From 41a978e5fc2db6a0c7005c843648143787185825 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Satindar Dhillon <satindar@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 16:35:27 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] use postValue function to update searched items live data

---
 .../java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt     | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt
index 80aeb4b28..488c330e9 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ class HomeViewModel @Inject constructor(
       receivedIdx = thisSearchIdx
       cursor = searchResult.cursor
 
-      if (searchTextLiveData.value != "") {
+      if (searchTextLiveData.value != "" || clearPreviousSearch) {
         val previousItems = if (clearPreviousSearch) listOf() else searchedItems
         searchedItems = previousItems.plus(searchResult.items)
-        itemsLiveData.value = searchedItems
+        itemsLiveData.postValue(searchedItems)
       } else {
         items = items.plus(searchResult.items)
-        itemsLiveData.value = items
+        itemsLiveData.postValue(items)
       }
 
       CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Main).launch {