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iPad Pro How to replace an APP in Split View ?

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marcusalwayswins

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I am on iPad OS 16.6 I wanted to know if I have two APPS open in Split Screen and lets say if I want to open a new APP which is not open in the dock how do I replace the other APP in Split Screen by using search ?
 
This is frustrating. Spotlight only works if you have an attached keyboard.

  • Bring up the dock.
  • Tap “App library.”
  • You can search for an app.
  • You’ll need to drag the app into Split View. Tapping it won’t replace the existing Split View.
 
BhaveshUK said:
This is frustrating. Spotlight only works if you have an attached keyboard.

  • Bring up the dock.
  • Tap “App library.”
  • You can search for an app.
  • You’ll need to drag the app into Split View. Tapping it won’t replace the existing Split View.
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I have App Library disabled in the Dock now what?
 
Drag down from the top of the screen where the three dots are for the app you want to replace, to the middle of the screen. When you lift your finger the app you were dragging goes away and the other app is tucked away to the side.

Now launch the app you want to run side-by-side with the tucked away app.
 
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Puonti said:
Drag down from the top of the screen where the three dots are for the app you want to replace, to the middle of the screen. When you lift your finger the app you were dragging goes away and the other app is tucked away to the side.

Now launch the app you want to run side-by-side with the tucked away app.
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But If I drag the app which is in split view to the middle of the screen will it not go into the Slide Over View format ?
 
marcusalwayswins said:
But If I drag the app which is in split view to the middle of the screen will it not go into the Slide Over View format ?
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I'll clarify: drag straight down below the vertical middle of the screen, not the center of the screen.
 
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Your "clarification" is not clear (to me)... If you drag "straight down", that would be a vertical move. So you would drag straight down to the horizontal middle of the screen. The only way to drag to the vertical middle would be a "drag across", which is not what you want, correct?
 
reconsider what?

If you drag straight down on the screen, which is a vertical move - you pass through the horizontal axis at the middle of the screen.
 
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Maybe this helps:

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marcusalwayswins said:
I have App Library disabled in the Dock now what?
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Enable it.

The method for your current Split-Screen view:
1. From the Split-Screen view, drag up to show your Dock
2. Tap on App-Library in your Dock.
3. Drag an app from the App-Library onto the Split-Screen app you want to replace.
4. After a second or two it will replace that app.

The method for any Split-Screen view:
1. Drag up from bottom, or double press the home button, to show the multitasking view.
2. Tap on App-Library in your Dock.
3. Drag an app onto any of the window thumbnails
4. A second or two that window thumbnail will maximize
5. Release that app on the Split-Screen app you want to replace, you can also create a Split-Screen from a single app this way.

A more convoluted method if you don’t have AppLibrary in your Dock:
1. Full-Screen the app you want to keep, or remove the app you want to replace from the Split-Screen
2. Tap on the “…” at the top of your single app
3. Select Split-Screen
4. Select your second app from a Homescreen, Spotlight Search, Dock, App-Library, etc.
 
darngooddesign said:
Enable it.

The method for your current Split-Screen view:
1. From the Split-Screen view, drag up to show your Dock
2. Tap on App-Library in your Dock.
3. Drag an app from the App-Library onto the Split-Screen app you want to replace.
4. After a second or two it will replace that app.

The method for any Split-Screen view:
1. Drag up from bottom, or double press the home button, to show the multitasking view.
2. Tap on App-Library in your Dock.
3. Drag an app onto any of the window thumbnails
4. A second or two that window thumbnail will maximize
5. Release that app on the Split-Screen app you want to replace, you can also create a Split-Screen from a single app this way.

A more convoluted method if you don’t have AppLibrary in your Dock:
1. Full-Screen the app you want to keep, or remove the app you want to replace from the Split-Screen
2. Tap on the “…” at the top of your single app
3. Select Split-Screen
4. Select your second app from a Homescreen, Spotlight Search, Dock, App-Library, etc.
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darngooddesign said:
Enable it.

The method for your current Split-Screen view:
1. From the Split-Screen view, drag up to show your Dock
2. Tap on App-Library in your Dock.
3. Drag an app from the App-Library onto the Split-Screen app you want to replace.
4. After a second or two it will replace that app.

The method for any Split-Screen view:
1. Drag up from bottom, or double press the home button, to show the multitasking view.
2. Tap on App-Library in your Dock.
3. Drag an app onto any of the window thumbnails
4. A second or two that window thumbnail will maximize
5. Release that app on the Split-Screen app you want to replace, you can also create a Split-Screen from a single app this way.

A more convoluted method if you don’t have AppLibrary in your Dock:
1. Full-Screen the app you want to keep, or remove the app you want to replace from the Split-Screen
2. Tap on the “…” at the top of your single app
3. Select Split-Screen
4. Select your second app from a Homescreen, Spotlight Search, Dock, App-Library, etc.
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No, I do not want to enable app library because it eats up a lot of my dock Space I want to keep my doCo clean and secondly the last method that you have suggested does not work because when I already have two apps side-by-side in split view, if I click on the three dots on the app that I want to replace, I do not get an option for the spotlight does not show up so I cannot select the app which I want to replace in place of the earlier app.
 
marcusalwayswins said:
No, I do not want to enable app library because it eats up a lot of my dock Space I want to keep my doCo clean
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One icon is not what I would consider a lot of dock space. Regardless, it’s method 3 for you then.
marcusalwayswins said:
and secondly the last method that you have suggested does not work because when I already have two apps side-by-side in split view,
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You didn’t follow Step 1.
marcusalwayswins said:
if I click on the three dots on the app that I want to replace, I do not get an option for the spotlight does not show up so I cannot select the app which I want to replace in place of the earlier app.
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You access Spotlight the same way you do on the home screen.
 
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So I can’t believe this works but here’s a method I just found.

1. In your Split-screen view, drag down Notification-Center .
2. Swipe down to for Spotlight-Search
3. Even though you can’t see your Split-Screen apps, which ever side you drag an app to is the one that gets replaced by the new one.

For whatever reason, the keyboard does not appear for Spotlight Search there, but you can Voice Search or drag from Siri Suggestions.
 
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Puonti’s suggestion of Drag-down-to-minimize seems to be your most efficient option because it lets you access any app like you would from the home screen.

**Edit**
For anyone coming to this thread at a later point, this suggestion worked for the OP.
 
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