iPad dock hidden on home screen iOS 11

One thing I saw is that there’s a bit of a glitch. Open a folder on your main screen, then drag your finger up from the b bottom to drag the dock up and it should stay up.

Conversely, when you have a folder open, you can drag the dock down and off the screen. Maybe an accidental finger touch slid it down when you didn’t mean to

A restart fixes temporarily, but for me the problem keeps recurring.

It’s as if the dock thinks it’s displaying on an iPhone - in portrait mode it displays,but too high on the screen, and in landscape it’s not displayed at all.

Hi ArberyT. I guess it worked for the OP who marked the reply.

Please report it to Apple at this link: Feedback - iPad - Apple.

Meanwhile, try to avoid those apps that change the screen resolution, games maybe.

Turning off the recent apps does not fix the floating dock. It is a step towards removing the little alarm clock on app icons in the dock.

But as has been stated MANY times in this and other threads, the floating dock is a known glitch in iOS11, and one that Apple has apparently had a hard time tracking down. It will probably ONLY be fixed in an iOS update, but there is no idea when that may be coming.

Beyond that this is a user to user tech support forum, folks are not speaking to Apple here. So your cries of frustration don’t go where you want them to go to. If you want to send your frustration to Apple, send them some feedback and let them know just how many people are having this issue

Product Feedback - Apple

If you haven’t already, try a simple Restart.

Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

This is just a workaround for the iPad until the bug is fixed by Apple:

1. go to settings—>General—>Multitask & Dock
2. go down to Dock
3. Slide option to Disable (should not be green) “Show Suggested and Recent Apps”

Yes it is a pain to not have recent apps there but for me it is more painful not having the dock.

you can always ask Siri to “open app Xxx“ or you can manually search for apps. Not sure how long it will take for Apple to fix the iPad issue but at least there are some things we can do to still be functional.

Hi, do you also find if you swivel your iPad around through 360 degrees (so the display is portrait, then landscape, then portrait etc) the docking bar is visible on some screens? (sorry, I’m not explaining this well)

I tried that. I have narrowed it down on my iPad to after I play Dream League Soccer. So far that is the only app. Something with the ads that play possibly. But after trying the hide recents, it still disappeared or was in the middle of the screen when in portrait.

I have this too. I later realised it's just outside the view and can get the bar back by unlocking the orientation and rotate the screen 180 degrees so it's visible. A little bit annoying but currently the for me the only way to get it back until apple fixes it.

Apple Ipad IOS 11.0.3: where is my dock. Oh there it is - YouTube

Yes, that's exactly what happened to me.

Disabling recent apps on the bar fixed it permanently, so it's definitely app-related. I think I'll leave it that way for now and try again in a few weeks, when hopefully apps will have been upgraded.

have not had this issue on my iPad, but my wife has this issue constantly on hers. She uses different apps than I do. Switching recent apps off and on brings dock back to life, but not for long. Trying to isolate which app might be causing this Issue.

I started having this issue yesterday even though I haven't installed the latest update yet (iOS 11.1.2). I've already restarted my iPad twice in under 2 hours. When is Apple going to fix this glitch?!

I’m a newbie here, Apple Support mark this issue as solved. Does that mean they are no longer listening to customer comments? I’ve turned off recent apps and moved the few apps I had in my dock for easy access, to my home screen. I don’t believe this is caused by a non-Apple app. Apple needs to fix this. I miss my dock!

apple didn’t mark anything solved, the OP, original poster, did. Basically it’s their way of saying Rysz’s post fixed it for them.

This forum is a bunch fo users helping each other out. We’re all volunteers. So even if there is a bit of Apple employee participation in moderators and the community specialists, a solved here doesn’t mean anything on the corporate level.

Same thing happened to my wife’s iPad mini. Tried to restart it but still has the issue. Frustrating. Only 1/2 of the bar shows in the vertical position. Nothing In either of the horizontal positions.