I just dropped my Vaporeon off at the gym, but to my surprise, he can still be viewed in my Pokémon list! The buttons are there to level him up, but I'm not gonna be able to get any Eevee candy for a few hours to try. Can I level him up while he's in the gym?
Pokemon-go – level up the Pokémon while they are at gyms
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When you encounter a pokémon, one of the icons that appears will be labelled AR. AR stands for Augmented Reality. Simply select this toggle to turn it on or off.
This took me a while to notice, but when in its 'off' state, pokémon go plays in a pre-rendered scene, as opposed to using the camera and gyro.
In laymans terms, the pokémon will always be straight in front of you. You do not have to move the phone around sporadically in order to keep the pokémon on screen, and can play pokémon go as if it was a typical phone game.
It's a bug in the game due to server or connection problems.
Note however that you will usually be refunded health and special move charge back to when you should have killed the opposing Pokemon. In your case if you check your Pokemon it's likely (although not guaranteed) that the two other Pokemon will still actually be at full health.
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Best Answer
You can not level up or evolve Pokémon while they are at a gym until they have been defeated and returned back to you, fainted with 0 HP.