starting with #2 animated emoji

lib/src/components/animate_icon.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import 'package:cv/cv.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:lottie/lottie.dart';
+
+// animations from: https://googlefonts.github.io/noto-emoji-animation/
+
+class EmojiAnimation extends StatelessWidget {
+  final String emoji;
+  static final Map<String, String> animatedIcons = {
+    "❤": "red_heart.json",
+    "💪": "💪.json",
+    "🔥": "🔥.json",
+    "🤠": "🤠.json",
+    "🤯": "🤯.json",
+    "🥰": "🥰.json",
+    "😂": "😂.json",
+    "😭": "😭.json",
+  };
+
+  const EmojiAnimation({super.key, required this.emoji});
+
+  static bool supported(String emoji) {
+    return animatedIcons.containsKey(emoji);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    // List of emojis and their corresponding Lottie file names
+
+    // Check if the emoji has a corresponding Lottie animation
+    if (animatedIcons.containsKey(emoji)) {
+      return Lottie.asset(
+          "assets/animated_icons/${animatedIcons.getValue(emoji)}");
+    } else {
+      return Text(
+        emoji,
+        style: TextStyle(fontSize: 100), // Adjust the size as needed
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}

lib/src/views/chats/chat_item_details_view.dart

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'dart:collection';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:font_awesome_flutter/font_awesome_flutter.dart';
 import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
+import 'package:twonly/src/components/animate_icon.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/components/initialsavatar.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/components/message_send_state_icon.dart';
 import 'package:twonly/src/components/verified_shield.dart';
@@ -46,28 +47,39 @@ class ChatListEntry extends StatelessWidget {
     Widget child = Container();
 
     if (content is TextMessageContent) {
-      child = Container(
-        constraints: BoxConstraints(
-          maxWidth: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width * 0.8,
-        ),
-        padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(
-            vertical: 4, horizontal: 10), // Add some padding around the text
-        decoration: BoxDecoration(
-          color: right
-              ? const Color.fromARGB(107, 124, 77, 255)
-              : const Color.fromARGB(
-                  83, 68, 137, 255), // Set the background color
-          borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(12.0), // Set border radius
-        ),
-        child: SelectableText(
-          content.text,
-          style: TextStyle(
-            color: Colors.white, // Set text color for contrast
-            fontSize: 17,
+      if (EmojiAnimation.supported(content.text)) {
+        child = child = Container(
+          constraints: BoxConstraints(
+            maxWidth: 100,
           ),
-          textAlign: TextAlign.left, // Center the text
-        ),
-      );
+          padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(
+              vertical: 4, horizontal: 10), // Add some padding around the text
+          child: EmojiAnimation(emoji: content.text),
+        );
+      } else {
+        child = Container(
+          constraints: BoxConstraints(
+            maxWidth: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width * 0.8,
+          ),
+          padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(
+              vertical: 4, horizontal: 10), // Add some padding around the text
+          decoration: BoxDecoration(
+            color: right
+                ? const Color.fromARGB(107, 124, 77, 255)
+                : const Color.fromARGB(
+                    83, 68, 137, 255), // Set the background color
+            borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(12.0), // Set border radius
+          ),
+          child: SelectableText(
+            content.text,
+            style: TextStyle(
+              color: Colors.white, // Set text color for contrast
+              fontSize: 17,
+            ),
+            textAlign: TextAlign.left, // Center the text
+          ),
+        );
+      }
     } else if (content is MediaMessageContent && !content.isVideo) {
       Color color = message.messageContent
           .getColor(Theme.of(context).colorScheme.primary);

pubspec.yaml

@@ -82,18 +82,7 @@ flutter:
 
   assets:
     # Add assets from the images directory to the application.
-    - assets/images/logo.jpg
-    - assets/
     - assets/images/
     - assets/images/onboarding/ricky_the_greedy_racoon.png
-    - assets/animations/present.lottie.json
-    - assets/animations/selfie2.json
-    - assets/animations/selfie.json
-    - assets/animations/takephoto.json
-    - assets/animations/local.json
-    - assets/animations/test.json
-    - assets/animations/product.json
-    - assets/animations/twonlies.json
-    - assets/animations/rocket.json
-    - assets/animations/e2e.json
+    - assets/animated_icons/