With the lack of a physical home button of any kind with iPhone X, Apple has a new interaction metaphor: the home indicator. This is the thin bar that sits at the bottom of the iPhone screen. At first ...

Every iPhone sold since the iPhone X carries a thin, horizontal line near the bottom of its display. Millions of people see it daily without understanding what it does or why Apple put it there. That ...

I noticed an unusual behavior of the iPhone X home indicator while working on my most recent app. The app’s background near the home indicator is purple. When the app launches, the home indicator is ...