Improve the multitasking experience on the iPhone with FloatingDockPlus

Every iOS device sports a Dock at the bottom of its Home screen, but non every Dock is created equally. Case inwards point, anyone who has used an iPad earlier has probable taken notice of unique demeanour that isn’t necessarily introduce on iPhones in addition to iPod touches; to a greater extent than specifically, the iPad’s Dock shows recently-used apps inwards a split department only correct of the usually docked icons.

This is only ane of several ways that the iPad makes multitasking easier, in addition to amongst that inwards mind, iOS developer Kiran Patil ready out to port many of these features to other iOS devices. The terminate result? – a jailbreak tweak dubbed FloatingDockPlus is at ane time available to download from Cydia.

The commencement affair you’ll discovery afterwards installing FloatingDockPlus, if y'all cause got a non-notched handset, is that it makes your Dock await a lot to a greater extent than similar the ane that appears on notched handsets, such as the iPhone X, XR, XS, in addition to XS Max. But initial impressions tin survive deceiving, as this detail Dock interface is truly inspired past times iPads.

Don’t believe us? Try launching a few apps in addition to closing them;
you’ll notice novel icons stacking upward on the correct side of the Dock, alienated
from your measure Dock icons past times a seemingly-unsuspecting separator line, as
shown above.

FloatingDockPlus likewise enables some of the iPad’s multitasking features on unsupported devices, such as Split-View in addition to Slide Over, which permit y'all to run apps side-by-side for improved fourth dimension management in addition to to a greater extent than efficient multi-app usage. Note: side-by-side app usage looks best inwards landscape mode:

FloatingDockPlus likewise adds useful gestures to the Dock,
enabling y'all to swipe inwards surely directions to perform useful actions. Those
include:

• Launching Notification Center
• Launching Control Center
• Launching the App Switcher
• Launching Reachability
• Locking your handset
• Doing nothing

You tin configure these options in addition to much to a greater extent than from the tweak’s
preference pane, which is added to the Settings app afterwards installation:

Here, y'all can:

• Toggle FloatingDockPlus on or off on demand
• Hide or demo the Dock inwards the App Switcher
• Toggle Split-View/Slide Over on or off on demand
• Blacklist the multitasking gestures from certain
  apps
• Configure the Dock gestures mentioned above;
  gestures include:
  • Swiping from left to right
  • Swiping from correct to left
  • Swiping up
  • Swiping down
  • Double-tapping
• Adjust gesture sensitivity amongst a slider
• Hide or demo suggested/recently-used apps
• Configure how many suggested/recently-used apps
  appear amongst a slider
• Customize the Dock’s color
• Make the Dock transparent
• Configure the Dock icon size amongst a slider

The developer includes a Respring push clitoris at the overstep correct of
the preference pane. It’s recommended that y'all purpose this push clitoris each fourth dimension you
make changes to the preference pane to ensure they accept effect.

FloatingDockPlus received most of its inspiration from a
previous jailbreak tweak called FloatingDock,
but you’ll notice that FloatingDockPlus provides a lot to a greater extent than options in addition to customization
than the latter (hence the “Plus” inwards the name).

If you’ve ever felt similar the multitasking sense on the iPhone or iPod acquit upon left a lot to survive desired, in addition to then y'all won’t survive permit downwardly past times FloatingDockPlus. The tweak is available for $1.49 from Cydia’s Packix repository in addition to plant amongst all jailbroken iOS eleven in addition to iOS 12 devices.

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FloatingDockPlus? Let us know past times dropping a comment below.

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