Is anyone else having problems using the new swipe-up-to-hide/close-an-app feature on the new iPads? It interferes with the Dock, sometimes opening an app in the Dock, and is a pain. You have to swipe over and over in an attempt to avoid the Dock. I have requested Apple add the option of moving the dock vertically (as with the Mac OS) to avoid the clash. I hope the next iOS update will fix this bug.
iPad Pro, 11-inch, 4th Gen, Wi-Fi
Yours is the first report that I have seen concerning issues with accessing the Dock or the App Switcher. The issue that you attempt to describe is unclear - and perhaps suggesting that your problem is not with the UI itself, but is perhaps more likely how you perceive that it should behave.
Swiping upwards from the bottom edge of the screen will expose the Dock - whereas swiping upwards from the bottom-edge to the centre of the screen, pausing briefly before lifting your finger, will open the App Switcher screen.
The Home Bar, that you see at the bottom of a full-page App, is a “handle” that can be dragged left or right to switch between opened Apps.
When the Dock has been exposed, the Home Bar remains visible (and accessible) beneath the open Dock:
The Home Bar is not used with an upward-swipe gesture.
The initial upward-swipe from anywhere along the bottom of the screen is intended to initially expose the dock; continuing the upward swipe to the centre of the screen exposes the App Switcher page.
Thanks for your reply, but what you describe is not what I'm experiencing, and certainly not as simplistic as the bar clearly visible below the keyboard while barely visible within most every app, with the Dock dominating the bar. Touch the bottom of the screen at any point to swipe up, the Dock appears and overrides the swipe-up function. Clash.
Swipe-up bar interfering with the Dock
