[Bug] SearchHandler not rendering items properly in UWP

[brianro]

Description

In UWP, SearchHandler is not binding properly to the items list, so items are displayed using their default ToString operator => populating the list with class names, making the control unusable in its current form.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Download Xanimals sample application
2. Run UWP application
3. Search cats and look at drop down

Expected Behavior

Expect items to be rendered based on binding, binding name and / or template

Actual Behavior

List is drop-down of class names.

Basic Information

ALL FROM DEFAULT XANIMALS PROJECT

• Version with issue: Latest 6/16/2020
• Last known good version:
• IDE: VS 2019
• Platform Target Frameworks:
  • iOS:
  • Android:
  • UWP:
• Android Support Library Version:
• Nuget Packages:
• Affected Devices:

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Reproduction Link

Workaround

Override the ToString method to create a display value.

[brianro]

Works in Android emulator. Went back through all the versions of Xamarin forms until the code broke and would no longer build and none of them work in UWP. Also tried most of the windows platform combinations - also don't work.

[brianro]

@samhouts Are you guys fixing any of the UWP Xamarin issues or do you have a different roadmap or path laid out?

[VolleyTom]

Hello,
I'm new at Xamarin Forms development, but I have the same issue in my UWP project (Using Xamarin Forms 5.0.0.2291 and Xamarin.Essentials 1.7.0). Is there an estimation, when this issue will be fixed?
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[phandcock]

While I wait, as a workaround, I have restricted the search to a single class (not subclasses) as this works for my application. Unfortunately my lack of programming skills and time stop me looking at this in detail.

[AkashDhyani]

Hi, is there any update on this issue? @samhouts
If anyone has a working solution of this issue, please update.