I have a galaxy nexus and tried the same thing, setting-lang/input-emoji keyboard and it will not work. I have restarted the phone and also uninstalled and reinstalled the stock keyboard. Nexus is stock.
Any suggestions?
I just received the 4.3 update 2 nights ago and noticed no new Emoji's I can use (I noticed on other threads if you hold the spacebar down that is when you get the Emoji's).
I searched and figured out you need to go to:
- Settings
- Language / Input
- Google Keyboard
- Add-On Dictionary
- Then...