We now have rudimentary searching in our app. We simply split the user-entered search term on spaces to get an array of search sub-terms. And then we search for each of those sub-terms in the reminders table by checking if the term matches as a substring in the title or notes of the reminder.

Let’s amp things up a bit though. There are few fun bells and whistles that the real Reminders app in iOS implements in its search that we have not yet captured. For example, it shows the number of completed reminders that satisfy the search parameters and give you the option to delete all of those reminders or just hide them. You can also search tags, not just the title and notes of reminders.

Let’s see what it takes to add some of these more advanced querying options to our search feature.