Search function on Android not working

Michel Pauw

Tablet: Google Nexus 10, Android 5.1.1

I have the Logos app for a while on my tablet, which I mostly use for reading resources. I wish I could use the search function, but that hasn't been working at all yet. 

There is a number of issues that I encounter, when trying to perform a search from reading the NIV84. Let's say  I'm reading Luke 3 on John the Baptist and I want to find the passage where his head is being asked for. Now a number of hiccups occur, after clicking on the magnifying glass:

• first: instead of giving me a search pane, it tells me: 'Choose a location', followed by a list of verses with the same range of verses that are being displayed on the current screen, in my case: John 3:1 - John 3:12.
  This seems very odd to me: why do I need to 'choose a location', I want to find a passage with the words 'head' and 'John'. But there is nothing I can do except choosing a location out of that limited range.
• second: when I overcome this hurdle and choose a location randomly - say Luke 3:1 - then a search pane opens and the it immediately starts searching for that passage <Luke 3:1> as a BASIC search in my entire library.
  Again this seems very odd to me, as I don't want to perform such a search and I have to stop it before I can actually make up my own search criteria
• third: after canceling the unwanted search run (by clicking the little (x), I first select a BIBLE search, need to change Top Bibles and select NIV84, leave 'All Passages', type: head John (without any quotes or so) and press the magnifying glass. The search is running now, runs for a long time, then returns 'No results matched your search', while for sure it should return 4 passages:
• I wish a BIBLE search would be the default option, since I guess that will be the most likely scenario, but I can live with that;
• more problematic is that 'Top Bibles' is selected by default, while the most likely scenario would be that some want to search within the version that they currently are reading
• after selecting the right criteria it runs for a long time and then returns no results, while I know there should be results

Finally, I find out that the search gives results if connected to the internet, REALLY?! Is it not possible to run searches offline?! Of course, I've made sure that I am searching in offline resources.

Many questions, is there anything to be offered to make life easier? Thanks!

Michel Pauw

This was probably too long of a posting ... . I'm still wondering if my app is working as it is supposed to work - even the new app.
Okay let me give an example of my confusion. This is what I did to find the reference for the text 'A woman giving birth to a child has pain ...':

* I have the NIV84 as an offline resource on my device, now: a Samsung Galaxy S5, which is a pretty decent device

1. OFFLINE: I do a Bible Search in the NIV84 in all passages for 'birth' --> it returns to me a bunch of references in a few seconds
2. OFFLINE: I do another similar search for 'pain' --> it returns to me a bunch of references after 6 seconds
3. OFFLINE: I do another similar search, but now for <birth AND pain> without <> --> after 15 seconds it says: 'No results matched your search'

Now, for sure I know this cannot be true, so I turn on the Internet:

1. ONLINE: I do the same search <birth AND pain> without <> --> after 2 seconds it returns a number of references, including the one I searched for (John 16:21).

What am I doing wrong in my searching? Or what should I know to be able to trust my search results? 

Thanks for any helps!

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/943197#Comment_943197

What am I doing wrong in my searching? Or what should I know to be able to trust my search results? 

Unfortunately offline searching is limited (this has always been the case and continues in the updated apps) and complex expressions such as those including "AND" don't work when offline.

We understand there are plans to enhance offline functionality in 2018 but have no details as to what that means or whether it will affect this specific area.

Michel Pauw

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/943209#Comment_943209

Thanks, Graham.