diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index c3d9db8..8836f58 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import { ViewStyle, TextStyle, TextInputProps, StyleProp, FlatListProps } from 'react-native';
 
 export interface MultiSelectProps {
+    loading?: boolean;
     single?: boolean;
     selectedItems?: any[];
     items: any[];
diff --git a/lib/react-native-multi-select.js b/lib/react-native-multi-select.js
index fce2b2d..e2dd37f 100644
--- a/lib/react-native-multi-select.js
+++ b/lib/react-native-multi-select.js
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import {
   TouchableOpacity,
   FlatList,
   UIManager,
-  ViewPropTypes
+  ViewPropTypes,
+  ActivityIndicator,
+  ScrollView
 } from 'react-native';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import reject from 'lodash/reject';
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ const defaultSearchIcon = (
 
 export default class MultiSelect extends Component {
   static propTypes = {
+    loading: PropTypes.bool,
     single: PropTypes.bool,
     selectedItems: PropTypes.array,
     items: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ export default class MultiSelect extends Component {
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
+    loading: false,
     single: false,
     selectedItems: [],
     uniqueKey: '_id',
@@ -434,6 +438,8 @@ export default class MultiSelect extends Component {
     switch (this.props.filterMethod) {
       case 'full':
         return this._filterItemsFull(searchTerm);
+      case 'no_filter':
+        return this.props.items;
       default:
         return this._filterItemsPartial(searchTerm);
     }
@@ -441,13 +447,11 @@ export default class MultiSelect extends Component {
 
   _filterItemsPartial = searchTerm => {
     const { items, displayKey } = this.props;
-    const filteredItems = [];
-    items.forEach(item => {
-      const parts = searchTerm.trim().split(/[ \-:]+/);
-      const regex = new RegExp(`(${parts.join('|')})`, 'ig');
-      if (regex.test(get(item, displayKey))) {
-        filteredItems.push(item);
-      }
+    let filteredItems = [];
+    filteredItems = items.filter(item => {
+      let q = searchTerm.toLowerCase();
+      let payload = get(item, displayKey);
+      return payload.toLowerCase().indexOf(q) > -1;
     });
     return filteredItems;
   };
@@ -476,7 +480,8 @@ export default class MultiSelect extends Component {
       selectedItems,
       flatListProps,
       styleListContainer,
-      removeSelected
+      removeSelected,
+      loading
     } = this.props;
     const { searchTerm } = this.state;
     let component = null;
@@ -529,12 +534,24 @@ export default class MultiSelect extends Component {
     if (canAddItems && !searchTermMatch && searchTerm.length) {
       addItemRow = this._getRowNew({ name: searchTerm });
     }
-    component = (
-      <View style={styleListContainer && styleListContainer}>
-        {itemList}
-        {addItemRow}
-      </View>
-    );
+
+    if (loading) {
+      component = (
+        <View style={styleListContainer && styleListContainer}>
+          <View style={{ alignItems: 'center', width: '100%', height: 50 }}>
+            <ActivityIndicator color={'#000'} size={'small'} />
+          </View>
+        </View>
+      );
+    } else {
+      component = (
+        <View style={styleListContainer && styleListContainer}>
+          {itemList}
+          {addItemRow}
+        </View>
+      );
+    }
+
     return component;
   };