iPad dock keeps disappearing

It disappears on me completely when in landscape mode then appears cut off and a third of the way up the screen when in book mode.

This happened after installing 11.3 and I am having to reset 4-5 times a day.

Same here. Playing walking dead no mans land and playing an ad removes the dock Bar. I’ve removed recent apps and stopped rotation lock. I’ve moved all the apps back onto the home screens but I’m left with this :8

What this also means is you can’t swipe the area with the dots, because the OS still thinks there’s a dock bar there. This has only happened since the 11.2 update and is bloody annoying.

This is a well known problem, especially after using certain games such as Angry Birds and after that going back to the home screen. In landscape mode the dock is simply gone - but when you turn the iPad in increments of 90° it reappears in weird positions. See my screenshots:

The only thing that helps is to restart the iPad.

The case is getting rather strong that it's an issue related to game ads. If it is indeed, that's really good that we've narrowed down the culprit. Everyone, be sure to report. If anyone can reproduce the bug and take a screenshot, that would probably be helpful.

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I am having the same issue. Now when I’m in landscape mode only about 2/3 if the dock is showing. Usually after a reboot it is fixed but I have to reboot numerous times throughout the day. Annoying.

I chatted with Apple yesterday and the tech recommended that I “reset all” under “General ->Reset”. I did that and since then I am not having the issue. When you select “Reset All” you get a warning about your Apple Pay card(s) will be removed and all data will stay. This is not exactly correct, you lose all your settings (time, Safari fill in passwords, touch ID, notifications, etc.) It seems to have fixed the issue.

That’s what I was thinking at first but it doesn’t seem like that. I use almost the same apps always and sometimes I can go ½ a day and no problems and then other times it happens right away. The newest thing I’m experiencing is when in landscape mode the dock gets very small and shifts to the left. I really believe it’s an iOS issue.

Have a great day? We are all having this problem since the latest ’update’ and your solution will remove many settings that have been put in place over years of use! How about fixing it instead of fobbing us off with such terrible advice?

OK, I give up. Haven't made any changes to my system since the fiasco that the Apple tech had me do. Now for the last two days, everything is OK. Dock is not shifting, disappearing or becoming smaller. I have no idea what's going on.

I’m kind of relieved this isn’t my ipad messing up, at least. I’ve just been avoiding the reset thing by keeping the apps on my dock open in the background. It’s a pain in the *** to access them that way but not as annoying as having to reset. I sure hope y’all are working on a bug fix.

Have a great day? We are all having this problem since the latest ’update’ and your solution will remove many settings that have been put in place over years of use! How about fixing it instead of fobbing us off with such terrible advic

OK, an update. I have done some research and have found the culprit in my case. I was playing a game called "Ultimate Cribbage" and it displays video adverts within the game. I noticed that the issue with the iPad manifested itself after these videos. That, for me, is the good news. For Apple however the bad news is that i was playing the cribbage game without issues until the latest iOS upgrade.

Hmm, interesting. I wasn’t having this issue on 11.0 on a 2nd gen Pro until recently...I did just start using a language-learning app and a game that have full-screen ads. I updated last night to 11.2 and it just happened again a few mins ago after exiting the game (June’s Journey). Might have to stop using these apps for a day or so to test this out and see if any of them are the culprit(s).

Thanks for the suggestion!

It may be that auto rotate plays a part in this but I have launched Ultimate Cribbage played a hand and then exited and immediately on exit the issue with the dock is there (no visible dock). When I rotate to Portrait the dock appears but off centre and cut off. The only solution is to shut down the iPad Pro and reboot it. All is then fine. I have simply stopped playing Ultimate Cribbage!

By the way I have informed Ultimate Cribbage developers but in reality they are probably fairly innocent in this given that their game was OK until the latest iOS update.