Since I’ve updated to iOS 13.1.2 for my iPad Pro, some of the apps in the dock won’t work. I can reopen them on the main screens, but not when using the dock. I’ve never had trouble accessing these same apps from the dock before. Is anyone else having this issue, and do you have any idea how to fix it?
iPad Pro 12.9-inch, 2nd Gen, Wi-Fi, Cell
This seems to be a frequently reported issue following update to iPadOS.
Assuming that the Apps with which you have difficulty are not in need of a compatibility by the respective developer, usual a simple restart of your device will clear to problem.
Sometimes, with third party Apps, I have found it necessary to delete and reinstall the App to clear the problem.
Hope this helps.
This seems to be a frequently reported issue following update to iPadOS.
Assuming that the Apps with which you have difficulty are not in need of a compatibility by the respective developer, usual a simple restart of your device will clear to problem.
Sometimes, with third party Apps, I have found it necessary to delete and reinstall the App to clear the problem.
Hope this helps.
I have exact problem. Found it can be temporarily resolved by settings>general>reset all settings. This moves all your apps around and out of folders, so you then need to re-arrange back to where they were. However, the problem recurs. If you hover in recent apps, the ones that work appear to have a shortcut to the app with share app name whereas whereas the ones that don’t open have share null. i.e. the shortcut is missing. Apple problem that will hopefully be fixed.
I pressed and held an icon until all icons started jiggling. The icons on the dock that wre not working had a minus sign (null) instead of an “x” next to them. I drug one of the null icons to a new location on the dock then pressed the home button. My dock has worked fine since doing that. Go figure!
This worked for me. I turned both Allow Multiple Apps and Show Suggested and Recent Apps off and turned it back on. I opened up 3 apps then went back to my home screen and open those apps back up from the dock and it worked. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Restarting my iPad also resolved the dock issue. Thank you.
Restarting my iPad fixed the problem.
I had the same problem, but one I went to the App Store and updated all apps.... everything began working as it should.
I had the same problem. Seems to be a memory issue. Power the device off, wait a few minutes, power on, all works fine again.
Same issue. On a whim, I moved the offending icon from the right to the left side of the vertical line in the dock. Now it works.
Er I fixed it I just turned it off for 30 mins lol how long it will last who knows 😁
I had this problem on my iPad Air 2
I found going into “settings” - “general” - “mulititasking & dock” and switch off the “show suggested and recent apps”.
go back to your home screen and you will notice the “recent apps” are missing off the Dock.
open a couple of apps from the home screen, they will not appear in the dock. Then go back to settings and switch the “show suggested and recent apps” back on, open a few apps and the should start to appear in the Dock and you can now launch them from there.
The only workaround I have found is to move the item in the permanent docked apps section. Once you remove it from the permanent section it will relaunch from the last used.
Outside of the Developer community, there are two fundamental mechanisms to report issues to Apple. The first is to use the Apple Feedback channel:
https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html
Filing a report via “feedback” is very unlikely to receive a response - but we are led to understand that all reports are logged.
Your second path to report issues is to open a case with Apple Support directly - using the “Contact Support” link at top-right of this page.
Fixed for me in 13.2
After update icons are smaller.
set back to large en problem is solved.
Dock not working after upgrade
