Apple won't approve apps that use emojis that aren't provided by the keyboard

Re:Apple won't approve apps that use emojis that aren't prov... by amadeusw on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @06:59PM (#16372098)

What's the rationale behind this? Also, can someone explain me why Slack forces Google-themed emojis? I personally like the Windows design with black stroke

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Re:Apple won't approve apps that use emojis that aren't prov... by david-cako on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @07:04PM (#16372136)

It seems like a good idea to prevent any sort of ambiguity about what "emoji" means.

These types of apps seem like an incredibly bad idea, because they are diluting what is supposed to be a 100% universal emoticon standard.

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Re:Apple won't approve apps that use emojis that aren't prov... by threeseed on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @07:08PM (#16372170)

One possible reason is for accessibility (VoiceOver) and i18n.

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Re:Apple won't approve apps that use emojis that aren't prov... by couchand on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @08:40PM (#16372703)

That doesn't make sense. It's a unicode code point, after all, the rendering is immaterial.

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Re:Apple won't approve apps that use emojis that aren't prov... by brazzledazzle on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @07:19PM (#16372244)

You can change the type of emoji Slack uses.

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Re:Apple won't approve apps that use emojis that aren't prov... by bhhaskin on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @07:49PM (#16372421)

Not any more. [0]

[0] https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/202931348-Emoji-and...

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Re:Apple won't approve apps that use emojis that aren't prov... by yoz-y on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @08:55AM (#16375672)

What prompted this? Is there some Apple rule that you can not use a custom font for the emoji keypoints? If so, combined with the "no apple emoji" in interface rule, then it is a real bummer.

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