Xcode 26.3 not rendering Unicode/Emoji in Simulator or Canvas

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Fascinating OP
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I'm based in Australia, and am having the following issue. After leaving this message I received another response from someone else who is also havign the same issue, I've pasted that too. I'm quite surprised to not see it mentioned, could be local to language settings or something. Here is the issue:

Folk, I am having an issue where Xcode 26.3 with the new iOS26.2+26.3.1 Simulator update installed doesn’t render Unicode characters in the Canvas or in Simulator. They do render when running direct to a device. I’ve reset devices inside Simulator, cleared Derived Data, cleaned Build Folders etc but to no avail! Is anyone else seeing this, I can’t find a mention anywhere!! Thank you in advance.

Yep. Same here. Can't see emojis on the emoji picker keyboard.

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Pollifrog OP
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I also have this issue in the Simulator with iOS26.2+iOS26.3.1, on what looks like all devices. It might happen for my phone as well if it was on iOS26.3.1, but I'm hesitant to upgrade it from iOS26.3 and have it break emoji entirely for who knows how long.

Opening the emoji picker keyboard in the simulator now looks like this:

Removing and re-adding the emoji picker from the list of keyboards does not appear to help. Nor does disabling Stickers, as someone recommended in another forum.

I'm not sure what could be different about my setup (and those of the folks above) that makes the emoji break, when they aren't broken for most people. I'm located in the US, not Australia, so it's probably not that.

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lukoman OP
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having same issue

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