An option to autofocus into the text entry area

[ehsanzs]

In my App, when a User clicks on the button that displays the Search box, the text entry area is not auto-focused. Instead, the User has to manually press the text entry box in order for the keyboard to appear so that they could starting typing. Please refer to my screen-shot where the text entry area IS focused, after pressing the text entry area. While this is not the case when using a Simulator, I can recreate this issue using an iPhone.

HTML:

JavaScript:
$scope.showFilterBar = function () {
var filterBarInstance = $ionicFilterBar.show({
items: $scope.DBEVItemList,
update: function (filteredItems) {
$scope.DBEVItemList = filteredItems;
},
filterProperties: $scope.DBEVItemList.fullname
});
};