Added slug as dependecy and created a slugified String

app/lib/database/utils.js

@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import XRegExp from 'xregexp';
+import slug from 'slug';
 
 // Matches letters from any alphabet and numbers
 const likeStringRegex = new XRegExp('[^\\p{L}\\p{Nd}]', 'g');
 export const sanitizeLikeString = str => str?.replace(likeStringRegex, '_');
 
+export const slugifyLikeString = (str) => {
+    str?.replace(likeStringRegex, '_');
+    const slugified = slug(str);
+    return slugified;
+};
+
 export const sanitizer = r => r;

app/lib/rocketchat.js

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ import { useSsl } from '../utils/url';
 import UserPreferences from './userPreferences';
 import { Encryption } from './encryption';
 import EventEmitter from '../utils/events';
-import { sanitizeLikeString } from './database/utils';
+import { sanitizeLikeString, slugifyLikeString } from './database/utils';
 import { updatePermission } from '../actions/permissions';
 import { TEAM_TYPE } from '../definition/ITeam';
 import { updateSettings } from '../actions/settings';
@@ -689,10 +689,12 @@ const RocketChat = {
 		const searchText = text.trim();
 		const db = database.active;
 		const likeString = sanitizeLikeString(searchText);
+		const slugifiedString = slugifyLikeString(searchText);
 		let data = await db.get('subscriptions').query(
 			Q.or(
 				Q.where('name', Q.like(`%${ likeString }%`)),
-				Q.where('fname', Q.like(`%${ likeString }%`))
+				Q.where('fname', Q.like(`%${ likeString }%`)),
+				Q.where('name', Q.like(`%${ slugifiedString }%`))
 			),
 			Q.experimentalSortBy('room_updated_at', Q.desc)
 		).fetch();

package.json

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
     "rn-fetch-blob": "0.12.0",
     "rn-root-view": "1.0.3",
     "semver": "7.3.5",
+    "slug": "^5.1.0",
     "ua-parser-js": "0.7.28",
     "url-parse": "1.5.1",
     "use-deep-compare-effect": "1.6.1",

yarn.lock

@@ -15462,6 +15462,11 @@ slide@^1.1.5:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slide/-/slide-1.1.6.tgz#56eb027d65b4d2dce6cb2e2d32c4d4afc9e1d707"
   integrity sha1-VusCfWW00tzmyy4tMsTUr8nh1wc=
 
+slug@^5.1.0:
+  version "5.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-5.1.0.tgz#8a7e30ca1c3a6dc40cf74e269750913a865edb0b"
+  integrity sha512-IS39jKR6m+puU8zWgH6ruwx1sfzFNJ6Ai5PKIlUqd0X8C3ca7PB49Cvm0uayqgEt1jgaojO2wWEsQJngnh7fDA==
+
 snapdragon-node@^2.0.1:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/snapdragon-node/-/snapdragon-node-2.1.1.tgz#6c175f86ff14bdb0724563e8f3c1b021a286853b"