diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardLayoutSet.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardLayoutSet.java
index 9997ff4..5e68c70 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardLayoutSet.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardLayoutSet.java
@@ -301,7 +301,9 @@
             final int xmlId = mResources.getIdentifier(keyboardLayoutSetName, "xml", packageName);
             try {
                 parseKeyboardLayoutSet(mResources, xmlId);
-            } catch (final Exception e) {
+            } catch (final IOException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage() + " in " + keyboardLayoutSetName, e);
+            } catch (final XmlPullParserException e) {
                 throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage() + " in " + keyboardLayoutSetName, e);
             }
             return new KeyboardLayoutSet(mContext, mParams);
@@ -311,8 +313,8 @@
                 throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
             final XmlResourceParser parser = res.getXml(resId);
             try {
-                int event;
-                while ((event = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+                while (parser.getEventType() != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+                    final int event = parser.next();
                     if (event == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                         final String tag = parser.getName();
                         if (TAG_KEYBOARD_SET.equals(tag)) {
@@ -329,8 +331,8 @@
 
         private void parseKeyboardLayoutSetContent(final XmlPullParser parser)
                 throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
-            int event;
-            while ((event = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+            while (parser.getEventType() != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+                final int event = parser.next();
                 if (event == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                     final String tag = parser.getName();
                     if (TAG_ELEMENT.equals(tag)) {
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardBuilder.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardBuilder.java
index 34f26bc..be178f5 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardBuilder.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeyboardBuilder.java
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@
             parseKeyboard(parser);
         } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
             Log.w(BUILDER_TAG, "keyboard XML parse error", e);
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e.getMessage(), e);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             Log.w(BUILDER_TAG, "keyboard XML parse error", e);
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
         } finally {
             parser.close();
         }
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@
     private void parseKeyboard(final XmlPullParser parser)
             throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
         if (DEBUG) startTag("<%s> %s", TAG_KEYBOARD, mParams.mId);
-        int event;
-        while ((event = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+        while (parser.getEventType() != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+            final int event = parser.next();
             if (event == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                 final String tag = parser.getName();
                 if (TAG_KEYBOARD.equals(tag)) {
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@
 
     private void parseKeyboardContent(final XmlPullParser parser, final boolean skip)
             throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
-        int event;
-        while ((event = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+        while (parser.getEventType() != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+            final int event = parser.next();
             if (event == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                 final String tag = parser.getName();
                 if (TAG_ROW.equals(tag)) {
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@
 
     private void parseRowContent(final XmlPullParser parser, final KeyboardRow row,
             final boolean skip) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
-        int event;
-        while ((event = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+        while (parser.getEventType() != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+            final int event = parser.next();
             if (event == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                 final String tag = parser.getName();
                 if (TAG_KEY.equals(tag)) {
@@ -506,8 +506,8 @@
     private void parseMerge(final XmlPullParser parser, final KeyboardRow row, final boolean skip)
             throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
         if (DEBUG) startTag("<%s>", TAG_MERGE);
-        int event;
-        while ((event = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+        while (parser.getEventType() != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+            final int event = parser.next();
             if (event == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                 final String tag = parser.getName();
                 if (TAG_MERGE.equals(tag)) {
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@
             final boolean skip) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
         if (DEBUG) startTag("<%s> %s", TAG_SWITCH, mParams.mId);
         boolean selected = false;
-        int event;
-        while ((event = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+        while (parser.getEventType() != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+            final int event = parser.next();
             if (event == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                 final String tag = parser.getName();
                 if (TAG_CASE.equals(tag)) {