Fix Search now ignores accents diacritics 95

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 - Save button now overwrites files directly in the text editor ([#224])
+- Search now ignores accents and diacritics ([#95])
 
 ## [1.2.3] - 2025-09-15
 ### Fixed
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ 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
 [#224]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/File-Manager/issues/224
 

app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/filemanager/activities/MimeTypesActivity.kt

@@ -133,10 +133,11 @@ class MimeTypesActivity : SimpleActivity(), ItemOperationsListener {
     override fun selectedPaths(paths: ArrayList<String>) {}
 
     fun searchQueryChanged(text: String) {
-        val searchText = text.trim()
-        lastSearchedText = searchText
+        val normalizedText = text.normalizeString()
+        val searchNormalizedText = normalizedText.trim()
+        lastSearchedText = searchNormalizedText
         when {
-            searchText.isEmpty() -> {
+            searchNormalizedText.isEmpty() -> {
                 binding.apply {
                     mimetypesFastscroller.beVisible()
                     getRecyclerAdapter()?.updateItems(storedItems)
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ class MimeTypesActivity : SimpleActivity(), ItemOperationsListener {
                 }
             }
 
-            searchText.length == 1 -> {
+            searchNormalizedText.length == 1 -> {
                 binding.apply {
                     mimetypesFastscroller.beGone()
                     mimetypesPlaceholder.beVisible()
@@ -155,11 +156,13 @@ class MimeTypesActivity : SimpleActivity(), ItemOperationsListener {
 
             else -> {
                 ensureBackgroundThread {
-                    if (lastSearchedText != searchText) {
+                    if (lastSearchedText != searchNormalizedText) {
                         return@ensureBackgroundThread
                     }
 
-                    val listItems = storedItems.filter { it.name.contains(searchText, true) } as ArrayList<ListItem>
+                    val listItems = storedItems.filter {
+                        it.name.normalizeString().contains(searchNormalizedText, true)
+                    } as ArrayList<ListItem>
 
                     runOnUiThread {
                         getRecyclerAdapter()?.updateItems(listItems, text)
@@ -339,6 +342,7 @@ class MimeTypesActivity : SimpleActivity(), ItemOperationsListener {
                         }
                     }
                 } catch (e: Exception) {
+                    showErrorToast(e)
                 }
             }
         } catch (e: Exception) {

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())

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

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.fossify.commons.extensions.getLongValue
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.getProperBackgroundColor
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.getProperPrimaryColor
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.getStringValue
+import org.fossify.commons.extensions.normalizeString
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.queryCursor
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.showErrorToast
 import org.fossify.commons.extensions.updateTextColors
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ class StorageFragment(context: Context, attributeSet: AttributeSet) : MyViewPage
     }
 
     override fun searchQueryChanged(text: String) {
+        val normalizedText = text.normalizeString()
         lastSearchedText = text
         binding.apply {
             if (text.isNotEmpty()) {
@@ -364,7 +366,10 @@ class StorageFragment(context: Context, attributeSet: AttributeSet) : MyViewPage
             } else {
                 showProgressBar()
                 ensureBackgroundThread {
-                    val filtered = allDeviceListItems.filter { it.mName.contains(text, true) }.toMutableList() as ArrayList<ListItem>
+                    val filtered = allDeviceListItems.filter {
+                        it.mName.normalizeString().contains(normalizedText, true)
+                    }.toMutableList() as ArrayList<ListItem>
+
                     if (lastSearchedText != text) {
                         return@ensureBackgroundThread
                     }