While using iPhone apps on an iPad hasn’t always been seamless, the introduction of Stage Manager has significantly improved matters, allowing non-optimized iPhone apps to run in floating windows on the screen. With this subtle yet significant update, Apple has streamlined the experience of running iPhone apps on the iPad, and the key innovation lies in its clever use of emojis.
The thrill of emojis 😊! As you explore iPhone apps on your iPadOS device, you’ve noticed that emojis are behaving erratically. Sometimes they display correctly, while other times they appear distorted or don’t show up at all? 🤔 Can you share what’s happening and how it affects your experience with these apps?
When using an external keyboard, whether wired, wireless, or otherwise connected, the virtual keyboard temporarily disappears from view to accommodate content on the screen. To add an emoji to your text, simply access the on-screen keyboard’s settings menu or press Command + Option + Space to open the emoji picker.
While this approach typically succeeds with most iPad applications, unfortunately, the same cannot be said for iPhone apps. When attempting to access the on-screen keyboard settings menu by pressing Command + Option + H, the expected result is not achieved; instead, the menu simply vanishes without any subsequent action occurring.
This perpetual frustration is magnified when using the Threads and Instagram apps on my iPad, as neither provides a distinct experience tailored to iPadOS. To bypass this issue, I resorted to detaching the 🐝 from its original context and instead copied it directly from another app or by highlighting it first.
Finally, with the arrival of iPadOS 18, this long-standing issue is resolved. Whenever you press Management + Command + H, the iPhone app instantly reveals an emoji picker in addition to displaying the home screen.
Extra about iPadOS 18
iPadOS 18 now offers the vast majority of features and enhancements found in its corresponding iPhone counterpart, iOS 18.
This release introduces innovative ways to personalize the Residence Display, features a reimagined Management Centre, and debuts a new Calculator app alongside enhanced Apple intelligence capabilities.
The iPadOS 18 beta preview is currently available to developers. A public beta test may be rolled out as early as this month, with the official full-scale launch anticipated to occur later this autumn.
