[Bug]: Search empty-state copy reads "explorer" instead of "explore"

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#2,127 opened on Jun 12, 2026 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 1/5
Estimated time: Under an hour
Newbie friendliness: 84/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Clearly specified
Activity status: Quiet
Tech stack: kotlin
Domain: mobile

Research direction

Start with feature/search/api/src/main/res/values/strings.xml and inspect the feature_search_api_try_another_search resource. Check how SearchScreen.kt assembles it in EmptySearchResultBody, then run the existing SearchScreenTest. Done means the empty-results message uses “explore” and the test still passes.

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What happened?

The empty-results message on the Search screen contains a grammar error. When a
search returns no results, EmptySearchResultBody renders:

Try another search or explorer Interests to browse topics

The word "explorer" (a noun) should be "explore" (a verb) to read correctly:

Try another search or explore Interests to browse topics

The faulty text comes from the feature_search_api_try_another_search string
resource:

https://github.com/android/nowinandroid/blob/main/feature/search/api/src/main/res/values/strings.xml#L22

<string name="feature_search_api_try_another_search">Try another search or explorer </string>                                             

It is assembled into the final sentence in SearchScreen.kt
(EmptySearchResultBody), where the bold "Interests" link and " to browse topics"
are appended:

https://github.com/android/nowinandroid/blob/main/feature/search/impl/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/feature/search/impl/SearchScreen.kt#L231-L253

This is a user-facing copy fix only and does not change app behavior. The existing
SearchScreenTest builds its expected string from the same resource, so it
continues to pass without modification.


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