diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java index 21849ba14..d51c63dd3 100644 --- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java +++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java @@ -605,8 +605,24 @@ public class LatinIME extends InputMethodService implements KeyboardActionListen } private void initSuggest() { - final Locale subtypeLocale = mSubtypeSwitcher.getCurrentSubtypeLocale(); - final String localeStr = subtypeLocale.toString(); + final Locale switcherSubtypeLocale = mSubtypeSwitcher.getCurrentSubtypeLocale(); + final String switcherLocaleStr = switcherSubtypeLocale.toString(); + final Locale subtypeLocale; + final String localeStr; + if (TextUtils.isEmpty(switcherLocaleStr)) { + // This happens in very rare corner cases - for example, immediately after a switch + // to LatinIME has been requested, about a frame later another switch happens. In this + // case, we are about to go down but we still don't know it, however the system tells + // us there is no current subtype so the locale is the empty string. Take the best + // possible guess instead -- it's bound to have no consequences, and we have no way + // of knowing anyway. + Log.e(TAG, "System is reporting no current subtype."); + subtypeLocale = getResources().getConfiguration().locale; + localeStr = subtypeLocale.toString(); + } else { + subtypeLocale = switcherSubtypeLocale; + localeStr = switcherLocaleStr; + } final Suggest newSuggest = new Suggest(this /* Context */, subtypeLocale, this /* SuggestInitializationListener */);