2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/textservice/SpellCheckerSubtype.java b/core/java/android/view/textservice/SpellCheckerSubtype.java
index f235295..c753188 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/textservice/SpellCheckerSubtype.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/textservice/SpellCheckerSubtype.java
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ public final class SpellCheckerSubtype implements Parcelable {
         return false;
     }
 
-    private static Locale constructLocaleFromString(String localeStr) {
+    /**
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static Locale constructLocaleFromString(String localeStr) {
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(localeStr))
             return null;
         String[] localeParams = localeStr.split("_", 3);
diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java b/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
index 81a44fd..bd19f00 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
@@ -7678,7 +7678,7 @@ public class TextView extends View implements ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
                 mContext.getSystemService(Context.TEXT_SERVICES_MANAGER_SERVICE);
         final SpellCheckerSubtype subtype = textServicesManager.getCurrentSpellCheckerSubtype(true);
         if (subtype != null) {
-            locale = new Locale(subtype.getLocale());
+            locale = SpellCheckerSubtype.constructLocaleFromString(subtype.getLocale());
         }
         return locale;
     }