diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/PointerTracker.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/PointerTracker.java
index c925227b9d374826c8bdb8bc1c066b3703403544..ea4d93a4aa138a77880deb3f6854e15be4a80235 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/PointerTracker.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/PointerTracker.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class PointerTracker {
     // TODO: There should be an option to turn on/off the gesture input.
     private static boolean sIsGestureEnabled = true;
 
-    private static final int MIN_RECOGNITION_TIME = 100; // msec
+    private static final int MIN_GESTURE_RECOGNITION_TIME = 100; // msec
 
     public interface KeyEventHandler {
         /**
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ public class PointerTracker {
 
     private static final ArrayList<PointerTracker> sTrackers = new ArrayList<PointerTracker>();
     private static PointerTrackerQueue sPointerTrackerQueue;
+    // HACK: Change gesture detection criteria depending on this variable.
+    // TODO: Find more comprehensive ways to detect a gesture start.
+    // True when the previous user input was a gesture input, not a typing input.
+    private static boolean sWasInGesture;
 
     public final int mPointerId;
 
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@ public class PointerTracker {
     private boolean mIsPossibleGesture = false;
     private boolean mInGesture = false;
 
+    // TODO: Remove these variables
     private int mLastRecognitionPointSize = 0;
     private long mLastRecognitionTime = 0;
 
@@ -273,7 +278,7 @@ public class PointerTracker {
 
     // TODO: To handle multi-touch gestures we may want to move this method to
     // {@link PointerTrackerQueue}.
-    public static void clearBatchInputPoints() {
+    public static void clearBatchInputPointsOfAllPointerTrackers() {
         for (final PointerTracker tracker : sTrackers) {
             tracker.mGestureStroke.reset();
         }
@@ -550,18 +555,26 @@ public class PointerTracker {
             Log.d(TAG, "onEndBatchInput: batchPoints=" + batchPoints.getPointerSize());
         }
         mListener.onEndBatchInput(batchPoints);
-        mInGesture = false;
-        clearBatchInputPoints();
+        clearBatchInputRecognitionStateOfThisPointerTracker();
+        clearBatchInputPointsOfAllPointerTrackers();
+        sWasInGesture = true;
     }
 
     private void abortBatchInput() {
+        clearBatchInputRecognitionStateOfThisPointerTracker();
+        clearBatchInputPointsOfAllPointerTrackers();
+    }
+
+    private void clearBatchInputRecognitionStateOfThisPointerTracker() {
         mIsPossibleGesture = false;
         mInGesture = false;
+        mLastRecognitionPointSize = 0;
+        mLastRecognitionTime = 0;
     }
 
     private boolean updateBatchInputRecognitionState(long eventTime, int size) {
         if (size > mLastRecognitionPointSize
-                && eventTime > mLastRecognitionTime + MIN_RECOGNITION_TIME) {
+                && eventTime > mLastRecognitionTime + MIN_GESTURE_RECOGNITION_TIME) {
             mLastRecognitionPointSize = size;
             mLastRecognitionTime = eventTime;
             return true;
@@ -675,7 +688,7 @@ public class PointerTracker {
         if (sIsGestureEnabled && mIsPossibleGesture) {
             final GestureStroke stroke = mGestureStroke;
             stroke.addPoint(x, y, gestureTime, isHistorical);
-            if (!mInGesture && stroke.isStartOfAGesture(gestureTime)) {
+            if (!mInGesture && stroke.isStartOfAGesture(gestureTime, sWasInGesture)) {
                 startBatchInput();
             }
         }
@@ -865,10 +878,10 @@ public class PointerTracker {
     }
 
     public void onShowMoreKeysPanel(int x, int y, KeyEventHandler handler) {
+        abortBatchInput();
         onLongPressed();
         onDownEvent(x, y, SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), handler);
         mIsShowingMoreKeysPanel = true;
-        abortBatchInput();
     }
 
     public void onLongPressed() {
@@ -947,6 +960,7 @@ public class PointerTracker {
         int code = key.mCode;
         callListenerOnCodeInput(key, code, x, y);
         callListenerOnRelease(key, code, false);
+        sWasInGesture = false;
     }
 
     private void printTouchEvent(String title, int x, int y, long eventTime) {
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/GestureStroke.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/GestureStroke.java
index 8740e6972bbb805f2235fcce653bf0b5ad70830e..6f392f145727f90fc636aff40db4b0b83f06ce0e 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/GestureStroke.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/GestureStroke.java
@@ -26,19 +26,21 @@ public class GestureStroke {
     private final InputPointers mInputPointers = new InputPointers(DEFAULT_CAPACITY);
     private float mLength;
     private float mAngle;
-    private int mIncrementalRecognitionPoint;
-    private boolean mHasSharpCorner;
+    private int mIncrementalRecognitionSize;
     private long mLastPointTime;
     private int mLastPointX;
     private int mLastPointY;
 
     private int mMinGestureLength;
+    private int mMinGestureLengthWhileInGesture;
     private int mMinGestureSampleLength;
 
-    // TODO: Tune these parameters.
-    private static final float MIN_GESTURE_DETECTION_RATIO_TO_KEY_WIDTH = 1.0f / 4.0f;
+    // TODO: Move some of these to resource.
+    private static final float MIN_GESTURE_LENGTH_RATIO_TO_KEY_WIDTH = 1.0f;
+    private static final float MIN_GESTURE_LENGTH_RATIO_TO_KEY_WIDTH_WHILE_IN_GESTURE = 0.5f;
+    private static final int MIN_GESTURE_DURATION = 150; // msec
+    private static final int MIN_GESTURE_DURATION_WHILE_IN_GESTURE = 75; // msec
     private static final float MIN_GESTURE_SAMPLING_RATIO_TO_KEY_HEIGHT = 1.0f / 6.0f;
-    private static final int MIN_GESTURE_DURATION = 100; // msec
     private static final float GESTURE_RECOG_SPEED_THRESHOLD = 0.4f; // dip/msec
     private static final float GESTURE_RECOG_CURVATURE_THRESHOLD = (float)(Math.PI / 4.0f);
 
@@ -50,19 +52,27 @@ public class GestureStroke {
     }
 
     public void setGestureSampleLength(final int keyWidth, final int keyHeight) {
-        mMinGestureLength = (int)(keyWidth * MIN_GESTURE_DETECTION_RATIO_TO_KEY_WIDTH);
+        // TODO: Find an appropriate base metric for these length. Maybe diagonal length of the key?
+        mMinGestureLength = (int)(keyWidth * MIN_GESTURE_LENGTH_RATIO_TO_KEY_WIDTH);
+        mMinGestureLengthWhileInGesture = (int)(
+                keyWidth * MIN_GESTURE_LENGTH_RATIO_TO_KEY_WIDTH_WHILE_IN_GESTURE);
         mMinGestureSampleLength = (int)(keyHeight * MIN_GESTURE_SAMPLING_RATIO_TO_KEY_HEIGHT);
     }
 
-    public boolean isStartOfAGesture(int downDuration) {
+    public boolean isStartOfAGesture(final int downDuration, final boolean wasInGesture) {
+        // The tolerance of the time duration and the stroke length to detect the start of a
+        // gesture stroke should be eased when the previous input was a gesture input.
+        if (wasInGesture) {
+            return downDuration > MIN_GESTURE_DURATION_WHILE_IN_GESTURE
+                    && mLength > mMinGestureLengthWhileInGesture;
+        }
         return downDuration > MIN_GESTURE_DURATION && mLength > mMinGestureLength;
     }
 
     public void reset() {
         mLength = 0;
         mAngle = 0;
-        mIncrementalRecognitionPoint = 0;
-        mHasSharpCorner = false;
+        mIncrementalRecognitionSize = 0;
         mLastPointTime = 0;
         mInputPointers.reset();
     }
@@ -93,15 +103,11 @@ public class GestureStroke {
             mLength += dist;
             final float angle = getAngle(lastX, lastY, x, y);
             if (size > 1) {
-                float curvature = getAngleDiff(angle, mAngle);
+                final float curvature = getAngleDiff(angle, mAngle);
                 if (curvature > GESTURE_RECOG_CURVATURE_THRESHOLD) {
-                    if (size > mIncrementalRecognitionPoint) {
-                        mIncrementalRecognitionPoint = size;
+                    if (size > mIncrementalRecognitionSize) {
+                        mIncrementalRecognitionSize = size;
                     }
-                    mHasSharpCorner = true;
-                }
-                if (!mHasSharpCorner) {
-                    mIncrementalRecognitionPoint = size;
                 }
             }
             mAngle = angle;
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@ public class GestureStroke {
             if (mLastPointTime != 0 && duration > 0) {
                 final float speed = getDistance(mLastPointX, mLastPointY, x, y) / duration;
                 if (speed < GESTURE_RECOG_SPEED_THRESHOLD) {
-                    mIncrementalRecognitionPoint = size;
+                    mIncrementalRecognitionSize = size;
                 }
             }
             updateLastPoint(x, y, time);
@@ -124,7 +130,7 @@ public class GestureStroke {
     }
 
     public void appendIncrementalBatchPoints(final InputPointers out) {
-        out.append(mInputPointers, 0, mIncrementalRecognitionPoint);
+        out.append(mInputPointers, 0, mIncrementalRecognitionSize);
     }
 
     private static float getDistance(final int p1x, final int p1y,