Firebase - Why isnt search for users working in my app? (updating the searchcontroller when user has typed two letters) - swift

Question

i have had this issue for a long time. The only way my searchUsers function work is when i put it in ViewDidLoad, and then change the .count to be equal or less than 0 (because its 0 by default).
But as it is right now (how i think it should work), the search dosent work.
What i want it to do is :
Only start the firebase search for users when the user has typed at least two letters (so it only searches for the users when the user has started typing, and only showing and loading the relevant data).
Also update the tableview along with filtering the search.
This is my code:
import UIKit
import FirebaseDatabase
import Firebase
import SDWebImage
import ObjectMapper
class FollowUsersTableViewController: UIViewController {
#IBOutlet var tableView: UITableView!
private var viewIsHiddenObserver: NSKeyValueObservation?
let searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
var usersArray = [UserModel]()
var filteredUsers = [UserModel]()
var loggedInUser: User?
//
var databaseRef = Database.database().reference()
//usikker på den koden over
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
//large title
self.title = "Discover"
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
self.navigationController?.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles = true
} else {
// Fallback on earlier versions
}
self.tableView?.delegate = self
self.tableView?.dataSource = self
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
self.searchController.delegate = self;
definesPresentationContext = true
tableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar
//self.loadProfileData()
//self.searchBar(searchController.searchBar, textDidChange: searchController.searchBar.text)
}
func searchUsers(text: String) {
if text.count >= 2 {
self.usersArray = [] //clear the array each time
let endingText = text + "\u{f8ff}"
databaseRef.child("profile").queryOrdered(byChild: "username")
.queryStarting(atValue: text)
.queryEnding(atValue: endingText)
.observeSingleEvent(of: .value, with: { snapshot in
for child in snapshot.children {
let childSnap = child as! DataSnapshot
print(childSnap)
let userObj = Mapper<UserModel>().map(JSONObject: childSnap.value!)
userObj?.uid = childSnap.key
if childSnap.key != self.loggedInUser?.uid { //ignore this user
self.usersArray.append(userObj!)
}
}
self.tableView.reloadData()
})
}
} //may need an else statement here to clear the array when there is no text
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
let dest = segue.destination as! UserProfileViewController
let obj = sender as! UserModel
let dict = ["uid": obj.uid!, "username": obj.username!, "photoURL": obj.photoURL, "bio": obj.bio]
dest.selectedUser = dict as [String : Any]
}
}
// MARK: - tableview methods
extension FollowUsersTableViewController: UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return searchController.searchBar.text!.count >= 2 ? filteredUsers.count : 0
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "Cell", for: indexPath) as! FollowTableViewCell
let user = filteredUsers[indexPath.row]
cell.title?.text = user.username
if let url = URL(string: user.photoURL ?? "") {
cell.userImage?.sd_setImage(with: url, placeholderImage: #imageLiteral(resourceName: "user_male"), options: .progressiveDownload, completed: nil)
cell.userImage.sd_setIndicatorStyle(.gray)
cell.userImage.sd_showActivityIndicatorView()
}
return cell
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
return 50
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "user", sender: self.filteredUsers[indexPath.row])
}
}
// MARK: - search methods
extension FollowUsersTableViewController:UISearchResultsUpdating, UISearchControllerDelegate, UISearchBarDelegate {
func searchBar(_ searchBar: UISearchBar,
textDidChange searchText: String) {
self.searchUsers(text: searchText)
}
func updateSearchResults(for searchController: UISearchController) {
searchController.searchResultsController?.view.isHidden = false
filterContent(searchText: self.searchController.searchBar.text!)
self.tableView.reloadData()
}
func filterContent(searchText:String){
if searchText.count >= 2{
self.filteredUsers = self.usersArray.filter{ user in
return(user.username!.lowercased().contains(searchText.lowercased()))
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

You need to set
searchController.searchBar.delegate = self
You conform to UISearchResultsUpdating and implement updateSearchResults but it doesn't call func searchUsers(text: String)
and conform to UISearchControllerDelegate that has no relation to the search look to it's methods Here