diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index d3a897a98a23d..3d29ea17bb6ec 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -44608,6 +44608,7 @@ package android.text {
     field public static final int TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_CHARACTERS = 4096; // 0x1000
     field public static final int TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES = 16384; // 0x4000
     field public static final int TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_WORDS = 8192; // 0x2000
+    field public static final int TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_ENABLE_TEXT_CONVERSION_SUGGESTIONS = 1048576; // 0x100000
     field public static final int TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_IME_MULTI_LINE = 262144; // 0x40000
     field public static final int TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE = 131072; // 0x20000
     field public static final int TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS = 524288; // 0x80000
diff --git a/core/java/android/text/InputType.java b/core/java/android/text/InputType.java
index 7f903b6fda669..dfe4119d10670 100644
--- a/core/java/android/text/InputType.java
+++ b/core/java/android/text/InputType.java
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 
 package android.text;
 
+import android.view.inputmethod.InputConnection;
+import android.view.inputmethod.TextAttribute;
+import android.view.inputmethod.TextAttribute.TextAttributeBuilder;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
 /**
  * Bit definitions for an integer defining the basic content type of text
  * held in an {@link Editable} object. Supported classes may be combined
@@ -188,6 +194,21 @@ public interface InputType {
      */
     public static final int TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS = 0x00080000;
 
+    /**
+     * Flag for {@link #TYPE_CLASS_TEXT}: Let the IME know the text conversion suggestions are
+     * required by the application. Text conversion suggestion is for the transliteration languages
+     * which has pronunciation characters and target characters. When the user is typing the
+     * pronunciation charactes, the IME could provide the possible target characters to the user.
+     * When this flag is set, the IME should insert the text conversion suggestions through
+     * {@link TextAttributeBuilder#setTextConversionSuggestions(List)} and
+     * the {@link TextAttribute} with initialized with the text conversion suggestions is provided
+     * by the IME to the application. To receive the additional information, the application needs
+     * to implement {@link InputConnection#setComposingText(CharSequence, int, TextAttribute)},
+     * {@link InputConnection#setComposingRegion(int, int, TextAttribute)}, and
+     * {@link InputConnection#commitText(CharSequence, int, TextAttribute)}.
+     */
+    public static final int TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_ENABLE_TEXT_CONVERSION_SUGGESTIONS = 0x00100000;
+
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo.java b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo.java
index 74ca913766214..4cbd477d807a7 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo.java
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ public class EditorInfo implements InputType, Parcelable {
      *                1                  TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE
      *               1                   TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_IME_MULTI_LINE
      *              1                    TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS
+     *             1                     TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_ENABLE_TEXT_CONVERSION_SUGGESTIONS
      * |-------|-------|-------|-------|
      *                                1  TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER
      *                             1     TYPE_NUMBER_VARIATION_PASSWORD
@@ -1090,4 +1091,4 @@ public class EditorInfo implements InputType, Parcelable {
     public int describeContents() {
         return 0;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml b/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
index 697ec204d745b..60766459f1cb3 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
@@ -1329,6 +1329,11 @@
              dictionary-based word suggestions.  Corresponds to
              {@link android.text.InputType#TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS}. -->
         <flag name="textNoSuggestions" value="0x00080001" />
+        <!-- Can be combined with <var>text</var> and its variations to
+             indicate that if there is extra information, the IME should provide
+             {@link android.view.inputmethod.TextAttribute}.  Corresponds to
+             {@link android.text.InputType#TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_ENABLE_TEXT_CONVERSION_SUGGESTIONS}. -->
+        <flag name="textEnableTextConversionSuggestions" value="0x00100001" />
         <!-- Text that will be used as a URI.  Corresponds to
              {@link android.text.InputType#TYPE_CLASS_TEXT} |
              {@link android.text.InputType#TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_URI}. -->