EmojiService: use replaceAll=false on android 8

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/freeCompat/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/service/EmojiService.java b/src/freeCompat/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/service/EmojiService.java
index 094e3da92..53cea0dfd 100644
--- a/src/freeCompat/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/service/EmojiService.java
+++ b/src/freeCompat/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/service/EmojiService.java
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ public class EmojiService {
 
     public void init() {
         BundledEmojiCompatConfig config = new BundledEmojiCompatConfig(context);
-        config.setReplaceAll(true);
+        //On recent Androids we assume to have the latest emojis
+        //there are some annoying bugs with emoji compat that make it a safer choice not to use it when possible
+        // a) the text preview has annoying glitches when the cut of text contains emojis (the emoji will be half visible)
+        // b) can trigger a hardware rendering bug https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/67102093
+        config.setReplaceAll(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O);
         EmojiCompat.init(config);
     }