Any way to use on Android?
ShishirModi opened this issue · 6 comments
Hi!
I just wanted to know if there was any way I could use this on Android? Maybe through root?
Because this is based on linux, the process shouldn't be very different, right?
Hi @ShishirModi. The only way of replacing the system emoji on Android that I'm aware of is via a Magisk module (you can find examples on GitHub). For that, your device will indeed have to be rooted.
To be honest, I can't guarantee this font will work on Android, but if you do try let me know how that went (just out of curiosity).
I've tried installing the font, but apparently stuff works differently on Samsung phones. I'll keep you updated in case I get it to work!
Thank you!
It works perfectly fine on my Android phone, using a custom AOSP ROM though, and you will need root.
The method was to just replace /system/fonts/NotoColorEmoji.ttf with this one (after renaming) and setting the permissions to the same as the replaced file (644).
@RaeesD that's good to hear 🙂
I think it would be nice to add this to the readme for future reference. If you want, you can open a PR adding the specific steps you followed (e.g., I guess you used some adb commands?) in the troubleshooting section.
Otherwise, you can just write a comment here and I'll add it myself, but that way you won't appear as a contributor...
A third option, if you don't have the time, I can just link to your comment.
@RaeesD Thank you for the PR!
@ShishirModi I'll close this issue for now, but feel free to reopen if you find a way to make it work on Samsung.