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How do I put emoticons into a push-notification alert? An example would be Ping!

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They are likely using the Emoji Japanese characters.

Greg Martin
Didn't Apple remove support for these?
Meroon
US phones can't enable the Emoji keyboard without a little trickery, but the phone is capable of displaying the characters regardless.
Greg Martin
Are you saying then that putting it in the push wouldn't be a problem?
Meroon
Yep, for instance, when someone sends you a text message with Emoji in it, even if you have not enabled the Emoji keyboard on your phone, they will still appear.
Greg Martin
Mumble mumble private-use range mumble mumble :)
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