diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java
index 5c288c8..144d552 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java
@@ -48,13 +48,10 @@
 public final class KeySpecParser {
     private static final boolean DEBUG = LatinImeLogger.sDBG;
 
-    private static final int MAX_STRING_REFERENCE_INDIRECTION = 10;
-
     // Constants for parsing.
     private static final char COMMA = ',';
     private static final char BACKSLASH = '\\';
     private static final char VERTICAL_BAR = '|';
-    private static final String PREFIX_TEXT = "!text/";
     static final String PREFIX_ICON = "!icon/";
     private static final String PREFIX_CODE = "!code/";
     private static final String PREFIX_HEX = "0x";
@@ -361,68 +358,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static String resolveTextReference(final String rawText,
-            final KeyboardTextsSet textsSet) {
-        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(rawText)) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        int level = 0;
-        String text = rawText;
-        StringBuilder sb;
-        do {
-            level++;
-            if (level >= MAX_STRING_REFERENCE_INDIRECTION) {
-                throw new RuntimeException("too many @string/resource indirection: " + text);
-            }
-
-            final int prefixLen = PREFIX_TEXT.length();
-            final int size = text.length();
-            if (size < prefixLen) {
-                return TextUtils.isEmpty(text) ? null : text;
-            }
-
-            sb = null;
-            for (int pos = 0; pos < size; pos++) {
-                final char c = text.charAt(pos);
-                if (text.startsWith(PREFIX_TEXT, pos) && textsSet != null) {
-                    if (sb == null) {
-                        sb = new StringBuilder(text.substring(0, pos));
-                    }
-                    final int end = searchTextNameEnd(text, pos + prefixLen);
-                    final String name = text.substring(pos + prefixLen, end);
-                    sb.append(textsSet.getText(name));
-                    pos = end - 1;
-                } else if (c == BACKSLASH) {
-                    if (sb != null) {
-                        // Append both escape character and escaped character.
-                        sb.append(text.substring(pos, Math.min(pos + 2, size)));
-                    }
-                    pos++;
-                } else if (sb != null) {
-                    sb.append(c);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (sb != null) {
-                text = sb.toString();
-            }
-        } while (sb != null);
-        return TextUtils.isEmpty(text) ? null : text;
-    }
-
-    private static int searchTextNameEnd(final String text, final int start) {
-        final int size = text.length();
-        for (int pos = start; pos < size; pos++) {
-            final char c = text.charAt(pos);
-            // Label name should be consisted of [a-zA-Z_0-9].
-            if ((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || c == '_' || (c >= '0' && c <= '9')) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            return pos;
-        }
-        return size;
-    }
-
     public static int getIntValue(final String[] moreKeys, final String key,
             final int defaultValue) {
         if (moreKeys == null) {
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyStyle.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyStyle.java
index e6a6743..a2242b8 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyStyle.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyStyle.java
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@
 
     protected String parseString(final TypedArray a, final int index) {
         if (a.hasValue(index)) {
-            return KeySpecParser.resolveTextReference(a.getString(index), mTextsSet);
+            return mTextsSet.resolveTextReference(a.getString(index));
         }
         return null;
     }
 
     protected String[] parseStringArray(final TypedArray a, final int index) {
         if (a.hasValue(index)) {
-            final String text = KeySpecParser.resolveTextReference(a.getString(index), mTextsSet);
+            final String text = mTextsSet.resolveTextReference(a.getString(index));
             return KeySpecParser.splitKeySpecs(text);
         }
         return null;
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardTextsSet.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardTextsSet.java
index 4e8eb3e..d953a6b 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardTextsSet.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardTextsSet.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.annotations.UsedForTesting;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.CollectionUtils;
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@
  *   KeyboardTextsSet.java
  */
 public final class KeyboardTextsSet {
+    private static final String PREFIX_TEXT = "!text/";
+    private static final char BACKSLASH = '\\';
+    private static final int MAX_STRING_REFERENCE_INDIRECTION = 10;
+
     // Language to texts map.
     private static final HashMap<String, String[]> sLocaleToTextsMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
     private static final HashMap<String, Integer> sNameToIdsMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
@@ -87,6 +92,67 @@
         return (text == null) ? LANGUAGE_DEFAULT[id] : text;
     }
 
+    private static int searchTextNameEnd(final String text, final int start) {
+        final int size = text.length();
+        for (int pos = start; pos < size; pos++) {
+            final char c = text.charAt(pos);
+            // Label name should be consisted of [a-zA-Z_0-9].
+            if ((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || c == '_' || (c >= '0' && c <= '9')) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            return pos;
+        }
+        return size;
+    }
+
+    public String resolveTextReference(final String rawText) {
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(rawText)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        int level = 0;
+        String text = rawText;
+        StringBuilder sb;
+        do {
+            level++;
+            if (level >= MAX_STRING_REFERENCE_INDIRECTION) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("too many @string/resource indirection: " + text);
+            }
+
+            final int prefixLen = PREFIX_TEXT.length();
+            final int size = text.length();
+            if (size < prefixLen) {
+                return TextUtils.isEmpty(text) ? null : text;
+            }
+
+            sb = null;
+            for (int pos = 0; pos < size; pos++) {
+                final char c = text.charAt(pos);
+                if (text.startsWith(PREFIX_TEXT, pos)) {
+                    if (sb == null) {
+                        sb = new StringBuilder(text.substring(0, pos));
+                    }
+                    final int end = searchTextNameEnd(text, pos + prefixLen);
+                    final String name = text.substring(pos + prefixLen, end);
+                    sb.append(getText(name));
+                    pos = end - 1;
+                } else if (c == BACKSLASH) {
+                    if (sb != null) {
+                        // Append both escape character and escaped character.
+                        sb.append(text.substring(pos, Math.min(pos + 2, size)));
+                    }
+                    pos++;
+                } else if (sb != null) {
+                    sb.append(c);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (sb != null) {
+                text = sb.toString();
+            }
+        } while (sb != null);
+        return TextUtils.isEmpty(text) ? null : text;
+    }
+
     // These texts' name should be aligned with the @string/<name> in
     // values*/strings-action-keys.xml.
     private static final String[] RESOURCE_NAMES = {
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParserSplitTests.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParserSplitTests.java
index cbe2d59..7b7f175 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParserSplitTests.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParserSplitTests.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
     private void assertTextArray(final String message, final String value,
             final String ... expectedArray) {
-        final String resolvedActual = KeySpecParser.resolveTextReference(value, mTextsSet);
+        final String resolvedActual = mTextsSet.resolveTextReference(value);
         final String[] actual = KeySpecParser.splitKeySpecs(resolvedActual);
         final String[] expected = (expectedArray.length == 0) ? null : expectedArray;
         assertArrayEquals(message, expected, actual);
@@ -117,13 +117,11 @@
     private static final String SURROGATE2 = PAIR1 + PAIR2 + PAIR3;
 
     public void testResolveNullText() {
-        assertNull("resolve null", KeySpecParser.resolveTextReference(
-                null, mTextsSet));
+        assertNull("resolve null", mTextsSet.resolveTextReference(null));
     }
 
     public void testResolveEmptyText() {
-        assertNull("resolve empty text", KeySpecParser.resolveTextReference(
-                "!text/empty_string", mTextsSet));
+        assertNull("resolve empty text", mTextsSet.resolveTextReference("!text/empty_string"));
     }
 
     public void testSplitZero() {
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParserTests.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParserTests.java
index afb2b03..0388435 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParserTests.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParserTests.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
     private void assertParser(String message, String moreKeySpec, String expectedLabel,
             String expectedOutputText, int expectedIcon, int expectedCode) {
-        final String labelResolved = KeySpecParser.resolveTextReference(moreKeySpec, mTextsSet);
+        final String labelResolved = mTextsSet.resolveTextReference(moreKeySpec);
         final MoreKeySpec spec = new MoreKeySpec(labelResolved, false /* needsToUpperCase */,
                 Locale.US, mCodesSet);
         assertEquals(message + " [label]", expectedLabel, spec.mLabel);
diff --git a/tools/make-keyboard-text/res/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardTextsSet.tmpl b/tools/make-keyboard-text/res/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardTextsSet.tmpl
index a8ac981..5898bc5 100644
--- a/tools/make-keyboard-text/res/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardTextsSet.tmpl
+++ b/tools/make-keyboard-text/res/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardTextsSet.tmpl
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.annotations.UsedForTesting;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.CollectionUtils;
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@
  *   KeyboardTextsSet.java
  */
 public final class KeyboardTextsSet {
+    private static final String PREFIX_TEXT = "!text/";
+    private static final char BACKSLASH = '\\';
+    private static final int MAX_STRING_REFERENCE_INDIRECTION = 10;
+
     // Language to texts map.
     private static final HashMap<String, String[]> sLocaleToTextsMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
     private static final HashMap<String, Integer> sNameToIdsMap = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
@@ -87,6 +92,67 @@
         return (text == null) ? LANGUAGE_DEFAULT[id] : text;
     }
 
+    private static int searchTextNameEnd(final String text, final int start) {
+        final int size = text.length();
+        for (int pos = start; pos < size; pos++) {
+            final char c = text.charAt(pos);
+            // Label name should be consisted of [a-zA-Z_0-9].
+            if ((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || c == '_' || (c >= '0' && c <= '9')) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            return pos;
+        }
+        return size;
+    }
+
+    public String resolveTextReference(final String rawText) {
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(rawText)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        int level = 0;
+        String text = rawText;
+        StringBuilder sb;
+        do {
+            level++;
+            if (level >= MAX_STRING_REFERENCE_INDIRECTION) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("too many @string/resource indirection: " + text);
+            }
+
+            final int prefixLen = PREFIX_TEXT.length();
+            final int size = text.length();
+            if (size < prefixLen) {
+                return TextUtils.isEmpty(text) ? null : text;
+            }
+
+            sb = null;
+            for (int pos = 0; pos < size; pos++) {
+                final char c = text.charAt(pos);
+                if (text.startsWith(PREFIX_TEXT, pos)) {
+                    if (sb == null) {
+                        sb = new StringBuilder(text.substring(0, pos));
+                    }
+                    final int end = searchTextNameEnd(text, pos + prefixLen);
+                    final String name = text.substring(pos + prefixLen, end);
+                    sb.append(getText(name));
+                    pos = end - 1;
+                } else if (c == BACKSLASH) {
+                    if (sb != null) {
+                        // Append both escape character and escaped character.
+                        sb.append(text.substring(pos, Math.min(pos + 2, size)));
+                    }
+                    pos++;
+                } else if (sb != null) {
+                    sb.append(c);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (sb != null) {
+                text = sb.toString();
+            }
+        } while (sb != null);
+        return TextUtils.isEmpty(text) ? null : text;
+    }
+
     // These texts' name should be aligned with the @string/<name> in
     // values*/strings-action-keys.xml.
     private static final String[] RESOURCE_NAMES = {