Search Widget using Arabic Word

[MayurPatel]

Hi,

I am using ArcGIS JavaScript API 4.10. I have implemented the search widget in my application. I am able to search feature using English words but when I am trying to search using Arabic word, I got 'No results found' in suggestion Template. I have set below two properties for Search Widget

searchFields: ["NAMEENGLISH", "NAMEARABIC"],

suggestionTemplate: "{NAMEENGLISH}, {NAMEARABIC}",

 1. Search using English Characters(Musaffah)

2. Search using Arabic Characters(مصفح)

I am not getting suggestion for the Arabic Case. Any help here. 

[MahmoudHemdan2]

Hi, to solve this issue should be done following item

1. try to hosting the Esri Javascript API locally.

2. go to the "search.js" in this path "https://<your machine>/arcgis_js_api/library/3.27/3.27/esri/dijit/search.js" and open it in the editor.

3. go to the method "_whereClause"

4. change this line from

'this.reHostedFS.test(b.url) && this._containsNonLatinCharacter(a) &&(f = "N");'

to

'this._containsNonLatinCharacter(a) && (f = "N");'.

5.check now will be solved.

[Noah-Sager]

A word of caution, we do not recommend or allow people to modify the JS API. Please see our policy here:

Frequently Asked Questions | ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.13 

[Noah-Sager]

I tested a sample using Arabic localization, it seems to give suggestions.

https://codepen.io/noash/pen/KKKaaOP 

Are you searching a layer, a custom Locator source, or using the Esri world geocoding service?

[MohammedZaki]

@Noah-Sager I'm facing the same issue searching in a LayerSearchSource. It is registered in GDB.

I test in ArcGIS Pro and it returns results only if I added N before searchTerm like "where field=N'text'"

How can I add it to the code?

  addsearchSource(

    layer: FeatureLayer,

    allowedFields: string[],

    placeholder: string

  ) {

    const source = new LayerSearchSource({

      layer: layer,

      searchFields: allowedFields ? allowedFields : ['*'],

      exactMatch: false,

      outFields: allowedFields ? allowedFields : ['*'],

      placeholder: placeholder.slice(0, 20) + '...', // trim long placeholderes

      name: layer.title,

      zoomScale: 500000,

    });

    this.searchWidget.sources.add(source);

  }

[MohammedZaki]

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