New topic: Emoji?
<http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=30502> Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] Previous topic | Next topic Author Message pizzafilms Post subject: Emoji?Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:30 pm Joined: Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:25 pm Posts: 2 Anyone know much about reading/decoding emoji characters? I'm trying to read emoji characters that are in text messages in the iPhone database. I can read the string and can see when a character is > asc 127, but don't know how to decode them. Every reference I see online doesn't seem to be consistent. Also, any idea where to find a workable character set or images would be helpful as well. Any help would be great. Thanks. Top timhare Post subject: Re: Emoji?Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:52 pm Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:21 pm Posts: 6571 Location: Portland, OR USA You most likely need to define the encoding of the string you read in. RB won't know what to expect, so the string is read with a nil encoding. Use DefineEncoding to set it to the proper encoding, and RB will be able to display it. Tim Top pizzafilms Post subject: Re: Emoji?Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:38 pm Joined: Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:25 pm Posts: 2 Well, I tried setting the encoding to UTF16 which is what most SMS messages should be and it did not decode it into an Emoji character. It just looked like a Japanese character. Man, that would have been too easy. I was assuming that I'd have to do the decoding myself, but I can't even find a good source that shows what characters go with what Unicode characters. Top timhare Post subject: Re: Emoji?Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:17 pm Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:21 pm Posts: 6571 Location: Portland, OR USA After perusing the Wikipedia page for emoji, I think you're right. Only one of the providers actually uses UTF-16 characters for the symbols, but draws them using their own icons. The others use other mechanisms to embed the symbols. Tim Top Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] -- Over 1500 classes with 29000 functions in one REALbasic plug-in collection. The Monkeybread Software Realbasic Plugin v9.3. http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/plugins.shtml [email protected]
