diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
index c180d32..95300c1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 /**
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@
     private int mPressedOutlineColor;
     private int mPressedGlowColor;
 
+    private float mSlop;
+
     private int mTextColor;
     private boolean mShadowsEnabled = true;
     private boolean mIsTextVisible;
@@ -272,6 +275,11 @@
 
                 mLongPressHelper.cancelLongPress();
                 break;
+            case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
+                if (!Utilities.pointInView(this, event.getX(), event.getY(), mSlop)) {
+                    mLongPressHelper.cancelLongPress();
+                }
+                break;
         }
         return result;
     }
@@ -356,6 +364,7 @@
     protected void onAttachedToWindow() {
         super.onAttachedToWindow();
         if (mBackground != null) mBackground.setCallback(this);
+        mSlop = ViewConfiguration.get(getContext()).getScaledTouchSlop();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/FolderIcon.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/FolderIcon.java
index 71a7461..25c4962 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/FolderIcon.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/FolderIcon.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.animation.AccelerateInterpolator;
 import android.view.animation.DecelerateInterpolator;
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@
     boolean mAnimating = false;
     private Rect mOldBounds = new Rect();
 
+    private float mSlop;
+
     private PreviewItemDrawingParams mParams = new PreviewItemDrawingParams(0, 0, 0, 0);
     private PreviewItemDrawingParams mAnimParams = new PreviewItemDrawingParams(0, 0, 0, 0);
     private ArrayList<ShortcutInfo> mHiddenItems = new ArrayList<ShortcutInfo>();
@@ -386,7 +389,7 @@
 
     public void performDestroyAnimation(final View finalView, Runnable onCompleteRunnable) {
         Drawable animateDrawable = ((TextView) finalView).getCompoundDrawables()[1];
-        computePreviewDrawingParams(animateDrawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), 
+        computePreviewDrawingParams(animateDrawable.getIntrinsicWidth(),
                 finalView.getMeasuredWidth());
 
         // This will animate the first item from it's position as an icon into its
@@ -703,11 +706,22 @@
             case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                 mLongPressHelper.cancelLongPress();
                 break;
+            case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
+                if (!Utilities.pointInView(this, event.getX(), event.getY(), mSlop)) {
+                    mLongPressHelper.cancelLongPress();
+                }
+                break;
         }
         return result;
     }
 
     @Override
+    protected void onAttachedToWindow() {
+        super.onAttachedToWindow();
+        mSlop = ViewConfiguration.get(getContext()).getScaledTouchSlop();
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public void cancelLongPress() {
         super.cancelLongPress();
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
index 51a649a..f47fd13 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.RemoteViews;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@
     private int mPreviousOrientation;
     private DragLayer mDragLayer;
 
+    private float mSlop;
+
     public LauncherAppWidgetHostView(Context context) {
         super(context);
         mContext = context;
@@ -90,6 +93,11 @@
             case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL:
                 mLongPressHelper.cancelLongPress();
                 break;
+            case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
+                if (!Utilities.pointInView(this, ev.getX(), ev.getY(), mSlop)) {
+                    mLongPressHelper.cancelLongPress();
+                }
+                break;
         }
 
         // Otherwise continue letting touch events fall through to children
@@ -104,11 +112,22 @@
             case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL:
                 mLongPressHelper.cancelLongPress();
                 break;
+            case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
+                if (!Utilities.pointInView(this, ev.getX(), ev.getY(), mSlop)) {
+                    mLongPressHelper.cancelLongPress();
+                }
+                break;
         }
         return false;
     }
 
     @Override
+    protected void onAttachedToWindow() {
+        super.onAttachedToWindow();
+        mSlop = ViewConfiguration.get(getContext()).getScaledTouchSlop();
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public void cancelLongPress() {
         super.cancelLongPress();
         mLongPressHelper.cancelLongPress();
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
index cbc9785..8deadf1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
@@ -305,6 +305,17 @@
         return scale;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Utility method to determine whether the given point, in local coordinates,
+     * is inside the view, where the area of the view is expanded by the slop factor.
+     * This method is called while processing touch-move events to determine if the event
+     * is still within the view.
+     */
+    public static boolean pointInView(View v, float localX, float localY, float slop) {
+        return localX >= -slop && localY >= -slop && localX < (v.getWidth() + slop) &&
+                localY < (v.getHeight() + slop);
+    }
+
     private static void initStatics(Context context) {
         final Resources resources = context.getResources();
         final DisplayMetrics metrics = resources.getDisplayMetrics();