Fix UTF-8 mojibake and sorting for non-ASCII characters in style names

[Copilot]

Non-ASCII characters (é, ö, ä, ñ) were displaying as mojibake ("Rosé" → "Rosé") and sorting incorrectly in the style filter.

Changes

UTF-8 decoding fix (beer_api_service.dart)

• Changed from json.decode(response.body) to json.decode(utf8.decode(response.bodyBytes))
• The http package decodes response.body as Latin-1 when charset is unspecified in Content-Type, causing UTF-8 bytes (0xC3 0xA9 for "é") to be misinterpreted as Latin-1 chars ("é")

Locale-aware sorting (string_comparison_helper.dart, drinks_screen.dart)

• Added case-insensitive comparison helper to replace binary code point comparison
• Prevents accented characters from sorting far from their base characters (e.g., "Rosé" now sorts after "Rose" instead of after "Z")

Cloudflare Worker UTF-8 headers (cloudflare-worker/worker.js)

• Explicitly set Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 on all JSON responses
• Added logic to detect and fix proxied JSON responses missing charset declaration
• Provides defense-in-depth so browsers/clients won't misinterpret encoding

// Before: binary comparison (é code point 233 > e code point 101)
sortedStyles.sort((a, b) => a.compareTo(b));  // ["Rose", "Stout", "Rosé"]

// After: case-insensitive comparison
sortedStyles.sort(StringComparisonHelper.compareLocaleAware);  // ["Rose", "Rosé", "Stout"]

Testing

• Added 12 new tests covering UTF-8 encoding and locale-aware sorting
• All 367 tests pass

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Bad handling of non English characters (rosé)</issue_title>
<issue_description>For example in the style filter screen </issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Bad handling of non English characters (rosé) #173

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[richardthe3rd]

@copilot Can we make the cloudflare worker return correct response saying it's utf8?

[Copilot]

@copilot Can we make the cloudflare worker return correct response saying it's utf8?

Yes! Updated the Cloudflare Worker to explicitly set charset=utf-8 on all JSON responses in commit 9af2940.

The worker now:

• Sets Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 on all directly generated responses (health, festivals.json, available_beverage_types)
• Adds charset to proxied responses if missing: checks if upstream returns application/json without charset and adds it

This provides defense-in-depth - even though the client now handles UTF-8 correctly, the server explicitly declares the encoding so browsers won't guess incorrectly.

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LCOV of commit 9af2940 during Flutter App CI/CD #920

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Pull request overview

This PR fixes UTF-8 mojibake issues where non-ASCII characters (é, ö, ä, ñ) were displaying as garbled text like "Rosé" instead of "Rosé", and implements locale-aware sorting to ensure accented characters sort alphabetically near their base characters rather than at the end of lists.

Key Changes:

• Fixed UTF-8 decoding in API service by using utf8.decode(response.bodyBytes) instead of response.body
• Added case-insensitive, locale-aware string comparison helper for proper sorting of accented characters
• Updated Cloudflare Worker to explicitly declare UTF-8 charset in all JSON responses for defense-in-depth

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 8 out of 8 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
lib/services/beer_api_service.dart	Switched from response.body to utf8.decode(response.bodyBytes) to fix mojibake caused by Latin-1 default decoding
lib/utils/string_comparison_helper.dart	New helper class providing case-insensitive, locale-aware string comparison for proper sorting of accented characters
lib/utils/utils.dart	Added export for new string comparison helper in barrel file
lib/screens/drinks_screen.dart	Updated style filter to use locale-aware sorting instead of binary comparison
cloudflare-worker/worker.js	Added explicit charset=utf-8 to all JSON responses and logic to fix proxied responses missing charset
test/utf8_encoding_test.dart	Comprehensive tests (3 test cases) verifying UTF-8 characters decode correctly without mojibake
test/string_comparison_helper_test.dart	Thorough tests (9 test cases) for locale-aware comparison including edge cases and transitivity
test/drinks_screen_style_filter_test.dart	Integration test verifying accented style names display and sort correctly in the UI

Review Summary: The implementation is solid with excellent test coverage (12 new tests added, 367 total tests passing). The code is well-documented with clear comments explaining the technical reasons for the changes. The fix addresses both the root cause (UTF-8 decoding) and provides defense-in-depth (server-side charset headers). No issues found in the changed files.