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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.

Posted on Sep 21, 2017 7:54 PM

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Skydiver119

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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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Feb 1, 2018 9:55 AM in response to Rysz

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

Feb 1, 2018 5:34 PM in response to Rysz

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

Glloq33

Level 1

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Feb 5, 2018 4:16 PM in response to Rysz

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?

Feb 6, 2018 5:24 AM in response to Rysz

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

Feb 6, 2018 5:30 AM in response to dport5853

iOS 11.2.5 seems to solve this for me

Feb 15, 2018 4:29 AM in response to Moshe Gottlieb

moshe, still ok?

Feb 15, 2018 4:36 AM in response to dport5853

No, the problem resurfaced a day after the upgrade, so I take it back: 11.2.5 doesn't fix this issue.

Feb 25, 2018 11:39 AM in response to seesharpnl

exactly...same exact behaviors on mine... wth is up with no fix?

Mar 1, 2018 6:12 PM in response to Skydiver119

If you turn it to portrait, and bring up the dock like that, turning it upside down will put the dock in the middle of the screen. It seems like the positioning is wrong.

Mar 6, 2018 5:50 PM in response to flcoasterguy2

Yes this is happening on iOS 11.2.6 also and people keep closing the problem as solved by restarting, This Is NOT solved only a work around.

Mar 31, 2018 10:43 AM in response to flcoasterguy2

I’m cautiously optimistic that iOS 11.3 finally fixed this. Updated yesterday and have not been able to reproduce the issue since.

Apr 4, 2018 6:54 PM in response to flcoasterguy2

I have not experienced the issue anymore on my iPad MinI 4th gen since installing the 11.3 update.

iPad dock hidden on home screen iOS 11