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Allow room search to filter by mxid, room alias, etc #7603

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@HarHarLinks

Your use case

This is effectively the android counterpart to element-hq/element-web#16253

What would you like to do?

I'm always frustrated when I try to find my smartass friend who uses a single unicode special character (♠) as display name in my people/room list, and they're not in the top 5 recent people I talked to. So this means I have to type an emoji and hope it's the right variant (\u2660 or \u2660\uFE0F) or scroll down for hours while scanning for the right room.
Sure, I could warn them about this and then stop messaging them unless they change their display name, but I think Element could simply handle such things better.

How would you like to achieve it?

Mirror the search/filter algorithm from Desktop "New Search Experience"

Have you considered any alternatives?

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Are you willing to provide a PR?

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    A-SearchO-OccasionalAffects or can be seen by some users regularly or most users rarelyS-MinorImpairs non-critical functionality or suitable workarounds existT-EnhancementNew features, changes in functionality, performance boosts, user-facing improvements

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