Fix Search now ignores accents diacritics 95

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fixed missing permission prompt on initial "Save as" launch ([#85])
 - Fixed printing text files containing a "#" ([#104])
 
+### Changed
+- Search now ignores accents and diacritics ([#95])
+
 ## [1.2.3] - 2025-09-15
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed folders showing up incorrectly as files in some cases ([#80])
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#267]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/File-Manager/issues/267
 [#250]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/File-Manager/issues/250
 [#85]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/File-Manager/issues/85
+[#95]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/File-Manager/issues/95
 [#104]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/File-Manager/issues/104
 
 [Unreleased]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/File-Manager/compare/1.2.3...HEAD

app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/filemanager/fragments/ItemsFragment.kt

@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ class ItemsFragment(context: Context, attributeSet: AttributeSet) : MyViewPagerF
             return files
         }
 
+        val normalizedText = text.normalizeString()
         val sorting = context!!.config.getFolderSorting(path)
         FileDirItem.sorting = context!!.config.getFolderSorting(currentPath)
         val isSortingBySize = sorting and SORT_BY_SIZE != 0
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ class ItemsFragment(context: Context, attributeSet: AttributeSet) : MyViewPagerF
             }
 
             if (it.isDirectory) {
-                if (it.name.contains(text, true)) {
+                if (it.name.normalizeString().contains(normalizedText, true)) {
                     val fileDirItem = getListItemFromFile(it, isSortingBySize, HashMap(), false)
                     if (fileDirItem != null) {
                         files.add(fileDirItem)
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ class ItemsFragment(context: Context, attributeSet: AttributeSet) : MyViewPagerF
 
                 files.addAll(searchFiles(text, it.absolutePath))
             } else {
-                if (it.name.contains(text, true)) {
+                if (it.name.normalizeString().contains(normalizedText, true)) {
                     val fileDirItem = getListItemFromFile(it, isSortingBySize, HashMap(), false)
                     if (fileDirItem != null) {
                         files.add(fileDirItem)

app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/filemanager/fragments/RecentsFragment.kt

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.fossify.commons.extensions.getDoesFilePathExist
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.getFilenameFromPath
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.getLongValue
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.getStringValue
+import org.fossify.commons.extensions.normalizeString
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.showErrorToast
 import org.fossify.commons.helpers.VIEW_TYPE_GRID
 import org.fossify.commons.helpers.VIEW_TYPE_LIST
@@ -242,7 +243,11 @@ class RecentsFragment(context: Context, attributeSet: AttributeSet) : MyViewPage
 
     override fun searchQueryChanged(text: String) {
         lastSearchedText = text
-        val filtered = filesIgnoringSearch.filter { it.mName.contains(text, true) }.toMutableList() as ArrayList<ListItem>
+        val normalizedText = text.normalizeString()
+        val filtered = filesIgnoringSearch.filter {
+            it.mName.normalizeString().contains(normalizedText, true)
+        }.toMutableList() as ArrayList<ListItem>
+
         binding.apply {
             (recentsList.adapter as? ItemsAdapter)?.updateItems(filtered, text)
             recentsPlaceholder.beVisibleIf(filtered.isEmpty())