diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/SuggestionSpanUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/SuggestionSpanUtils.java
index c1609ea..0e3634d 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/SuggestionSpanUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/SuggestionSpanUtils.java
@@ -21,58 +21,28 @@
 import android.text.SpannableString;
 import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
-import android.util.Log;
+import android.text.style.SuggestionSpan;
 
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinImeLogger;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestedWords;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.SuggestionSpanPickedNotificationReceiver;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Locale;
 
 public final class SuggestionSpanUtils {
     private static final String TAG = SuggestionSpanUtils.class.getSimpleName();
-    // TODO: Use reflection to get field values
-    public static final String ACTION_SUGGESTION_PICKED =
-            "android.text.style.SUGGESTION_PICKED";
-    public static final String SUGGESTION_SPAN_PICKED_AFTER = "after";
-    public static final String SUGGESTION_SPAN_PICKED_BEFORE = "before";
-    public static final String SUGGESTION_SPAN_PICKED_HASHCODE = "hashcode";
-    public static final boolean SUGGESTION_SPAN_IS_SUPPORTED;
 
-    private static final Class<?> CLASS_SuggestionSpan = CompatUtils
-            .getClass("android.text.style.SuggestionSpan");
-    private static final Class<?>[] INPUT_TYPE_SuggestionSpan = new Class<?>[] {
-            Context.class, Locale.class, String[].class, int.class, Class.class };
-    private static final Constructor<?> CONSTRUCTOR_SuggestionSpan = CompatUtils
-            .getConstructor(CLASS_SuggestionSpan, INPUT_TYPE_SuggestionSpan);
-    public static final Field FIELD_FLAG_EASY_CORRECT =
-            CompatUtils.getField(CLASS_SuggestionSpan, "FLAG_EASY_CORRECT");
-    public static final Field FIELD_FLAG_MISSPELLED =
-            CompatUtils.getField(CLASS_SuggestionSpan, "FLAG_MISSPELLED");
+    // Note that SuggestionSpan.FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION was added in API level 15.
     public static final Field FIELD_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION =
-            CompatUtils.getField(CLASS_SuggestionSpan, "FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION");
-    public static final Field FIELD_SUGGESTIONS_MAX_SIZE
-            = CompatUtils.getField(CLASS_SuggestionSpan, "SUGGESTIONS_MAX_SIZE");
-    public static final Integer OBJ_FLAG_EASY_CORRECT = (Integer) CompatUtils
-            .getFieldValue(null, null, FIELD_FLAG_EASY_CORRECT);
-    public static final Integer OBJ_FLAG_MISSPELLED = (Integer) CompatUtils
-            .getFieldValue(null, null, FIELD_FLAG_MISSPELLED);
-    public static final Integer OBJ_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION = (Integer) CompatUtils
-            .getFieldValue(null, null, FIELD_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION);
-    public static final Integer OBJ_SUGGESTIONS_MAX_SIZE = (Integer) CompatUtils
-            .getFieldValue(null, null, FIELD_SUGGESTIONS_MAX_SIZE);
+            CompatUtils.getField(SuggestionSpan.class, "FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION");
+    public static final Integer OBJ_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION =
+            (Integer) CompatUtils.getFieldValue(null, null, FIELD_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION);
 
     static {
-        SUGGESTION_SPAN_IS_SUPPORTED =
-                CLASS_SuggestionSpan != null && CONSTRUCTOR_SuggestionSpan != null;
         if (LatinImeLogger.sDBG) {
-            if (SUGGESTION_SPAN_IS_SUPPORTED
-                    && (OBJ_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION == null || OBJ_SUGGESTIONS_MAX_SIZE == null
-                            || OBJ_FLAG_MISSPELLED == null || OBJ_FLAG_EASY_CORRECT == null)) {
+            if (OBJ_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION == null) {
                 throw new RuntimeException("Field is accidentially null.");
             }
         }
@@ -84,21 +54,13 @@
 
     public static CharSequence getTextWithAutoCorrectionIndicatorUnderline(
             final Context context, final String text) {
-        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(text) || CONSTRUCTOR_SuggestionSpan == null
-                || OBJ_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION == null || OBJ_SUGGESTIONS_MAX_SIZE == null
-                || OBJ_FLAG_MISSPELLED == null || OBJ_FLAG_EASY_CORRECT == null) {
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(text) || OBJ_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION == null) {
             return text;
         }
         final Spannable spannable = new SpannableString(text);
-        final Object[] args =
-                { context, null, new String[] {}, (int)OBJ_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION,
-                        (Class<?>) SuggestionSpanPickedNotificationReceiver.class };
-        final Object ss = CompatUtils.newInstance(CONSTRUCTOR_SuggestionSpan, args);
-        if (ss == null) {
-            Log.w(TAG, "Suggestion span was not created.");
-            return text;
-        }
-        spannable.setSpan(ss, 0, text.length(),
+        final SuggestionSpan suggestionSpan = new SuggestionSpan(context, null, new String[] {},
+                (int)OBJ_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECTION, SuggestionSpanPickedNotificationReceiver.class);
+        spannable.setSpan(suggestionSpan, 0, text.length(),
                 Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE | Spanned.SPAN_COMPOSING);
         return spannable;
     }
@@ -106,18 +68,15 @@
     public static CharSequence getTextWithSuggestionSpan(final Context context,
             final String pickedWord, final SuggestedWords suggestedWords,
             final boolean dictionaryAvailable) {
-        if (!dictionaryAvailable || TextUtils.isEmpty(pickedWord)
-                || CONSTRUCTOR_SuggestionSpan == null
-                || suggestedWords.isEmpty() || suggestedWords.mIsPrediction
-                || suggestedWords.mIsPunctuationSuggestions
-                || OBJ_SUGGESTIONS_MAX_SIZE == null) {
+        if (!dictionaryAvailable || TextUtils.isEmpty(pickedWord) || suggestedWords.isEmpty()
+                || suggestedWords.mIsPrediction || suggestedWords.mIsPunctuationSuggestions) {
             return pickedWord;
         }
 
         final Spannable spannable = new SpannableString(pickedWord);
         final ArrayList<String> suggestionsList = CollectionUtils.newArrayList();
         for (int i = 0; i < suggestedWords.size(); ++i) {
-            if (suggestionsList.size() >= OBJ_SUGGESTIONS_MAX_SIZE) {
+            if (suggestionsList.size() >= SuggestionSpan.SUGGESTIONS_MAX_SIZE) {
                 break;
             }
             final String word = suggestedWords.getWord(i);
@@ -128,14 +87,10 @@
 
         // TODO: We should avoid adding suggestion span candidates that came from the bigram
         // prediction.
-        final Object[] args =
-                { context, null, suggestionsList.toArray(new String[suggestionsList.size()]), 0,
-                        (Class<?>) SuggestionSpanPickedNotificationReceiver.class };
-        final Object ss = CompatUtils.newInstance(CONSTRUCTOR_SuggestionSpan, args);
-        if (ss == null) {
-            return pickedWord;
-        }
-        spannable.setSpan(ss, 0, pickedWord.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+        final SuggestionSpan suggestionSpan = new SuggestionSpan(context, null,
+                suggestionsList.toArray(new String[suggestionsList.size()]), 0,
+                SuggestionSpanPickedNotificationReceiver.class);
+        spannable.setSpan(suggestionSpan, 0, pickedWord.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
         return spannable;
     }
 }
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestionSpanPickedNotificationReceiver.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestionSpanPickedNotificationReceiver.java
index d188fc5..ed6fc03 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestionSpanPickedNotificationReceiver.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestionSpanPickedNotificationReceiver.java
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
 
 package com.android.inputmethod.latin;
 
-import com.android.inputmethod.compat.SuggestionSpanUtils;
-
 import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.text.style.SuggestionSpan;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 public final class SuggestionSpanPickedNotificationReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
@@ -30,12 +29,12 @@
 
     @Override
     public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
-        if (SuggestionSpanUtils.ACTION_SUGGESTION_PICKED.equals(intent.getAction())) {
+        if (SuggestionSpan.ACTION_SUGGESTION_PICKED.equals(intent.getAction())) {
             if (DBG) {
                 final String before = intent.getStringExtra(
-                        SuggestionSpanUtils.SUGGESTION_SPAN_PICKED_BEFORE);
+                        SuggestionSpan.SUGGESTION_SPAN_PICKED_BEFORE);
                 final String after = intent.getStringExtra(
-                        SuggestionSpanUtils.SUGGESTION_SPAN_PICKED_AFTER);
+                        SuggestionSpan.SUGGESTION_SPAN_PICKED_AFTER);
                 Log.d(TAG, "Received notification picked: " + before + "," + after);
             }
         }