As usual, really good feedback. Thank you! Erik
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2017, at 4:27 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala <[email protected]> wrote: > > In fact, there are several suggestions for free emoji fonts here: > https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/31625/are-there-any-free-emoji-fonts > > > Thanks, > Om > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 4:26 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hmm, it would be hard to map an emoji char to fontawesome char. I just >> showed fontawesome as an example for usage. >> >> For your case, maybe the free OpenSansEmoji font from here can help: >> https://github.com/MorbZ/OpenSansEmoji >> >> Then try creating a simple <s:Label>{your unicode string here}</s:Label> >> and see if it works. >> >> Thanks, >> Om >> >>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Erik J. Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hey Om: >>> >>> Good suggestion, I use fontAwesome and love it. >>> >>> How do you map the Unicode emoji char that is entered by the iOS >>> softkeyboard to an equivalent fontAwesome character? That would be super >>> helpful! >>> >>> My only other concern there is embedding multiple fonts in the TLF code. >>> I have tried mixing fonts with styles in HTML and using TextConverter to >>> import that mark up and that doesn't work for some reason, though I think >>> it's supposed to. I will work on that approach. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Erik >>> >>>> On Apr 17, 2017, at 3:45 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> We have FontAwesome working fine with the Flex SDK. >>>> >>>> Here is a usage example: >>>> https://github.com/apache/flex-sdk/blob/8f3dd5bb05549b29f9d6 >>> 08e6abc914409a1a4ae2/frameworks/projects/flatspark/ >>> src/flatspark/skins/ComboBoxButtonSkin.mxml#L106 >>>> Here is the unicode definition: >>>> https://github.com/apache/flex-sdk/blob/8f3dd5bb05549b29f9d6 >>> 08e6abc914409a1a4ae2/frameworks/projects/flatspark/src/flatspark/utils/ >>> AwesomeUtils.as#L131 >>>> >>>> Of course, this is from a custom loaded font. >>>> >>>> Perhaps this could give you a hint on how you can achieve yours? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Om >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Erik J. Thomas <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Clint for your suggestion but this approach doesn't work either. >>>>> Tried using every way I know how to assign the content to the RichText >>>>> control. It could still be my error on how I'm assigning content to >>> the TLF >>>>> document. >>>>> >>>>> There must be some way to make this work since on can supposedly >>> display >>>>> Kanji characters in this way if the app is localized. The internals >>> must be >>>>> there for displaying multi-byte and/or unicode somewhere. Guess I'll >>> resort >>>>> to diving into RichText code and see what I can find. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks again. >>>>> >>>>> Erik >>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 17, 2017, at 3:28 PM, Clint M <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> maybe this? >>>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37192684/stagetext- >>>>> and-emoji-on-android-air-mobile-as3 <http://stackoverflow.com/ >>>>> questions/37192684/stagetext-and-emoji-on-android-air-mobile-as3> >>>>>> txt2.text = decodeURI(txt1.text); >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Erik J. Thomas <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>> Hey all: >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you have any idea how I can display this Unicode character U+1F601 >>> < >>>>> https://apps.timwhitlock.info/unicode/inspect/hex/1F601> or these >>> UTF-8 >>>>> Bytes \xF0\x9F\x98\x81 using TLF (in RichEdit control)? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> Erik >>>>>> >>>>>> For additional background on my problem, read on... >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm implementing a mobile social media feed display using TLF (spark >>>>> RichText) to display inline emoji. The user enters a short message >>> into a >>>>> TextInput control on the phone, and using the soft keyboard selects >>> emoji >>>>> keyboard, selects an emoji to display with the text and posts their >>> update. >>>>>> >>>>>> Getting the text from the user works fine and the emoji is represented >>>>> as UTF or Unicode value though I don't know how to verify. >>>>>> >>>>>> The TextInput control on the device shows the emoji rendering >>> perfectly >>>>> (spark TextInput): >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The value in the IntelliJ debugger's Variables view also renders the >>>>> Unicode or UTF bytes correctly: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> But when I attempt to set the contents of the RichText control with >>> the >>>>> contents of the input field, the emoji is lost: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I have tried many approaches, some are: >>>>>> var value:String = textInput.text; // this contains the emoji: >>>>>> richEditControl.text = value; >>>>>> >>>>>> richEditControl.textFlow = TextFlowUtil.importFromString(value); >>>>>> >>>>>> richEditControl.textFlow = TextConverter.importToFlow(value, >>>>> TextConverter.TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT); >>>>>> >>>>>> richEditControl.textFlow = TextConverter.importToFlow(value, >>>>> TextConverter.PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT); >>>>>> They each fail to display the emoji. I can display complex content in >>>>> the same control no problem and I'm pretty familiar with TLF: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I want to deal with HTML markup and TextConverter rather than >>> composing >>>>> the TLF in code, but if I have to go that route, I'm willing to if it >>> works. >>>>>> >>>>>> But getting the RichText control's TextFlow to display a UNICODE >>>>> character is a mystery to me and googling for answers has not been >>> fruitful. >>>>>> >>>>>> I understand there is some question of whether Android phones will >>>>> display the equivalent emoji as on iPhone, I get that. But looking at >>> this >>>>> chart, it should be possible for the most part: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://apps.timwhitlock.info/emoji/tables/unicode < >>>>> https://apps.timwhitlock.info/emoji/tables/unicode> >>>>>> >>>>>> My problem should be a simple as just learning how to display this >>>>> Unicode character U+1F601 <https://apps.timwhitlock. >>>>> info/unicode/inspect/hex/1F601> or these UTF-8 Bytes \xF0\x9F\x98\x81 >>>>> using TLF. Is it possible? Thanks! Erik >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>
