Sticker search icon providing dynamic previews

A method comprising:

• displaying, in a messaging interface, a transmitted message and a sticker search icon, the sticker search icon having an initial representation;
• identifying a set of candidate stickers based on message content of the transmitted message, the set of candidate stickers comprising more than two stickers;
• and
• automatically cycling through the set of candidate stickers by replacing, within the messaging interface:
• the initial representation with a representation of a first candidate sticker of the set of candidate stickers to function as the sticker search icon at a first point in time,
• the representation of the first candidate sticker with a representation of a second candidate sticker of the set of candidate stickers to function as the sticker search icon at a second point in time, and
• the representation of the second candidate sticker with a representation of a third candidate sticker of the set of candidate stickers to function as the sticker search icon at a third point in time.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

• displaying, in a messaging interface, a transmitted message and a sticker search icon, the sticker search icon having an initial representation;
• identifying a set of candidate stickers based on message content of the transmitted message, the set of candidate stickers comprising more than two stickers;
• and
• automatically cycling through the set of candidate stickers by replacing, within the messaging interface:
• the initial representation with a representation of a first candidate sticker of the set of candidate stickers to function as the sticker search icon at a first point in time,
• the representation of the first candidate sticker with a representation of a second candidate sticker of the set of candidate stickers to function as the sticker search icon at a second point in time, and
• the representation of the second candidate sticker with a representation of a third candidate sticker of the set of candidate stickers to function as the sticker search icon at a third point in time.