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Why aren't my custom emojis rendering in statustext?
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Description
Hello!
Why aren't my custom emojis rendering in statustext?
Built-in emojis like 🔥 is correct rendering in statustext.
But custom ones are displayed simply as text (:custom_emoji:)
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in statustext with a built-in emoji and a custom emoji, then trace the React Native rendering path for that text. Done means custom emoji tokens render visually in statustext rather than remaining as literal text.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- react-native, typescript
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100