SAPUI5 Search Field Suggestion Autocomplete

Question

I am developing an SAPUI5 application. What I want to achieve is to have a suggestion list autocomplete in my search field. For example when I type \"app\", I will list suggesti

Answer 1

There's a timing issue with the odata service and the suggestion pop up. It's caught me out before as well. Technically, the suggestion box opens before the oData finishes, which is why the example code works - it's a JSON model. My solution looks something like this

 var search = this.byId('searchField');
 var binding = search.getBinding("suggestionItems");

 binding.filter(filters);
 binding.attachEventOnce('dataReceived', _ => search.suggest());