== The search action item ==
[[File:Action_icon_search.png|thumb|The search action item]]
In most activities' action bars (except for not directly content-related ones like the info activity or the settings activity), a search action item in form of a magnifying glass icon is available. Pressing it results into the action bar changing to a search text input field. Here, you can enter your free text criteria you want to search for. Upon confirming the input, a search result activity will open, and the search will run in the background. The action item is only available after login.
== The search result activity ==
After having started the search, a result activity will be shown. If results are found, they are shown in a list, sorted by relevance and alphabetically.Clicking on such a result object will show it in the content browser[[Content Browser]].
== Online and offline search ==
A mobile free text search is always performed based on data available on the device. Additionally, an online server search is executed if possible.
The requirements for an online search are:
* The server is reachable & and online or manual mode are active (not available in offline mode); see [[Sync_Mode]] for more details.
* A free text search query is provided by the server
== Search result quality ==