Prior to iOS 14, the default iPhone Plus models had the home screen auto-rotate feature, allowing large screen phones to return to the home screen while browsing or playing games without the screen flipping, but starting with iOS 14 However, Apple has removed the horizontal view function of the iPhone desktop, leaving the horizontal view function only in the APP. This article will explain why the horizontal view of the iPhone cannot be used on the home screen?
It will cause Apple to finally cancel the “landscape view” feature of the iPhone home screen. iOS 14 home screen widgetDesign has a lot to do with it. Desktop gadgets allow iPhone users to decide for themselves whether to place gadgets of different sizes or information on the iOS home screen. They can display information about work, travel, sports, entertainment and other interesting apps on the desktop, saving the key points to open the apps, just so you can see the information that interests you.
However, making the iOS home screen gadgets compatible with both portrait and landscape view of the iPhone will lead to more design difficulties and users will view the iPhone in landscape orientation, which will also cause big problems in arranging the gadgets on the home screen , resulting in the gadgets There are overlaps and occlusions between them, and also the system must automatically rearrange the desktop icons and gadgets, making the desktop more cluttered.
Therefore, in order to solve the gadget UI error of the home screen displayed horizontally on the desktop, Apple finally directly canceled the iPhone horizontal screen display on the home screen and restricted the Plus model. As long as the home screen added a gadget, it will automatically stop flip desktop horizontal display.
So far, whether it is a new iPhone with bangs or a dynamic island model, or a Plus or Pro Max model with a large screen, the iPhone’s horizontal viewing desktop function cannot be used. It can only be used to support horizontal display of apps, navigation or games down to automatically flip the screen.
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