diff -r afef68703f54 android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
--- a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java	Mon Jan 21 09:16:27 2013 -0800
+++ b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java	Tue Jan 22 11:52:59 2013 -0500
@@ -709,7 +709,9 @@
          */
         int keyCode = event.getKeyCode();
         if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
-
+            if (event.isPrintingKey()) {
+                commitText(String.valueOf((char) event.getUnicodeChar()), 1);
+            }
             SDLActivity.onNativeKeyDown(keyCode);
             return true;
         } else if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {