Generating custom animated chat emojis with GPT-Image and Stream Chat iOS
amos_gyamfi · x · 2026-11-07
Developer amosgyamfi shared a practical use case for GPT‑Image‑2.6: using its Flare and Sunburst lighting styles to generate custom animated emojis for Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp and Discord.
- Includes a Stream Chat iOS integration demo built with SwiftUI
- Stream Chat's iOS docs offer SwiftUI/UIKit component libraries covering rich media messages, reactions, threads, voice messages and offline storage
- Its CLI and Agent Skills work with AI coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
A concrete workflow for wiring an image-generation model into a real chat product.
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