adding custom sorting method and all and works fine with search and all now

nirvana-ios/Views/Contacts/ContactsViewModel.swift

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import SwiftUI
 
 class ContactsViewModel : ObservableObject {
     @Published var showPermissionAlert = false
-    @Published var contacts: [ContactsViewModelContact] = []
+    @Published var contacts: [String: ContactsViewModelContact] = [:]
     
     private var firestoreService = FirestoreService()
     
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ class ContactsViewModel : ObservableObject {
                 var formattedNumber = cnPhoneNumber?.digits.suffix(10)
                 
                 // only show contacts if they have a phone number
-                if formattedNumber != nil {
+                if formattedNumber != nil && formattedNumber?.count ?? 0 > 9 {
                     formattedNumber = "+1" + formattedNumber! // adding country code
                     
                     let contactNumber = String(formattedNumber!)
-                    var contactVm = ContactsViewModelContact(cnName: contactDisplayName, cnPhoneNumber: contactNumber)
+                    var contactVm = ContactsViewModelContact(cnName: contactDisplayName, cnPhoneNumber: contactNumber, sortingProp: contactDisplayName)
                     
                     // check if the contact is an existing user by phone number
                     self.firestoreService.getUserByPhoneNumber(phoneNumber: contactNumber) {[weak self] returnedUser in
@@ -75,13 +75,15 @@ class ContactsViewModel : ObservableObject {
                             if returnedUser == nil {
                                 // do nothing, keep contactsVm object user property nil
                                 contactVm.isExisting = false
+                                contactVm.sortingProp = contactVm.cnName
                             } else {
                                 // adding user details if this contact is existing user
+                                contactVm.sortingProp = "!" // adding for sorting purposes
                                 contactVm.user = returnedUser
                                 contactVm.isExisting = true
                             }
                             
-                            self?.contacts.append(contactVm)
+                            self?.contacts[contactVm.sortingProp] = contactVm
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -100,4 +102,5 @@ struct ContactsViewModelContact : Identifiable {
     var cnName: String
     var cnPhoneNumber: String
     var isExisting: Bool = false
+    var sortingProp: String
 }

nirvana-ios/Views/Contacts/FindFriendsView.swift

@@ -16,15 +16,19 @@ struct FindFriendsView: View {
     @StateObject var contactsVM = ContactsViewModel()
     
     @State private var searchQuery: String = ""
-
+    
     var body: some View {
+        
         NavigationView {
             // TODO: add search bar + have secondary sort
             List {
-                ForEach(contactsVM.contacts.sorted { $0.isExisting && !$1.isExisting }) { contact in
+                ForEach(searchItems, id: \.self) { key in
-                    ListContactRow(contact: contact)
+                    if let currContact = self.contactsVM.contacts[key] {
+                        ListContactRow(contact: currContact)
+                    }
                 }
             }
+            .searchable(text: self.$searchQuery)
             .navigationTitle("Find Friends")
             .navigationBarItems(trailing: Button(action: {
                 dismiss()
@@ -32,10 +36,15 @@ struct FindFriendsView: View {
                 Text("Cancel")
             }))
         }
-        .onAppear  {
+    }
-            // organize contacts
+    
-            // sort by has account and then show all other contacts
+    var searchItems: [String] {
-            
+        let keys = (Array(self.contactsVM.contacts.keys) as [String]).sorted()
+        
+        if self.searchQuery.isEmpty  {
+            return keys
+        } else {
+            return keys.filter { $0.contains(self.searchQuery) }
         }
     }
 }