With nifty drag and drop gestures, moving files from one place to another feels ever so smooth. Simply pick up the files you wish to move across apps and then drop them all at the desired destination, and you are good to go! If you find this multitasking feature helpful, you would be happy to know that Apple now lets you drag and drop images, documents, and text from one app to another in iOS 15. So if you want to learn how to do this, here’s how to drag and drop files between apps in iOS 15 on iPhone.
Though the cross-app drag and drop gesture has existed on iPad since iOS 11 (2017), the Cupertino giant had been reluctant to introduce it on iPhone for reasons best known to it. Maybe Apple thought it would be inconvenient to use the drag and drag gesture on iPhone (with its smaller screen size), or it possibly wanted to keep the feature exclusive to iPads. While I can’t pinpoint the reason behind the change of heart, I am impressed with how smoothly the drag and drop gesture works in iOS 15.
- When you are inside another app, you will see a green “plus” icon at the top right of the file you are moving across apps. Once you see that, it means you can drop the file at the preferred spot in that app.
That’s it! Now that you know how this nifty multitasking feature works, take advantage of it to move content faster between apps. From what I can tell after trying out this feature (in the iOS 15 developer beta), it works smoothly. Initially, you might find it a bit inconvenient to drag and drop images or text as you need to do some finger gymnastics. However, once you get used to it, you will find the feature easy to use.
