JTATEmoji

What is this?

This category allows you to convert file placeholder into given image like emoji.

[kiss] and [hug] will be look like this

Usage

#import "NSAttributedString+JTATEmoji.h"

NSString *normalStr = @"This category allows you to convert string into given image like this [kiss] and this [hug]";
myTextView.attributedText = [NSAttributedString emojiAttributedString:normalStr withFont:_myTextView.font];
    

Calculate string size after converted

[myTextView sizeThatFits:CGSizeMake(width, CGFLOAT_MAX)].height

Add more images

Emoji.plist is a dictionary. Key is the description of emoji placeholder. Value is image file name. You can replace whatever you want.
If your file placeholder doesn't refer to \\[[A-Za-z0-9]*\\], you should modify regular expression in NSAttributedString+JTATEmoji.m

License

JTATEmoji is published under MIT License