Ionic 2 ion-Searchbar ionClear not firing on button click
<p>I have a searchbar in my toolbar as follows:</p>

<pre><code>  &lt;ion-toolbar color="clarity"&gt;
    &lt;ion-searchbar
      [(ngModel)]="searchText"
      [showCancelButton]="false"
      (ionInput)="onInput($event)"
      (ionClear)="onClear($event)"&gt;
    &lt;/ion-searchbar&gt;
  &lt;/ion-toolbar&gt;   
</code></pre>

<p>and a function in the corresponding TS file: </p>

<pre><code>   onClear(event){
     this.searchText = "";
   }
</code></pre>

<p>But the 'onClear' event never gets hit when the searchbars little 'x' is clicked.. why is that?</p>