diff --git a/java/res/layout/emoji_keyboard_view.xml b/java/res/layout/emoji_keyboard_view.xml
index ccbcfdc6f..5fee419d0 100644
--- a/java/res/layout/emoji_keyboard_view.xml
+++ b/java/res/layout/emoji_keyboard_view.xml
@@ -76,18 +76,24 @@
         android:id="@+id/emoji_action_bar"
         android:orientation="horizontal"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="@dimen/suggestions_strip_height"
+        android:layout_height="0dip"
+        android:layout_weight="1"
     >
         <ImageButton
             android:id="@+id/emoji_keyboard_alphabet"
             android:layout_width="0dip"
-            android:layout_weight="0.825"
+            android:layout_weight="0.15"
             android:layout_height="match_parent"
             android:src="@drawable/ic_ime_light" />
+        <ImageButton
+            android:id="@+id/emoji_keyboard_space"
+            android:layout_width="0dip"
+            android:layout_weight="0.70"
+            android:layout_height="match_parent" />
         <ImageButton
             android:id="@+id/emoji_keyboard_send"
             android:layout_width="0dip"
-            android:layout_weight="0.125"
+            android:layout_weight="0.15"
             android:layout_height="match_parent"
             android:src="@drawable/sym_keyboard_return_holo" />
     </LinearLayout>
diff --git a/java/res/values/attrs.xml b/java/res/values/attrs.xml
index 2a5334f95..09782143f 100644
--- a/java/res/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/java/res/values/attrs.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
              possible states: normal, pressed, checkable, checkable+pressed, checkable+checked,
              checkable+checked+pressed. -->
         <attr name="keyBackground" format="reference" />
+        <!-- Image for the functional key used in Emoji layout. -->
+        <attr name="keyBackgroundEmojiFunctional" format="reference" />
 
         <!-- Horizontal padding of left/right aligned key label to the edge of the key. -->
         <attr name="keyLabelHorizontalPadding" format="dimension" />
diff --git a/java/res/values/themes-ics.xml b/java/res/values/themes-ics.xml
index f3b6b1321..19fb4fd27 100644
--- a/java/res/values/themes-ics.xml
+++ b/java/res/values/themes-ics.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         name="EmojiKeyboardView.ICS"
         parent="KeyboardView.ICS"
     >
-        <item name="keyBackground">@drawable/btn_keyboard_key_functional_ics</item>
+        <item name="keyBackgroundEmojiFunctional">@drawable/btn_keyboard_key_functional_ics</item>
         <item name="emojiTabLabelColor">@color/emoji_tab_label_color_ics</item>
     </style>
     <style
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/EmojiKeyboardView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/EmojiKeyboardView.java
index 25ff8d0ce..3f2fdecf7 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/EmojiKeyboardView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/EmojiKeyboardView.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public final class EmojiKeyboardView extends LinearLayout implements OnTabChange
         ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, View.OnClickListener,
         ScrollKeyboardView.OnKeyClickListener {
     private final int mKeyBackgroundId;
+    private final int mEmojiFunctionalKeyBackgroundId;
     private final ColorStateList mTabLabelColor;
     private final EmojiKeyboardAdapter mEmojiKeyboardAdapter;
 
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ public final class EmojiKeyboardView extends LinearLayout implements OnTabChange
                 R.styleable.KeyboardView, defStyle, R.style.KeyboardView);
         mKeyBackgroundId = keyboardViewAttr.getResourceId(
                 R.styleable.KeyboardView_keyBackground, 0);
+        mEmojiFunctionalKeyBackgroundId = keyboardViewAttr.getResourceId(
+                R.styleable.KeyboardView_keyBackgroundEmojiFunctional, 0);
         keyboardViewAttr.recycle();
         final TypedArray emojiKeyboardViewAttr = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs,
                 R.styleable.EmojiKeyboardView, defStyle, R.style.EmojiKeyboardView);
@@ -126,10 +129,9 @@ public final class EmojiKeyboardView extends LinearLayout implements OnTabChange
                 context, null /* editorInfo */);
         final Resources res = context.getResources();
         builder.setSubtype(SubtypeSwitcher.getInstance().getEmojiSubtype());
-        // TODO: Make Keyboard height variable.
         builder.setKeyboardGeometry(ResourceUtils.getDefaultKeyboardWidth(res),
-                (int)(ResourceUtils.getDefaultKeyboardHeight(res)
-                        - res.getDimension(R.dimen.suggestions_strip_height)));
+                (int)ResourceUtils.getDefaultKeyboardHeight(res)
+                        + res.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.suggestions_strip_height));
         builder.setOptions(false, false, false /* lanuageSwitchKeyEnabled */);
         final KeyboardLayoutSet layoutSet = builder.build();
         mEmojiKeyboardAdapter = new EmojiKeyboardAdapter(layoutSet, this);
@@ -165,7 +167,6 @@ public final class EmojiKeyboardView extends LinearLayout implements OnTabChange
                     R.layout.emoji_keyboard_tab_label, null);
             textView.setText(sCategoryLabel[category]);
             textView.setTextColor(mTabLabelColor);
-            textView.setBackgroundResource(mKeyBackgroundId);
             tspec.setIndicator(textView);
         }
         host.addTab(tspec);
@@ -189,27 +190,33 @@ public final class EmojiKeyboardView extends LinearLayout implements OnTabChange
         mEmojiPager.setAdapter(mEmojiKeyboardAdapter);
         mEmojiPager.setOnPageChangeListener(this);
         mEmojiPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(0);
-        final ViewGroup.LayoutParams lp = mEmojiPager.getLayoutParams();
         final Resources res = getResources();
-        lp.height = ResourceUtils.getDefaultKeyboardHeight(res)
-                - res.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.suggestions_strip_height);
-        mEmojiPager.setLayoutParams(lp);
+        final EmojiLayoutParams emojiLp = new EmojiLayoutParams(res);
+        emojiLp.setPagerProps(mEmojiPager);
 
         // TODO: Record current category.
         final int category = CATEGORY_PEOPLE;
         setCurrentCategory(category, true /* force */);
 
+        final LinearLayout actionBar = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.emoji_action_bar);
+        emojiLp.setActionBarProps(actionBar);
+
         // TODO: Implement auto repeat, using View.OnTouchListener?
-        final View deleteKey = findViewById(R.id.emoji_keyboard_delete);
-        deleteKey.setBackgroundResource(mKeyBackgroundId);
+        final ImageView deleteKey = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.emoji_keyboard_delete);
+        deleteKey.setBackgroundResource(mEmojiFunctionalKeyBackgroundId);
         deleteKey.setTag(Constants.CODE_DELETE);
         deleteKey.setOnClickListener(this);
-        final View alphabetKey = findViewById(R.id.emoji_keyboard_alphabet);
-        alphabetKey.setBackgroundResource(mKeyBackgroundId);
+        final ImageView alphabetKey = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.emoji_keyboard_alphabet);
+        alphabetKey.setBackgroundResource(mEmojiFunctionalKeyBackgroundId);
         alphabetKey.setTag(Constants.CODE_SWITCH_ALPHA_SYMBOL);
         alphabetKey.setOnClickListener(this);
-        final View sendKey = findViewById(R.id.emoji_keyboard_send);
-        sendKey.setBackgroundResource(mKeyBackgroundId);
+        final ImageView spaceKey = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.emoji_keyboard_space);
+        spaceKey.setBackgroundResource(mKeyBackgroundId);
+        spaceKey.setTag(Constants.CODE_SPACE);
+        spaceKey.setOnClickListener(this);
+        emojiLp.setKeyProps(spaceKey);
+        final ImageView sendKey = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.emoji_keyboard_send);
+        sendKey.setBackgroundResource(mEmojiFunctionalKeyBackgroundId);
         sendKey.setTag(Constants.CODE_ENTER);
         sendKey.setOnClickListener(this);
     }
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/EmojiLayoutParams.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/EmojiLayoutParams.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6486fc9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/EmojiLayoutParams.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.keyboard;
+
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.ResourceUtils;
+
+import android.content.res.Resources;
+import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
+import android.widget.ImageView;
+import android.widget.LinearLayout;
+
+public class EmojiLayoutParams {
+    private static final int DEFAULT_KEYBOARD_ROWS = 4;
+
+    public final int mEmojiKeyboardHeight;
+    public final int mEmojiActionBarHeight;
+    public final int mKeyVerticalGap;
+    private final int mKeyHorizontalGap;
+    private final int mBottomPadding;
+    private final int mTopPadding;
+
+    public EmojiLayoutParams(Resources res) {
+        final int defaultKeyboardHeight = ResourceUtils.getDefaultKeyboardHeight(res);
+        final int defaultKeyboardWidth = ResourceUtils.getDefaultKeyboardWidth(res);
+        mKeyVerticalGap = (int) res.getFraction(R.fraction.key_bottom_gap_ics,
+                (int) defaultKeyboardHeight, (int) defaultKeyboardHeight);
+        mBottomPadding = (int) res.getFraction(R.fraction.keyboard_bottom_padding_ics,
+                (int) defaultKeyboardHeight, (int) defaultKeyboardHeight);
+        mTopPadding = (int) res.getFraction(R.fraction.keyboard_top_padding_ics,
+                (int) defaultKeyboardHeight, (int) defaultKeyboardHeight);
+        mKeyHorizontalGap = (int) (res.getFraction(R.fraction.key_horizontal_gap_ics,
+                defaultKeyboardWidth, defaultKeyboardWidth));
+        final int baseheight = defaultKeyboardHeight - mBottomPadding - mTopPadding
+                + mKeyVerticalGap;
+        mEmojiActionBarHeight = ((int) baseheight) / DEFAULT_KEYBOARD_ROWS
+                - (mKeyVerticalGap - mBottomPadding) / 2;
+        mEmojiKeyboardHeight = defaultKeyboardHeight - mEmojiActionBarHeight;
+    }
+
+    public void setPagerProps(ViewPager vp) {
+        final LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams) vp.getLayoutParams();
+        lp.height = mEmojiKeyboardHeight - mKeyVerticalGap / 2;
+        lp.bottomMargin = mKeyVerticalGap / 2;
+        vp.setLayoutParams(lp);
+    }
+
+    public void setActionBarProps(LinearLayout ll) {
+        final LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams) ll.getLayoutParams();
+        lp.height = mEmojiActionBarHeight;
+        lp.topMargin = 0;
+        lp.bottomMargin = mBottomPadding;
+        ll.setLayoutParams(lp);
+    }
+
+    public void setKeyProps(ImageView ib) {
+        final LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams) ib.getLayoutParams();
+        lp.leftMargin = mKeyHorizontalGap / 2;
+        lp.rightMargin = mKeyHorizontalGap / 2;
+        ib.setLayoutParams(lp);
+    }
+}