Refactor: Improve app list sorting

This commit enhances the sorting logic for the app list in `MainViewModel.kt`.

- Special characters are now removed from app labels before sorting.
- Multiple spaces within app labels are collapsed into single spaces.
- Leading and trailing spaces are trimmed from app labels.

This ensures a more natural and accurate alphabetical sort order for apps with special characters or inconsistent spacing in their names.

Signed-off-by: CreativeCodeCat <wayne6324@gmail.com>

Author: CreativeCodeCat

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) for commit guidelines.
 
-## [Coming Soon](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/tree/main) - TBD
+## [1.11.0.3](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/tree/1.11.0.3) - (15, September 2025)
 
 ### Bug Fixes:
 
 * Correct app label display in HomeAppsWidgetProvider ([43c169f1](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/43c169f1))
 
 ### Refactors:
 
+* Improve app list sorting ([98ece2ba](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/98ece2ba))
 * Replace Word of the Day AlarmManager with WorkManager ([a61c988d](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/a61c988d))
 * Remove SecurityService and FLAG_SECURE ([ca71b87d](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/ca71b87d))
 * Update cleanMessage regex to include 'docs' ([1bedc196](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/1bedc196))
@@ -203,33 +204,5 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [conven
 
 * Increment build number to 4 ([3267c572](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/3267c572))
 
-## [1.10.8.3](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/tree/1.10.8.3) - (13, July 2025)
-
-### Bug Fixes:
-
-* Use `GITHUB_TOKEN` for `dependabot` actions ([8887e567](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/8887e567))
-* Remove dependabot group names ([f0e6880e](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/f0e6880e))
-* Group all dependency updates ([cca83156](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/cca83156))
-* Only show "Personal apps" header if other profiles exist ([46ddee8b](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/46ddee8b))
-
-### Refactors:
-
-* Implement ViewBinding in OnboardingPageFragment ([55b5d689](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/55b5d689))
-* Nullify views in OnboardingPageFragment ([2c5710cc](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/2c5710cc))
-
-### Build:
-
-* Bump svenstaro/upload-release-action from 2.11.1 to 2.11.2 ([#842](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/pull/842)) ([80d30262](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/80d30262))
-* Bump MyAlbum/purge-cache from 2.1.0 to 2.2.0 ([#841](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/pull/841)) ([1fa356c8](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/1fa356c8))
-
-### Meta:
-
-* Configure dependabot for GitHub Actions ([b33b311b](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/b33b311b))
-* Increment build number to 3 ([a9d167d3](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/a9d167d3))
-
-### Feature Removals:
-
-* Remove deprecated workflow ([4ffadaf5](https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher/commit/4ffadaf5))
-
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app/src/main/java/com/github/droidworksstudio/mlauncher/MainViewModel.kt

@@ -480,7 +480,13 @@ class MainViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(application) {
             // Sort the list
             fullList.sortWith(
                 compareBy<AppListItem> { it.category.ordinal }
-                    .thenBy { it.label.lowercase() }
+                    .thenBy {
+                        it.label
+                            .replace(Regex("[^\\p{L}\\p{N}\\s]"), "")     // keep letters, numbers, spaces
+                            .replace(Regex("\\s+"), " ")                  // collapse multiple spaces
+                            .trim()                                                             // remove leading/trailing spaces
+                            .lowercase()
+                    }
             )
 
             // Build scroll index