Swift - InstantSearch - MultiIndex search by using query filters

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Hello there,

I am using a MultiSearcher to search in two indices. I want to limit the results by using Facets.
This works!

Additionally, I wan to use a search text from a search bar to filter again the results. E. g. I want to type a specific word which is contained in the title attribute of the object that should be fetched. This doesn’t work.

My code looks like this:

class HomeCollectionView: AbstractHomeView, HitsController {

    public weak var hitsSource: HitsInteractor<Hit<JSON>>?
    
    // START UI COMPONENTS
    var challengeCollectionView:UICollectionView?
    // END UI COMPONENTS
    
    // START variables for interacting with the algolia server
    var multiIndexSearcher: MultiSearcher?
    var tournamentHitsInteractor = HitsInteractor<Hit<JSON>>()
    var challengeHitsInteractor = HitsInteractor<Hit<JSON>>()
    var challengeFilterState = FilterState()
    var tournamentFilterState = FilterState()
    // END variable for interacting with the algolia server

   override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)

        ...
          setupInstantSearchSettings()
        
        searchChallengesAndTournaments()
    }
    

   private func setupInstantSearchSettings() {
        multiIndexSearcher = .init(appID: ApplicationID(rawValue: APPID), apiKey: APIKey(rawValue: APIKEY))
    
        let challengeSearcher = multiIndexSearcher!.addHitsSearcher(indexName: "challenges")
        challengeFilterState = AlgoliaSearch.filterChallenge(filterSelections: filterSelections)
        challengeHitsInteractor.connectFilterState(challengeFilterState)
        challengeHitsInteractor.connectSearcher(challengeSearcher)
        
        let tournamentSearcher = multiIndexSearcher!.addHitsSearcher(indexName: "tournament")
        tournamentFilterState = AlgoliaSearch.filterTournament(filterSelections: filterSelections)
        tournamentHitsInteractor.connectFilterState(tournamentFilterState)
        tournamentHitsInteractor.connectSearcher(tournamentSearcher)
                            
        challengeHitsInteractor.connectController(self)
        tournamentHitsInteractor.connectController(self)
    }
    
    private func searchChallengesAndTournaments() {
        activityView.isHidden = false
            
        print("Search text :" + searchBarController.searchBar.text!)
        multiIndexSearcher?.query = searchBarController.searchBar.text!
        multiIndexSearcher!.search()
    }

Any ideas why

multiIndexSearcher?.query = searchBarController.searchBar.text!

is not affecting the result at all?

Thanks!