2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/RichInputConnection.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/RichInputConnection.java
index a031bb3be..2ecf1463f 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/RichInputConnection.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/RichInputConnection.java
@@ -233,8 +233,10 @@ public final class RichInputConnection {
         // getCapsMode should be updated to be able to return a "not enough info" result so that
         // we can get more context only when needed.
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(mCommittedTextBeforeComposingText) && 0 != mExpectedCursorPosition) {
-            mCommittedTextBeforeComposingText.append(
-                    getTextBeforeCursor(DEFAULT_TEXT_CACHE_SIZE, 0));
+            final CharSequence textBeforeCursor = getTextBeforeCursor(DEFAULT_TEXT_CACHE_SIZE, 0);
+            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(textBeforeCursor)) {
+                mCommittedTextBeforeComposingText.append(textBeforeCursor);
+            }
         }
         // This never calls InputConnection#getCapsMode - in fact, it's a static method that
         // never blocks or initiates IPC.
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/TypefaceUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/TypefaceUtils.java
index 544e4d201..47ea1ea75 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/TypefaceUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/TypefaceUtils.java
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ public final class TypefaceUtils {
         }
     }
 
+    public static float getStringWidth(final String string, final Paint paint) {
+        paint.getTextBounds(string, 0, string.length(), sTextWidthBounds);
+        return sTextWidthBounds.width();
+    }
+
     private static int getCharGeometryCacheKey(final char referenceChar, final Paint paint) {
         final int labelSize = (int)paint.getTextSize();
         final Typeface face = paint.getTypeface();