Algolia android instant search on query change not working

Question

I am exploring the Algolia search suggestion, I am facing an issue that the search suggestion adapter is not getting refreshed when I start typing it keeps on showing the same suggestion, It should show the matching suggestion because I already connected the search view, Is there any extra thing I need to do I followed your documentation regarding Algolia search suggestion

Algolia Search Suggestion For Android

I think the query change listener is conflicting, check the code snippet below

Approach 1 Not Working

searchView.setOnQueryTextFocusChangeListener { _, hasFocus ->
        showSuggestions()
        showProducts()
    }

Approach 2 Not Working

searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(object : SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
        override fun onQueryTextSubmit(query: String?): Boolean {
            return true
        }

        override fun onQueryTextChange(newText: String?): Boolean {
            showSuggestions()
            showProducts()
            return true
        }

    })

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 20 '23 at 16:53

Looks like you are calling both showSuggestions() and showProducts() methods same time, which could lead to the issue,

Can you try to modify the code as here and see?

searchView.setOnQueryTextFocusChangeListener { _, hasFocus ->
    if (hasFocus) showSuggestions() else showProducts()
}

Also, make sure to use the setReorderingAllowed(true) method inside the showSuggestions() and showProducts() methods.

Algolia android instant search on query change not working

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