AutoCompleteTextView suggestion view becomes visible by default without searching

[kandangit]

Tell us about the problem

The suggestion view for the autocomplete field is visible by default just after the text field is set.

COMPONENT:

@ViewChild("conceptAutocomplete", {
  static: true
})
autocompleteField: RadAutoCompleteTextViewComponent;

// ....

// Called from ngOnChanges when the input object is provided with a new value:
private setFormWithObject(object) {
  this.autocompleteField.autoCompleteTextView.text = object.name;
}

TEMPLATE:

<RadAutoCompleteTextView #autocompleteField [items]="autocompleteItems" displayMode="Plain" completionMode="Contains"
    (didAutoComplete)="onDidAutoComplete($event)" (focus)="onAutoCompleteFocus($event)">
    <SuggestionView tkAutoCompleteSuggestionView suggestionViewHeight="150">
        <ng-template tkSuggestionItemTemplate let-item="item">
            <StackLayout orientation="horizontal" padding="5">
                <Label [text]="item.line.name"></Label>
            </StackLayout>
        </ng-template>
    </SuggestionView>
</RadAutoCompleteTextView>

How to make the suggestion view only appear when the text field actually changes or get the focus?

My guess is that changing the text property by code actually creates a focus on the element and the search of suggestions is triggered and the view is displayed.

WORKAROUND NOTE A workaround found is to initialize (inside ngOnInit) minimumCharactersToSearch to a high number and change it on the focus event:

onAutoCompleteFocus(event) {
   this.autocompleteField.nativeElement.minimumCharactersToSearch = 2;
}

I have tried on the onLoad event: event.object.suggestionView.android.visibility = "hidden"; This works but when I do on the focus event: event.object.suggestionView.android.visibility = "visible"; The suggestion view no longer becomes visible.

Which platform(s) does your issue occur on?

Android

Please provide the following version numbers that your issue occurs with:

• "nativescript-ui-autocomplete": "^6.0.0",
• CLI: 6.5.0
• Cross-platform modules: "~6.3.0"
• Runtime(s): "tns-android": { "version": "6.3.0" }, "tns-ios": { "version": "6.3.0" }