ios-sticker-packs-app

A customizable sticker iMessage App with tabbed category switcher, sticker size slider, and WhatsApp sticker integration.

• Features
  • Customizable tabbed category switcher.
  • User adjustable sticker size slider.
    • Adjustable default sticker size.
  • User feedback submission.
    • Pre-setup with Google Sheets as storage.
  • Persistence for:
    • Last selected category
    • Adjusted sticker size
      • WhatsApp Stickers (WAStickers) installation for each sticker category.
  • Analytics integration.
    • Firebase Crashlytics/Analytics/Performance enabled.

This code is used in Fluffcorn stickers, a iMessage sticker app. If you want to preview its functionality, download Fluffcorn on the App Store for free HERE. Fluffcorn Stickers are also available on Telegram here.

How to use for your own stickers

1. Clone or download ios-sticker-packs-app.
2. Delete all resources in Art Assets in Xcode. See Removing Existing Art Assets.
3. Add your own sticker images to the project.
4. Edit stickerPacks.json to include your own stickers. See How to edit stickerPacks.json.
5. Set default sticker size. See Configuring Default Sticker Size.
6. Set the sticker size slider visibility. See Configuring Sticker Size Slider Visibility.
7. Edit about.txt to include your app information.
8. Edit App Name, Bundle ID, Version, Build data.
9. Setup or disable Firebase integration. See Configuring Firebase Integration
10. Submit to App Store.

How to edit stickerPacks.json

stickerPacks.json is in JSON format.

There are two keys in the root dictionary.

• packOrder is an array with order of the “packs” (categories).
• allPacks is a dictionary containing keys for each “pack”.
  • Each pack is a dictionary with two keys, filename and order.
  • filename key for a pack specifies the category “tray” icon (currently only used for WhatsApp Stickers).
  • order key is an array containing a dictionary for each sticker in that pack.
    • filename is the filename of the sticker in your project.
    • description is the accessibility label for the sticker for human reference. The actual localized text that is used is located in Localizable.strings. The description value and localized English string in Localizable.strings should be kept the identical consistency.
    • emoji is an array of up to 3 unicode strings of length 1 containing related emojis. (Only used for WhatsApp Stickers).

All images used for WhatsApp needs add a prefix of wa_ to the filename. A listed filename of category1_tray_icon will use the file named wa_category1_tray_icon.png for any WhatsApp Sticker needs.

Configuring Default Sticker Size

• Set kDefaultStickerSize in Constants.h to 0,1, 2 for MSStickerSizeSmall, MSStickerSizeRegular,MSStickerSizeLarge respectively.
• MSStickerSize reference.

You should use the listed image size if you intend to display a single sticker size or else stickers may encounter size issues when used in messages.

Batch image resizing (Photoshop) and compression (pngcrush) scripts are in miscellaneous directory.

Configuring Sticker Size Slider Visibility

• If you want the sticker size slider to be visible, set kStickerSizeSliderVisibility in Constants.h to YES.
• If you want the sticker size slider to NOT be visible, set kStickerSizeSliderVisibility in Constants.h to NO.

Configuring Feedback Submission

• If you want Feedback submission, set kFeedbackAction in Constants.h to YES. Follow this post and edit sendFeedbackAction: in MessagesViewController.h with the appropriate values for your Google Form.
• If you do NOT want Feedback submission, set kFeedbackAction in Constants.h to NO.

Configuring Firebase Analytics Integration

• Add your application’s `GoogleService-Info.plist to the project.

Fabric Integration has been deprecated and replaced with Firebase Analytics & Performance Integration. The recommended way to keep your Firebase API key private in a public repository is to add GoogleService-Info.plist to the .gitignore file.

• If you do NOT want Firebase integration, set kFirebaseEnabled in Constants.h to NO.
  • Remove Firebase resources and Firebase frameworks.

WhatsApp Stickers Integration

See How to edit stickerPacks.json and Configuring Default Sticker Size sections above for WhatsApp Sticker asset information.

Using APNG stickers

There are some non-obvious steps to using animated PNG (APNG) stickers in a iMessage App versus a no-code Sticker app.

• APNG must be under 500kb. Xcode processes images during build time and if your image is under but too close to 500kb, the image will be too big and the Apple sticker browser will not work correctly.
• APNG files must be imported with the .png extension.
• Make sure the imported files have MessagesExtension selected for target membership.

Removing Existing Art Assets

When using ios-sticker-packs-app for your own iMessage sticker app, remove all resources in the Art Assets file group in the Xcode Navigator to get rid of the Fluffcorn art assets and provide your own art.

Settings.bundle

Standalone iMessage apps do not currently seem to appear in the Settings app. Settings.bundle is included if you would like a Settings menu in an iOS app. The bundle in this project comes with support for adjusting sticker size.

License and Contributing

All art assets in this repository (any Fluffcorn images including PNG and APNG) are © 2016 Alisha Liu under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

All third party code used by Fluffcorn is copyright of their rightful owners.

All original code and text assets in this repository are made available under MIT License.

Visible attribution to Fluffcorn/ios-sticker-packs-app by Anson Liu and Alisha Liu required if code, text, or art are used in any way in a public or commercial product.

Issues, feature requests, and contributions welcome! All contributions will be placed under MIT License.