diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java
index fb98af3e655ac8ea4e272aa945b28dc4b6cc1f12..b05cc70b795f36e714f7567d4d630427d2d361f4 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class KeyboardView extends View implements PointerTracker.DrawingProxy {
     // The maximum key label width in the proportion to the key width.
     private static final float MAX_LABEL_RATIO = 0.90f;
 
-    private final static int ALPHA_OPAQUE = 255;
+    public final static int ALPHA_OPAQUE = 255;
 
     // Main keyboard
     private Keyboard mKeyboard;
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/LatinKeyboardView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/LatinKeyboardView.java
index 1eae2c1d43ad6a9c45f27492e8fbb6ba23d5b558..36d3664ded47ac702660afd5cf7c0c147e44528d 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/LatinKeyboardView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/LatinKeyboardView.java
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ public class LatinKeyboardView extends KeyboardView implements PointerTracker.Ke
     // Stuff to draw language name on spacebar.
     private final int mLanguageOnSpacebarFinalAlpha;
     private ObjectAnimator mLanguageOnSpacebarFadeoutAnimator;
-    private static final int ALPHA_OPAQUE = 255;
     private boolean mNeedsToDisplayLanguage;
     private boolean mHasMultipleEnabledIMEsOrSubtypes;
     private int mLanguageOnSpacebarAnimAlpha = ALPHA_OPAQUE;