[bug report] Unicode characters with "Variation Selector-15" (U+FE0E) are not rendered as text in iOS 18.1.1

I reported this bug one year ago in https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/746406, but as it is not been fixed yet, I'm going to try by opening this new incident report.

iOS is not working for the Unicode Variation Selector-15 (U+FE0E) for all the characters.

Can you please apply that variation selector to all your Unicode characters?

I) Steps to reproduce the issue: navigate in safari to the page https://eurovot.com/vs.htm

II) Expected result: as the 1st column of characters have the Variation Selector-15 (U+FE0E) applied, and the 2nd column have the Variation Selector-16 (U+FE0F) applied, the first column should always display text characters (in orange) and the second column emoji characters.

III) Error result: some characters are working fine in the 1st column and displayed as text (in orange colour), but some other aren't displayed as text, they wrongly displayed as emojis instead.

Answered by DTS Engineer in 825735022

Our engineering teams need to investigate this issue, as resolution may involve changes to Apple's software. Please file a bug report, include a small Xcode project and some directions that can be used to reproduce the problem, and post the FB number here once you do.

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I reported this bug one year ago in https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/746406

That's not a bug report, it's a developer forum post.

Have you actually submitted a bug report?

Our engineering teams need to investigate this issue, as resolution may involve changes to Apple's software. Please file a bug report, include a small Xcode project and some directions that can be used to reproduce the problem, and post the FB number here once you do.

Bug Reporting: How and Why? has tips on creating your bug report.

[bug report] Unicode characters with "Variation Selector-15" (U+FE0E) are not rendered as text in iOS 18.1.1
 
 
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