///From: https://stackoverflow.com/a/39425959 public extension Character { /// A simple emoji is one scalar and presented to the user as an Emoji var isSimpleEmoji: Bool { guard let firstScalar = unicodeScalars.first else { return false } return firstScalar.properties.isEmoji && firstScalar.value > 0x238C } /// Checks if the scalars will be merged into an emoji var isCombinedIntoEmoji: Bool { unicodeScalars.count > 1 && unicodeScalars.first?.properties.isEmoji ?? false } var isEmoji: Bool { isSimpleEmoji || isCombinedIntoEmoji } } public extension String { var isSingleEmoji: Bool { count == 1 && containsEmoji } var containsEmoji: Bool { contains { $0.isEmoji } } var containsOnlyEmoji: Bool { !isEmpty && !contains { !$0.isEmoji } } var emojiString: String { emojis.map { String($0) }.reduce("", +) } var emojis: [Character] { filter { $0.isEmoji } } var emojiScalars: [UnicodeScalar] { filter { $0.isEmoji }.flatMap { $0.unicodeScalars } } }