# vanniktech/emoji

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1,634 stars · 294 forks · Kotlin · Apache-2.0

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/vanniktech/Emoji
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/vanniktech-emoji.md

## Topics

`android` `emoji` `emojione` `ios` `ios-emojis` `kotlin` `kotlin-android` `kotlin-multiplatform`

## Description

Emoji is a cross-platform library designed to provide consistent emoji rendering and input capabilities across Android, iOS, and JVM applications. It functions as a graphics engine that bypasses native system limitations, ensuring that emoji characters appear uniformly regardless of the underlying operating system version.

The library distinguishes itself by using a metadata-driven mapping system that links Unicode sequences to local, resource-backed image assets. This approach allows for reliable, offline-capable glyph rendering and provides developers with granular control over emoji behavior, including search logic, variant selection, and the tracking of recently used characters.

Beyond rendering, the project offers a suite of interactive user interface components for browsing and selecting emojis. It also includes extensions for standard text input fields, enabling custom keyboard interactions, character filtering, and the direct insertion of emoji graphics into application layouts.

## Tags

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Emoji Integration Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/emoji-integration-libraries.md) — Provides a cross-platform library for displaying and inputting consistent emoji graphics across Android, iOS, and JVM applications.

### Graphics & Multimedia

- [Cross-Platform Graphics Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/cross-platform-graphics-frameworks.md) — Functions as a cross-platform rendering framework that ensures uniform emoji appearance regardless of the underlying system version.

### User Interface & Experience

- [Emoji Mapping Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/emoji-mapping-libraries.md) — Uses structured metadata to map Unicode character sequences to specific image assets for efficient lookup and display.
- [Emoji Support](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/emoji-support.md) — Ensures consistent emoji rendering and visual appearance across Android, iOS, and JVM applications regardless of native system support.
- [Emoji Image Renderers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/emoji-support/emoji-image-renderers.md) — Renders consistent emoji sets across different platforms to ensure visual uniformity regardless of native system support. ([source](https://github.com/vanniktech/emoji#readme))
- [Emoji Pickers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/emoji-pickers.md) — Provides searchable, category-based components for users to browse and select emojis within application interfaces.
- [Emoji Insertion Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/emoji-support/emoji-insertion-tools.md) — Extends standard text input fields to support emoji insertion and custom keyboard interaction behaviors. ([source](https://github.com/vanniktech/emoji#readme))
- [Mobile UI Component Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/mobile-ui-component-libraries.md) — Provides interactive interface elements for browsing, searching, and selecting emojis within mobile text input fields.
- [Input Enhancements](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/text-input-fields/input-enhancements.md) — Extends standard text fields to support intuitive emoji insertion, character filtering, and custom keyboard interactions.

### Operating Systems & Systems Programming

- [Application Input Interception](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/hardware-interfacing-drivers/application-input-interception.md) — Hooks into system text input streams to intercept and replace standard character sequences with custom emoji image representations.