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Emoji (Emoticons) on Blackberry and Android App. How to support?


I wonder how whatsapp gives support for that. I could use emojis on iPhone because it is natively supported. I'm not developing for bb neither android but I need to help a coder with this stuff.

The bb guy told me that he can add a font as a project resource (ttf), but since emojis are colored graphics, I'm not sure if i can create a ttf. I do not know anything about fonts either.

As you can see, my unknowledge is huge on this. I just need some tips that point me to the right way to research.

Thanks!


Solution

  • On Android you can make a BitMap font with the tutorial i found here. Then you can embed all your Emoji into that font.

    For making this on the BlackBerry you can use the FontFamily class.
    Here is a tutorial that explains how this works.

    Have fun! :-)