This repository provides metadata to support UX around emoji. In particular, it describes how to construct an emoji picker with full support for skin tones. The json files describe a grid layout for an emoji picker with 9 emoji per row:
emoji_13_0_ordering.json
for Emoji 13.0.emoji_13_1_ordering.json
for Emoji 13.1.emoji_14_0_ordering.json
for Emoji 14.0.emoji_15_0_ordering.json
for Emoji 15.0.As emoji evolves new orderings will be added.
A snippet is shown annotated below:
{ // The is the people section "group": "People", "emoji": [ { // This is the codepoint sequence for the emoji that should show in the grid // Generally the base is the most neutral version available, such as the // genderless gold skintone version. "base": [ 128583 ], // These are alternate versions, typically shown as a long-press flyout "alternates": [ [ 128583 ], [ 128583, 127995 ], // ...etc... ], // Emoticon(s) "emoticons": [ ">:P" ], // Shortcode(s) "shortcodes": [ ":smirk:" ], },
Here is what the people section could look like:
Here are the alternates for Santa, as might be shown on long-press for the base Santa:
The https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-emoji repository provides Google's Emoji.