# Search Bar not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [September 23, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/search-bar-not-working/240896 "2019-09-23T23:36:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maauricio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@maauricio](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maauricio)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/search-bar-not-working/240896/1 "2019-09-23T23:36:14Z")
Hello! I’m trying to make a search bar with list viewer. I made Jane’s version ([Making a Search Bar](http://community.thunkable.com/t/making-a-search-bar/60939)) but my app is crashing and reloading. Is there any solution? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/search-bar-not-working/240896/2 "2019-09-24T08:34:39Z")
Hello! Example Jane have worked? If worked, then you change it and the new blocks break the application. I offer you three options: 1. Find the error yourself and tell us about it, if you want to learn to program 2. Give us a link to your application to this bug found someone else 3. You can try my version on the screen scrFinder [https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5d370bd8814895afb4300c50/project/properties/designer](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5d370bd8814895afb4300c50/project/properties/designer) ---
**Author:** ![maauricio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@maauricio](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maauricio)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/search-bar-not-working/240896/3 "2019-09-24T19:34:52Z")
Hello actech, Your project is really good, but it doesn’t work as I need. I’m trying to retrieve a column from airtable in listviewer, and search this items. I think Jane’s version is exactly what I need. I made Jane’s version, but when I live test, app crashes for some reason. Another user posted the same error and Jane replied: > [@Making a Search Bar](https://community.thunkable.com/t/making-a-search-bar/60939/12): > > Hi there, thanks for the heads up! > > When this app was first made, a ‘null’ variable could be treated like an empty list. This isn’t the case any more. Have fixed the app by changing the initial setting of the lists to the empty list. But I don’t know what does it means. Can you help me? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/search-bar-not-working/240896/4 "2019-09-24T20:57:58Z")
Hey @maauricio - this is the `empty list` block that Jane is referring to. ![37](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/7/0/70faee753094309b180aee92126ac8020591464a.png) If you open her sample app you can see that this change is already in place. ---
**Author:** ![maauricio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@maauricio](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maauricio)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/search-bar-not-working/240896/5 "2019-09-24T23:28:38Z")
Hey Domhnall, So why the search bar isn’t possible any more? ---
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 7:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/search-bar-not-working/240896/6 "2019-09-25T07:52:18Z")
Let’s see. You do not have a working example of Jane Automatic Update, which does not work for me? More clarification on iOS apps crash when you try to use the example of Automatic Update? ---
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/search-bar-not-working/240896/7 "2019-09-25T08:28:12Z")
I found the problem - crash on iOS and glitches on Android caused by the use of a global variable app block. How to fix it? Use variable functions which do not create such problems. ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/search-bar-not-working/240896/8 "2024-11-08T12:08:53Z")