diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java
index 22f5b3d..cb46637 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/internal/KeySpecParser.java
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
     public static int toUpperCaseOfCodeForLocale(final int code, final boolean needsToUpperCase,
             final Locale locale) {
         if (!Constants.isLetterCode(code) || !needsToUpperCase) return code;
-        final String text = new String(new int[] { code } , 0, 1);
+        final String text = StringUtils.newSingleCodePointString(code);
         final String casedText = KeySpecParser.toUpperCaseOfStringForLocale(
                 text, needsToUpperCase, locale);
         return StringUtils.codePointCount(casedText) == 1
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/RichInputConnection.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/RichInputConnection.java
index 5aa824e..b5ea0de 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/RichInputConnection.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/RichInputConnection.java
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
                 }
                 break;
             default:
-                final String text = new String(new int[] { keyEvent.getUnicodeChar() }, 0, 1);
+                final String text = StringUtils.newSingleCodePointString(keyEvent.getUnicodeChar());
                 mCommittedTextBeforeComposingText.append(text);
                 mExpectedSelStart += text.length();
                 mExpectedSelEnd = mExpectedSelStart;
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/LatinImeLoggerUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/LatinImeLoggerUtils.java
index e958a7e..d14ba50 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/LatinImeLoggerUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/LatinImeLoggerUtils.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     public static void onSeparator(final int code, final int x, final int y) {
         // Helper method to log a single code point separator
         // TODO: cache this mapping of a code point to a string in a sparse array in StringUtils
-        onSeparator(new String(new int[]{code}, 0, 1), x, y);
+        onSeparator(StringUtils.newSingleCodePointString(code), x, y);
     }
 
     public static void onSeparator(final String separator, final int x, final int y) {