So, as we all know... Samsung is a b#tch.
They have blocked the fonts. Unfortunately for me, I did not know about it, and I got a Samsung Galaxy S8. Now, something that profoundly annoys me is the fact that the emojis are so ugly... I just simply hate them. I hate snapchatting in them, facebooking, even texting. They're ugly, and not nearly as neat as an iPhone's.
Now, of course, Android > iOS, but let's face it, in emojis - iOS > Android. I thought however, that it would be possible to have iOS emojis on my Android device (in fact this has been possible to achieve in previous years), but simply no font works due to Samsung's stupid decision to block it.
Therefore, I would like to know if it would be possible (even if it requires root - although I would prefer not to root the phone) to change the font. Even if I have to plug my phone into the computer and do some tweaking in the files, I don't mind it. I even though of creating my own font by using a Samsung default font, use the same format as Monotype Imaging, and develop my own emojis (as I am a graphic designer) and then install it on my phone, but I would have no idea how to do it.
As long as I can have pretty iOS (or similar, but preferably iOS) emojis I would be happy.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanking you all in advance,
Dragil
Please!!! I require some help on this.
It's unbelievable how much it's frustrating me.
If anyone has any idea, any help they can provide me, any guidance, I'd appreciate it forever.
I've searched over 5 pages on Google with multiple word and sentence variation, read through countless websites, download dozens of fonts, even considered the creation of my own but it won't be possible due to the fonts having a signature to them.
I'll root my phone if necessary, but I still need help!
Dragil said:
Please!!! I require some help on this.
It's unbelievable how much it's frustrating me.
If anyone has any idea, any help they can provide me, any guidance, I'd appreciate it forever.
I've searched over 5 pages on Google with multiple word and sentence variation, read through countless websites, download dozens of fonts, even considered the creation of my own but it won't be possible due to the fonts having a signature to them.
I'll root my phone if necessary, but I still need help!
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go to settings -> display -> screen zoom and font ->font style
thats how u change font. to get more fonts tap on download at the font section bottom.
Yes, and try SamsungSans.
dig this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72112717&postcount=24
rooting is the last way to get ur preferred fonts if not available by other means.
It seems his concern is more about the Emoji style...he prefers the iOS emoji's versus the samsung/androi emoji's.
I don't know of any way to change the system level emoji's as they are baked into the system. But for text messages, I use Textra it allows me to use other style emoji but it only works in textra.
when rooted, simply install Emoji Switcher from the playstore and choose the the set of emojis you want. it will change them across the whole system.
The problem is Samsung only allows fonts created by Monotype Imaging. This means there is a sort of digital signature embedded into the apps/fonts, hence fonts downloaded from the play store (e.g. Emoji Font 3) is no longer supported on Samsung devices.
Is there anyway to dodge this? Maybe creating a digital signature to replicate Monotype Imaging's one, by modifying our own font apk file to be identical to the Monotype's one. That seems plausible and possible to achieve, I just have no coding experience and seriously don't feel like going through too much hassle just to change the damn phone emojis.
All I really need to do is be able to change my font to a font with emojis similar to the iPhone's. Would personally like to be able to have ALL my emojis modified, even if not the iPhone's make them similar (like the emojis on Microsoft Edge Windows 10 on the website getemoji).
Simply think Samsung is a total fail in terms of design of their emojis, and should definitely make them more graphically appealing in future software updates. Emojis are such a big part of our lives, or at least mien with sharing text with others, and should be nice to look at.
I love the fact that Android gives us so many possibilities and customisation options when comparing to Apple, but with Samsung taking these approaches (like not allowing free fonts anymore - well, fonts available in other markets), it's taking from us that benefit of having an Android.
Rooting seems the only way, but I'll keep fighting for one to appear as I am keen on having nicer looking emojis on my phone.
why is so hard to find the SanFrancisco font from iPhone and iOS?
The app I use is called iFont and I'm using Armani font
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The app I use is called iFont and I'm using Armani font
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iFont doesn't work for me unfortunately... Even the pro version. What Android do you have (7.0, 6.0?)
7.0 Rooted
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Unbelievable how much of a b%tch Samsung is.
I don't understand why it is so difficult to just unlock that feature. Maybe someone will crack the font signature and allow app creators to use it... Until then, we either root it, or live with the ugliness of Samsung emojis.
Anyone in the Q&A section knows how to?
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I'm building a few apps but wanted to see if there might be a way to grab existing graphics already in the OS. Like the plus sign in the Calendar or the microphone... I'd rather not have to include the same image in the system if it's already there, and the fact that a simple theme change would make the apps I'm working on change dynamically with the new look.
Thoughts?
if the files you want to use are defined in the resource directory and can be accessed via R.java from both xml and java then there is no way to get to the files.
if the files are defined as Assets then there is a possibility for you to access them.
you will need to know the exact file path to the file you want to access.
see
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/AssetManager.html
and
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5493396/how-to-reference-android-assets-across-packages
Exactly what I was looking for, but not what I was wanting to hear. Know of any stock graphics I can use for my res/drawables? I'm not exactly the best artist in the world and would like my apps to look somewhat like they belong.
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android.R.drawable is helpful but if you can't get it, just download the source. are you guys forgetting the android is completely open source? it might take you a while to find them, but they're all there.
I was sure there were some stock graphics available somewhere. Thanks SimonVT. Helped quite a bit with the ugly crayon jobs I created.
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That is also an option, but using native resources will ensure that it fits in with the overall OS theme.
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oh yeah, I guess you've got a point there. I wasn't thinking about people with sense, motoblur, etc. I've only ever had stock android phones. Well, I did have a nook color for a month or two, but I installed cyanogenmod the day I got it.
this might interest you aswell. its the android icon template pack.
http://developer.android.com/shareables/icon_templates-v2.3.zip
you can read more about icon and user interface guidlines here
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/index.html
Yeah, that's some good information as well. Following the OS standard is what I would prefer over trying to make my own or grabbing from other installed apps. It makes for the apps/widgets to flow much better in overall design theory.
... freaking hate them.
Just kidding, would be nice to have them. Unfortunately high-res icons are not provided very often, though, as you can see on the top left of the play store app, they technically exist. The devs are required to upload 512x512 icons to google, but not to include them in the .APKs.
Do you do anything about it? Has anyone found a convenient way to replace the icons throughout the system, e.g. not only on the homescreen but also in the app drawer? (Modifiying the APKs manually on the PC or with Ninjamorph is too much of a waste of time in my opinion.)
What I do about it:
Get the Icon: Advanced search for images (Google), filetype PNG. If there is no icon: Screenshot in the play store app, remove background, save as PNG. It should be downscaled to 144x144.
Store it on the device.
Replace icon on homescreen: Via longpress in Nova Launcher. Other method, works with every launcher: Create a "Desktop Visualizer" widget, and link it to the desired app. In case the icon looks blurry, check the Desktop Visualizer settings.
However, keep in mind that the app drawer icons remain as they are.
Please tell me if you know some launcher or a highly automated APK modification app that also replaces the drawer icons.
Cheers!
Thats actually quite interesting. I noticed the high-res icons in the Play Store. I don't have my Nexus 10 as of yet but I would hate to have low-res icons simply because the developer didn't take the 10 minutes to convert the icon and upload it with the .APK!
I would suggest we try to clip this problem at the source - TELL developers of this issue! Email them about it. Request it. Developers are in it for money, customers (and, being human, they obviously appreciate positive feedback). Tell them what we want, make it an issue, show them we care, and it will get fixed. Don't just rely on Google to push for a better ecosystem, tell them yourselves!
If someone posts their email to a developer about this issue here, I will take and alter that email to send to them in support, give a bit more force behind it. Sounds like the best option to me!
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Thats actually quite interesting. I noticed the high-res icons in the Play Store. I don't have my Nexus 10 as of yet but I would hate to have low-res icons simply because the developer didn't take the 10 minutes to convert the icon and upload it with the .APK!
I would suggest we try to clip this problem at the source - TELL developers of this issue! Email them about it. Request it. Developers are in it for money, customers (and, being human, they obviously appreciate positive feedback). Tell them what we want, make it an issue, show them we care, and it will get fixed. Don't just rely on Google to push for a better ecosystem, tell them yourselves!
If someone posts their email to a developer about this issue here, I will take and alter that email to send to them in support, give a bit more force behind it. Sounds like the best option to me!
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I agree. However, if you want to get it done quickly and properly, you will have to do it yourself. The problem is that I couldn't find a workaround, which is weird, because the idea exists. A long time ago, I had an iPod Touch, where you could install "Winterboard" - a Cydia app which redirected the read access to the icon file (which is stored within the app on iOS, too) to a folder where you could place custom icons.
If I were Google, I'd change the filetype of icons (or even more ui elements) to a vector format like .SVG. This way every device could calculate its own full resolution icons once and cache them for fast access. There wouldn't be the need for new icons everytime the displays are improved, which is happening all the time.
After the 4.4 kitkat update there was Samsung's keyboard support to use Emoji. How appreciative.
However, this over write and views all the emoji on their owns. Very intricate and clumsy and too complicated. Very tiny and makes it hard to optically make what it is. Note has big screen but the main point of emoji is the impact. Making Big face but instead they play shrunk down twist.
Does anyone know how to turn this off? I can see all Google hangout emojis' on hangout but once used on the chat windows,samsung's own pop out. Is there anyone find a way to switch this option on and off. I don't use samsung keyboard anyway. Miss using hangout ON the phone itself.
Samsung likes to add more features and pack a lot on new devices and then take away all the most and better features off on new devices.
Replacing emoji from Samsung for Google Hangouts
I am also hoping someone sees this thread and can offer an answer as to whether or not we can return to Google's emoji instead of Samsung's while typing in Hangouts. Thanks for any help!
I'm new on the N 9005 and was badly surprised by the new Samsung politics with Fonts in Settings.
As owner of an oooold Note 1, a beautiful N 2, I saw, sadly, that the "progress" or "improvements" aren't no so glamorous as the N3 phone itself.
And one of these "improvements" are the impossibility of apply any of my dozens of fonts stored this years. They are "not compatible".
But, the worst is that Samsung provides an online link to..... Samsung Apps, to download new fonts. And I retrieve there some of my fonts that I've payed previously on Play Store, but with a price... That stinks.
OK. I found out "iFonts" on Play St, but that's not exactly what I want...
Is there some workaround, some app or tricky thing to install any "com.monotype.xxx" font, as I did on previous phones?
Thanks!
OK, a little UP to say maybe I've found out a solution, here, in Spanish (sorry) : http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=819706
I've not tryed yet....It seems that this can work.
I work at a Cricket Wireless store, and generally can fix any issues customer's are having with their phones. I am not a developer by any means, but I can do basic things. Flashing a custom ROM, for example, isn't difficult for me. (Just to give you an idea of experience level). But I am trying to help someone at the moment and I am at a loss.
My customer is a Sikhism priest (forgive me if that is not worded correctly), and he needs a religious text on his device known as the Adi Granth. Up until recently, he had an app called Gur Gyan (link below) that displayed his text in his native language (Punjabi/Gurmukhi). He did an update recently, and now it will not work. However, I'm not sure whether he just updated the app, or if he updated his device, as he is now running Lollipop 5.0.
He has a Google Nexus 4. I tried viewing a webpage which displays Punjabi text, and it worked, making me think that his device does still support the Punjabi font. I could be mistaken though. Below is a screenshot of what the text actually looks like.
There are plenty of Adi Granth alternatives, the problem is, they are all in English. This is the only app he could find that gave both a Punjabi format, and search support. I am looking for either a fix to my problem, or an alternative that will work for him. Any help would be appreciated.