I’ve always had access to icons or images or gifs or whatever you call them. To the left of my keyboard in messages. All these years it has never failed. Now suddenly for no reason it’s gone. I have a camera and an App Store icon. No images or gifs.
iPhone SE
Hello,
Hmm, what version of iOS are you using?
With iOS 14 see this:
Adjust the onscreen and external keyboard settings on iPhone - Apple Support
When you press/tap on the field where you type new message text, the keyboard should pop-up, correct? Then there should be a row of icons above the keyboard and just below the text field. They may move around based on what you are doing. To enter an emoji, press on the smiley face in the lower left corner.
Good luck.
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