diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
index 97fa90eeceac77ae4a961c97e9fbebea321c2748..21aefd3ab6d30ec9e522d2db541d817da57a7355 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import com.android.inputmethod.accessibility.AccessibleKeyboardViewProxy;
 import com.android.inputmethod.annotations.UsedForTesting;
 import com.android.inputmethod.compat.InputMethodServiceCompatUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.dictionarypack.DictionaryPackConstants;
+import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.Key;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.Keyboard;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.KeyboardActionListener;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.KeyboardId;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ import com.android.inputmethod.latin.suggestions.SuggestionStripView;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.ApplicationUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.CapsModeUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.CompletionInfoUtils;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.CoordinateUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.IntentUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.JniUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.LatinImeLoggerUtils;
@@ -1199,6 +1201,30 @@ public class LatinIME extends InputMethodService implements KeyboardActionListen
         return mSubtypeSwitcher.getCurrentSubtypeLocale();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param codePoints code points to get coordinates for.
+     * @return x,y coordinates for this keyboard, as a flattened array.
+     */
+    public int[] getCoordinatesForCurrentKeyboard(final int[] codePoints) {
+        return getCoordinatesForKeyboard(codePoints, mKeyboardSwitcher.getKeyboard());
+    }
+
+    public static int[] getCoordinatesForKeyboard(final int[] codePoints, final Keyboard keyboard) {
+        final int length = codePoints.length;
+        final int[] coordinates = CoordinateUtils.newCoordinateArray(length);
+        Key key;
+        for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
+            if (keyboard != null && (key = keyboard.getKey(codePoints[i])) != null) {
+                CoordinateUtils.setXYInArray(coordinates, i,
+                        key.getX() + key.getWidth() / 2, key.getY() + key.getHeight() / 2);
+            } else {
+                CoordinateUtils.setXYInArray(coordinates, i,
+                        Constants.NOT_A_COORDINATE, Constants.NOT_A_COORDINATE);
+            }
+        }
+        return coordinates;
+    }
+
     // Callback for the {@link SuggestionStripView}, to call when the "add to dictionary" hint is
     // pressed.
     @Override
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/WordComposer.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/WordComposer.java
index a0e6056256e21a2805ba91cdd7998ca65be32f07..0495a1e75da9686fdc5dc30bc6b203f94d43ec78 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/WordComposer.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/WordComposer.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.android.inputmethod.latin;
 import com.android.inputmethod.annotations.UsedForTesting;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.Key;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.Keyboard;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.CoordinateUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.StringUtils;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -295,18 +296,20 @@ public final class WordComposer {
     /**
      * Set the currently composing word to the one passed as an argument.
      * This will register NOT_A_COORDINATE for X and Ys, and use the passed keyboard for proximity.
-     * @param word the char sequence to set as the composing word.
+     * @param codePoints the code points to set as the composing word.
+     * @param coordinates the x, y coordinates of the key in the CoordinateUtils format
      * @param previousWord the previous word, to use as context for suggestions. Can be null if
      *   the context is nil (typically, at start of text).
      * @param keyboard the keyboard this is typed on, for coordinate info/proximity.
      */
-    public void setComposingWord(final CharSequence word, final CharSequence previousWord,
-            final Keyboard keyboard) {
+     // TODO[IL]: the Keyboard argument is now unused. Remove it.
+    public void setComposingWord(final int[] codePoints, final int[] coordinates,
+            final CharSequence previousWord, final Keyboard keyboard) {
         reset();
-        final int length = word.length();
-        for (int i = 0; i < length; i = Character.offsetByCodePoints(word, i, 1)) {
-            final int codePoint = Character.codePointAt(word, i);
-            addKeyInfo(codePoint, keyboard);
+        final int length = codePoints.length;
+        for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
+            add(codePoints[i], CoordinateUtils.xFromArray(coordinates, i),
+                    CoordinateUtils.yFromArray(coordinates, i));
         }
         mIsResumed = true;
         mPreviousWordForSuggestion = null == previousWord ? null : previousWord.toString();
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
index c417ae793cd4290bf58d930e7fb838287a619c6d..c715cb35089ecfab7c2ae23b2728df44aa79af9c 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.compat.SuggestionSpanUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.event.EventInterpreter;
-import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.Keyboard;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.KeyboardSwitcher;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Constants;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Dictionary;
@@ -1087,7 +1086,9 @@ public final class InputLogic {
                 }
             }
         }
-        mWordComposer.setComposingWord(typedWord,
+        final int[] codePoints = StringUtils.toCodePointArray(typedWord);
+        mWordComposer.setComposingWord(codePoints,
+                mLatinIME.getCoordinatesForCurrentKeyboard(codePoints),
                 getNthPreviousWordForSuggestion(settingsValues.mSpacingAndPunctuations,
                         // We want the previous word for suggestion. If we have chars in the word
                         // before the cursor, then we want the word before that, hence 2; otherwise,
@@ -1177,8 +1178,8 @@ public final class InputLogic {
                         previousWord, committedWord.toString());
             }
         }
-        final SpannableString textToCommit =
-                new SpannableString(originallyTypedWord + mLastComposedWord.mSeparatorString);
+        final String stringToCommit = originallyTypedWord + mLastComposedWord.mSeparatorString;
+        final SpannableString textToCommit = new SpannableString(stringToCommit);
         if (committedWord instanceof SpannableString) {
             final int lastCharIndex = textToCommit.length() - 1;
             // Add the auto-correction to the list of suggestions.
@@ -1210,8 +1211,10 @@ public final class InputLogic {
         } else {
             // For languages without spaces, we revert the typed string but the cursor is flush
             // with the typed word, so we need to resume suggestions right away.
-            mWordComposer.setComposingWord(textToCommit, previousWord,
-                    keyboardSwitcher.getKeyboard());
+            final int[] codePoints = StringUtils.toCodePointArray(stringToCommit);
+            mWordComposer.setComposingWord(codePoints,
+                    mLatinIME.getCoordinatesForCurrentKeyboard(codePoints),
+                    previousWord, keyboardSwitcher.getKeyboard());
             mConnection.setComposingText(textToCommit, 1);
         }
         if (settingsValues.mIsInternal) {
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidWordLevelSpellCheckerSession.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidWordLevelSpellCheckerSession.java
index 98a0cfaa7f66c311d301299b67522e4f6d943f33..04ef718b22cfd0636f007c2dd14a1aa9073af97b 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidWordLevelSpellCheckerSession.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidWordLevelSpellCheckerSession.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import android.view.textservice.TextInfo;
 import com.android.inputmethod.compat.SuggestionsInfoCompatUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Constants;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Dictionary;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestedWords.SuggestedWordInfo;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.WordComposer;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.spellcheck.AndroidSpellCheckerService.SuggestionsGatherer;
@@ -312,7 +313,10 @@ public abstract class AndroidWordLevelSpellCheckerSession extends Session {
                             false /* reportAsTypo */);
                 }
                 final WordComposer composer = new WordComposer();
-                composer.setComposingWord(text, null /* previousWord */, dictInfo.mKeyboard);
+                final int[] codePoints = StringUtils.toCodePointArray(text);
+                composer.setComposingWord(codePoints,
+                        LatinIME.getCoordinatesForKeyboard(codePoints, dictInfo.mKeyboard),
+                        null /* previousWord */, dictInfo.mKeyboard);
                 // TODO: make a spell checker option to block offensive words or not
                 final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestions =
                         dictInfo.mDictionary.getSuggestions(composer, prevWord,
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/CoordinateUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/CoordinateUtils.java
index 72f2cd2d9e26070bda944aec85c577afb4eb22ee..91a63501a86ae4f5bad2191df543ab9783a2e377 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/CoordinateUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/CoordinateUtils.java
@@ -16,17 +16,19 @@
 
 package com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 public final class CoordinateUtils {
     private static final int INDEX_X = 0;
     private static final int INDEX_Y = 1;
-    private static final int ARRAY_SIZE = INDEX_Y + 1;
+    private static final int ELEMENT_SIZE = INDEX_Y + 1;
 
     private CoordinateUtils() {
         // This utility class is not publicly instantiable.
     }
 
     public static int[] newInstance() {
-        return new int[ARRAY_SIZE];
+        return new int[ELEMENT_SIZE];
     }
 
     public static int x(final int[] coords) {
@@ -46,4 +48,39 @@ public final class CoordinateUtils {
         destination[INDEX_X] = source[INDEX_X];
         destination[INDEX_Y] = source[INDEX_Y];
     }
+
+    public static int[] newCoordinateArray(final int arraySize) {
+        return new int[ELEMENT_SIZE * arraySize];
+    }
+
+    public static int xFromArray(final int[] coordsArray, final int index) {
+        return coordsArray[ELEMENT_SIZE * index + INDEX_X];
+    }
+
+    public static int yFromArray(final int[] coordsArray, final int index) {
+        return coordsArray[ELEMENT_SIZE * index + INDEX_Y];
+    }
+
+    public static int[] coordinateFromArray(final int[] coordsArray, final int index) {
+        final int baseIndex = ELEMENT_SIZE * index;
+        return Arrays.copyOfRange(coordsArray, baseIndex, baseIndex + ELEMENT_SIZE);
+    }
+
+    public static void setXYInArray(final int[] coordsArray, final int index,
+            final int x, final int y) {
+        final int baseIndex = ELEMENT_SIZE * index;
+        coordsArray[baseIndex + INDEX_X] = x;
+        coordsArray[baseIndex + INDEX_Y] = y;
+    }
+
+    public static void setCoordinateInArray(final int[] coordsArray, final int index,
+            final int[] coords) {
+        final int baseIndex = ELEMENT_SIZE * index;
+        coordsArray[baseIndex + INDEX_X] = coords[INDEX_X];
+        coordsArray[baseIndex + INDEX_Y] = coords[INDEX_Y];
+    }
+
+    public static void copyArray(final int[] destination, final int[] source) {
+        System.arraycopy(source, 0, destination, 0, source.length);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/WordComposerTests.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/WordComposerTests.java
index 1336c6d1a7d3eac91d6a3121a8d5ee963edb6080..eb40c4c4ab01eb88ae07fb845e0f72ffe1126ab1 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/WordComposerTests.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/WordComposerTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package com.android.inputmethod.latin;
 import android.test.AndroidTestCase;
 import android.test.suitebuilder.annotation.SmallTest;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.StringUtils;
+
 /**
  * Unit tests for WordComposer.
  */
@@ -33,8 +35,12 @@ public class WordComposerTests extends AndroidTestCase {
         // in UTF-16, whereas those outside the BMP need 4 bytes.
         // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_(Unicode)#Basic_Multilingual_Plane
         final String STR_WITHIN_BMP = "abcdef";
+        final int[] CODEPOINTS_WITHIN_BMP = StringUtils.toCodePointArray(STR_WITHIN_BMP);
+        final int[] COORDINATES_WITHIN_BMP =
+                LatinIME.getCoordinatesForKeyboard(CODEPOINTS_WITHIN_BMP, null);
         final String PREVWORD = "prevword";
-        wc.setComposingWord(STR_WITHIN_BMP, PREVWORD, null /* keyboard */);
+        wc.setComposingWord(CODEPOINTS_WITHIN_BMP, COORDINATES_WITHIN_BMP,
+                PREVWORD, null /* keyboard */);
         assertEquals(wc.size(),
                 STR_WITHIN_BMP.codePointCount(0, STR_WITHIN_BMP.length()));
         assertFalse(wc.isCursorFrontOrMiddleOfComposingWord());
@@ -62,10 +68,13 @@ public class WordComposerTests extends AndroidTestCase {
 
         // \uD861\uDED7 is 𨛗, a character outside the BMP
         final String STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR = "abcde\uD861\uDED7fgh";
-        wc.setComposingWord(STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, null /* previousWord */,
-                null /* keyboard */);
-        assertEquals(wc.size(), STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR.codePointCount(0,
-                        STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR.length()));
+        final int[] CODEPOINTS_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR =
+                StringUtils.toCodePointArray(STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR);
+        final int[] COORDINATES_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR = LatinIME.getCoordinatesForKeyboard(
+                CODEPOINTS_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, null);
+        wc.setComposingWord(CODEPOINTS_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, COORDINATES_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR,
+                null /* previousWord */, null /* keyboard */);
+        assertEquals(wc.size(), CODEPOINTS_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR.length);
         assertFalse(wc.isCursorFrontOrMiddleOfComposingWord());
         wc.setCursorPositionWithinWord(3);
         assertTrue(wc.isCursorFrontOrMiddleOfComposingWord());
@@ -75,44 +84,46 @@ public class WordComposerTests extends AndroidTestCase {
         assertFalse(wc.isCursorFrontOrMiddleOfComposingWord());
         assertNull(wc.getPreviousWordForSuggestion());
 
-        wc.setComposingWord(STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, STR_WITHIN_BMP, null /* keyboard */);
+        wc.setComposingWord(CODEPOINTS_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, COORDINATES_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR,
+                STR_WITHIN_BMP, null /* keyboard */);
         wc.setCursorPositionWithinWord(3);
         assertTrue(wc.moveCursorByAndReturnIfInsideComposingWord(7));
         assertEquals(STR_WITHIN_BMP, wc.getPreviousWordForSuggestion());
 
-        wc.setComposingWord(STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR,
-                null /* keyboard */);
+        wc.setComposingWord(CODEPOINTS_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, COORDINATES_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR,
+                STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, null /* keyboard */);
         wc.setCursorPositionWithinWord(3);
         assertTrue(wc.moveCursorByAndReturnIfInsideComposingWord(7));
         assertEquals(STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, wc.getPreviousWordForSuggestion());
 
-        wc.setComposingWord(STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, STR_WITHIN_BMP, null /* keyboard */);
+        wc.setComposingWord(CODEPOINTS_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, COORDINATES_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR,
+                STR_WITHIN_BMP, null /* keyboard */);
         wc.setCursorPositionWithinWord(3);
         assertTrue(wc.moveCursorByAndReturnIfInsideComposingWord(-3));
         assertFalse(wc.moveCursorByAndReturnIfInsideComposingWord(-1));
         assertEquals(STR_WITHIN_BMP, wc.getPreviousWordForSuggestion());
 
-        wc.setComposingWord(STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, null /* previousWord */,
-                null /* keyboard */);
+        wc.setComposingWord(CODEPOINTS_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, COORDINATES_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR,
+                null /* previousWord */, null /* keyboard */);
         wc.setCursorPositionWithinWord(3);
         assertFalse(wc.moveCursorByAndReturnIfInsideComposingWord(-9));
         assertNull(wc.getPreviousWordForSuggestion());
 
-        wc.setComposingWord(STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR,
-                null /* keyboard */);
+        wc.setComposingWord(CODEPOINTS_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, COORDINATES_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR,
+                STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, null /* keyboard */);
         assertTrue(wc.moveCursorByAndReturnIfInsideComposingWord(-10));
         assertEquals(STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, wc.getPreviousWordForSuggestion());
 
-        wc.setComposingWord(STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, null /* previousWord */,
-                null /* keyboard */);
+        wc.setComposingWord(CODEPOINTS_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, COORDINATES_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR,
+                null /* previousWord */, null /* keyboard */);
         assertFalse(wc.moveCursorByAndReturnIfInsideComposingWord(-11));
 
-        wc.setComposingWord(STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, null /* previousWord */,
-                null /* keyboard */);
+        wc.setComposingWord(CODEPOINTS_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, COORDINATES_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR,
+                null /* previousWord */, null /* keyboard */);
         assertTrue(wc.moveCursorByAndReturnIfInsideComposingWord(0));
 
-        wc.setComposingWord(STR_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, null /* previousWord */,
-                null /* keyboard */);
+        wc.setComposingWord(CODEPOINTS_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR, COORDINATES_WITH_SUPPLEMENTARY_CHAR,
+                null /* previousWord */, null /* keyboard */);
         wc.setCursorPositionWithinWord(2);
         assertTrue(wc.moveCursorByAndReturnIfInsideComposingWord(0));
     }
diff --git a/tools/dicttool/Android.mk b/tools/dicttool/Android.mk
index 95afb4cc1098a184d6e5bd3880ca4faf7c36116c..b7b1fe6cd67cb103e15d29949258f815c2cdf4a2 100644
--- a/tools/dicttool/Android.mk
+++ b/tools/dicttool/Android.mk
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ USED_TARGETTED_UTILS := \
         $(LATINIME_CORE_SOURCE_DIRECTORY)/settings/NativeSuggestOptions.java \
         $(LATINIME_CORE_SOURCE_DIRECTORY)/utils/ByteArrayDictBuffer.java \
         $(LATINIME_CORE_SOURCE_DIRECTORY)/utils/CollectionUtils.java \
+        $(LATINIME_CORE_SOURCE_DIRECTORY)/utils/CoordinateUtils.java \
         $(LATINIME_CORE_SOURCE_DIRECTORY)/utils/FileUtils.java \
         $(LATINIME_CORE_SOURCE_DIRECTORY)/utils/JniUtils.java \
         $(LATINIME_CORE_SOURCE_DIRECTORY)/utils/LocaleUtils.java \