resolve #33, Game Sort Title

RetroPass/DataSourceLaunchBox.cs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class GameLaunchBox : Game
 		[XmlElement(ElementName = "Developer")] public override string Developer { get; set; }
 		[XmlElement(ElementName = "Publisher")] public override string Publisher { get; set; }
 		[XmlElement(ElementName = "Genre")] public override string Genre { get; set; }
+		[XmlElement(ElementName = "SortTitle")] public override string SortTitle { get; set; }
 
 		[XmlIgnore] public override string ApplicationPathFull { get { return Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(DataRootFolder, ApplicationPath)); } }
 
@@ -284,6 +285,18 @@ public async Task<List<PlaylistLaunchBox>> LoadPlaylistsXmls(StorageFolder dataF
 			return playlistLaunchBoxList;
 		}
 
+		private void AddGameToSortedDictionary(SortedDictionary<string, Game> sortedGames, Game game)
+		{
+			string key = string.IsNullOrEmpty(game.SortTitle) ? game.Title : game.SortTitle;
+
+			if (sortedGames.ContainsKey(key))
+			{
+				//if the key exists, still show the game, but just append a unique guid so it can be added to a dictionary
+				key += Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
+			}
+			sortedGames.Add(key, game);
+		}
+
 		private void AddToDictionaryList<TKey, TValue>(IDictionary<TKey, List<TValue>> dictionary, TKey key, TValue value)
 		{
 			if (!dictionary.ContainsKey(key))
@@ -391,12 +404,20 @@ public async Task<Playlist> LoadLaunchBoxPlatform(string platformName, Platforms
 			using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(xmlPlatform))
 			{
 				XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(PlaylistPlatformLaunchBox));
-				PlaylistPlatformLaunchBox platformGames = serializer.Deserialize(reader) as PlaylistPlatformLaunchBox;
-				
-				playlistTmp.Name = platformName;
+				PlaylistPlatformLaunchBox platformGames = serializer.Deserialize(reader) as PlaylistPlatformLaunchBox;				
+
+				SortedDictionary<string, Game> sortedGames = new SortedDictionary<string, Game>();
 
 				foreach (var game in platformGames.games)
 				{
+					AddGameToSortedDictionary(sortedGames, game);
+				}
+
+				playlistTmp.Name = platformName;
+
+				foreach (var gameEntry in sortedGames)
+				{
+					var game = gameEntry.Value as GameLaunchBox;
 					game.DataRootFolder = rootFolder;
 					game.GamePlatform = platform;
 
@@ -416,7 +437,6 @@ public async Task<Playlist> LoadLaunchBoxPlatform(string platformName, Platforms
 				}
 			}
 
-			playlistTmp.Sort();
 			playlistTmp.UpdateGamesLandingPage();
 			Playlists.Add(playlistTmp);
 			return playlistTmp;
@@ -497,6 +517,8 @@ public override async Task Load()
 					playlistTmp = new Playlist();
 					playlistTmp.Name = playlistLaunchBox._Playlist.Name;
 
+					SortedDictionary<string, Game> sortedGames = new SortedDictionary<string, Game>();
+
 					foreach (var playlistGameLaunchBox in playlistLaunchBox.PlaylistGames)
 					{
 						var gamePlatform = playlistGameLaunchBox.GamePlatform;
@@ -514,10 +536,17 @@ public override async Task Load()
 
 						if (playlistItemPlatform != null)
 						{
-							playlistTmp.AddPlaylistItem(playlistItemPlatform.game);
+							var game = playlistItemPlatform.game;
+
+							AddGameToSortedDictionary(sortedGames, game);
 						}
 					}
 
+					foreach (var gameEntry in sortedGames)
+					{
+						playlistTmp.AddPlaylistItem(gameEntry.Value);
+					}
+
 					//show playlist only if there is at least one game
 					if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(playlistTmp.Name) == false && playlistTmp.PlaylistItems.Count > 0)
 					{
@@ -531,6 +560,6 @@ public override async Task Load()
 					PlaylistImported?.Invoke(playlistTmp);
 				}
 			}
-		}		
+		}
 	}
 }

RetroPass/Game.cs

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public abstract class Game
 		[XmlIgnore] public virtual string Publisher { get; set; }
 		[XmlIgnore] public virtual string ReleaseDate { get; set; }
 		[XmlIgnore] public virtual string Genre { get; set; }
+		[XmlIgnore] public virtual string SortTitle { get; set; }
 
 		BitmapImage bitmapImage = null;