From 88c23125ffd462e62084f2e1a1dd0f446bf127fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rapptz <rapptz@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:43:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Allow CustomActivity emoji to be constructed as documented.

Fix #4049
---
 discord/activity.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/discord/activity.py b/discord/activity.py
index c230154d3..cf5192adf 100644
--- a/discord/activity.py
+++ b/discord/activity.py
@@ -693,8 +693,14 @@ class CustomActivity(BaseActivity):
 
         if emoji is None:
             self.emoji = emoji
-        else:
+        elif isinstance(emoji, dict):
             self.emoji = PartialEmoji.from_dict(emoji)
+        elif isinstance(emoji, str):
+            self.emoji = PartialEmoji(name=emoji)
+        elif isinstance(emoji, PartialEmoji):
+            self.emoji = emoji
+        else:
+            raise TypeError('Expected str, PartialEmoji, or None, received {0!r} instead.'.format(type(emoji)))
 
     @property
     def type(self):