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iPad + Keyboard = Sideways Apps

A lot of apps on the App Store don’t have dedicated iPad apps so I have to download their iPhone versions to my iPad. I also use my iPad with the Magic Keyboard (which is great) the problem is that when an iPhone app is open on an iPad it is forced to use Portrait mode which is terrible when using a Keyboard in landscape more. I understand that the iPhone apps aren’t scaled to iPad screen sizes but I would much rather a iPhone size app on my landscape iPad than having to hold the iPad weirdly with the Keyboard just to use a subset of the apps.

iPad Pro, iPadOS 13

Posted on Jun 11, 2020 7:28 PM

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Posted on Jun 11, 2020 8:12 PM

Hello,


It is up to the application’s developer if they wish to develop an iPad version of their application. If they do not offer an iPad version then iPad will run the iPhone version. If the iPhone application does not support landscape orientation then there is nothing you can do as it would have to be explicitly added by their developers.

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Jun 11, 2020 8:12 PM in response to Goku1995

Hello,


It is up to the application’s developer if they wish to develop an iPad version of their application. If they do not offer an iPad version then iPad will run the iPhone version. If the iPhone application does not support landscape orientation then there is nothing you can do as it would have to be explicitly added by their developers.

iPad + Keyboard = Sideways Apps

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