Suggestions for autocomplete do not always appear

Internal ticket: https://app.asana.com/0/488551667048375/1108574295820133

This problem is related to autocomplete feature.

Steps to reproduce shows an example with bangs, but it happens for all kind of characters.

Steps to reproduce the problem

1. Open the app
2. Type ! in the address bar
3. Suggestions appear
4. Clear the address bar
5. Type ! in the address bar again
6. “No suggestions” message appear

Expected behavior

• In the step 6 user should see suggestions.

Additional notes

• When after performing all the steps to reproduce, I will type ! + any sign (e.g. !a) and then remove additional sign (a in the case of example), then suggestions appear
• When after performing all the steps to reproduce, I will kill the app, open it again and type !, then suggestions appear
• Address bar can be cleared in 3 ways (with backspace button on the keyboard, with x sign in the address bar or by pressing back button when keyboard is open) - in all cases behavior is the same

Question

• Can you tell me, where in the code can I find implementation of the bangs? I searched it in SpecialUrlDetector.kt and I searched for keywords like “bang” and “bangs” in the GitHub repo, but I couldn’t find anything.

[CDRussell]

Thanks again for reporting this, and all the info provided. This should be fixed in the next release.

Let me know if it’s still causing problems.

[CDRussell]

PR created for this https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/pull/433