issue_id":"dreamio-l68","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"closed","old_value":"in_progress","reason":"Implemented native direct-stream bridge, classification, MobileVLCKit backend wiring, CocoaPods workflow docs, and turn documentation. Full iOS build is blocked locally by missing CocoaPods and iPhoneOS SDK."}}
+{"id":"int-3dbe205a","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-25T03:23:00.515861Z","actor":"dirtydishes","issue_id":"dreamio-2lp","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"closed","old_value":"in_progress","reason":"Fixed Swift raw string escaping and guarded MobileVLCKit import for builds before pod install."}}
diff --git a/.beads/issues.jsonl b/.beads/issues.jsonl
index fdf5733..1c6ced4 100644
--- a/.beads/issues.jsonl
+++ b/.beads/issues.jsonl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-2lp","title":"Fix native playback build blockers","description":"Correct Swift string escaping for the injected stream bridge and allow the VLC backend source to compile before MobileVLCKit is installed by guarding the import with canImport.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T03:22:52Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T03:23:00Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T03:23:00Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T03:23:00Z","close_reason":"Fixed Swift raw string escaping and guarded MobileVLCKit import for builds before pod install.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-l68","title":"Add native playback for direct debrid streams","description":"Implement a WKWebView JavaScript bridge that detects direct-file debrid media URLs and routes unsupported containers to a native player backend, initially MobileVLCKit, while preserving normal Stremio Web playback for compatible streams.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T03:13:19Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T03:20:17Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T03:13:28Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T03:20:17Z","close_reason":"Implemented native direct-stream bridge, classification, MobileVLCKit backend wiring, CocoaPods workflow docs, and turn documentation. Full iOS build is blocked locally by missing CocoaPods and iPhoneOS SDK.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-tnv","title":"Fix iOS bundle identifier install failure","description":"Xcode built Dreamio.app without a valid CFBundleIdentifier, causing device install to fail with CoreDeviceError 3000/3002. Investigate project bundle settings, fix the source configuration, validate the app bundle Info.plist, and document the change.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T01:23:00Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T01:25:36Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T01:23:07Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T01:25:36Z","close_reason":"Added bundle metadata to Info.plist and validated processed app bundle identifier.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-4yn","title":"Build WKWebView MVP shell","description":"Create the first Dreamio MVP implementation: a minimal iOS WKWebView wrapper around hosted Stremio Web, with configuration, launch behavior, diagnostics, and documentation for real-device viability testing.","acceptance_criteria":"App project exists; WKWebView loads hosted Stremio Web; external/new-window navigation is handled; basic diagnostics and manual test documentation exist; quality gates are run or documented.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-24T14:55:12Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-24T14:59:44Z","closed_at":"2026-05-24T14:59:44Z","close_reason":"Implemented the MVP WKWebView iOS shell, added run and validation documentation, and recorded current validation limits.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
diff --git a/Dreamio/DreamioWebViewController.swift b/Dreamio/DreamioWebViewController.swift
index b07e657..e7c8823 100644
--- a/Dreamio/DreamioWebViewController.swift
+++ b/Dreamio/DreamioWebViewController.swift
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ final class DreamioWebViewController: UIViewController {
     private var lastNativePlaybackURL: URL?
 
     private static let streamCandidateScript = WKUserScript(
-        source: """
+        source: #"""
         (() => {
           if (window.__dreamioStreamBridgeInstalled) {
             return;
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ final class DreamioWebViewController: UIViewController {
 
           inspectMedia(document);
         })();
-        """,
+        """#,
         injectionTime: .atDocumentStart,
         forMainFrameOnly: false
     )
diff --git a/Dreamio/VLCNativePlaybackBackend.swift b/Dreamio/VLCNativePlaybackBackend.swift
index 44ca5bc..2ed0132 100644
--- a/Dreamio/VLCNativePlaybackBackend.swift
+++ b/Dreamio/VLCNativePlaybackBackend.swift
@@ -1,24 +1,34 @@
 import UIKit
+
+#if canImport(MobileVLCKit)
 import MobileVLCKit
+#endif
 
 final class VLCNativePlaybackBackend: NSObject, NativePlaybackBackend {
     let view = UIView()
     var onReady: (() -> Void)?
     var onFailure: ((Error) -> Void)?
 
+#if canImport(MobileVLCKit)
     private let mediaPlayer = VLCMediaPlayer()
+#endif
 
     override init() {
         super.init()
+#if canImport(MobileVLCKit)
         mediaPlayer.delegate = self
+#endif
         view.backgroundColor = .black
     }
 
     func prepare(in viewController: UIViewController) {
+#if canImport(MobileVLCKit)
         mediaPlayer.drawable = view
+#endif
     }
 
     func play(request: NativePlaybackRequest) {
+#if canImport(MobileVLCKit)
         let media = VLCMedia(url: request.playbackURL)
         var headers = ["Referer": request.referer]
         if let userAgent = request.userAgent {
@@ -36,14 +46,20 @@ final class VLCNativePlaybackBackend: NSObject, NativePlaybackBackend {
 
         mediaPlayer.media = media
         mediaPlayer.play()
+#else
+        onFailure?(NativePlaybackError.backendUnavailable)
+#endif
     }
 
     func stop() {
+#if canImport(MobileVLCKit)
         mediaPlayer.stop()
         mediaPlayer.media = nil
+#endif
     }
 }
 
+#if canImport(MobileVLCKit)
 extension VLCNativePlaybackBackend: VLCMediaPlayerDelegate {
     func mediaPlayerStateChanged(_ aNotification: Notification) {
         switch mediaPlayer.state {
@@ -56,3 +72,4 @@ extension VLCNativePlaybackBackend: VLCMediaPlayerDelegate {
         }
     }
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/docs/turns/2026-05-24-native-debrid-playback.html b/docs/turns/2026-05-24-native-debrid-playback.html
index 02cf2e5..45865d8 100644
--- a/docs/turns/2026-05-24-native-debrid-playback.html
+++ b/docs/turns/2026-05-24-native-debrid-playback.html
@@ -275,6 +275,33 @@ diff --git a/Podfile b/Podfile
         <li>Consider adding a tiny XCTest target for classifier behavior once the project has a test bundle.</li>
       </ul>
     </section>
+
+    <section>
+      <h2>New Changes as of 2026-05-24 23:22 EDT</h2>
+      <p><strong>Summary of changes:</strong> Fixed the Swift build errors reported after the first handoff by converting the injected stream bridge into a raw multiline Swift string and guarding the MobileVLCKit import with <code>canImport(MobileVLCKit)</code>.</p>
+      <p><strong>Why this change was made:</strong> Swift was interpreting JavaScript regex backslashes as Swift string escapes, and the app could not compile from <code>Dreamio.xcodeproj</code> before CocoaPods had installed and linked <code>MobileVLCKit</code>. The fallback keeps the project buildable enough to show a native-player unavailable error until the workspace is set up with pods.</p>
+      <p><strong>Code diffs:</strong> Plain diff fallback is used for the same reason noted above: <code>@pierre/diffs</code> is present as a library but has no runnable CLI exposed in this repo.</p>
+      <pre class="diffs-fallback"><code>diff --git a/Dreamio/DreamioWebViewController.swift b/Dreamio/DreamioWebViewController.swift
+-        source: """
++        source: #"""
+ ...
+-        """,
++        """#,
+
+diff --git a/Dreamio/VLCNativePlaybackBackend.swift b/Dreamio/VLCNativePlaybackBackend.swift
++#if canImport(MobileVLCKit)
+ import MobileVLCKit
++#endif
+ ...
++#if canImport(MobileVLCKit)
+     private let mediaPlayer = VLCMediaPlayer()
++#endif
+ ...
++#else
++        onFailure?(NativePlaybackError.backendUnavailable)
++#endif</code></pre>
+      <p><strong>Related issues or PRs:</strong> Follow-up to Beads issue <code>dreamio-l68</code>.</p>
+    </section>
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