Bug report (fixed!): City search behavior

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From the discussion in this thread, some buggy behavior with iFly EFB's city search feature has been identified.

Bugs:
  1. Inconsistent "Google" button appearance behavior
    1. To see the correct/desired behavior, use the latest Windows version. Tap Flight Plan > Enter Flight Plan, and search for a city that doesn't have an airport (you can use "Coralville" as a test). Initial result will be "??? - no match". If there are at least 3 characters in the search field, a "Google" button appears on the right side, and tapping it will get a list of results.
    2. To see the bug, use the Android or iOS version and repeat the steps above. (A video demonstration of the bug on Android can be viewed here.)
      1. Bug: After typing at least 3 characters in the search field, no "Google" button will appear until you tap the "Search 'All' " button next to the search field or enter a space in the search field.
      2. Desired behavior: The "Google" button should appear automatically after typing 3 characters, like it does in the Windows version.
      3. Potential improvement: Have iFly automatically try to perform the search performed by the Google button if there are no results via the initial search?
    3. Additionally, there has been a report that the iOS version has a (possibly intermittent?) rendering error that leaves the buttons on the right side of the screen only partially visible. Hopefully an iOS user can post a photo of that to illustrate the issue, or maybe AP can reproduce the issue themselves.
  2. Unexpected behavior if the "back" button is tapped after getting a list of search results.
    1. I don't think this bug exists in Windows, since it doesn't have a "back" button.
    2. I don't have an iOS device so can't test the behavior and don't know if it exists there
    3. To see the bug on Android: Tap Flight Plan > Enter Flight Plan. Perform a search that generates a list of results (either using the "Google" button or not). Do not select any of the results--just hit the "back" button to return to the previous screen. All search results will be added as waypoints to your Flight Plan. (A video demonstration of the bug on Android can be viewed in the same video as above, here. Watch through to the end.)
      1. Bug: Waypoints are unexpectedly added to the Flight Plan after a search when trying to back out of the search.
      2. Desired behavior: Tapping the back button should return to the previous Flight Plan screen with no changes to the FP.
 
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Don Maxwell said:
Cobra, this seems to work on my iPad and iPhone, but only after I enter at least 3 characters. THEN Google appears, and it finds Coralville.
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@Don Maxwell , I edited the bug description to point out that the "Google" button appears after EITHER tapping "Select 'All' " OR tapping the spacebar in the search field.

However, you also posted this in the other thread:
Don Maxwell said:
Adding coralville does NOT bring up a Google button until i first tap Search 'All'. Then I can see part of the Google button but can't press it. Trying to press it or tapping the Close button makes the Search 'All' dialog to go away, and then tapping Google gets the list you provided above.
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I don't see any of that behavior in Android or Windows, so if you could post a photo of how you see "part of the Google button" on your iPhone, that might be helpful when AP troubleshoots this.

This is what it looks like for me:
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Cobra said:
@Don Maxwell , I edited the bug description to point out that the "Google" button appears after EITHER tapping "Select 'All' " OR tapping the spacebar in the search field.

However, you also posted this in the other thread:

I don't see any of that behavior in Android or Windows, so if you could post a photo of how you see "part of the Google button" on your iPhone, that might be helpful when AP troubleshoots this.
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I can't duplicate it now. But it takes at least 3 characters AND a space to get the Google button.
 
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Added this to my short list:
1. 3 chars typed should show "Google" on Androd too.
2. Android "Back" button from search results should be same as "Cancel" not "Done/apply".

You can expect these to be fixed for 12.3. Thank you for the detailed bug report!
 
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Brian said:
Added this to my short list:
1. 3 chars typed should show "Google" on Androd too.
2. Android "Back" button from search results should be same as "Cancel" not "Done/apply".

You can expect these to be fixed for 12.3. Thank you for the detailed bug report!
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BOTH ARE NOW FIXED -- for the first Beta release of 12.3 which due for release within a few weeks.
 
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