Merge "Backward compatibility hack : send delete when empty."

                } else {

                    final int codePointBeforeCursor = mConnection.getCodePointBeforeCursor();

                    if (codePointBeforeCursor == Constants.NOT_A_CODE) {

                        // Nothing to delete before the cursor.

                        // HACK for backward compatibility with broken apps that haven't realized

                        // yet that hardware keyboards are not the only way of inputting text.

                        // Nothing to delete before the cursor. We should not do anything, but many

                        // broken apps expect something to happen in this case so that they can

                        // catch it and have their broken interface react. If you need the keyboard

                        // to do this, you're doing it wrong -- please fix your app.

                        mConnection.deleteSurroundingText(1, 0);

                        return;

                    }

                    final int lengthToDelete =