Add emoji window or keyboard in javafx

Question

I am developing a java chat application using javafx.I want to add emoji window with so many emoji just like Viber desktop. Is it possible to add Smiley's in javafx ?

In googling i found Unicode for smily which is too large for implement.So please anyone help me with this.

Answer 1

You can create a emoji window with a grid pane and buttons but if you will try to add emoji like this: button.setText("😁") IT WILL NOT WORK

Follow these steps to add Emoji as a text:

1. head to https://apps.timwhitlock.info/emoji/tables/unicode Search for any emoji you want and check its byte code (eg. \\xF0\\x9F\\x98\\x81)

2. create a byte array and add byte code to it eg. I am using this emoji: 😁 and Its byte code is \\xF0\\x9F\\x98\\x81 so,

byte[] emojiByteCode = new byte[]{(byte)0xF0, (byte)0x9F, (byte)0x98, (byte)0x81};

3. create a new string,

String emoji = new String(emojiByteCode, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));

4. You can use this string as a label, button, etc. to display the emoji. THIS IS A COMMUNITY WIKI