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+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { View, Text, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
+
+import type { EmojiAvatarDBContent } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
+
+type Props = {
+  +avatarInfo: EmojiAvatarDBContent,
+  +size?: 'large' | 'small' | 'profile' | 'micro',
+};
+
+function Avatar(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const { avatarInfo, size } = props;
+
+  const containerSizeStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (size === 'profile') {
+      return styles.profile;
+    } else if (size === 'small') {
+      return styles.small;
+    } else if (size === 'micro') {
+      return styles.micro;
+    }
+    return styles.large;
+  }, [size]);
+
+  const emojiContainerStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
+    const backgroundColor = { backgroundColor: `#${avatarInfo.color}` };
+
+    return [styles.emojiContainer, containerSizeStyle, backgroundColor];
+  }, [avatarInfo, containerSizeStyle]);
+
+  const emojiSizeStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (size === 'profile') {
+      return styles.emojiProfile;
+    } else if (size === 'small') {
+      return styles.emojiSmall;
+    } else if (size === 'micro') {
+      return styles.emojiMicro;
+    }
+    return styles.emojiLarge;
+  }, [size]);
+
+  return (
+    <View style={emojiContainerStyle}>
+      <Text style={emojiSizeStyle}>{avatarInfo.emoji}</Text>
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  emojiContainer: {
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+  },
+  emojiLarge: {
+    fontSize: 28,
+    textAlign: 'center',
+  },
+  emojiMicro: {
+    fontSize: 9,
+    textAlign: 'center',
+  },
+  emojiProfile: {
+    fontSize: 80,
+    textAlign: 'center',
+  },
+  emojiSmall: {
+    fontSize: 14,
+    textAlign: 'center',
+  },
+  large: {
+    borderRadius: 20,
+    height: 40,
+    width: 40,
+  },
+  micro: {
+    borderRadius: 8,
+    height: 16,
+    width: 16,
+  },
+  profile: {
+    borderRadius: 56,
+    height: 112,
+    width: 112,
+  },
+  small: {
+    borderRadius: 12,
+    height: 24,
+    width: 24,
+  },
+});
+
+export default Avatar;