How are stickers (on sites like Facebook and chat apps) programmed? What are the programming languages and concepts?
Thanks for A2A :)The sticker or the emojis are converted into images by using certain rules ie Regular expressions:Let us say that for example for a smiley code we use a code like :smile: Now when the regex function finds a string enclosed in :: it tries to search for the respective string if can be converted into a sticker or smileysee the example here:The left is what actually the code is while the right is how the code looks after the code is interpreted You can find a whole list of emojis Cheat sheet hereEmoji cheat sheet for Campfire and GitHubIf you want to have a deeper study you can have a look at the source ofhassankhan/emojify.js . This is a beautiful A Javascript module to convert Emoji keywords to images that you can use in your projects easily.Facebook might be using the similar technique . you must have seen people posting on fb things like Comment @[4:0] this code and see the magic. The magic is the same thingThe regular expression for facebook profile code uses the same replacement strategyYou can use it for your profile id like@["your profile no here":0] and you will get your profile picture in commentsNow getting to facebook stickersyou can have a look at this unoffficial javascript plugin $().fbsticker() jquery.fbsticker | daxes.netThis is a fun library using fb stickersThe stickers code are basically stored in a json file just like this one the code bigsandyeti is converted into the image shown:"bigsandyeti": [""]You can have a look at a similar example json file nicksahler/FacebookStickersI have tried my best to clear the issue. Hope you get the programming and concept behind such emojis / fbstickersOne more thing If you are a good illustrator / designer you can submit you designs to fb— just email your inquiries to stickers@fb.comI found this thing here I'm a professional illustrator and I'm interested in designing a sticker pack.
How do I disable notifications for Facebook Messenger for Android?
I have a follow-up question to this. I can’t make the notification go away on my FB app and I really don’t want to install messenger. I have no messages when I check FB from my computer. Is there a way to make it stop the notification without installing the app?
How many facebook emoticons are there and how do you make them?
There are 23 Facebook Emoticons and smileys. You use keyboard shortcuts to make them. You can find the full list of Facebook emoticons here: http://www.cool-smileys.com/using-smileys-and-emoticons-in-facebook
How do I write words in bold in fb messenger?
Use asterisks for *bold* and it would come out like this in the chat: bold. Remember, you only have to put the * in front and after whatever you want to write.