This is an extension for the String class in Swift to convert emoji alias codes, such as :heart_eyes: into an Unicode emoji characters, such as 😍.

Just download and copy EmojiAlias.swift into your project. It's just a single file.

The other files in this repo are just utilities to build the list of emoji from a JSON file.

let string = ":dragon_face:"
let converted = string.replacingEmojiAliases
print(converted)

The emoji code data comes from the EmojiOne project:

https://github.com/emojione/emojione/tree/master/extras/alpha-codes

Dag Ågren ([email protected], @WAHa_06x36, @[email protected], wakaba.c3.cx)

This code is released into the public domain with no warranties. If that is not suitable, it is also available under the CC0 license.