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iPad dock hidden on home screen iOS 11

I updated my iPad mini 4 to iOS 11. The dock is always hidden on the home screen and I have to swipe up to see it. I have heard it’s supposed to always be visible when you’re on the home screen. Any ideas on why it‘s always hidden when on the home screen? Its really annoying because I now have to add an extra step to get to the apps in the dock from the home screen, and I have this big empty space at the bottom of the screen where the dock used to be. Pic shows the missing dock and the empty space where it should be.



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Posted on Sep 21, 2017 7:54 PM

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Posted on Sep 21, 2017 8:11 PM

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

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iPad dock hidden on home screen iOS 11

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