iPhone 5s.
Since Friday's update, my message screen throws some sort of bar on the bottom of it where my typed message usually shows up. The bar is gray and has a timer on it. I can't get rid of it. It blocks seeing the message I'm typing, so it appears as a layer over the regular messaging. What is it and how to I get rid of it? Thank you.
iPhone 5s, iOS 9.0.2
A significant number of people are having that problem since iOS 9. One solution (at least a temporary one) is to quit Messages and then double-click the Home button to open the app switcher. In the app switcher find the Messages app and slide it up to remove it. Then close app switcher by clicking the Home button. That should solve the problem -- for a while at least. Another solution that is working for some is to go to Settings > Messages and toggle either the Show Subject Field or Character Count setting.
I tried the first solution. It worked for now.
When a colleague of mine worked on it yesterday, he did the same thing (along with a lot of others so we didn't know yesterday which of his actions worked. It must have been this one.) So I'm thinking it's good for a day. I greatly appreciate the solution!
IF MMS is on in your message settings shutting it off works. Mine hasn't came back on yet. I didn't have to close and reopen the message app either. Hope this can help someone. Quite annoying not being able to see what you are texting. Don't know why it would ever need to be that way for any reason.
what is the time bar on my message screen
