scribe-org / scribe-org/Scribe-Android
Add colon (`:`) to emoji functionality to the Android keyboard app
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@Mailos07 is already working on this.
Since Apr 9, 2026.
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Description
A novel functionality for Scribe keyboard apps that is being worked on for Scribe-iOS and should also be worked on for Scribe-Android is the colon the emoji autosuggestion functionality. The way that this would work would be:
- The user types colon (
:) - All autocompletions disappear and the most common emojis are shown
- If the user presses space, then the process is broken and we do a normal autosuggestion
- If the user starts typing, then the emojis that match the word being typed are shown the the user
- For phones there would be six emojis shown
- For tablets there would be nine emojis shown
- Clicking an emoji would replace the word being typed and the colon with the given emoji
- The emojis would stay in the display so that the user can press multiple
- Pressing space would break out of the functionality
Contribution
Happy to support with this and review a PR once one is opened! 😊
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