diff -r 74429839ae97 -r 3b244a98d5ab src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/SunToolkit.java
--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/SunToolkit.java	Tue Oct 10 12:15:25 2017 -0700
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/SunToolkit.java	Wed Oct 11 15:53:25 2017 +0100
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
         if (AccessController.doPrivileged(new GetBooleanAction("sun.awt.nativedebug"))) {
             DebugSettings.init();
         }
+        touchKeyboardAutoShowIsEnabled = Boolean.valueOf(
+            GetPropertyAction.privilegedGetProperty(
+                "awt.touchKeyboardAutoShowIsEnabled", "true"));
     };
 
     /**
@@ -1614,6 +1617,13 @@
      */
     public abstract void ungrab(Window w);
 
+    public void showOrHideTouchKeyboard(Component comp, AWTEvent e) {}
+
+    private static boolean touchKeyboardAutoShowIsEnabled;
+
+    public static boolean isTouchKeyboardAutoShowEnabled() {
+        return touchKeyboardAutoShowIsEnabled;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Locates the splash screen library in a platform dependent way and closes