1p8 clean search field instead of keeping previous search

ag_mike_d When navigating back to the search results screen, I'd expect to just see the full screen of results:

But in the latest beta (8.9.6) it seems to automatically trigger focus in the search field, which feels unexpected, as this isn't what happens in most other iOS apps (and it also has some odd white space and janky delay before the keyboard jumps up):

If the text in the search box was also selected, ready for typing a new search term, I could see the value in this, but currently it doesn't highlight the text, so you have to tap the 'x' to clear the field anyway, meaning there is no benefit in already focusing the field and covering some of the results with the keyboard. The only benefit would be if you wanted to add to your previous search term, but I doubt this is a very common action.

So may I suggest either:
* Also highlight the text in the auto-focused search box (like the Twitter app does) - this would solve the OP's query
* Don't auto-focus the search box (like the iOS Mail app)