STMEmoji.cs

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

//regex stolen from here for now (sorry):

//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44728740/how-to-convert-emoticons-to-its-utf-32-escaped-unicode

//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55082644/c-sharp-regular-expression-to-find-a-surrogate-pair-of-a-unicode-codepoint-fro

//this will just run in play mode.
//this script assumes you have this directory of emoji in a folder named "Resources" in your project: https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/tree/master/assets/72x72
//Make sure they imported as textures, with alpha as transparency.

[RequireComponent(typeof(SuperTextMesh))]
public class STMEmoji : MonoBehaviour
{
    public SuperTextMesh stm;

    //private string text = "wow🀄... 👨🏽‍🌾 ❗";

    public Vector2 size = new Vector2(0.9f,0.9f);
    public Vector3 offset = new Vector3(0f,-0.05f,0f);
    public float advance = 0.05f;

    void Reset()
    {
        stm = GetComponent<SuperTextMesh>();
    }

    void OnEnable()
    {
        stm.OnPreParse += ReplaceEmoji;
    }
    void OnDisable()
    {
        stm.OnPreParse -= ReplaceEmoji;
    }
    void ReplaceEmoji(STMTextContainer x)
    {
        MatchCollection emojiMatch = Regex.Matches(x.text, @"[#*0-9]\uFE0F\u20E3|[\u00A9\u00AE\u203C\u2049\u2122\u2139\u2194-\u2199\u21A9\u21AA\u231A\u231B\u2328\u23CF\u23E9-\u23F3\u23F8-\u23FA\u24C2\u25AA\u25AB\u25B6\u25C0\u25FB-\u25FE\u2600-\u2604\u260E\u2611\u2614\u2615\u2618]|\u261D(?:\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFF])?|[\u2620\u2622\u2623\u2626\u262A\u262E\u262F\u2638-\u263A\u2640\u2642\u2648-\u2653\u265F\u2660\u2663\u2665\u2666\u2668\u267B\u267E\u267F\u2692-\u2697\u2699\u269B\u269C\u26A0\u26A1\u26AA\u26AB\u26B0\u26B1\u26BD\u26BE\u26C4\u26C5\u26C8\u26CE\u26CF\u26D1\u26D3\u26D4\u26E9\u26EA\u26F0-\u26F5\u26F7\u26F8]|\u26F9(?:\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFF](?:\u200D[\u2640\u2642]\uFE0F)?|\uFE0F\u200D[\u2640\u2642]\uFE0F)?|[\u26FA\u26FD\u2702\u2705\u2708\u2709]|[\u270A-\u270D](?:\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFF])?|[\u270F\u2712\u2714\u2716\u271D\u2721\u2728\u2733\u2734\u2744\u2747\u274C\u274E\u2753-\u2755\u2757\u2763\u2764\u2795-\u2797\u27A1\u27B0\u27BF\u2934\u2935\u2B05-\u2B07\u2B1B\u2B1C\u2B50\u2B55\u3030\u303D\u3297\u3299]|\uD83C(?:[\uDC04\uDCCF\uDD70\uDD71\uDD7E\uDD7F\uDD8E\uDD91-\uDD9A]|\uDDE6\uD83C[\uDDE8-\uDDEC\uDDEE\uDDF1\uDDF2\uDDF4\uDDF6-\uDDFA\uDDFC\uDDFD\uDDFF]|\uDDE7\uD83C[\uDDE6\uDDE7\uDDE9-\uDDEF\uDDF1-\uDDF4\uDDF6-\uDDF9\uDDFB\uDDFC\uDDFE\uDDFF]|\uDDE8\uD83C[\uDDE6\uDDE8\uDDE9\uDDEB-\uDDEE\uDDF0-\uDDF5\uDDF7\uDDFA-\uDDFF]|\uDDE9\uD83C[\uDDEA\uDDEC\uDDEF\uDDF0\uDDF2\uDDF4\uDDFF]|\uDDEA\uD83C[\uDDE6\uDDE8\uDDEA\uDDEC\uDDED\uDDF7-\uDDFA]|\uDDEB\uD83C[\uDDEE-\uDDF0\uDDF2\uDDF4\uDDF7]|\uDDEC\uD83C[\uDDE6\uDDE7\uDDE9-\uDDEE\uDDF1-\uDDF3\uDDF5-\uDDFA\uDDFC\uDDFE]|\uDDED\uD83C[\uDDF0\uDDF2\uDDF3\uDDF7\uDDF9\uDDFA]|\uDDEE\uD83C[\uDDE8-\uDDEA\uDDF1-\uDDF4\uDDF6-\uDDF9]|\uDDEF\uD83C[\uDDEA\uDDF2\uDDF4\uDDF5]|\uDDF0\uD83C[\uDDEA\uDDEC-\uDDEE\uDDF2\uDDF3\uDDF5\uDDF7\uDDFC\uDDFE\uDDFF]|\uDDF1\uD83C[\uDDE6-\uDDE8\uDDEE\uDDF0\uDDF7-\uDDFB\uDDFE]|\uDDF2\uD83C[\uDDE6\uDDE8-\uDDED\uDDF0-\uDDFF]|\uDDF3\uD83C[\uDDE6\uDDE8\uDDEA-\uDDEC\uDDEE\uDDF1\uDDF4\uDDF5\uDDF7\uDDFA\uDDFF]|\uDDF4\uD83C\uDDF2|\uDDF5\uD83C[\uDDE6\uDDEA-\uDDED\uDDF0-\uDDF3\uDDF7-\uDDF9\uDDFC\uDDFE]|\uDDF6\uD83C\uDDE6|\uDDF7\uD83C[\uDDEA\uDDF4\uDDF8\uDDFA\uDDFC]|\uDDF8\uD83C[\uDDE6-\uDDEA\uDDEC-\uDDF4\uDDF7-\uDDF9\uDDFB\uDDFD-\uDDFF]|\uDDF9\uD83C[\uDDE6\uDDE8\uDDE9\uDDEB-\uDDED\uDDEF-\uDDF4\uDDF7\uDDF9\uDDFB\uDDFC\uDDFF]|\uDDFA\uD83C[\uDDE6\uDDEC\uDDF2\uDDF3\uDDF8\uDDFE\uDDFF]|\uDDFB\uD83C[\uDDE6\uDDE8\uDDEA\uDDEC\uDDEE\uDDF3\uDDFA]|\uDDFC\uD83C[\uDDEB\uDDF8]|\uDDFD\uD83C\uDDF0|\uDDFE\uD83C[\uDDEA\uDDF9]|\uDDFF\uD83C[\uDDE6\uDDF2\uDDFC]|[\uDE01\uDE02\uDE1A\uDE2F\uDE32-\uDE3A\uDE50\uDE51\uDF00-\uDF21\uDF24-\uDF84]|\uDF85(?:\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFF])?|[\uDF86-\uDF93\uDF96\uDF97\uDF99-\uDF9B\uDF9E-\uDFC1]|\uDFC2(?:\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFF])?|[\uDFC3\uDFC4](?:\u200D[\u2640\u2642]\uFE0F|\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFF](?:\u200D[\u2640\u2642]\uFE0F)?)?|[\uDFC5\uDFC6]|\uDFC7(?:\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFF])?|[\uDFC8\uDFC9]|\uDFCA(?:\u200D[\u2640\u2642]\uFE0F|\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFF](?:\u200D[\u2640\u2642]\uFE0F)?)?|[\uDFCB\uDFCC](?:\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFF](?:\u200D[\u2640\u2642]\uFE0F)?|\uFE0F\u200D[\u2640\u2642]\uFE0F)?|[\uDFCD-\uDFF0]|\uDFF3(?:\uFE0F\u200D\uD83C\uDF08)?|\uDFF4(?:\u200D\u2620\uFE0F|\uDB40\uDC67\uDB40\uDC62\uDB40(?:\uDC65\uDB40\uDC6E\uDB40\uDC67|\uDC73\uDB40\uDC63\uDB40\uDC74|\uDC77\uDB40\uDC6C\uDB40\uDC73)\uDB40\uDC7F)?|[\uDFF5\uDFF7-\uDFFF])|\uD83D(?:[\uDC00-\uDC14]|\uDC15(?:\u200D\uD83E\uDDBA)?|[\uDC16-\uDC40]|\uDC41(?:\uFE0F\u200D\uD83D\uDDE8\uFE0F)?|[\uDC42\uDC43](?:\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFF])?|[\uDC44\uDC45]|[\uDC46-\uDC50](?:\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFF])?|[\uDC51-\uDC65]|[\uDC66\uDC67](?:\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFF])?|\uDC68(?:\u200D(?:[\u2695\u2696\u2708]\uFE0F|\u2764\uFE0F\u200D\uD83D(?:\uDC8B\u200D\uD83D)?\uDC68|\uD83C[\uDF3E\uDF73\uDF93\uDFA4\uDFA8\uDFEB\uDFED]|\uD83D(?:\uDC66(?:\u200D\uD83D\uDC66)?|\uDC67(?:\u200D\uD83D[\uDC66\uDC67])?|[\uDC68\uDC69]\u200D\uD83D(?:\uDC66(?:\u200D\uD83D\uDC66)?|\uDC67(?:\u200D\uD83D[\uDC66\uDC67])?)|[\uDCBB\uDCBC\uDD27\uDD2C\uDE80\uDE92])|\uD83E[\uDDAF-\uDDB3\uDDBC\uDDBD])|\uD83C(?:\uDFFB(?:\u200D(?:[\u2695\u2696\u2708]\uFE0F|\uD83C[\uDF3E\uDF73\uDF93\uDFA4\uDFA8\uDFEB\uDFED]|\uD83D[\uDCBB\uDCBC\uDD27\uDD2C\uDE80\uDE92]|\uD83E[\uDDAF-\uDDB3\uDDBC\uDDBD]))?|\uDFFC(?:\u200D(?:[\u2695\u2696\u2708]\uFE0F|\uD83C[\uDF3E\uDF73\uDF93\uDFA4\uDFA8\uDFEB\uDFED]|\uD83D[\uDCBB\uDCBC\uDD27\uDD2C\uDE80\uDE92]|\uD83E(?:\uDD1D\u200D\uD83D\uDC68\uD83C\uDFFB|[\uDDAF-\uDDB3\uDDBC\uDDBD])))?|\uDFFD(?:\u200D(?:[\u2695\u2696\u2708]\uFE0F|\uD83C[\uDF3E\uDF73\uDF93\uDFA4\uDFA8\uDFEB\uDFED]|\uD83D[\uDCBB\uDCBC\uDD27\uDD2C\uDE80\uDE92]|\uD83E(?:\uDD1D\u200D\uD83D\uDC68\uD83C[\uDFFB\uDFFC]|[\uDDAF-\uDDB3\uDDBC\uDDBD])))?|\uDFFE(?:\u200D(?:[\u2695\u2696\u2708]\uFE0F|\uD83C[\uDF3E\uDF73\uDF93\uDFA4\uDFA8\uDFEB\uDFED]|\uD83D[\uDCBB\uDCBC\uDD27\uDD2C\uDE80\uDE92]|\uD83E(?:\uDD1D\u200D\uD83D\uDC68\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFD]|[\uDDAF-\uDDB3\uDDBC\uDDBD])))?|\uDFFF(?:\u200D(?:[\u2695\u2696\u2708]\uFE0F|\uD83C[\uDF3E\uDF73\uDF93\uDFA4\uDFA8\uDFEB\uDFED]|\uD83D[\uDCBB\uDCBC\uDD27\uDD2C\uDE80\uDE92]|\uD83E(?:\uDD1D\u200D\uD83D\uDC68\uD83C[\uDFFB-\uDFFE]|[\uDDAF-\uDDB3\uDDBC\uD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        for(int i=0; i<emojiMatch.Count; i++)
        {
            string processedName = EmojiToBytes(emojiMatch[i].Value);
            x.text = x.text.Replace(emojiMatch[i].Value, "<q=" + processedName + ">");

            if(stm.data.quads.ContainsKey(processedName))
            {

            }
            else //hasnt been created yet
            {
                //create a quad based on this.
                STMQuadData emojiQuad = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<STMQuadData>();
                emojiQuad.texture = Resources.Load(processedName) as Texture;
                emojiQuad.name = processedName;
                emojiQuad.silhouette = false;
                emojiQuad.size = size;
                emojiQuad.offset = offset;
                emojiQuad.advance = advance;

                //add to disctionary
                stm.data.quads.Add(processedName,emojiQuad);
            }
        }
    }

    string EmojiToBytes(string x)
    {
        var enc = new UTF32Encoding(true, false);
        var bytes = enc.GetBytes(x);

        var o = BitConverter.ToString(bytes);

        //this part sucks:
        o = o.Replace("00-", string.Empty);
        o = o.Replace("-00", string.Empty);
        o = o.Replace("-01-", "ZZZZZ");
        o = o.Replace("01-", "XXXXX");
        o = o.Replace("-20-", "YYYYY");
        o = o.Replace("-", string.Empty);
        o = o.Replace("ZZZZZ", "-1");
        o = o.Replace("XXXXX", "1");
        o = o.Replace("YYYYY", "-20");
        return o.ToLower();
    }
}