diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ImeFocusController.java b/core/java/android/view/ImeFocusController.java
index a4800726bbe8b..825077ffd57a5 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ImeFocusController.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/ImeFocusController.java
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ public final class ImeFocusController {
         final View viewForWindowFocus = focusedView != null ? focusedView : mViewRootImpl.mView;
         onViewFocusChanged(viewForWindowFocus, true);
 
+        // Skip starting input when the next focused view is same as served view and the served
+        // input connection still exists.
+        final boolean nextFocusIsServedView = mServedView != null && mServedView == focusedView;
+        if (nextFocusIsServedView && immDelegate.isAcceptingText()) {
+            forceFocus = false;
+        }
+
         immDelegate.startInputAsyncOnWindowFocusGain(viewForWindowFocus,
                 windowAttribute.softInputMode, windowAttribute.flags, forceFocus);
     }
@@ -247,6 +254,7 @@ public final class ImeFocusController {
         void setCurrentRootView(ViewRootImpl rootView);
         boolean isCurrentRootView(ViewRootImpl rootView);
         boolean isRestartOnNextWindowFocus(boolean reset);
+        boolean isAcceptingText();
     }
 
     public View getServedView() {
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java
index 71dd6653f6a65..477dd1d132953 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java
@@ -616,12 +616,19 @@ public final class InputMethodManager {
                 // For some reason we didn't do a startInput + windowFocusGain, so
                 // we'll just do a window focus gain and call it a day.
                 try {
-                    if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Reporting focus gain, without startInput");
+                    View servedView = controller.getServedView();
+                    boolean nextFocusIsServedView = servedView != null && servedView == focusedView;
+                    if (DEBUG) {
+                        Log.v(TAG, "Reporting focus gain, without startInput"
+                                + ", nextFocusIsServedView=" + nextFocusIsServedView);
+                    }
                     mService.startInputOrWindowGainedFocus(
                             StartInputReason.WINDOW_FOCUS_GAIN_REPORT_ONLY, mClient,
                             focusedView.getWindowToken(), startInputFlags, softInputMode,
                             windowFlags,
-                            null, null, 0 /* missingMethodFlags */,
+                            nextFocusIsServedView ? mCurrentTextBoxAttribute : null,
+                            nextFocusIsServedView ? mServedInputConnectionWrapper : null,
+                            0 /* missingMethodFlags */,
                             mCurRootView.mContext.getApplicationInfo().targetSdkVersion);
                 } catch (RemoteException e) {
                     throw e.rethrowFromSystemServer();
@@ -646,8 +653,7 @@ public final class InputMethodManager {
         public void setCurrentRootView(ViewRootImpl rootView) {
             synchronized (mH) {
                 if (mCurRootView != null) {
-                    // Reset the last served view and restart window focus state of the root view.
-                    mCurRootView.getImeFocusController().setServedView(null);
+                    // Restart the input when the next window focus state of the root view changed.
                     mRestartOnNextWindowFocus = true;
                 }
                 mCurRootView = rootView;
@@ -677,6 +683,18 @@ public final class InputMethodManager {
             }
             return result;
         }
+
+        /**
+         * For {@link ImeFocusController} to check if the currently served view is accepting full
+         * text edits.
+         */
+        @Override
+        public boolean isAcceptingText() {
+            synchronized (mH) {
+                return mServedInputConnectionWrapper != null
+                        && mServedInputConnectionWrapper.getInputConnection() != null;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /** @hide */
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/inputmethod/StartInputReason.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/inputmethod/StartInputReason.java
index a01c45919b8fc..a4eaa21538f73 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/inputmethod/StartInputReason.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/inputmethod/StartInputReason.java
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ public @interface StartInputReason {
     int WINDOW_FOCUS_GAIN = 1;
     /**
      * {@link android.view.Window} gained focus but there is no {@link android.view.View} that is
-     * eligible to have IME focus. {@link android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager} just reports
-     * this window focus change event.
+     * eligible to have IME focus, or the focused view is same as current served view and its
+     * input connection remains. {@link android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager} just reports
+     * this window focus change event to sync IME input target for system.
      */
     int WINDOW_FOCUS_GAIN_REPORT_ONLY = 2;
     /**