How to make an Emoji App? (iOS)

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I'm wanting to be educated on how to create an emoji type app with the code. But i can't seem to find a tutorial for it. So I thought I would ask on here if anyone will help me. I've got Xcode and a $99 license too for testing it out on my device.

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6556647/create-custom-international-keyboard-for-iphone there is like a billion questions just like this on SO. You should just search. — John Riselvato, Jul 01 '12 at 16:01
"Make an emoji app" Like what? The iOS keyboard already supports a massive amount of emoji since iOS 5, with more support on the way in iOS 6. There's no code necessary. — CodaFi, Jul 01 '12 at 16:02
So why are there 3 emoji apps on the top 100 charts if no code is needed? — Plies Neyo, Jul 01 '12 at 16:03
I just want to learn how its done. So you click a button and it says 'emoji enabled' or something. i wannna see the code for it — Plies Neyo, Jul 01 '12 at 16:03
They're probably just Unicode apps. They add a couple of chars into a text field, allow you to Email and text them off with the MF framework, and bam, instant success. [See](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9940278/why-cant-emoji-display-correctly-in-uitextfield) — CodaFi, Jul 01 '12 at 16:05

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

Emoji chars are simply Unicode chars, just with more limited support as you progress backwards through iOS history. To enter emoji using the keyboard, iOS 5 and 6 provide the system standard Emoji keyboard (settings>general>international>keyboards>emoji). In code, any standard text rendering object will show most escaped chars you pass to them:

UITextView *example = [[UITextView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,320,460)];
[example setText:@"\U0001F604"];
[self.view addSubview: example];

Simple as that.

Note that prior to iOS 5, text rendered and sent as Emojis utilizes the iOS private Unicode space, which means anybody not on an iOS device will get a whole lot of ? And [] instead of characters. See here for the hack that enables the emoji keyboard in most of those emoji apps on the store.

How to make an Emoji App? (iOS)

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