Merge "Introduce SuggestionSpan#getLocaleObject()."
diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 358d4d5..05c40d1 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -38229,7 +38229,8 @@
     ctor public SuggestionSpan(android.os.Parcel);
     method public int describeContents();
     method public int getFlags();
-    method public java.lang.String getLocale();
+    method public deprecated java.lang.String getLocale();
+    method public java.util.Locale getLocaleObject();
     method public int getSpanTypeId();
     method public java.lang.String[] getSuggestions();
     method public void setFlags(int);
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 9b66945..fb47833 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -40588,7 +40588,8 @@
     ctor public SuggestionSpan(android.os.Parcel);
     method public int describeContents();
     method public int getFlags();
-    method public java.lang.String getLocale();
+    method public deprecated java.lang.String getLocale();
+    method public java.util.Locale getLocaleObject();
     method public int getSpanTypeId();
     method public java.lang.String[] getSuggestions();
     method public void setFlags(int);
diff --git a/api/test-current.txt b/api/test-current.txt
index 41a77b3..3fb9b5f 100644
--- a/api/test-current.txt
+++ b/api/test-current.txt
@@ -38245,7 +38245,8 @@
     ctor public SuggestionSpan(android.os.Parcel);
     method public int describeContents();
     method public int getFlags();
-    method public java.lang.String getLocale();
+    method public deprecated java.lang.String getLocale();
+    method public java.util.Locale getLocaleObject();
     method public int getSpanTypeId();
     method public java.lang.String[] getSuggestions();
     method public void setFlags(int);
diff --git a/core/java/android/text/style/SuggestionSpan.java b/core/java/android/text/style/SuggestionSpan.java
index 6b449f9..1b00db2 100644
--- a/core/java/android/text/style/SuggestionSpan.java
+++ b/core/java/android/text/style/SuggestionSpan.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package android.text.style;
 
+import android.annotation.NonNull;
+import android.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.res.TypedArray;
@@ -84,7 +86,15 @@
 
     private int mFlags;
     private final String[] mSuggestions;
-    private final String mLocaleString;
+    /**
+     * Kept for compatibility for apps that rely on invalid locale strings e.g.
+     * {@code new Locale(" an ", " i n v a l i d ", "data")}, which cannot be handled by
+     * {@link #mLanguageTag}.
+     */
+    @NonNull
+    private final String mLocaleStringForCompatibility;
+    @NonNull
+    private final String mLanguageTag;
     private final String mNotificationTargetClassName;
     private final String mNotificationTargetPackageName;
     private final int mHashCode;
@@ -130,14 +140,18 @@
         final int N = Math.min(SUGGESTIONS_MAX_SIZE, suggestions.length);
         mSuggestions = Arrays.copyOf(suggestions, N);
         mFlags = flags;
+        final Locale sourceLocale;
         if (locale != null) {
-            mLocaleString = locale.toString();
+            sourceLocale = locale;
         } else if (context != null) {
-            mLocaleString = context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale.toString();
+            // TODO: Consider to context.getResources().getResolvedLocale() instead.
+            sourceLocale = context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale;
         } else {
             Log.e("SuggestionSpan", "No locale or context specified in SuggestionSpan constructor");
-            mLocaleString = "";
+            sourceLocale = null;
         }
+        mLocaleStringForCompatibility = sourceLocale == null ? "" : sourceLocale.toString();
+        mLanguageTag = sourceLocale == null ? "" : sourceLocale.toLanguageTag();
 
         if (context != null) {
             mNotificationTargetPackageName = context.getPackageName();
@@ -150,7 +164,8 @@
         } else {
             mNotificationTargetClassName = "";
         }
-        mHashCode = hashCodeInternal(mSuggestions, mLocaleString, mNotificationTargetClassName);
+        mHashCode = hashCodeInternal(mSuggestions, mLanguageTag, mLocaleStringForCompatibility,
+                mNotificationTargetClassName);
 
         initStyle(context);
     }
@@ -194,7 +209,8 @@
     public SuggestionSpan(Parcel src) {
         mSuggestions = src.readStringArray();
         mFlags = src.readInt();
-        mLocaleString = src.readString();
+        mLocaleStringForCompatibility = src.readString();
+        mLanguageTag = src.readString();
         mNotificationTargetClassName = src.readString();
         mNotificationTargetPackageName = src.readString();
         mHashCode = src.readInt();
@@ -214,10 +230,29 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the locale of the suggestions
+     * @deprecated use {@link #getLocaleObject()} instead.
+     * @return the locale of the suggestions. An empty string is returned if no locale is specified.
      */
+    @NonNull
+    @Deprecated
     public String getLocale() {
-        return mLocaleString;
+        return mLocaleStringForCompatibility;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a well-formed BCP 47 language tag representation of the suggestions, as a
+     * {@link Locale} object.
+     *
+     * <p><b>Caveat</b>: The returned object is guaranteed to be a  a well-formed BCP 47 language tag
+     * representation.  For example, this method can return an empty locale rather than returning a
+     * malformed data when this object is initialized with an malformed {@link Locale} object, e.g.
+     * {@code new Locale(" a ", " b c d ", " "}.</p>
+     *
+     * @return the locale of the suggestions. {@code null} is returned if no locale is specified.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public Locale getLocaleObject() {
+        return mLanguageTag.isEmpty() ? null : Locale.forLanguageTag(mLanguageTag);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -255,7 +290,8 @@
     public void writeToParcelInternal(Parcel dest, int flags) {
         dest.writeStringArray(mSuggestions);
         dest.writeInt(mFlags);
-        dest.writeString(mLocaleString);
+        dest.writeString(mLocaleStringForCompatibility);
+        dest.writeString(mLanguageTag);
         dest.writeString(mNotificationTargetClassName);
         dest.writeString(mNotificationTargetPackageName);
         dest.writeInt(mHashCode);
@@ -290,10 +326,10 @@
         return mHashCode;
     }
 
-    private static int hashCodeInternal(String[] suggestions, String locale,
-            String notificationTargetClassName) {
+    private static int hashCodeInternal(String[] suggestions, @NonNull String languageTag,
+            @NonNull String localeStringForCompatibility, String notificationTargetClassName) {
         return Arrays.hashCode(new Object[] {Long.valueOf(SystemClock.uptimeMillis()), suggestions,
-                locale, notificationTargetClassName});
+                languageTag, localeStringForCompatibility, notificationTargetClassName});
     }
 
     public static final Parcelable.Creator<SuggestionSpan> CREATOR =