Hi Anna. Thanks for the suggestion but that didn't work for me either. Very strange. This was with VO running. Did you have to turn VO off first?
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 2:15 PM To: VIPhone Mailing List <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Hide the annoying app dock in iOS 11's Messages app - CNET Hi Rick, Try a long press instead of double-tap and hold. I had to do that on my iPHone 7 to make it work. Best, Anna > On Sep 25, 2017, at 1:04 PM, Rick Alfaro <rick.alf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Mark. I just tried this on my 8 plus and it didn't seem to work. I double > tapping and holding then swiping down but nothing changed with regard to that > annoying dock. This should be an option under messages in settings IMHO. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > M. Taylor > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 8:55 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Hide the annoying app dock in iOS 11's Messages app - CNET > > Hello Everyone, > > As I loaned out my 6 S Plus running iOS 11, I cannot determine if there is a > VoiceOver gesture that will allow the same option that is described in the > article, below, but wanted to post the article anyway so that you know that > it is possible to hide the iMessage App Doc, permanently, so long as you do > not change iMessage apps. > > Mark > > CNET How To - Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 9:06 AM Hide the annoying app > dock in iOS 11's Messages app - CNET > > One of the new features in Messages on iOS 11 is a dedicated app dock for > your iMessage apps. You've undoubtedly seen it since updating earlier this > week -- it's a row of app icons at the bottom of the screen each and every > time you open a conversation. > > I've seen a lot of complaints on Twitter, and have been asked privately a few > times about hiding it. At first, I didn't think it was possible. Then I found > the answer on Reddit. > > Hide the app dock by placing your finger on the App Store icon next to the > text field, and swipe down. > > Poof, it's gone. > > There's a caveat, because of course there is. If you use an iMessage app in > the future, the dock comes back. 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