My suggestions are:

• Autofocus of the search box -- so that the user does not have to tap twice
• The second issue is some space below the search box and the rest of the image, when the search box is not cursor-focused

My suggestions are:

• Autofocus of the search box -- so that the user does not have to tap twice
• The second issue is some space below the search box and the rest of the image, when the search box is not cursor-focused

@cpg I think again about autofocus and find that in our scenario we use the search button to just open the search bar. So we have to tap again on the search bar to type(input) on the search bar. I think we don't have any case to autofocus search bar by just tapping on the search button.

I cannot parse that English well. It sounds like that language implies there are no other apps showing autofocus, therefore we should not do it?

The google calendar app has a search icon that brings up the search bar with the cursor set and the focus on, bringing up the keyboard immediately.

In any case, right now just displaying an intermediate box (with no text at all inside or a cancel text; like what it does once we tap it) with wrong margins seems weird in terms of UX.

Also, if one pulls down on the main screen of the iPhone, a search box already focused and with the keyboard comes up.

Also, if one pulls down on the main screen of the iPhone, a search box already focused and with the keyboard comes up.

We can do this through a design pattern concept called the first responder. And I'm working on this most probably I will update this PR tonight with autofocus functionality(search box already focused and with the keyboard comes up).

No progress.