How to make orderby filter work on array of strings?

Solution 1:

You can order by a method, so you can use the toString method

<ul ng-repeat="strVal in arrVal | orderBy:'toString()' | filter:searchText">

Write a custom filter:

app.filter('mySort', function() {
    return function(input) {
      return input.sort();
    }
  });

HTML:

<ul ng-repeat="strVal in arrVal|filter:searchText|mySort">

Fiddle.