How to use autocomplete on search bar on Ionic 4? - autocomplete

Question

I'm looking for some example but cannot see anyone googling it, just what i want is to hardcode 2 or 3 words, thank you so much. Do i have to look for on ionic 3? or in angular2 better?

Answer 1

In your html file:
<ion-searchbar type="text" debounce="500" (ionChange)="getItems($event)"></ion-searchbar>
<ion-list *ngIf="isItemAvailable">
<ion-item *ngFor="let item of items">{{ item }}</ion-item>
</ion-list>
in your ts file:
// Declare the variable (in this case and initialize it with false)
isItemAvailable = false;
items = [];
initializeItems(){
this.items = ["Ram","gopi", "dravid"];
}
getItems(ev: any) {
// Reset items back to all of the items
this.initializeItems();
// set val to the value of the searchbar
const val = ev.target.value;
// if the value is an empty string don't filter the items
if (val && val.trim() !== '') {
this.isItemAvailable = true;
this.items = this.items.filter((item) => {
return (item.toLowerCase().indexOf(val.toLowerCase()) > -1);
})
} else {
this.isItemAvailable = false;
}
}

Answer 2

Mohan Gopi's answer is complete, but in order to make use of the debounce attribute, you have to use the ionChange event instead of the ionInput event.
<ion-searchbar type="text" debounce="500" (ionChange)="getItems($event)"></ion-searchbar>
...
...
That way the event will trigger after the user stops typing (after 500 milliseconds have passed since his last key press), instead of whenever a key is pressed.

Answer 3

Just wanted to share something I tried myself. I have implemented the autocomplete from Angulars material design (https://material.angular.io/components/autocomplete/overview)
But it did not look exactly as the rest of the ionic input components. I also tried the ion-searchbar but I did not like the search input, I wanted a normal ion-input So I did this:
html:
<ion-list>
<ion-item>
<ion-label position="floating">Supplier*</ion-label>
<ion-input (ionChange)="onSearchChange($event)" [(ngModel)]="supplier"></ion-input>
</ion-item>
<ion-item *ngIf="resultsAvailable">
<ion-list style="width: 100%; max-height: 200px; overflow-y: scroll;">
<ion-item *ngFor="let result of results" (click)="supplierSelected(result)" button>
<ion-label>{{result}}</ion-label>
</ion-item>
</ion-list>
</ion-item>
</ion-list>
in component.ts:
resultsAvailable: boolean = false;
results: string[] = [];
ignoreNextChange: boolean = false;
onSearchChange(event: any) {
const substring = event.target.value;
if (this.ignoreNextChange) {
this.ignoreNextChange = false;
return;
}
this.dataService.getStrings(substring).subscribe((result) => {
this.results = result;
if (this.results.length > 0) {
this.resultsAvailable = true;
} else {
this.resultsAvailable = false;
}
});
}
supplierSelected(selected: string) :void {
this.supplier = selected;
this.results = [];
this.resultsAvailable = false;
this.ignoreNextChange = true;
}
Granted the question was about ion-searchbar but maybe somebody out there also wants to use a normal ion-input like me. There is no clear icon but I can live with that, or just add one next to the ion-input. Could be that there is a way to turn the ion-searchbar into a normal ion-input style? Can't find it though in the docs.