iPad dock hidden on home screen iOS 11

Update - Disabling recent apps does not work. I disabled my recent apps last night and just now the dock bar disappeared again. Time to restart my iPad. Very frustrating. Disabling recent apps

After update iOS 11.1.1, still have the same problem. I know two of my apps are causing the problem. One is farm heroes saga and classic slots vegas casino.

Hi. Please be sure to report these problems to Apple by posting at this link: Feedback - iPad - Apple.

The more they hear, the more likely they are to fix it.

This is definitely a Rotation Lock issue. I have found that when the dock disappears you can get it back by rotating the iPad 180 degrees so the home button is on the left.

disabling the recent apps bar seems to actually fix this problem. did this about a week ago or so and had no issues since.

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 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.

Unfortunately, all you can really do is wait for apple to fix the bug.

Don’t use the apps with ads if that works for you (not an ideal situation Im sure)

You could look into an ad blocking app, but those some with their own sets of issues (the only way developers of free apps get paid is through ads so you’re affecting their bottom line, not to mention not all ad blockers are free or use means to block the ads that may not have the outcomes you want - some use proxy servers which may make them not work on some networks)

One thing I maybe didn’t mention was that I deleted the potentially offending app, before Changing my settings — THEN I reinstalled it after I wasn’t going to show up in the dock. Just after that, I installed 11.2. Good Luck...I know it’s extremely infuriating!

My iPad Pro 9.7” has been doing this for 2 months. Too bad Apple can’t fix this, they’re too busy sending me security codes to my iPhone so I can login to this site on the iPad I’ve told them is trusted 10 times already to comment. I have to restart my iPad about 5 times a day.

As with others the restart is only a temp fix. Even resetting all settings only "fixes" the dock issue for about a few hours before the Dock disappears again. Apple is getting lax with QA testing in both iOS and OSX as I have submitted a variety of issues to Apple personally and via my work and have not received "fixes" for any of them since middle of last year.