Signal-android: Duplicate emoji in emoji list.

[Edu4rdSHL]

• [x ] I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates
• [x ] I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended
• [x ] I have read https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/wiki/Submitting-useful-bug-reports
• [x ] This isn't a feature request or a discussion topic

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Bug description

In the emoji list there are several repeated emojis.

Steps to reproduce

• Try to send a emoji from the emoji list
• look carefully at the list

Actual result: There are some repeated emojis
Expected result: Don't repeated emojis

Screenshots

Device info

Device: Samsung Galaxy SM-G570M
Android version: 7.0
Signal version: 4.19.3

Link to debug log

I think that it don't need debug log.

[link2xt]

These are not duplicate, but generic/male/female. The problem is, male and generic are the same. See, for example: https://emojipedia.org/swimmer/ https://emojipedia.org/man-swimming/ and https://emojipedia.org/woman-swimming/

[Edu4rdSHL]

Thank @labdsf. Anyways i think that generic emojis aren't necessary and can cause confusion, Signal is the only app in which I am experiencing that.

[link2xt]

I would say that "male"/"female" emojis are not necessary and leave the generic one instead. The fact that it is the same image as "male" on most platforms is not the application problem. "Male swimmer" is a combination of "swimmer" and "male sign", after all. Telegram also supports "skin tone" modifiers, available on long press, and Signal doesn't, by the way.

In any case, the problem is identified, I am going to stick with ASCII emojis.

[Edu4rdSHL]

@labdsf thank you for explain me. We can wait for the opinions of the developers.

[johanw666]

How about this flag that is double:

[link2xt]

These are https://emojipedia.org/flag-for-us-outlying-islands/ and https://emojipedia.org/flag-for-united-states/