Check if there is an emoji contained in a string

Question

I am getting the text size of a string with this

textSize = [[tempDict valueForKeyPath:@"caption.text"] sizeWithFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12] constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(280, CGFLOAT_MAX) lineBreakMode: NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];

The only problem I have is that if the string only contains an emoji, my app crashes. Is there an easy way to check for emojis or do I have to create an array with all possible emojis and then check for them using that?

error:

-[NSNull sizeWithFont:constrainedToSize:lineBreakMode:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x3aa88a60


if ([tempDict valueForKeyPath:@"caption.text"]){
            NSLog(@"%@", [tempDict valueForKeyPath:@"caption"]);
            //Measure the message label box height
            textSize = [[tempDict valueForKeyPath:@"caption.text"] sizeWithFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12] constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(280, CGFLOAT_MAX) lineBreakMode: NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
            int height = 320 + 20 + textSize.height;
            [cellHeight addObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:height]];
}

Answer 1

try this code:

- (BOOL)stringContainsEmoji:(NSString *)string {
    __block BOOL returnValue = NO;
    [string enumerateSubstringsInRange:NSMakeRange(0, [string length]) options:NSStringEnumerationByComposedCharacterSequences usingBlock:
     ^(NSString *substring, NSRange substringRange, NSRange enclosingRange, BOOL *stop) {

         const unichar hs = [substring characterAtIndex:0];
         // surrogate pair
         if (0xd800 <= hs && hs <= 0xdbff) {
             if (substring.length > 1) {
                 const unichar ls = [substring characterAtIndex:1];
                 const int uc = ((hs - 0xd800) * 0x400) + (ls - 0xdc00) + 0x10000;
                 if (0x1d000 <= uc && uc <= 0x1f77f) {
                     returnValue = YES;
                 }
             }
         } else if (substring.length > 1) {
             const unichar ls = [substring characterAtIndex:1];
             if (ls == 0x20e3) {
                 returnValue = YES;
             }

         } else {
             // non surrogate
             if (0x2100 <= hs && hs <= 0x27ff) {
                 returnValue = YES;
             } else if (0x2B05 <= hs && hs <= 0x2b07) {
                 returnValue = YES;
             } else if (0x2934 <= hs && hs <= 0x2935) {
                 returnValue = YES;
             } else if (0x3297 <= hs && hs <= 0x3299) {
                 returnValue = YES;
             } else if (hs == 0xa9 || hs == 0xae || hs == 0x303d || hs == 0x3030 || hs == 0x2b55 || hs == 0x2b1c || hs == 0x2b1b || hs == 0x2b50) {
                 returnValue = YES;
             }
         }
     }];

    return returnValue;
}