diff --git a/java/res/xml/method.xml b/java/res/xml/method.xml
index 6014646bb..d7424c0c7 100644
--- a/java/res/xml/method.xml
+++ b/java/res/xml/method.xml
@@ -99,112 +99,112 @@
             android:subtypeId="0xc9194f98"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="en_US"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="TrySuppressingImeSwitcher,AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="TrySuppressingImeSwitcher,AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_en_GB"
             android:subtypeId="0xb045e755"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="en_GB"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="TrySuppressingImeSwitcher,AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="TrySuppressingImeSwitcher,AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x6f972360"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="af"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x590dde40"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="ar"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x70b0f974"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="az"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x1dc3a859"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="be"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=east_slavic"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=east_slavic,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x0ba9c0e8"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="bg"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=bulgarian"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=bulgarian,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_bulgarian_bds"
             android:subtypeId="0x5f51ba9a"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="bg"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=bulgarian_bds"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=bulgarian_bds,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0xd2e520d5"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="ca"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=spanish,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=spanish,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x2d3d2ed0"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="cs"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x2df4605d"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="da"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x2e2cbe61"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="de"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x0e7802d3"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="el"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=greek"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=greek,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x4090554a"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="eo"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=spanish"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=spanish,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x30a6e00e"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="es"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_es_US"
             android:subtypeId="0x84d2efc6"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="es_US"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=spanish,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=spanish,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <!--
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
             android:subtypeId="0x623f9286"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="es_419"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=spanish,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=spanish,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     -->
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
@@ -220,63 +220,63 @@
             android:subtypeId="0xec2d3955"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="et"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=nordic,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=nordic,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0xbe66c254"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="fa"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=farsi"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=farsi,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x31cecda3"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="fi"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x324da12c"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="fr"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0xeadbb691"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="fr_CA"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x39753b7f"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="hi"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=hindi"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=hindi,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x35b7526a"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="hr"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x35e198ed"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="hu"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0xe39ac3ca"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="hy"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=armenian_phonetic"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=armenian_phonetic,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <!-- Java uses the deprecated "in" code instead of the standard "id" code for Indonesian. -->
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
@@ -284,21 +284,21 @@
             android:subtypeId="0x7daea460"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="in"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x7df519e5"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="is"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x37885a0b"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="it"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <!-- Java uses the deprecated "iw" code instead of the standard "he" code for Hebrew. -->
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
@@ -306,14 +306,14 @@
             android:subtypeId="0x66fb18bd"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="iw"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x6e119e6a"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="ka"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=georgian"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=georgian,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <!--
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
             android:subtypeId="0x2d73d2f6"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="kk"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=east_slavic"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=east_slavic,EmojiCapable"
     />
     -->
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
@@ -329,140 +329,140 @@
             android:subtypeId="0x2e391c04"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="ky"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=east_slavic"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=east_slavic,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x8315772c"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="lo"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=lao"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=lao,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x8321bb43"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="lt"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x833dea45"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="lv"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0xaf50ab7c"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="mk"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=south_slavic"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=south_slavic,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0xcdcfc3ab"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="mn"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=mongolian"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=mongolian,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x84c87c61"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="ms"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x3f12ee14"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="nb"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0xd80a4cee"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="ne"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=nepali_romanized"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=nepali_romanized,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_nepali_traditional"
             android:subtypeId="0x5fafea88"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="ne"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=nepali_traditional"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=nepali_traditional,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x3f9fd91e"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="nl"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x500ca92c"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="nl_BE"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=azerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=azerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x43098a5c"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="pl"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0xcafff4a6"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="pt_BR"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0xe2fffc5a"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="pt_PT"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x8d185978"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="ro"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x763a8752"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="ru"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x8e94d413"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="sk"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x8ea2eb94"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="sl"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x77c5196e"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="sr"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <!-- TODO: Uncomment once we can handle IETF language tag with script name specified.
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
@@ -470,14 +470,14 @@
             android:subtypeId="0xXXXXXXXX"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="sr"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_serbian_latin"
             android:subtypeId="0xXXXXXXXX"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="sr-Latn"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     -->
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
@@ -485,63 +485,63 @@
             android:subtypeId="0x48b4ff43"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="sv"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x8f3dee1f"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="sw"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x1f94d5d4"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="th"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=thai"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=thai,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0xf08285ef"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="tl"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=spanish,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=spanish,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x4a3179de"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="tr"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="AsciiCapable,SupportTouchPositionCorrection,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x3e84492c"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="uk"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=east_slavic"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=east_slavic,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x93972eee"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="vi"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_generic"
             android:subtypeId="0x9b13ab76"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="zu"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <subtype android:icon="@drawable/ic_subtype_keyboard"
             android:label="@string/subtype_no_language_qwerty"
             android:subtypeId="0xa239ebad"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="zz"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EnabledWhenDefaultIsNotAsciiCapable"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=qwerty,AsciiCapable,EnabledWhenDefaultIsNotAsciiCapable,EmojiCapable"
     />
     <!-- Emoji subtype has to be an addtional subtype added at boot time because ICS doesn't
          support Emoji. -->
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
             android:subtypeId="0xc14d88b2"
             android:imeSubtypeLocale="zz"
             android:imeSubtypeMode="keyboard"
-            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=emoji"
+            android:imeSubtypeExtraValue="KeyboardLayoutSet=emoji,EmojiCapable"
     />
     -->
 </input-method>
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Constants.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Constants.java
index 04ca60dbb..58cae7dd5 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Constants.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Constants.java
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ public final class Constants {
              */
             public static final String ASCII_CAPABLE = "AsciiCapable";
 
+            /**
+             * The subtype extra value used to indicate that the subtype keyboard layout is capable
+             * for typing EMOJI characters.
+             */
+            public static final String EMOJI_CAPABLE = "EmojiCapable";
             /**
              * The subtype extra value used to indicate that the subtype require network connection
              * to work.
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SubtypeSwitcher.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SubtypeSwitcher.java
index 0889f22ca..772e25200 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SubtypeSwitcher.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SubtypeSwitcher.java
@@ -59,16 +59,19 @@ public final class SubtypeSwitcher {
     // Dummy no language QWERTY subtype. See {@link R.xml.method}.
     private static final InputMethodSubtype DUMMY_NO_LANGUAGE_SUBTYPE = new InputMethodSubtype(
             R.string.subtype_no_language_qwerty, R.drawable.ic_subtype_keyboard,
-            SubtypeLocaleUtils.NO_LANGUAGE, "keyboard",
-            "KeyboardLayoutSet=" + SubtypeLocaleUtils.QWERTY
-            + ",AsciiCapable,EnabledWhenDefaultIsNotAsciiCapable",
+            SubtypeLocaleUtils.NO_LANGUAGE, "keyboard", "KeyboardLayoutSet="
+                    + SubtypeLocaleUtils.QWERTY
+                    + "," + Constants.Subtype.ExtraValue.ASCII_CAPABLE
+                    + ",EnabledWhenDefaultIsNotAsciiCapable,"
+                    + Constants.Subtype.ExtraValue.EMOJI_CAPABLE,
             false /* isAuxiliary */, false /* overridesImplicitlyEnabledSubtype */);
     // Caveat: We probably should remove this when we add an Emoji subtype in {@link R.xml.method}.
     // Dummy Emoji subtype. See {@link R.xml.method}.
     private static final InputMethodSubtype DUMMY_EMOJI_SUBTYPE = new InputMethodSubtype(
             R.string.subtype_emoji, R.drawable.ic_subtype_keyboard,
-            SubtypeLocaleUtils.NO_LANGUAGE, "keyboard",
-            "KeyboardLayoutSet=" + SubtypeLocaleUtils.EMOJI,
+            SubtypeLocaleUtils.NO_LANGUAGE, "keyboard", "KeyboardLayoutSet="
+                    + SubtypeLocaleUtils.EMOJI + ","
+                    + Constants.Subtype.ExtraValue.EMOJI_CAPABLE,
             false /* isAuxiliary */, false /* overridesImplicitlyEnabledSubtype */);
 
     static final class NeedsToDisplayLanguage {
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/AdditionalSubtypeUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/AdditionalSubtypeUtils.java
index 215faa0c7..3082bf4b7 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/AdditionalSubtypeUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/AdditionalSubtypeUtils.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import android.os.Build;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodSubtype;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Constants;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -61,8 +62,9 @@ public final class AdditionalSubtypeUtils {
                         IS_ADDITIONAL_SUBTYPE, layoutDisplayNameExtraValue);
         final int nameId = SubtypeLocaleUtils.getSubtypeNameId(localeString, keyboardLayoutSetName);
         return new InputMethodSubtype(nameId, R.drawable.ic_subtype_keyboard,
-                localeString, KEYBOARD_MODE,
-                layoutExtraValue + "," + additionalSubtypeExtraValue, false, false);
+                localeString, KEYBOARD_MODE, layoutExtraValue + "," + additionalSubtypeExtraValue
+                        + "," + Constants.Subtype.ExtraValue.ASCII_CAPABLE
+                        + "," + Constants.Subtype.ExtraValue.EMOJI_CAPABLE, false, false);
     }
 
     public static String getPrefSubtype(final InputMethodSubtype subtype) {