iPad dock hidden on home screen iOS 11

Restarting should not be the fix for it long-term, and just recently I noticed my battery symbol changes color while charging ensuring fully connected to my iPad Pro 9.7 iOS 11.2.5 and my daughters iPad Air 2 iOS 11.2.5 battery symbol starts out green then after while it turns to white, meaning it's not charging. I have to unplug the USB-C to Lightning cable and re-connect it to both devices. I had placed a call with AppleCare and that was a run around. Still having same issue. Please APPLE INC., let's do something in your next iOS rollout.

I’m also experiencing this issue and am surprised this hasn’t been fixed by now. Really hoping iOS 11.3 deals with this because it’s driving me nuts. How apps can interfere with the normal operation of the Dock is beyond me, that should technically not even be possible.

If I rotate my iPad it shows various Dock positions:

Portrait (home button down): Dock floats over the bottom row of homescreen icons with the left side off screen.

Landscape (Home button on the right): Dock is entirely off screen

Landscape (Home button on the left): Dock is on screen but too small and to the right, as if it’s a portrait Dock on a landscape view.

Portrait (Home button up): correct position but too large, right side off screen.

iPad Mini iOS 11.4.6. This issue is still happening. IMO, turning off "display recent apps" in the Dock settings is a red herring, as I have this same problem, but have never activated this setting. It has remained disabled, always. I also do not play games with ads, so this also would seem to be not part of the problem. I will try MsCreant's (Mar 1, 2018), as at least it's something different, but I agree....APPLE FIX THIS.

I am not sure what the point of your comment is, but....

I was reiterating Mscreant's expression....not voicing my frustration. And, as it has been suggested many times previously in this thread, I also reported this to Apple.

I thought it was new information in the thread that I had not had my "recent apps" toggled and that I don't use apps with ads, as many people seemed to indicate that those actions played some sort of a roll.

There have been several iOS updates since this problem first occurred so we can't be certain that an update will correct it, and whether or not Apple fixes the problem will depend on what is causing it. Sometimes, they just choose not to. AND I have worked for Apple, and I know (positively) that even though Apple doesn't respond in the forums, they DO monitor them.

So far, workaround still holding...to Skydiver119's statement...there is nothing wrong with a community of users venting to each-other; as a matter of fact, I would venture to say that is part of the tech communal experience and is to be expected. Most of us who have posted here also submitted to Apple.

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.

That fine but only a temp fix. The issue is back within a day of use.

I don't believe that this warrants a 'solved' mark.

Its an issue with ISO 11 and so far still there at 11.2,1

For what it’s worth, I haven’t noticed this happen on my iPad for over a week now. We’ll see if it doesn’t come back. I haven’t done anything differently either.

Same here.

NOT Solved. New update available today. I am counting on a fix this time. We all are.

Okay, so far so good. Update may have fixed the problem today. Keeping my fingers crossed.

This does not fix the issue of it happening in the first place. Given that it comes back every day... How do we fix this once and for all?

Well, update did not work. Come on Apple. This needs a fix.

moshe, still ok?