Q: airdrop lost in iphone ~

You didn't accidentally delete it.

You can turn on Airdrop from the Control Center.

Use Control Center to turn AirDrop on or off and control whom you can share content with.

1. Swipe up from the bottom of your screen to open Control Center.
2. Tap AirDrop.
3. Choose one of these options:
   • Off: Turns off AirDrop.
   • Contacts Only: Only your contacts can see your device.
   • Everyone: All nearby iOS devices using AirDrop can see your device.

How to use AirDrop with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

This article may help:

How to use AirDrop with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

especially the section:

Turn on AirDrop

Use Control Center to turn AirDrop on or off and control whom you can share content with.

1. Swipe up from the bottom of your screen to open Control Center.
2. Tap AirDrop.
3. Choose one of these options:
   • Off: Turns off AirDrop.
   • Contacts Only: Only your contacts can see your device.
   • Everyone: All nearby iOS devices using AirDrop can see your device.

Hello hongtc,

Sorry to hear about your issue. The good news is that there is a very helpful article from the good people over at OS X Daily that addresses your very issue. It is worth noting that AirDrop is not a separate application that can be downloaded from the App Store. Rather, AirDrop is a protocol that allows you to share files by way of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. That said, I will provide the list of instructions from the article in question, as well as a link to the actual article. I hope that this resolves your issue.

Best of luck

"There are a few potential reasons for AirDrop not being visible, but assuming you have an iOS version which supports AirDrop as any modern release does, here’s the most common resolution for when AirDrop is not showing up on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch within the iOS Control Center:

AirDrop not showing up in iOS

1. Open the Settings application in iOS and go to “General”

2. Now go to “Restrictions” and enter the devices passcode if requested

3. Look under the Restrictions list for “AirDrop” and be sure the switch is toggled in the ON position

 

4. Exit out of Settings and open Control Center again, AirDrop will be visible

Here’s the before and after, before with AirDrop not showing up and therefore not able to work at all (since it’s not enabled), and after with AirDrop no longer restricted, as the feature has been effectively enabled and is now allowed to work as intended

Now return to Control Center, flip the feature on, and AirDrop should work for sharing without incident. If you set AirDrop to Contacts Only for privacy purposes, you may want to switch AirDrop into ‘Everyone’ mode temporarily so that it won’t have a problem finding someone nearby.Just be sure to turn AirDrop back off or back to “Contacts” again once you are finished using it.

Sometimes users may need to reboot an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to get AirDrop to show up consistently after doing this, but it should appear immediately without a system restart. You may be wondering why AirDrop would be in the restrictions section if you didn’t disable the feature there, but there isn’t always a clear answer to this, and I’ve seen multiple iOS devices where AirDrop was effectively disabled in iOS by having the Restriction turned on. Simply toggling it off allows AirDrop to appear in Control Center, and to work for sharing again in most cases."

http://osxdaily.com/2016/02/01/fix-airdrop-not-showing-up-ios/

 

 

hongtc wrote:

 

I can no longer find AirDrop in the control center... and it is not searchable... and not available in itunes store....

Airdrop is not an app. It can't be deleted. It can't be dowloaded. It is a feature.

The referenced article doesn't appear to make clear one thing: BlueTooth must be turned on on both devices.

How to use AirDrop with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

How did you delete something that is part of iOS (not an app)?

Barry