Why does my iPhone shift the screen downwards? [duplicate]

My iPhone sometimes shift the view down by about 1/3 of the screen in order to reveal... nothing, just the blurry background image.

How can I prevent this from happening?

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Solution 1:

This is a feature called reachability. It's built into iPhones so you can reach stuff with one hand.

You can disable it by going to Settings -> Accessibility -> Touch and toggle Reachability.

Also, if you want to know how to use it, tap the home button twice (some call this gesture a wiggle) without clicking it or swipe down on the home bar.