Detect emojis in text with REGEX. Split text without deleting emojis. (Dart, Flutter)

Question

I want to detect the emojis in the texts. And I want to split the text, keeping these emojis. Because emojis and texts should be in different sizes in text fields.

I use a Regex in Flutter for this. But it breaks some emojis too far as below Example:

RegExp regex = RegExp("((?<=(?:[\u2700-\u27bf]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff])[\ufe0e\ufe0f]?(?:[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])?(?:\u200d(?:[^\ud800-\udfff]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff])[\ufe0e\ufe0f]?(?:[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])?)*)|(?=(?:[\u2700-\u27bf]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff])[\ufe0e\ufe0f]?(?:[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])?(?:\u200d(?:[^\ud800-\udfff]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff])[\ufe0e\ufe0f]?(?:[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])?)*))");

String myText = 'Hello 🇦🇨 Normal Skin 🤚  Dark Skin 👈🏾 Anything';

List<String> tryList = tryText.split(regex); 

print(tryList); // [Hello , 🇦, 🇨,  Normal Skin , 🤚,   Dark Skin , 👈, 🏾,  Anything]

It looks like this as a result of its operations. To be more descriptive, the expected result should look like this. Since some emojis are made up of many characters, how can you write a regex that will split them less?

List<String> currentResult = [Hello , 🇦, 🇨,  Normal Skin , 🤚,   Dark Skin , 👈, 🏾,  Anything];
List<String> hopedResult = [Hello ,🇦🇨, Normal Skin ,🤚,  Dark Skin ,👈🏾, Anything];

If anyone wants to work on it, here are the trial codes.

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

EmojiDetect extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _EmojiDetectState createState() => _EmojiDetectState();
}

class _EmojiDetectState extends State<EmojiDetect> {
  RegExp regex = RegExp("((?<=(?:[\u2700-\u27bf]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff])[\ufe0e\ufe0f]?(?:[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])?(?:\u200d(?:[^\ud800-\udfff]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff])[\ufe0e\ufe0f]?(?:[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])?)*)|(?=(?:[\u2700-\u27bf]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff])[\ufe0e\ufe0f]?(?:[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])?(?:\u200d(?:[^\ud800-\udfff]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff])[\ufe0e\ufe0f]?(?:[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])?)*))");

   String tryText = 'Hello 🇦🇨 Normal Skin 🤚  Dark Skin 👈🏾 Anything';

 @override
 Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  List<String> tryList = tryText.split(regex);
  print(tryList);

 return Scaffold(
  appBar: AppBar(
    title: Text('Emoji Detect'),
  ),

  body: Column(
    mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceEvenly,

    children: [
      Text(tryText, style: TextStyle(fontSize: 24, color: Colors.black), textAlign: TextAlign.center,),

      RichText(
        textAlign: TextAlign.center,
        text: TextSpan(
            children: tryList.map((e) => TextSpan(text: e, style: TextStyle(fontSize: 24, color: Colors.black))).toList(),
        ),
      ),
    ],
  ),
);
}}

Solution

You can use the following function to split the string by emojis:

List<String> splitByEmoji(String text) {

  //RegEx from: https://github.com/i-Naji/emojis
  final regex = RegExp(
      '(\u{D83C}\u{DFF4}\u{DB40}\u{DC67}\u{DB40}\u{DC62}(?:\u{DB40}\u{DC77}\u{DB40}\u{DC6C}\u{DB40}\u{DC73}|\u{DB40}\u{DC73}\u{DB40}\u{DC63}\u{DB40}\u{DC74}|\u{DB40}\u{DC65}\u{DB40}\u{DC6E}\u{DB40}\u{DC67})\u{DB40}\u{DC7F}|\u{D83D}\u{DC69}\u{200D}\u{D83D}\u{DC69}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83D}\u{DC66}\u{200D}\u{D83D}\u{DC66}|\u{D83D}\u{DC67}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83D}[\u{DC66}\u{DC67}]))|\u{D83D}\u{DC68}(?:\u{D83C}\u{DFFF}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83E}\u{DD1D}\u{200D}\u{D83D}\u{DC68}(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DFFB}-\u{DFFE}])|\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}])|\u{D83C}\u{DFFE}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83E}\u{DD1D}\u{200D}\u{D83D}\u{DC68}(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DFFB}-\u{DFFD}\u{DFFF}])|\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}])|\u{D83C}\u{DFFD}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83E}\u{DD1D}\u{200D}\u{D83D}\u{DC68}(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DFFB}\u{DFFC}\u{DFFE}\u{DFFF}])|\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}])|\u{D83C}\u{DFFC}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83E}\u{DD1D}\u{200D}\u{D83D}\u{DC68}(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DFFB}\u{DFFD}-\u{DFFF}])|\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}])|\u{D83C}\u{DFFB}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83E}\u{DD1D}\u{200D}\u{D83D}\u{DC68}(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DFFC}-\u{DFFF}])|\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}])|\u{200D}(?:\u{2764}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83D}\u{DC8B}\u{200D})?\u{D83D}\u{DC68}|(?:\u{D83D}[\u{DC68}\u{DC69}])\u{200D}(?:\u{D83D}\u{DC66}\u{200D}\u{D83D}\u{DC66}|\u{D83D}\u{DC67}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83D}[\u{DC66}\u{DC67}]))|\u{D83D}\u{DC66}\u{200D}\u{D83D}\u{DC66}|\u{D83D}\u{DC67}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83D}[\u{DC66}\u{DC67}])|(?:\u{D83D}[\u{DC68}\u{DC69}])\u{200D}(?:\u{D83D}[\u{DC66}\u{DC67}])|[\u{2695}\u{2696}\u{2708}]\u{FE0F}|\u{D83D}[\u{DC66}\u{DC67}]|\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}])|(?:\u{D83C}\u{DFFF}\u{200D}[\u{2695}\u{2696}\u{2708}]|\u{D83C}\u{DFFE}\u{200D}[\u{2695}\u{2696}\u{2708}]|\u{D83C}\u{DFFD}\u{200D}[\u{2695}\u{2696}\u{2708}]|\u{D83C}\u{DFFC}\u{200D}[\u{2695}\u{2696}\u{2708}]|\u{D83C}\u{DFFB}\u{200D}[\u{2695}\u{2696}\u{2708}])\u{FE0F}|\u{D83C}[\u{DFFB}-\u{DFFF}])|\u{D83E}\u{DDD1}(?:(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DFFB}-\u{DFFF}])\u{200D}(?:\u{D83E}\u{DD1D}\u{200D}\u{D83E}\u{DDD1}(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DFFB}-\u{DFFF}])|\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF84}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}])|\u{200D}(?:\u{D83E}\u{DD1D}\u{200D}\u{D83E}\u{DDD1}|\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF84}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}]))|\u{D83D}\u{DC69}(?:\u{200D}(?:\u{2764}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83D}\u{DC8B}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83D}[\u{DC68}\u{DC69}])|\u{D83D}[\u{DC68}\u{DC69}])|\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}])|\u{D83C}\u{DFFF}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}])|\u{D83C}\u{DFFE}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}])|\u{D83C}\u{DFFD}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}])|\u{D83C}\u{DFFC}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}])|\u{D83C}\u{DFFB}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DF3E}\u{DF73}\u{DF7C}\u{DF93}\u{DFA4}\u{DFA8}\u{DFEB}\u{DFED}]|\u{D83D}[\u{DCBB}\u{DCBC}\u{DD27}\u{DD2C}\u{DE80}\u{DE92}]|\u{D83E}[\u{DDAF}-\u{DDB3}\u{DDBC}\u{DDBD}]))|\u{D83D}\u{DC69}\u{D83C}\u{DFFF}\u{200D}\u{D83E}\u{DD1D}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83D}[\u{DC68}\u{DC69}])(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DFFB}-\u{DFFE}])|\u{D83D}\u{DC69}\u{D83C}\u{DFFE}\u{200D}\u{D83E}\u{DD1D}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83D}[\u{DC68}\u{DC69}])(?:\u{D83C}[\u{DFFB}-\u{DFFD}\u{DFFF}])|\u{D83D}\u{DC69}\u{D83C}\u{DFFD}\u{200D}\u{D83E}\u{DD1D}\u{200D}(?:\u{D83D}[\u{DC68}\u{DC69}])(?:\u{D83C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  List<String> list = [];
  var matches = regex.allMatches(text);
  int pos = 0;
  matches.forEach((match) {
    list.addAll([
      text.substring(pos, match.start),
      match[0],
    ]);
    pos = match.end;
  });
  if (pos != text.length) list.add(text.substring(pos, text.length));
  return list;
}

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I suggest checking out the emojis package for many more useful emoji utilities.

Comments

[JosefZ]

Take a look: Emoji Modifier Sequence…

[HyopeR]

@JosefZ Thanks for your answer. I don't think I'm looking for this. Or I'm not sure how to use it.

[HyopeR]

I don't think this has potential. Also maybe there are those who want to use it. There is a little missing in your code. If the text doesn't end with emoji, the last piece will be missed.

[Stefano Amorelli]

Could you please clarify "I don't think this has potential"? According to my test, it does exactly what you asked for. I've added the support for the limiting case as you've suggested. More than happy to help if further revision is needed!