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.
Same here. Sometimes some of the recently used apps in the dock just will not activate from there. It knows you are touching it as it "darkens" when you touch it. You can even get the pop up options from it there, but it just will not open from the dock.
This has definitely got to be an ios13 bug, for sure!
My dock is not working for the icons so the right hand side of the dock since the upgrade. I reset my iPad, and that fixed it for a very brief time then the error occurred again. Re-setting is not a permanent fix based on my experience. I also minimized all applications, cleared them all out, the reset with same result. A very brief fix.
Yes, but... The purpose of the left side is to hold apps that you use frequently. You place apps there for easy access, to have them readily at hand. The purpose of the right side is to show recently used apps. IOS places apps there that you've recently used, subject to dock space availability. By moving everything to the left side you've reduced the space for recently used apps to zero. Try this: Once you've moved an offending app from the left side to the right side and observed that it works, then move it out of the dock and onto to the desktop. That will free up space on the right (recently used) side of the dock again. Now open the previously offending app from the desktop. I found that the app would then appear on and work properly from the right (recently used) side. Repeat for each offending app.
Although some programs still do open on the right of the right, recently-used side of the dock, sometimes you can still use a non-working icon by holding it down until you see a context menu, like:
Im still having this problem intermittently. It works if I reboot, then stops working after a day or two. It's really annoying and Apple needs to fix it.
That isn't actually fixing anything.
The left side is to keep apps you want access to all the time.
The right side is recently used apps. And that is where the fault lies. It is only with that part.
The apps are not at fault. It is the actual dock.
Seems to affect 3rd party apps in the recently used section of the dock.
Another minor observation. I usually run a nature sounds app thru a Jambox bluetooth speaker when I go to bed. Previously, when I turned the speaker on, ios would automatically put the nature sound app in the dock. This ‘feature’ is apparently gone in ios 13.
I have deleted and reinstalled the apps that are experiencing the issues without success to get them working from the dock.
Same here. I had hoped the 13.1.3 update that I installed yesterday had fixed it, but it’s back. I guess the restart temporarily fixed it, not anything in the update.
Since the latest upgrade, the dock does not always work. It happens only with the 3rd one from the right. And it’s not the apps!
I have the same problem, but it only happens with recently used apps. They can be normally opened from the main menu but not from the dock.
Decided to check and see if this problem was already out there. It is.
Cannot launch from temporary launch area, have to go to original app.
I agree that there is a problem with the dock. However, this workaround helped me. After moving the offending app to the left side of the dock, the problem went away. I then moved the app out of the dock and onto the desktop. When I used the app from the desktop it worked, then a copy of the icon appeared on the right side of the dock (recently used), and continues to work from that location.
I’m having the same problem.
How do regular users—as opposed to developers—report issues to Apple now?
They seem to have changed the protocol because the only information I can find about how to do it now only refers to developers.
Same problem here. And nothing that triggers me to even bother for a second to find out the whens and why’s behind it. Being an Apple user for 2-3 decades I’ve spent enough time of my life to fix or work around this sort of buggyness. I now just want thém to make things work as one may expect, right?
Dock not working after upgrade
