<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no, width=device-width" />
    <title></title>
    <link data-require="ionic@1.3.3" data-semver="1.3.3" rel="stylesheet" href="https://code.ionicframework.com/1.3.3/css/ionic.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <script data-require="ionic@1.3.3" data-semver="1.3.3" src="https://code.ionicframework.com/1.3.3/js/ionic.bundle.js"></script>
    
    <script src="ngStorage.min.js"></script> 
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular-resource/1.5.8/angular-resource.min.js"></script>
    <!-- ion-autocomplete -->
    <script src="ion-autocomplete.js"></script>
    <link href="ion-autocomplete.css" rel="stylesheet">
 
    <!-- cordova script (this will be a 404 during development) -->
    <script src="cordova.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
    <script src="controllers.js"></script>
    <script src="services.js"></script> 
  </head>

  <body ng-app="app" animation="slide-left-right-ios7" ng-controller="mainCtrl">
  <div>
    <div>
        <ion-nav-bar class="bar-stable">
          <ion-nav-back-button class="button-icon icon ion-ios-arrow-back">Back</ion-nav-back-button>

        </ion-nav-bar>
        <ion-nav-view></ion-nav-view>
    </div>
</div>
  </body>

</html>
/* Styles go here */

// Ionic Starter App, v0.9.20

// angular.module is a global place for creating, registering and retrieving Angular modules
// 'starter' is the name of this angular module example (also set in a <body> attribute in index.html)
// the 2nd parameter is an array of 'requires'
// 'starter.services' is found in services.js
// 'starter.controllers' is found in controllers.js
angular.module('app', ['ionic', 'starter.controllers', 'app.services'])

.run(function($ionicPlatform) {
  $ionicPlatform.ready(function() {
    if(window.StatusBar) {
      StatusBar.styleDefault();
    }
  });
})

.config(function($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {
  $stateProvider

    .state('menu', {
      url: '/side-menu21',
      abstract:true,
      templateUrl: 'menu.html',
      //controller: 'menuCtrl'
    })

    .state('menu.home', {
      url: '/home',
      //cache: false,
      views: {
        'side-menu21': {
          templateUrl: 'home.html',
          controller: 'homeCtrl'
        }
      }
    })
  // if none of the above states are matched, use this as the fallback
  $urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/side-menu21/home');
});
Test plnkr for ion-autocomplete 
<ion-side-menus enable-menu-with-back-views="false" ng-controller="menuCtrl">
    <ion-side-menu-content>
        <ion-nav-bar class="bar-stable">
            <ion-nav-back-button></ion-nav-back-button>
            <ion-nav-buttons side="left">
                <button class="button button-icon button-clear ion-navicon" menu-toggle=""></button>
            </ion-nav-buttons>
            <ion-nav-buttons side="secondary">
              <!--ng-hide = "sightId || hideChangeButton"-->
              <!--<button ng-hide = "changeLocationButton.hideChangeButton" class="button" modal-select="" ng-model="tempLocation" options-expression="location in locations | orderBy:'name' | filter : externalFilter" modal-title="Choose location of interest" on-select="changeLocation(newValue, oldValue)" on-open="setMapNonclickable()" on-close="setMapClickable()" has-search="true">
                Change
                <div class="option"><h2>{{option.name}}</h2><p>{{option.country.name}}</p></div>
              </button>-->
              <input
                ion-autocomplete
                type="hidden"
                readonly="readonly"
                ng-model="searchQuery"
                class="ion-autocomplete"
                autocomplete="off"
                max-selected-items="1"
                items-method="searchCallback(query, isInitializing)"
                item-view-value-key="name"
                items-clicked-method="itemClicked(callback)"
                manage-externally="true"
                template-url="searchTemplate.html"
                placeholder="Search for anything..."
                />
              <button class="button button-icon icon ion-search" ng-click="clickSearch()"></button>
            </ion-nav-buttons>
        </ion-nav-bar>
        <ion-nav-view name="side-menu21"></ion-nav-view>
    </ion-side-menu-content>
    <ion-side-menu side="left" style="">
        <ion-header-bar class="bar-stable">
            <div class="title">Menu</div>
        </ion-header-bar>
        <ion-content padding="false" class="side-menu-left has-header" ion-content="">
            <ion-list>
                <ion-item href="#/side-menu21/home" menu-close=""><i class="icon ion-home"></i> Home</ion-item>
            </ion-list>
        </ion-content>
    </ion-side-menu>
</ion-side-menus>
angular.module('starter.controllers', ['ngStorage'])

.controller('mainCtrl', function($scope) {
})

.controller('menuCtrl', ['$scope', '$rootScope', '$ionicSideMenuDelegate', 'SearchService', '$state', '$localStorage',
  function($scope, $rootScope, $ionicSideMenuDelegate, SearchService, $state, $localStorage) {
  $scope.clickSearch = function () {
      var ionAutocompleteElement = document.getElementsByClassName("ion-autocomplete");
      angular.element(ionAutocompleteElement).controller('ionAutocomplete').fetchSearchQuery("", true);
      angular.element(ionAutocompleteElement).controller('ionAutocomplete').showModal();
    };

    $scope.searchCallback = function (query, isInitializing) {
      $rootScope.searchQuery = query;
      if(isInitializing || query === "") {
        // depends on the configuration of the `items-method-value-key` (items) and the `item-value-key` (name) and `item-view-value-key` (name)
        //return { items: [ { name: "test" } ] }
        //console.log(SearchService);
        return SearchService.initSearchResultsList().$promise;
      } else {
        return SearchService.updateSearchResultsList(query).$promise;
      }
    };

    $scope.itemClicked = function (callback) {
      // print out the selected item
      //console.log(callback.item);
      $rootScope.searchModalOpen = true;

      if(callback.item.entity_type == "sight") {
        $state.go('menu.sightDetails',{id: callback.item.id})
      }
      if(callback.item.entity_type == "guide") {
        $state.go('menu.guideDetails',{id: callback.item.id})
      }
      if(callback.item.entity_type == "location") {
        //$state.go('menu.guideDetails',{id: callback.item.id})
        Location.get({locationId: callback.item.id}, function (data) {
          $localStorage.locationSelected = data;
          $rootScope.locationSelected = $localStorage.locationSelected;
          $rootScope.map = MapService.moveMapToLocation(callback.item.id);
        });
      }
    };
}])

.controller('homeCtrl', function($scope, $rootScope) { 
  $scope.clickSearch = function () {
        var ionAutocompleteElement = document.getElementsByClassName("ion-autocomplete");
        console.log(ionAutocompleteElement);
        console.log(angular.element(ionAutocompleteElement));
        console.log(angular.element(ionAutocompleteElement).controller('ionAutocomplete'));
        angular.element(ionAutocompleteElement).controller('ionAutocomplete').fetchSearchQuery("", true);
        angular.element(ionAutocompleteElement).controller('ionAutocomplete').showModal();
      };

      $scope.searchCallback = function (query, isInitializing) {
        $rootScope.searchQuery = query;
        if(isInitializing || query === "") {
          // depends on the configuration of the `items-method-value-key` (items) and the `item-value-key` (name) and `item-view-value-key` (name)
          //return { items: [ { name: "test" } ] }
          //console.log(SearchService);
          return SearchService.initSearchResultsList().$promise;
        } else {
          return SearchService.updateSearchResultsList(query).$promise;
        }
      };

      $scope.itemClicked = function (callback) {
        // print out the selected item
        //console.log(callback.item);
        $rootScope.searchModalOpen = true;

        if(callback.item.entity_type == "sight") {
          $state.go('menu.sightDetails',{id: callback.item.id})
        }
        if(callback.item.entity_type == "guide") {
          $state.go('menu.guideDetails',{id: callback.item.id})
        }
        if(callback.item.entity_type == "location") {
          //$state.go('menu.guideDetails',{id: callback.item.id})
          Location.get({locationId: callback.item.id}, function (data) {
            $localStorage.locationSelected = data;
            $rootScope.locationSelected = $localStorage.locationSelected;
            $rootScope.map = MapService.moveMapToLocation(callback.item.id);
          });
        }

      };
})
.controller('searchCtrl', ['$scope', '$ionicModal', '$log', '$localStorage', '$rootScope', '$ionicTabsDelegate', 'SearchService',
  function($scope, $ionicModal, $log, $localStorage, $rootScope, $ionicTabsDelegate, SearchService) {

    $scope.currentFilter = {all: true};

}])
<ion-view ng-controller="homeCtrl">
  <ion-nav-title>{{locationSelected.name}}</ion-nav-title>
    <ion-content overflow-scroll="true" padding="false" class="has-header">
        <div style="width:100%;height: calc(100% - 49px);" id="map_canvas" data-tap-disabled="true">
          <!--<div id="myOverlay"></div>-->
          <!--<div class="bar bar-footer">
            <div class="button-bar">
              <button class="button button-energized">Guides</button>
              <button class="button button-energized">Attractions</button>
              <button class="button button-balanced">Both</button>
            </div>
          </div>-->
          <div style="position: absolute; bottom: 59px; left: 50%;">
            <div align="center" style="position: relative; left: -50%;">
              <input
                ion-autocomplete
                type="hidden"
                readonly="readonly"
                ng-model="searchQuery"
                class="ion-autocomplete"
                autocomplete="off"
                max-selected-items="1"
                items-method="searchCallback(query, isInitializing)"
                item-view-value-key="name"
                items-clicked-method="itemClicked(callback)"
                manage-externally="true"
                template-url="searchTemplate.html"
                placeholder="Search for anything..."
                />
              <button class="button button-outline button-dark icon-left ion-search" ng-click="clickSearch()">
                Search
              </button>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>

    </ion-content>

  <ion-tabs class="tabs-default tabs-icon-top">

    <ion-tab title="Guides" icon-on="ion-ios-person" icon-off="ion-ios-person-outline" ng-click="tabSelect(0)">

    </ion-tab>

    <ion-tab title="Attractions" icon-on="ion-ios-camera" icon-off="ion-ios-camera-outline" ng-click="tabSelect(1)">

    </ion-tab>

    <ion-tab title="Both" icon-on="ion-ios-location" icon-off="ion-ios-location-outline" ng-click="tabSelect(2)">

    </ion-tab>

  </ion-tabs>

</ion-view>
/*
 * ion-autocomplete 0.3.3
 * Copyright 2016 Danny Povolotski 
 * Copyright modifications 2016 Guy Brand 
 * https://github.com/guylabs/ion-autocomplete
 */
(function() {

'use strict';

angular.module('ion-autocomplete', []).directive('ionAutocomplete', [
    '$ionicBackdrop', '$ionicScrollDelegate', '$document', '$q', '$parse', '$interpolate', '$ionicPlatform', '$compile', '$templateRequest',
    function ($ionicBackdrop, $ionicScrollDelegate, $document, $q, $parse, $interpolate, $ionicPlatform, $compile, $templateRequest) {
        return {
            require: ['ngModel', 'ionAutocomplete'],
            restrict: 'A',
            scope: {},
            bindToController: {
                ngModel: '=',
                externalModel: '=',
                templateData: '=',
                maxSelectedItems: '=',
                itemsMethod: '&',
                itemsClickedMethod: '&',
                itemsRemovedMethod: '&',
                modelToItemMethod: '&',
                cancelButtonClickedMethod: '&',
                placeholder: '@',
                cancelLabel: '@',
                selectItemsLabel: '@',
                selectedItemsLabel: '@',
                templateUrl: '@',
                itemValueKey: '@',
                itemViewValueKey: '@'
            },
            controllerAs: 'viewModel',
            controller: ['$attrs', '$timeout', '$scope', function ($attrs, $timeout, $scope) {

                var valueOrDefault = function (value, defaultValue) {
                    return !value ? defaultValue : value;
                };

                var controller = this;

                // set the default values of the one way binded attributes
                $timeout(function () {
                    controller.placeholder = valueOrDefault(controller.placeholder, 'Click to enter a value...');
                    controller.cancelLabel = valueOrDefault(controller.cancelLabel, 'Done');
                    controller.selectItemsLabel = valueOrDefault(controller.selectItemsLabel, "Select an item...");
                    controller.selectedItemsLabel = valueOrDefault(controller.selectedItemsLabel, $interpolate("Selected items{{maxSelectedItems ? ' (max. ' + maxSelectedItems + ')' : ''}}:")(controller));
                    controller.templateUrl = valueOrDefault(controller.templateUrl, undefined);
                    controller.itemValueKey = valueOrDefault(controller.itemValueKey, undefined);
                    controller.itemViewValueKey = valueOrDefault(controller.itemViewValueKey, undefined);
                });

                // set the default values of the passed in attributes
                this.itemsMethodValueKey = valueOrDefault($attrs.itemsMethodValueKey, undefined);
                this.componentId = valueOrDefault($attrs.componentId, undefined);
                this.loadingIcon = valueOrDefault($attrs.loadingIcon, undefined);
                this.manageExternally = valueOrDefault($attrs.manageExternally, "false");
                this.clearOnSelect = valueOrDefault($attrs.clearOnSelect, "true");
                this.ngModelOptions = valueOrDefault($scope.$eval($attrs.ngModelOptions), {});

                // loading flag if the items-method is a function
                this.showLoadingIcon = false;

                // the items, selected items and the query for the list
                this.searchItems = [];
                this.selectedItems = [];
                this.searchQuery = undefined;

                this.isArray = function (array) {
                    return angular.isArray(array);
                };
            }],
            link: function (scope, element, attrs, controllers) {

                // get the two needed controllers
                var ngModelController = controllers[0];
                var ionAutocompleteController = controllers[1];

                // use a random css class to bind the modal to the component
                ionAutocompleteController.randomCssClass = "ion-autocomplete-random-" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 1000) + 1);

                var template = [
                    '<div class="ion-autocomplete-container ' + ionAutocompleteController.randomCssClass + ' modal" style="display: none;">',
                    '<div class="bar bar-header item-input-inset">',
                    '<label class="item-input-wrapper">',
                    '<i class="icon ion-search placeholder-icon"></i>',
                    '<input type="search" class="ion-autocomplete-search" ng-model="viewModel.searchQuery" ng-model-options="viewModel.ngModelOptions" placeholder="{{viewModel.placeholder}}"/>',
                    '</label>',
                    '<div class="ion-autocomplete-loading-icon" ng-if="viewModel.showLoadingIcon && viewModel.loadingIcon"><ion-spinner icon="{{viewModel.loadingIcon}}"></ion-spinner></div>',
                    '<button class="ion-autocomplete-cancel button button-clear" ng-click="viewModel.cancelClick()">{{viewModel.cancelLabel}}</button>',
                    '</div>',
                    '<ion-content class="has-header">',
                    '<ion-item class="item-divider">{{viewModel.selectedItemsLabel}}</ion-item>',
                    '<ion-item ng-if="viewModel.isArray(viewModel.selectedItems)" ng-repeat="selectedItem in viewModel.selectedItems track by $index" class="item-icon-left item-icon-right item-text-wrap">',
                    '<i class="icon ion-checkmark"></i>',
                    '{{viewModel.getItemValue(selectedItem, viewModel.itemViewValueKey)}}',
                    '<i class="icon ion-trash-a" style="cursor:pointer" ng-click="viewModel.removeItem($index)"></i>',
                    '</ion-item>',
                    '<ion-item ng-if="!viewModel.isArray(viewModel.selectedItems)" class="item-icon-left item-icon-right item-text-wrap">',
                    '<i class="icon ion-checkmark"></i>',
                    '{{viewModel.getItemValue(viewModel.selectedItems, viewModel.itemViewValueKey)}}',
                    '<i class="icon ion-trash-a" style="cursor:pointer" ng-click="viewModel.removeItem(0)"></i>',
                    '</ion-item>',
                    '<ion-item class="item-divider" ng-if="viewModel.searchItems.length > 0">{{viewModel.selectItemsLabel}}</ion-item>',
                    '<ion-item ng-repeat="item in viewModel.searchItems track by $index" item-height="55px" item-width="100%" ng-click="viewModel.selectItem(item)" class="item-text-wrap">',
                    '{{viewModel.getItemValue(item, viewModel.itemViewValueKey)}}',
                    '</ion-item>',
                    '</ion-content>',
                    '</div>'
                ].join('');

                // load the template synchronously or asynchronously
                $q.when().then(function () {

                    // first check if a template url is set and use this as template
                    if (ionAutocompleteController.templateUrl) {
                        return $templateRequest(ionAutocompleteController.templateUrl);
                    } else {
                        return template;
                    }
                }).then(function (template) {

                    // compile the template
                    var searchInputElement = $compile(angular.element(template))(scope);

                    // append the template to body
                    $document.find('body').append(searchInputElement);


                    // returns the value of an item
                    ionAutocompleteController.getItemValue = function (item, key) {

                        // if it's an array, go through all items and add the values to a new array and return it
                        if (angular.isArray(item)) {
                            var items = [];
                            angular.forEach(item, function (itemValue) {
                                if (key && angular.isObject(item)) {
                                    items.push($parse(key)(itemValue));
                                } else {
                                    items.push(itemValue);
                                }
                            });
                            return items;
                        } else {
                            if (key && angular.isObject(item)) {
                                return $parse(key)(item);
                            }
                        }
                        return item;
                    };

                    // function which selects the item, hides the search container and the ionic backdrop if it has not maximum selected items attribute set
                    ionAutocompleteController.selectItem = function (item) {

                        // if the clear on select is true, clear the search query when an item is selected
                        if (ionAutocompleteController.clearOnSelect == "true") {
                            ionAutocompleteController.searchQuery = undefined;
                        }

                        // return if the max selected items is not equal to 1 and the maximum amount of selected items is reached
                        if (ionAutocompleteController.maxSelectedItems != "1" &&
                            angular.isArray(ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems) &&
                            ionAutocompleteController.maxSelectedItems <= ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems.length) {
                            return;
                        }

                        // store the selected items
                        if (!isKeyValueInObjectArray(ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems,
                                ionAutocompleteController.itemValueKey, ionAutocompleteController.getItemValue(item, ionAutocompleteController.itemValueKey))) {

                            // if it is a single select set the item directly
                            if (ionAutocompleteController.maxSelectedItems == "1") {
                                ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems = item;
                            } else {
                                // create a new array to update the model. See https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/issues/191#issuecomment-55471732
                                ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems = ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems.concat([item]);
                            }
                        }

                        // set the view value and render it
                        ngModelController.$setViewValue(ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems);
                        ngModelController.$render();

                        // hide the container and the ionic backdrop if it is a single select to enhance usability
                        if (ionAutocompleteController.maxSelectedItems == 1) {
                            ionAutocompleteController.hideModal();
                        }

                        // call items clicked callback
                        if (angular.isDefined(attrs.itemsClickedMethod)) {
                            ionAutocompleteController.itemsClickedMethod({
                                callback: {
                                    item: item,
                                    selectedItems: angular.isArray(ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems) ? ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems.slice() : ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems,
                                    selectedItemsArray: angular.isArray(ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems) ? ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems.slice() : [ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems],
                                    componentId: ionAutocompleteController.componentId
                                }
                            });
                        }
                    };

                    // function which removes the item from the selected items.
                    ionAutocompleteController.removeItem = function (index) {

                        // clear the selected items if just one item is selected
                        if (!angular.isArray(ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems)) {
                            ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems = [];
                        } else {
                            // remove the item from the selected items and create a copy of the array to update the model.
                            // See https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/issues/191#issuecomment-55471732
                            var removed = ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems.splice(index, 1)[0];
                            ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems = ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems.slice();
                        }

                        // set the view value and render it
                        ngModelController.$setViewValue(ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems);
                        ngModelController.$render();

                        // call items clicked callback
                        if (angular.isDefined(attrs.itemsRemovedMethod)) {
                            ionAutocompleteController.itemsRemovedMethod({
                                callback: {
                                    item: removed,
                                    selectedItems: angular.isArray(ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems) ? ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems.slice() : ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems,
                                    selectedItemsArray: angular.isArray(ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems) ? ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems.slice() : [ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems],
                                    componentId: ionAutocompleteController.componentId
                                }
                            });
                        }
                    };

                    // watcher on the search field model to update the list according to the input
                    scope.$watch('viewModel.searchQuery', function (query) {
                        ionAutocompleteController.fetchSearchQuery(query, false);
                    });

                    // watcher on the max selected items to update the selected items label
                    scope.$watch('viewModel.maxSelectedItems', function (maxSelectedItems) {

                        // only update the label if the value really changed
                        if (ionAutocompleteController.maxSelectedItems != maxSelectedItems) {
                            ionAutocompleteController.selectedItemsLabel = $interpolate("Selected items{{maxSelectedItems ? ' (max. ' + maxSelectedItems + ')' : ''}}:")(ionAutocompleteController);
                        }
                    });

                    // update the search items based on the returned value of the items-method
                    ionAutocompleteController.fetchSearchQuery = function (query, isInitializing) {

                        // right away return if the query is undefined to not call the items method for nothing
                        if (query === undefined) {
                            return;
                        }

                        if (angular.isDefined(attrs.itemsMethod)) {

                            // show the loading icon
                            ionAutocompleteController.showLoadingIcon = true;

                            var queryObject = {query: query, isInitializing: isInitializing};

                            // if the component id is set, then add it to the query object
                            if (ionAutocompleteController.componentId) {
                                queryObject = {
                                    query: query,
                                    isInitializing: isInitializing,
                                    componentId: ionAutocompleteController.componentId
                                }
                            }

                            // convert the given function to a $q promise to support promises too
                            var promise = $q.when(ionAutocompleteController.itemsMethod(queryObject));

                            promise.then(function (promiseData) {

                                // if the promise data is not set do nothing
                                if (!promiseData) {
                                    return;
                                }

                                // if the given promise data object has a data property use this for the further processing as the
                                // standard httpPromises from the $http functions store the response data in a data property
                                if (promiseData && promiseData.data) {
                                    promiseData = promiseData.data;
                                }

                                // set the items which are returned by the items method
                                ionAutocompleteController.searchItems = ionAutocompleteController.getItemValue(promiseData,
                                    ionAutocompleteController.itemsMethodValueKey);

                                // force the collection repeat to redraw itself as there were issues when the first items were added
                                $ionicScrollDelegate.resize();
                            }, function (error) {
                                // reject the error because we do not handle the error here
                                return $q.reject(error);
                            }).finally(function () {
                                // hide the loading icon
                                ionAutocompleteController.showLoadingIcon = false;
                            });
                        }
                    };

                    var searchContainerDisplayed = false;

                    ionAutocompleteController.showModal = function () {
                        if (searchContainerDisplayed) {
                            return;
                        }

                        // show the backdrop and the search container
                        $ionicBackdrop.retain();
                        angular.element($document[0].querySelector('div.ion-autocomplete-container.' + ionAutocompleteController.randomCssClass)).css('display', 'block');

                        // hide the container if the back button is pressed
                        scope.$deregisterBackButton = $ionicPlatform.registerBackButtonAction(function () {
                            ionAutocompleteController.hideModal();
                        }, 300);

                        // get the compiled search field
                        var searchInputElement = angular.element($document[0].querySelector('div.ion-autocomplete-container.' + ionAutocompleteController.randomCssClass + ' input'));

                        // focus on the search input field
                        if (searchInputElement.length > 0) {
                            searchInputElement[0].focus();
                            setTimeout(function () {
                                searchInputElement[0].focus();
                            }, 100);
                        }

                        // force the collection repeat to redraw itself as there were issues when the first items were added
                        $ionicScrollDelegate.resize();

                        searchContainerDisplayed = true;
                    };

                    ionAutocompleteController.hideModal = function () {
                        angular.element($document[0].querySelector('div.ion-autocomplete-container.' + ionAutocompleteController.randomCssClass)).css('display', 'none');
                        ionAutocompleteController.searchQuery = undefined;
                        $ionicBackdrop.release();
                        scope.$deregisterBackButton && scope.$deregisterBackButton();
                        searchContainerDisplayed = false;
                    };

                    // object to store if the user moved the finger to prevent opening the modal
                    var scrolling = {
                        moved: false,
                        startX: 0,
                        startY: 0
                    };

                    // store the start coordinates of the touch start event
                    var onTouchStart = function (e) {
                        scrolling.moved = false;
                        // Use originalEvent when available, fix compatibility with jQuery
                        if (typeof(e.originalEvent) !== 'undefined') {
                            e = e.originalEvent;
                        }
                        scrolling.startX = e.touches[0].clientX;
                        scrolling.startY = e.touches[0].clientY;
                    };

                    // check if the finger moves more than 10px and set the moved flag to true
                    var onTouchMove = function (e) {
                        // Use originalEvent when available, fix compatibility with jQuery
                        if (typeof(e.originalEvent) !== 'undefined') {
                            e = e.originalEvent;
                        }
                        if (Math.abs(e.touches[0].clientX - scrolling.startX) > 10 ||
                            Math.abs(e.touches[0].clientY - scrolling.startY) > 10) {
                            scrolling.moved = true;
                        }
                    };

                    // click handler on the input field to show the search container
                    var onClick = function (event) {
                        // only open the dialog if was not touched at the beginning of a legitimate scroll event
                        if (scrolling.moved) {
                            return;
                        }

                        // prevent the default event and the propagation
                        event.preventDefault();
                        event.stopPropagation();

                        // call the fetch search query method once to be able to initialize it when the modal is shown
                        // use an empty string to signal that there is no change in the search query
                        ionAutocompleteController.fetchSearchQuery("", true);

                        // show the ionic backdrop and the search container
                        ionAutocompleteController.showModal();
                    };

                    var isKeyValueInObjectArray = function (objectArray, key, value) {
                        if (angular.isArray(objectArray)) {
                            for (var i = 0; i < objectArray.length; i++) {
                                if (ionAutocompleteController.getItemValue(objectArray[i], key) === value) {
                                    return true;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                        return false;
                    };

                    // function to call the model to item method and select the item
                    var resolveAndSelectModelItem = function (modelValue) {
                        // convert the given function to a $q promise to support promises too
                        var promise = $q.when(ionAutocompleteController.modelToItemMethod({modelValue: modelValue}));

                        promise.then(function (promiseData) {
                            // select the item which are returned by the model to item method
                            ionAutocompleteController.selectItem(promiseData);
                        }, function (error) {
                            // reject the error because we do not handle the error here
                            return $q.reject(error);
                        });
                    };

                    // if the click is not handled externally, bind the handlers to the click and touch events of the input field
                    if (ionAutocompleteController.manageExternally == "false") {
                        element.bind('touchstart', onTouchStart);
                        element.bind('touchmove', onTouchMove);
                        element.bind('touchend click focus', onClick);
                    }

                    // cancel handler for the cancel button which clears the search input field model and hides the
                    // search container and the ionic backdrop and calls the cancel button clicked callback
                    ionAutocompleteController.cancelClick = function () {
                        ionAutocompleteController.hideModal();

                        // call cancel button clicked callback
                        if (angular.isDefined(attrs.cancelButtonClickedMethod)) {
                            ionAutocompleteController.cancelButtonClickedMethod({
                                callback: {
                                    selectedItems: angular.isArray(ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems) ? ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems.slice() : ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems,
                                    selectedItemsArray: angular.isArray(ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems) ? ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems.slice() : [ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems],
                                    componentId: ionAutocompleteController.componentId
                                }
                            });
                        }
                    };

                    // watch the external model for changes and select the items inside the model
                    scope.$watch("viewModel.externalModel", function (newModel) {

                        if (angular.isArray(newModel) && newModel.length == 0) {
                            // clear the selected items and set the view value and render it
                            ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems = [];
                            ngModelController.$setViewValue(ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems);
                            ngModelController.$render();
                            return;
                        }

                        // prepopulate view and selected items if external model is already set
                        if (newModel && angular.isDefined(attrs.modelToItemMethod)) {
                            if (angular.isArray(newModel)) {
                                ionAutocompleteController.selectedItems = [];
                                angular.forEach(newModel, function (modelValue) {
                                    resolveAndSelectModelItem(modelValue);
                                })
                            } else {
                                resolveAndSelectModelItem(newModel);
                            }
                        }
                    });

                    // remove the component from the dom when scope is getting destroyed
                    scope.$on('$destroy', function () {
                        $ionicBackdrop.release();

                        // angular takes care of cleaning all $watch's and listeners, but we still need to remove the modal
                        searchInputElement.remove();
                    });

                    // render the view value of the model
                    ngModelController.$render = function () {
                        element.val(ionAutocompleteController.getItemValue(ngModelController.$viewValue, ionAutocompleteController.itemViewValueKey));
                    };

                    // set the view value of the model
                    ngModelController.$formatters.push(function (modelValue) {
                        var viewValue = ionAutocompleteController.getItemValue(modelValue, ionAutocompleteController.itemViewValueKey);
                        return viewValue == undefined ? "" : viewValue;
                    });

                    // set the model value of the model
                    ngModelController.$parsers.push(function (viewValue) {
                        return ionAutocompleteController.getItemValue(viewValue, ionAutocompleteController.itemValueKey);
                    });

                });

            }
        };
    }
]);

})();
.ion-autocomplete-container {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    z-index: 20;
    display: none;
    margin: auto;
}

input.ion-autocomplete[readonly] {
    background-color: transparent;
    cursor: text;
}

.ion-autocomplete-loading-icon {
    padding-left: 10px;
}
angular.module('app.services', ['ngResource', 'ngStorage'])
.constant('ngSettings', {
    apiServiceBaseUrl: 'http://www.guidelance.com/api',
    clientId: 'testclient',

  })
.factory('Search', [
  '$resource','$localStorage','ngSettings',
  function($resource,$localStorage,ngSettings){
    return $resource(ngSettings.apiServiceBaseUrl+'/v1/default/init-search/:locationId/:lat/:lng/', {}, {
        query: {
          method:'GET',
          isArray:true
        }/*,
        get: {
          method:'GET',
          isArray:false
        }*/,
        byquery: {
          url: ngSettings.apiServiceBaseUrl + '/v1/default/search/:locationId/:lat/:lng/:query/',
          method:'GET',
          isArray:true
        }
      },
      {stripTrailingSlashes: false});
  }])
.factory('SearchService', [
  '$localStorage', '$stateParams', 'Search', '$rootScope',
  function ($localStorage, $stateParams, Search, $rootScope) {
    var searchServiceFactory = {};
    var _searchResults = {};

    var _initSearchResultsList = function() {
      _searchResults = Search.query({locationId: $localStorage.locationSelected.id, lat: $rootScope.position.coords.latitude, lng: $rootScope.position.coords.longitude});
      return _searchResults;
    };

    var _updateSearchResultsList = function(query) {
      _searchResults = Search.byquery({locationId: $localStorage.locationSelected.id, lat: $rootScope.position.coords.latitude, lng: $rootScope.position.coords.longitude, query: query});
      return _searchResults;
    };

    searchServiceFactory.initSearchResultsList = _initSearchResultsList;
    searchServiceFactory.updateSearchResultsList = _updateSearchResultsList;
    searchServiceFactory.searchResults = _searchResults;

    return searchServiceFactory;
  }])
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<div class="ion-autocomplete-container {{viewModel.randomCssClass}} modal" style="display: none;" ng-controller="searchCtrl">
  <div class="bar bar-header item-input-inset">
    <label class="item-input-wrapper">
      <i class="icon ion-search placeholder-icon"></i>
      <input type="search" class="ion-autocomplete-search" ng-model="viewModel.searchQuery" ng-model-options="viewModel.ngModelOptions" placeholder="{{viewModel.placeholder}}"/>
    </label>
    <div class="ion-autocomplete-loading-icon" ng-if="viewModel.showLoadingIcon && viewModel.loadingIcon"><ion-spinner icon="{{viewModel.loadingIcon}}"></ion-spinner></div>
    <button class="ion-autocomplete-cancel button button-clear" ng-click="viewModel.cancelClick()">{{viewModel.cancelLabel}}</button>
    </div>
  <ion-content class="has-header">
    <ion-item class="item item-divider">
        <button class="button icon-left ion-funnel button-full button-positive" ng-click="openFilterModal()">Filter/sort results</button>
        <!--<button class="button icon-left ion-arrow-down-b button-stable">Sort</button>-->
    </ion-item>
    <!--
    <ion-item class="item-divider">{{viewModel.selectedItemsLabel}}</ion-item>
    <ion-item ng-if="viewModel.isArray(viewModel.selectedItems)" ng-repeat="selectedItem in viewModel.selectedItems track by $index" class="item-icon-left item-icon-right item-text-wrap">
      <i class="icon ion-checkmark"></i>
      {{viewModel.getItemValue(selectedItem, viewModel.itemViewValueKey)}}
      <i class="icon ion-trash-a" style="cursor:pointer" ng-click="viewModel.removeItem($index)"></i>
      </ion-item>
    <ion-item ng-if="!viewModel.isArray(viewModel.selectedItems)" class="item-icon-left item-icon-right item-text-wrap">
      <i class="icon ion-checkmark"></i>
      {{viewModel.getItemValue(viewModel.selectedItems, viewModel.itemViewValueKey)}}
      <i class="icon ion-trash-a" style="cursor:pointer" ng-click="viewModel.removeItem(0)"></i>
      </ion-item>
    <ion-item class="item-divider" ng-if="viewModel.searchItems.length > 0">{{viewModel.selectItemsLabel}}</ion-item>
    -->
      <ion-item ng-repeat="item in viewModel.searchItems | filter : filterFn track by $index" item-height="55px" item-width="100%" ng-click="viewModel.selectItem(item)" class="item-thumbnail-left">
        <img ng-src="http://www.guidelance.com/images/{{item.entity_type}}s/square_small/{{item.icon}}">
        <h2>{{viewModel.getItemValue(item, viewModel.itemViewValueKey)}}</h2>
        <p>{{item.description}}</p>
        <h4>{{item.distance | distance}}</h4>
      </ion-item>
    </ion-content>
  </div>