diff --git a/core/java/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.java b/core/java/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.java
index ae74b9aaed8b1..ff7a300cbf92a 100644
--- a/core/java/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.java
+++ b/core/java/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.java
@@ -1819,7 +1819,18 @@ public class InputMethodService extends AbstractInputMethodService {
         }
         return false;
     }
-    
+
+    /**
+     * @return {#link ExtractEditText} if it is considered to be visible and active. Otherwise
+     * {@code null} is returned.
+     */
+    private ExtractEditText getExtractEditTextIfVisible() {
+        if (!isExtractViewShown() || !isInputViewShown()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return mExtractEditText;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Override this to intercept key down events before they are processed by the
      * application.  If you return true, the application will not 
@@ -1835,6 +1846,10 @@ public class InputMethodService extends AbstractInputMethodService {
      */
     public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
         if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
+            final ExtractEditText eet = getExtractEditTextIfVisible();
+            if (eet != null && eet.handleBackInTextActionModeIfNeeded(event)) {
+                return true;
+            }
             if (handleBack(false)) {
                 event.startTracking();
                 return true;
@@ -1882,11 +1897,15 @@ public class InputMethodService extends AbstractInputMethodService {
      * them to perform navigation in the underlying application.
      */
     public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
-        if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK && event.isTracking()
-                && !event.isCanceled()) {
-            return handleBack(true);
+        if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
+            final ExtractEditText eet = getExtractEditTextIfVisible();
+            if (eet != null && eet.handleBackInTextActionModeIfNeeded(event)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (event.isTracking() && !event.isCanceled()) {
+                return handleBack(true);
+            }
         }
-        
         return doMovementKey(keyCode, event, MOVEMENT_UP);
     }
 
@@ -1952,10 +1971,10 @@ public class InputMethodService extends AbstractInputMethodService {
         }
         onExtractedCursorMovement(dx, dy);
     }
-    
+
     boolean doMovementKey(int keyCode, KeyEvent event, int count) {
-        final ExtractEditText eet = mExtractEditText;
-        if (isExtractViewShown() && isInputViewShown() && eet != null) {
+        final ExtractEditText eet = getExtractEditTextIfVisible();
+        if (eet != null) {
             // If we are in fullscreen mode, the cursor will move around
             // the extract edit text, but should NOT cause focus to move
             // to other fields.
@@ -2006,7 +2025,7 @@ public class InputMethodService extends AbstractInputMethodService {
                     return true;
             }
         }
-        
+
         return false;
     }
     
diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java b/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
index 207605e316e48..6631f2687a7c4 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
@@ -5849,31 +5849,43 @@ public class TextView extends View implements ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
 
     @Override
     public boolean onKeyPreIme(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
-        if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
-            boolean isInSelectionMode = mEditor != null && mEditor.mTextActionMode != null;
-
-            if (isInSelectionMode) {
-                if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN && event.getRepeatCount() == 0) {
-                    KeyEvent.DispatcherState state = getKeyDispatcherState();
-                    if (state != null) {
-                        state.startTracking(event, this);
-                    }
-                    return true;
-                } else if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
-                    KeyEvent.DispatcherState state = getKeyDispatcherState();
-                    if (state != null) {
-                        state.handleUpEvent(event);
-                    }
-                    if (event.isTracking() && !event.isCanceled()) {
-                        stopTextActionMode();
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+        // Note: If the IME is in fullscreen mode and IMS#mExtractEditText is in text action mode,
+        // InputMethodService#onKeyDown and InputMethodService#onKeyUp are responsible to call
+        // InputMethodService#mExtractEditText.maybeHandleBackInTextActionMode(event).
+        if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK && handleBackInTextActionModeIfNeeded(event)) {
+            return true;
         }
         return super.onKeyPreIme(keyCode, event);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public boolean handleBackInTextActionModeIfNeeded(KeyEvent event) {
+        // Do nothing unless mEditor is in text action mode.
+        if (mEditor == null || mEditor.mTextActionMode == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN && event.getRepeatCount() == 0) {
+            KeyEvent.DispatcherState state = getKeyDispatcherState();
+            if (state != null) {
+                state.startTracking(event, this);
+            }
+            return true;
+        } else if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
+            KeyEvent.DispatcherState state = getKeyDispatcherState();
+            if (state != null) {
+                state.handleUpEvent(event);
+            }
+            if (event.isTracking() && !event.isCanceled()) {
+                stopTextActionMode();
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
         int which = doKeyDown(keyCode, event, null);