diff --git a/android/Android.mk b/android/Android.mk
index a2f0f0724..44f4b77c2 100644
--- a/android/Android.mk
+++ b/android/Android.mk
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ LOCAL_CFLAGS       := -I../lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/ \
                       -I../lib/irrlicht/include/         \
                       -Iobj/jpeglib/                     \
                       -Iobj/libpng/                      \
-                      -Iobj/zlib/                        
+                      -Iobj/zlib/                        \
+                      -DANDROID_PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME=$(PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME)
 LOCAL_CPPFLAGS     := -std=gnu++0x
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := jpeglib png zlib
 include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index e75fdcc60..7a0fd8622 100644
--- a/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -5,17 +5,16 @@
           android:versionName="git"
           android:installLocation="auto">
 
-    <!-- This .apk has no Java code itself, so set hasCode to false. -->
     <application android:label="@string/app_name"
                  android:icon="@drawable/icon"
                  android:banner="@drawable/banner"
-                 android:hasCode="false"
+                 android:hasCode="true"
                  android:isGame="true"
                  android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.NoActionBar.TranslucentDecor"
                  android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
                  android:resizeableActivity="false">
 
-        <activity android:name="android.app.NativeActivity"
+        <activity android:name=".SuperTuxKartActivity"
                   android:label="@string/app_name"
                   android:launchMode="singleTask"
                   android:configChanges="fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|layoutDirection|locale|mcc|mnc|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|uiMode"
diff --git a/android/make.sh b/android/make.sh
index 25a425d58..d34f90c24 100755
--- a/android/make.sh
+++ b/android/make.sh
@@ -52,16 +52,19 @@ export COMPILE_SDK_VERSION_X86_64=26
 
 export APP_NAME_RELEASE="SuperTuxKart"
 export PACKAGE_NAME_RELEASE="org.supertuxkart.stk"
+export PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME_RELEASE="org_supertuxkart_stk"
 export APP_DIR_NAME_RELEASE="supertuxkart"
 export APP_ICON_RELEASE="$DIRNAME/icon.png"
 
 export APP_NAME_BETA="SuperTuxKart Beta"
 export PACKAGE_NAME_BETA="org.supertuxkart.stk_beta"
+export PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME_BETA="org_supertuxkart_stk_1beta"
 export APP_DIR_NAME_BETA="supertuxkart-beta"
 export APP_ICON_BETA="$DIRNAME/icon-dbg.png"
 
 export APP_NAME_DEBUG="SuperTuxKart Debug"
 export PACKAGE_NAME_DEBUG="org.supertuxkart.stk_dbg"
+export PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME_DEBUG="org_supertuxkart_stk_1dbg"
 export APP_DIR_NAME_DEBUG="supertuxkart-dbg"
 export APP_ICON_DEBUG="$DIRNAME/icon-dbg.png"
 
@@ -154,6 +157,7 @@ if [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "debug" ] || [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "Debug" ]; then
     export IS_DEBUG_BUILD=1
     export APP_NAME="$APP_NAME_DEBUG"
     export PACKAGE_NAME="$PACKAGE_NAME_DEBUG"
+    export PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME="$PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME_DEBUG"
     export APP_DIR_NAME="$APP_DIR_NAME_DEBUG"
     export APP_ICON="$APP_ICON_DEBUG"
 elif [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "release" ] || [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "Release" ]; then
@@ -162,6 +166,7 @@ elif [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "release" ] || [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "Release" ]; then
     export IS_DEBUG_BUILD=0
     export APP_NAME="$APP_NAME_RELEASE"
     export PACKAGE_NAME="$PACKAGE_NAME_RELEASE"
+    export PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME="$PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME_RELEASE"
     export APP_DIR_NAME="$APP_DIR_NAME_RELEASE"
     export APP_ICON="$APP_ICON_RELEASE"
 elif [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "beta" ] || [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "Beta" ]; then
@@ -170,6 +175,7 @@ elif [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "beta" ] || [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "Beta" ]; then
     export IS_DEBUG_BUILD=0
     export APP_NAME="$APP_NAME_BETA"
     export PACKAGE_NAME="$PACKAGE_NAME_BETA"
+    export PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME="$PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME_BETA"
     export APP_DIR_NAME="$APP_DIR_NAME_BETA"
     export APP_ICON="$APP_ICON_BETA"
 else
@@ -464,7 +470,10 @@ sed -i "s/targetSdkVersion=\".*\"/targetSdkVersion=\"$TARGET_SDK_VERSION\"/g" \
        
 sed -i "s/package=\".*\"/package=\"$PACKAGE_NAME\"/g" \
        "$DIRNAME/AndroidManifest.xml"
-       
+
+sed -i "s/package .*/package $PACKAGE_NAME;/g" \
+       "$DIRNAME/src/main/java/SuperTuxKartActivity.java"
+
 sed -i "s/versionName=\".*\"/versionName=\"$PROJECT_VERSION\"/g" \
        "$DIRNAME/AndroidManifest.xml"
        
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/SuperTuxKartActivity.java b/android/src/main/java/SuperTuxKartActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bc0b7751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/main/java/SuperTuxKartActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package org.supertuxkart.stk_dbg;
+
+import android.app.NativeActivity;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.view.KeyEvent;
+
+public class SuperTuxKartActivity extends NativeActivity
+{
+    private native void saveFromJavaChars(String chars);
+
+    @Override
+    public void onCreate(Bundle instance)
+    {
+        super.onCreate(instance);
+        System.loadLibrary("main");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event)
+    {
+        // ACTION_MULTIPLE deprecated in API level Q, it says if the key code
+        // is KEYCODE_UNKNOWN, then this is a sequence of characters as
+        // returned by getCharacters()
+        if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_UNKNOWN &&
+            event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_MULTIPLE)
+        {
+            String chars = event.getCharacters();
+            if (chars != null)
+            {
+                saveFromJavaChars(chars);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceAndroid.cpp b/lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceAndroid.cpp
index 084c022cc..5a00c2a8e 100644
--- a/lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceAndroid.cpp
+++ b/lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceAndroid.cpp
@@ -9,10 +9,37 @@
 #ifdef _IRR_COMPILE_WITH_ANDROID_DEVICE_
 
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <vector>
 #include "os.h"
 #include "CContextEGL.h"
 #include "CFileSystem.h"
 #include "COGLES2Driver.h"
+#include "../../../../src/utils/utf8/unchecked.h"
+
+std::string g_from_java_chars;
+
+// Save any String in java to g_from_java_chars (triggered by voice-text input,
+// clipboard or unicode char from keyboard) and manually postEventFromUser for
+// each character
+
+#if !defined(ANDROID_PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME)
+    #error
+#endif
+
+#define MAKE_ANDROID_CALLBACK(x) JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_ ## x##_SuperTuxKartActivity_saveFromJavaChars(JNIEnv* env, jobject this_obj, jstring from_java_chars)
+#define ANDROID_CALLBACK(PKG_NAME) MAKE_ANDROID_CALLBACK(PKG_NAME)
+
+extern "C"
+ANDROID_CALLBACK(ANDROID_PACKAGE_CALLBACK_NAME)
+{
+    if (from_java_chars == NULL)
+        return;
+    const char* chars = env->GetStringUTFChars(from_java_chars, NULL);
+    if (chars == NULL)
+        return;
+    g_from_java_chars += chars;
+    env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(from_java_chars, chars);
+}
 
 namespace irr
 {
@@ -240,6 +267,26 @@ bool CIrrDeviceAndroid::run()
     
     while (!Close)
     {
+        if (!g_from_java_chars.empty())
+        {
+            std::vector<wchar_t> utf32;
+            const char* chars = g_from_java_chars.c_str();
+            utf8::unchecked::utf8to32(chars, chars + strlen(chars), back_inserter(utf32));
+            for (wchar_t wc : utf32)
+            {
+                SEvent event;
+                event.EventType = EET_KEY_INPUT_EVENT;
+                event.KeyInput.Char = wc;
+                event.KeyInput.PressedDown = true;
+                event.KeyInput.Key = IRR_KEY_UNKNOWN;
+                event.KeyInput.Shift = false;
+                event.KeyInput.Control = false;
+                event.KeyInput.SystemKeyCode = 0;
+                event.KeyInput.Key = IRR_KEY_UNKNOWN;
+                postEventFromUser(event);
+            }
+            g_from_java_chars.clear();
+        }
         s32 Events = 0;
         android_poll_source* Source = 0;
         bool should_run = (IsStarted && IsFocused && !IsPaused);