diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/android/src/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java b/ion/src/simulator/android/src/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
index 082ae4be174..d87dc122a7f 100644
--- a/ion/src/simulator/android/src/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
+++ b/ion/src/simulator/android/src/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ else if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
     @Override
     public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
         /* Ref: http://developer.android.com/training/gestures/multi.html */
-        final int touchDevId = event.getDeviceId();
+        int touchDevId = event.getDeviceId();
         final int pointerCount = event.getPointerCount();
         int action = event.getActionMasked();
         int pointerFingerId;
@@ -1874,6 +1874,16 @@ public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
         int i = -1;
         float x,y,p;
 
+        /**
+         * Prevent id to be -1, since it's used in SDL internal for synthetic events
+         * Appears when using Android emulator, eg:
+         *  adb shell input mouse tap 100 100
+         *  adb shell input touchscreen tap 100 100
+         */
+        if (touchDevId < 0) {
+            touchDevId -= 1;
+        }
+
         // 12290 = Samsung DeX mode desktop mouse
         // 12290 = 0x3002 = 0x2002 | 0x1002 = SOURCE_MOUSE | SOURCE_TOUCHSCREEN
         // 0x2   = SOURCE_CLASS_POINTER