RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.ReactNative
bug: New unicode emojis not visible in reactions
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Description
Describe the Bug
Newer (relatively) unicode emojis are not visible in the RC mobile client.
Steps to Reproduce
- Post a message using the web client.
- React to the message with 🫡 (
:saluting_face:) using the web client - Check the message and the reaction with the mobile client
Expected Behavior
You should see the reaction 🫡 1
Actual Behavior
You see the reaction :saluting_face: 1
Rocket.Chat Server Version
8.7.0
Rocket.Chat App Version
4.75.0.109474
Device Name
iPhone, Android (generic)
OS Version
iOS 26.6 and Android 15
Additional Context
RC 8.7.0 switched to use unicode based emojis instead of JoyPixels set. Probably related.
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
Reproduce the issue in the React Native mobile client using the web client to add the 🫡 (🫡) reaction, then inspect the mobile reaction display and emoji handling paths. Compare the rendered result with the expected Unicode emoji and verify that newer Unicode reactions display correctly on both iOS and Android.
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
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 64/100