Twitter Implement Custom ‘Twemoji’ Keyboard for Android App in Effort to Create a Consistent User Experience
Img: Emojipedia/Twitter |
Well it seems that Twitter themselves have now decided to
take action against this disjointed user experience by implementing their own
emoji keyboard for Android devices, known as ‘Twemoji’. These will be shown to
users of the app in place of the native emoji provided by the likes of Google
and Samsung, although there is an option to turn the feature off if desired.
The new Twemoji library, first reported on by Emojipedia,
was created using Google’s own EmojiCompat support library – a tool launched by
Google in 2017 to allow app developers and companies to upload their own emoji
which are supported across all platforms, rather than relying on the
fast-changing selection provided by the Android OS.
While this change will be seen as inconsequential by many,
any steps towards a cohesive and consistent user experience should be
applauded; now if only they could sort out the platform’s many other problems…
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Twitter Implement Custom ‘Twemoji’ Keyboard for Android App in Effort to Create a Consistent User Experience
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Tuesday, May 22, 2018
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