diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/ViewCompatUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/ViewCompatUtils.java
index dec739d..767cc42 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/ViewCompatUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/ViewCompatUtils.java
@@ -24,23 +24,13 @@
 // Currently {@link #getPaddingEnd(View)} and {@link #setPaddingRelative(View,int,int,int,int)}
 // are missing from android-support-v4 static library in KitKat SDK.
 public final class ViewCompatUtils {
-    // Note that View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR and View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL have been introduced in
-    // API level 17 (Build.VERSION_CODE.JELLY_BEAN_MR1).
-    public static final int LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR = (Integer)CompatUtils.getFieldValue(null, 0x0,
-            CompatUtils.getField(View.class, "LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR"));
-    public static final int LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL = (Integer)CompatUtils.getFieldValue(null, 0x1,
-            CompatUtils.getField(View.class, "LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL"));
-
-    // Note that View.getPaddingEnd(), View.setPaddingRelative(int,int,int,int), and
-    // View.getLayoutDirection() have been introduced in API level 17
-    // (Build.VERSION_CODE.JELLY_BEAN_MR1).
+    // Note that View.getPaddingEnd(), View.setPaddingRelative(int,int,int,int) have been
+    // introduced in API level 17 (Build.VERSION_CODE.JELLY_BEAN_MR1).
     private static final Method METHOD_getPaddingEnd = CompatUtils.getMethod(
             View.class, "getPaddingEnd");
     private static final Method METHOD_setPaddingRelative = CompatUtils.getMethod(
             View.class, "setPaddingRelative",
             Integer.TYPE, Integer.TYPE, Integer.TYPE, Integer.TYPE);
-    private static final Method METHOD_getLayoutDirection = CompatUtils.getMethod(
-            View.class, "getLayoutDirection");
 
     private ViewCompatUtils() {
         // This utility class is not publicly instantiable.
@@ -61,11 +51,4 @@
         }
         CompatUtils.invoke(view, null, METHOD_setPaddingRelative, start, top, end, bottom);
     }
-
-    public static int getLayoutDirection(final View view) {
-        if (METHOD_getLayoutDirection == null) {
-            return LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR;
-        }
-        return (Integer)CompatUtils.invoke(view, 0, METHOD_getLayoutDirection);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/setup/SetupStartIndicatorView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/setup/SetupStartIndicatorView.java
index 974dfdd..73d25f6 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/setup/SetupStartIndicatorView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/setup/SetupStartIndicatorView.java
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Path;
+import android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
-import com.android.inputmethod.compat.ViewCompatUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 
 public final class SetupStartIndicatorView extends LinearLayout {
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@
         @Override
         protected void onDraw(final Canvas canvas) {
             super.onDraw(canvas);
-            final int layoutDirection = ViewCompatUtils.getLayoutDirection(this);
+            final int layoutDirection = ViewCompat.getLayoutDirection(this);
             final int width = getWidth();
             final int height = getHeight();
             final float halfHeight = height / 2.0f;
             final Path path = mIndicatorPath;
             path.rewind();
-            if (layoutDirection == ViewCompatUtils.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL) {
+            if (layoutDirection == ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL) {
                 // Left arrow
                 path.moveTo(width, 0.0f);
                 path.lineTo(0.0f, halfHeight);
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/setup/SetupStepIndicatorView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/setup/SetupStepIndicatorView.java
index c909507..6734e61 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/setup/SetupStepIndicatorView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/setup/SetupStepIndicatorView.java
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Path;
+import android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.View;
 
-import com.android.inputmethod.compat.ViewCompatUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 
 public final class SetupStepIndicatorView extends View {
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@
     }
 
     public void setIndicatorPosition(final int stepPos, final int totalStepNum) {
-        final int layoutDirection = ViewCompatUtils.getLayoutDirection(this);
+        final int layoutDirection = ViewCompat.getLayoutDirection(this);
         // The indicator position is the center of the partition that is equally divided into
         // the total step number.
         final float partionWidth = 1.0f / totalStepNum;
         final float pos = stepPos * partionWidth + partionWidth / 2.0f;
-        mXRatio = (layoutDirection == ViewCompatUtils.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL) ? 1.0f - pos : pos;
+        mXRatio = (layoutDirection == ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL) ? 1.0f - pos : pos;
         invalidate();
     }
 
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.java
index c756368..5af724f 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.java
@@ -89,13 +89,16 @@
     private final StripVisibilityGroup mStripVisibilityGroup;
 
     private static class StripVisibilityGroup {
+        private final View mSuggestionStripView;
         private final View mSuggestionsStrip;
         private final View mVoiceKey;
         private final View mAddToDictionaryStrip;
         private final View mImportantNoticeStrip;
 
-        public StripVisibilityGroup(final View suggestionsStrip, final View voiceKey,
-                final View addToDictionaryStrip, final View importantNoticeStrip) {
+        public StripVisibilityGroup(final View suggestionStripView,
+                final ViewGroup suggestionsStrip, final ImageButton voiceKey,
+                final ViewGroup addToDictionaryStrip, final View importantNoticeStrip) {
+            mSuggestionStripView = suggestionStripView;
             mSuggestionsStrip = suggestionsStrip;
             mVoiceKey = voiceKey;
             mAddToDictionaryStrip = addToDictionaryStrip;
@@ -103,7 +106,10 @@
             showSuggestionsStrip(false /* voiceKeyEnabled */);
         }
 
-        public void setLayoutDirection(final int layoutDirection) {
+        public void setLayoutDirection(final boolean isRtlLanguage) {
+            final int layoutDirection = isRtlLanguage ? ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL
+                    : ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR;
+            ViewCompat.setLayoutDirection(mSuggestionStripView, layoutDirection);
             ViewCompat.setLayoutDirection(mSuggestionsStrip, layoutDirection);
             ViewCompat.setLayoutDirection(mAddToDictionaryStrip, layoutDirection);
             ViewCompat.setLayoutDirection(mImportantNoticeStrip, layoutDirection);
@@ -155,7 +161,7 @@
         mVoiceKey = (ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.suggestions_strip_voice_key);
         mAddToDictionaryStrip = (ViewGroup)findViewById(R.id.add_to_dictionary_strip);
         mImportantNoticeStrip = findViewById(R.id.important_notice_strip);
-        mStripVisibilityGroup = new StripVisibilityGroup(mSuggestionsStrip, mVoiceKey,
+        mStripVisibilityGroup = new StripVisibilityGroup(this, mSuggestionsStrip, mVoiceKey,
                 mAddToDictionaryStrip, mImportantNoticeStrip);
 
         for (int pos = 0; pos < SuggestedWords.MAX_SUGGESTIONS; pos++) {
@@ -216,10 +222,7 @@
 
     public void setSuggestions(final SuggestedWords suggestedWords, final boolean isRtlLanguage) {
         clear();
-        final int layoutDirection = isRtlLanguage ? ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL
-                : ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR;
-        setLayoutDirection(layoutDirection);
-        mStripVisibilityGroup.setLayoutDirection(layoutDirection);
+        mStripVisibilityGroup.setLayoutDirection(isRtlLanguage);
         mSuggestedWords = suggestedWords;
         mSuggestionsCountInStrip = mLayoutHelper.layoutAndReturnSuggestionCountInStrip(
                 mSuggestedWords, mSuggestionsStrip, this);