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Is there a way to install additional emojis, without replacing the
standard Android keyboard or having a new app running in the
background?
I sometimes use emojis in messages, but those which came with my phone
are too limited and many seem chosen for school children.
Pamela wrote:
Is there a way to install additional emojis, without replacing the
standard Android keyboard or having a new app running in the
background?
Additional emoji are generally added by android updates after they've
been added to unicode
I sometimes use emojis in messages, but those which came with my phone
are too limited and many seem chosen for school children.
If you go "adding your own" how do you know your recipient is likely to
have them at the other end?
Don't forget that adding an emoji to a text message makes the whole
message be sent in double rate, i.e. you only get 80 characters instead
of 160.
Is there a way to install additional emojis, without replacing the
standard Android keyboard or having a new app running in the
background?
I sometimes use emojis in messages, but those which came with my phone
are too limited and many seem chosen for school children.
On Mon 12/05/2025 19:22, Andy Burns wrote:
Pamela wrote:
Is there a way to install additional emojis, without replacing the
standard Android keyboard or having a new app running in the
background?
Additional emoji are generally added by android updates after they've
been added to unicode
I sometimes use emojis in messages, but those which came with my phone
are too limited and many seem chosen for school children.
If you go "adding your own" how do you know your recipient is likely to
have them at the other end?
Don't forget that adding an emoji to a text message makes the whole
message be sent in double rate, i.e. you only get 80 characters instead
of 160.
On Mon 12/05/2025 19:22, Andy Burns wrote:
Pamela wrote:
Is there a way to install additional emojis, without replacing the
standard Android keyboard or having a new app running in the
background?
Additional emoji are generally added by android updates after they've
been added to unicode
I sometimes use emojis in messages, but those which came with my phone
are too limited and many seem chosen for school children.
If you go "adding your own" how do you know your recipient is likely to have them at the other end?
Don't forget that adding an emoji to a text message makes the whole
message be sent in double rate, i.e. you only get 80 characters instead
of 160.
Is there a way to install additional emojis, without replacing the
standard Android keyboard or having a new app running in the
background?
I sometimes use emojis in messages, but those which came with my phone
are too limited and many seem chosen for school children.
Isn't the emoji sent along with the message text, perhaps as a bitmapAre all letter "A"s sent along as a bitmap?
image?
So if emojis are generated locally then all the more reason not to use
them. I already get lost amongst the subtle differences between
smileys, and additional local variation would make them more ambiguous in some conversations.
Isn't the emoji sent along with the message text, perhaps as a bitmap
image?
On 12:08 16 May 2025, David Woolley said:
On 15/05/2025 23:36, Pamela wrote:
Isn't the emoji sent along with the message text, perhaps as a
bitmap image?
They are sent as characters codes
<https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html> or code
sequences
<https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-modifiers.html>.
If the emoji graphic is stored locally then (IMHO) they are much tinier
and more indistinct than necessary.
If the emoji graphic is stored locally then (IMHO) they are much tinier
and more indistinct than necessary.
Pamela wrote:
If the emoji graphic is stored locally then (IMHO) they are much tinierand more indistinct than necessary.
For Android, the font is Noto Color Emoji, which is an outline font, not
a bitmap one, so there is no specific size. It is up to the local application to choose how big to make them.
On 17/05/2025 13:07, Pamela wrote:
If the emoji graphic is stored locally then (IMHO) they are much tinier
and more indistinct than necessary.
For Android, the font is Noto Color Emoji,
which is an outline font, not
a bitmap one, so there is no specific size.
It is up to the local
application to choose how big to make them.
Isn't the emoji sent along with the message text, perhaps as a bitmap
image?