For several non-native apps, the lower half of the screen is blank. I believe this began happening when I upgraded to iOS26 a few weeks ago.
iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 26
Ok so my issue resolved. I had to turn off “reduce transparency” under the accessibility settings.
Accessibility->display & text size-> toggle “reduce transparency” off.
Hasn’t happened again.
Ok, perhaps one more thing: If you scroll the app content up/down, the blank area acts like a mask (the content disappears behind it).
Yessir, several times over the past few weeks to iron out other issues after upgrading iOS.
You're welcome, glad you got the issue resolved.
There is no need to report this to Apple as this is only happening on third party apps which Apple has no control over.
Did you figure out how to fix it? Having the same issue.
False..lol It happens in the Mail app.
This happens in every app on my iPhone running iOS 26.1 - 1P and 3P apps. This includes: messages, safari, and mail.
This is not true. It happens on the messages app and the Mail app.
Why is half of my iPhone screen blank?
