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.
emoji_13_1_ordering.json describes a grid layout for an emoji picker with 9 emoji per row for Emoji 13.1. As emoji evolves new orderings will be added, such as for Emoji 14.0. 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.