iOS 11 Videos app disappeared

Gail,

3D touch was inputting multiple (I think) characters at a time, and because I could not see what was being typed I had trouble until I figured out what was happening. The reason I think it was inputting multiple characters is that sometimes only a single star appeared when I typed a character, and other times 2-3 stars would appear, depending on the force & duration of the virtual keypress.

Very frustrating. If I could have viewed what was being typed it would have been far easier, but being left with guesswork *****.

OK, so that wouldn't be 3D Touch. 3D Touch is when you press and hold harder on a particular icon or app - it doesn't interact with a keyboard at all. When you do that, a separate menu will come up with other options that you have.

Try doing these things:

Go to Settings>General>Accessibility>Touch Accomodations, turn on Touch Accomodations. There you have the option to turn on Hold Duration to allow you to hold down your finger a bit longer or a bit shorter in order for the tap to be recognized. You can play around with this setting to see if you can set it more to your liking.

Just below that, you can turn on "Ignore Repeat" to prevent inadvertent multiple touches from causing the selection to be repeated (if your fingers are shaky, for instance).

Just so you know, this is what you might see if you were using 3D Touch. I placed my finger on the Notes icon, then pressed down a bit harder on it to get this secondary screen:

So, as you can see, 3D Touch is an enhanced set of options that you access by holding down a bit harder on an item. It doesn't cause numbers or other keyboard input to repeat.

Best of luck,

GB

You are most welcome, Kirk! Gadgets are much more fun when they aren't frustrating you beyond the limits of human endurance. I don't have issues with my phone, but my Wifi streaming service via my Bluetooth box can drive me to distraction sometimes. I've gotten very good at breathing meditations.... 😀

Best of luck,

GB

You are preaching to the choir here! LOL!

I spent most of my adult life (40+ years) supporting computer users and still get frustrated with the assumptions made by developers. You do know what "assume" means, right? LOL

If you are still in Maine I hope you and yours are staying safe from the storms.

I've been the "translator" between the user and the developers and fortunate enough to work with developers who see me as part of their team.

It's usually the machine's themselves that make me crazy. Back then anything over 2 second response time seemed like an age. Now, I've become very spoiled and expect virtually instantaneous response time, so it's more that kind of stuff that gets my panties in bunch!

Safe and sound here. Buried. But safe.... (my husband, who is 6'7" was up to his crotch in snow today trying to get back to the whole house generator to clear it). My snowshoes didn't keep me much higher, but I would have been in over my head without them (practically....).

So, we get a "snow day". Now that the outside work is done, just relaxing for the rest of the day! 🙂

GB

IMHO, whole house generators should be standard (required?) equipment on most homes, just like smoke detectors. You hope you never need them, but when you do, you really do!

Stay safe. Stay warm.

And, again, Thank You!

Hi AndrewD. Actually, the TV app was introduced with iOS 10, in September 2016. So it's not new any more.

Thanks man ... bless up .. you saved me from stress

I just installed IOS 11+ on my ipad and the tv app doesn't show my videos, but itunes does.

Itunes on my ipad is showing my 70+ movies, but ios 11 says I don't have any videos.

***???

Gail,

Thank you for giving a complete and useful answer to my issue/s.

This should prevent future keyboard issues on my part.

You have saved my few remaining hairs! 🙂

Thank you again!

Kirk

Thanks for the good wishes! And you are most welcome 🙂

Cheers,

GB

The old app allowed you to watch home video's. Haven't seen how to do that with TV yet. Brief statements imply that it maybe possible but it is not intuitive. I have sync'd movies to the phone from itunes but the TV app does not show them. The app looks like a good product for Apple to sell something but not for use. Maybe Apple will consider charging a fee to use my own phone to watch my own movies and solve the problem.

When you sync videos from iTunes, the home videos are found in the TV App under the Library button in the upper left corner inside of the TV app.

Tap the “Library” name and then tap on Home Movies category.

Any movies/videos that AREN'T purchased/rented iTunes movies/TVshows will get stored under the Home Movies category.

How do I get the video app back HELP ME PLEASE