diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleBarBackground.kt b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleBarBackground.kt
index 79fdeda..8eeb055 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleBarBackground.kt
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleBarBackground.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles
 
+import android.content.Context
 import android.graphics.Canvas
 import android.graphics.Color
 import android.graphics.ColorFilter
@@ -27,12 +28,10 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities.mapToRange
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.GraphicsUtils.setColorAlphaBound
-import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.TaskbarActivityContext
 import com.android.wm.shell.common.TriangleShape
 
 /** Drawable for the background of the bubble bar. */
-class BubbleBarBackground(context: TaskbarActivityContext, private val backgroundHeight: Float) :
-    Drawable() {
+class BubbleBarBackground(context: Context, private val backgroundHeight: Float) : Drawable() {
 
     private val DARK_THEME_SHADOW_ALPHA = 51f
     private val LIGHT_THEME_SHADOW_ALPHA = 25f
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@
 
     var arrowPositionX: Float = 0f
         private set
+
     private var showingArrow: Boolean = false
     private var arrowDrawable: ShapeDrawable
 
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleBarView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleBarView.java
index a5da65f..4ca7c89 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleBarView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleBarView.java
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 
 import com.android.launcher3.R;
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.SpringAnimationBuilder;
-import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.TaskbarActivityContext;
-import com.android.launcher3.views.ActivityContext;
 import com.android.wm.shell.common.bubbles.BubbleBarLocation;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -159,8 +157,6 @@
 
     public BubbleBarView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes) {
         super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);
-        TaskbarActivityContext activityContext = ActivityContext.lookupContext(context);
-
         setAlpha(0);
         setVisibility(INVISIBLE);
         mIconOverlapAmount = getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.bubblebar_icon_overlap);
@@ -171,7 +167,7 @@
 
         setClipToPadding(false);
 
-        mBubbleBarBackground = new BubbleBarBackground(activityContext,
+        mBubbleBarBackground = new BubbleBarBackground(context,
                 getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.bubblebar_size));
         setBackgroundDrawable(mBubbleBarBackground);
 
@@ -379,6 +375,36 @@
         return mRelativePivotY;
     }
 
+    /** Prepares for animating a bubble while being stashed. */
+    public void prepareForAnimatingBubbleWhileStashed(String bubbleKey) {
+        // we're about to animate the new bubble in. the new bubble has already been added to this
+        // view, but we're currently stashed, so before we can start the animation we need make
+        // everything else in the bubble bar invisible, except for the bubble that's being animated.
+        setBackground(null);
+        for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+            final BubbleView view = (BubbleView) getChildAt(i);
+            final String key = view.getBubble().getKey();
+            if (!bubbleKey.equals(key)) {
+                view.setVisibility(INVISIBLE);
+            }
+        }
+        setVisibility(VISIBLE);
+        setAlpha(1);
+        setTranslationY(0);
+        setScaleX(1);
+        setScaleY(1);
+    }
+
+    /** Resets the state after the bubble animation completed. */
+    public void onAnimatingBubbleCompleted() {
+        setBackground(mBubbleBarBackground);
+        for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
+            final BubbleView view = (BubbleView) getChildAt(i);
+            view.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
+            view.setAlpha(1f);
+        }
+    }
+
     // TODO: (b/280605790) animate it
     @Override
     public void addView(View child, int index, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) {
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleBarViewController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleBarViewController.java
index 0f019a3..96d91ea 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleBarViewController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleBarViewController.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.TaskbarControllers;
 import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.TaskbarInsetsController;
 import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.TaskbarStashController;
+import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles.animation.BubbleBarViewAnimator;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.MultiPropertyFactory;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.MultiValueAlpha;
 import com.android.quickstep.SystemUiProxy;
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@
     private boolean mHiddenForNoBubbles = true;
     private boolean mShouldShowEducation;
 
+    private BubbleBarViewAnimator mBubbleBarViewAnimator;
+
     public BubbleBarViewController(TaskbarActivityContext activity, BubbleBarView barView) {
         mActivity = activity;
         mBarView = barView;
@@ -113,6 +116,8 @@
         mBarView.addOnLayoutChangeListener((view, i, i1, i2, i3, i4, i5, i6, i7) ->
                 mTaskbarInsetsController.onTaskbarOrBubblebarWindowHeightOrInsetsChanged()
         );
+
+        mBubbleBarViewAnimator = new BubbleBarViewAnimator(mBarView, mBubbleStashController);
     }
 
     private void onBubbleClicked(View v) {
@@ -316,6 +321,12 @@
                     new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(mIconSize, mIconSize, Gravity.LEFT));
             b.getView().setOnClickListener(mBubbleClickListener);
             mBubbleDragController.setupBubbleView(b.getView());
+
+            boolean isStashedOrGone =
+                    mBubbleStashController.isStashed() || mBarView.getVisibility() != VISIBLE;
+            if (b instanceof BubbleBarBubble && isStashedOrGone) {
+                mBubbleBarViewAnimator.animateBubbleInForStashed((BubbleBarBubble) b);
+            }
         } else {
             Log.w(TAG, "addBubble, bubble was null!");
         }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleView.java
index 6549ad6..bcdc718 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/BubbleView.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
     }
 
     /** Sets the bubble being rendered in this view. */
-    void setBubble(BubbleBarBubble bubble) {
+    public void setBubble(BubbleBarBubble bubble) {
         mBubble = bubble;
         mBubbleIcon.setImageBitmap(bubble.getIcon());
         mAppIcon.setImageBitmap(bubble.getBadge());
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
      * the list of bubbles. It doesn't show an app icon because it is part of system UI / doesn't
      * come from an app.
      */
-    void setOverflow(BubbleBarOverflow overflow, Bitmap bitmap) {
+    public void setOverflow(BubbleBarOverflow overflow, Bitmap bitmap) {
         mBubble = overflow;
         mBubbleIcon.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
         mAppIcon.setVisibility(GONE); // Overflow doesn't show the app badge
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 
     /** Returns the bubble being rendered in this view. */
     @Nullable
-    BubbleBarItem getBubble() {
+    public BubbleBarItem getBubble() {
         return mBubble;
     }
 
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/animation/BubbleBarViewAnimator.kt b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/animation/BubbleBarViewAnimator.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcb9f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/animation/BubbleBarViewAnimator.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles.animation
+
+import android.view.View
+import android.view.View.VISIBLE
+import androidx.dynamicanimation.animation.DynamicAnimation
+import androidx.dynamicanimation.animation.SpringForce
+import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles.BubbleBarBubble
+import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles.BubbleBarView
+import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles.BubbleStashController
+import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles.BubbleView
+import com.android.wm.shell.shared.animation.PhysicsAnimator
+
+/** Handles animations for bubble bar bubbles. */
+class BubbleBarViewAnimator
+@JvmOverloads
+constructor(
+    private val bubbleBarView: BubbleBarView,
+    private val bubbleStashController: BubbleStashController,
+    private val scheduler: Scheduler = HandlerScheduler(bubbleBarView)
+) {
+
+    private companion object {
+        /** The time to show the flyout. */
+        const val FLYOUT_DELAY_MS: Long = 2500
+        /** The translation Y the new bubble will animate to. */
+        const val BUBBLE_ANIMATION_TRANSLATION_Y = -50f
+    }
+
+    /** An interface for scheduling jobs. */
+    interface Scheduler {
+
+        /** Schedule the given [block] to run. */
+        fun post(block: () -> Unit)
+
+        /** Schedule the given [block] to start with a delay of [delayMillis]. */
+        fun postDelayed(delayMillis: Long, block: () -> Unit)
+    }
+
+    /** A [Scheduler] that uses a Handler to run jobs. */
+    private class HandlerScheduler(private val view: View) : Scheduler {
+
+        override fun post(block: () -> Unit) {
+            view.post(block)
+        }
+
+        override fun postDelayed(delayMillis: Long, block: () -> Unit) {
+            view.postDelayed(block, delayMillis)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private val springConfig =
+        PhysicsAnimator.SpringConfig(
+            stiffness = SpringForce.STIFFNESS_LOW,
+            dampingRatio = SpringForce.DAMPING_RATIO_MEDIUM_BOUNCY
+        )
+
+    /** Animates a bubble for the state where the bubble bar is stashed. */
+    fun animateBubbleInForStashed(b: BubbleBarBubble) {
+        val bubbleView = b.view
+        val animator = PhysicsAnimator.getInstance(bubbleView)
+        if (animator.isRunning()) animator.cancel()
+        // the animation of a new bubble is divided into 2 parts. The first part shows the bubble
+        // and the second part hides it after a delay.
+        val showAnimation = buildShowAnimation(bubbleView, b.key, animator)
+        val hideAnimation = buildHideAnimation(animator)
+        scheduler.post(showAnimation)
+        scheduler.postDelayed(FLYOUT_DELAY_MS, hideAnimation)
+    }
+
+    /** Returns a lambda that starts the animation that shows the new bubble. */
+    private fun buildShowAnimation(
+        bubbleView: BubbleView,
+        key: String,
+        animator: PhysicsAnimator<BubbleView>
+    ): () -> Unit = {
+        bubbleBarView.prepareForAnimatingBubbleWhileStashed(key)
+        animator.setDefaultSpringConfig(springConfig)
+        animator
+            .spring(DynamicAnimation.ALPHA, 1f)
+            .spring(DynamicAnimation.TRANSLATION_Y, BUBBLE_ANIMATION_TRANSLATION_Y)
+        bubbleView.alpha = 0f
+        bubbleView.visibility = VISIBLE
+        animator.start()
+    }
+
+    /** Returns a lambda that starts the animation that hides the new bubble. */
+    private fun buildHideAnimation(animator: PhysicsAnimator<BubbleView>): () -> Unit = {
+        animator.setDefaultSpringConfig(springConfig)
+        animator
+            .spring(DynamicAnimation.ALPHA, 0f)
+            .spring(DynamicAnimation.TRANSLATION_Y, 0f)
+            .addEndListener { _, _, _, canceled, _, _, allRelevantPropertyAnimsEnded ->
+                if (!canceled && allRelevantPropertyAnimsEnded) {
+                    if (bubbleStashController.isStashed) {
+                        bubbleBarView.alpha = 0f
+                    }
+                    bubbleBarView.onAnimatingBubbleCompleted()
+                }
+            }
+        animator.start()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/quickstep/tests/multivalentTests/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/animation/BubbleBarViewAnimatorTest.kt b/quickstep/tests/multivalentTests/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/animation/BubbleBarViewAnimatorTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c17aeaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickstep/tests/multivalentTests/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/bubbles/animation/BubbleBarViewAnimatorTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles.animation
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.graphics.Color
+import android.graphics.Path
+import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable
+import android.view.LayoutInflater
+import android.view.View.INVISIBLE
+import android.view.View.VISIBLE
+import android.widget.FrameLayout
+import androidx.core.graphics.drawable.toBitmap
+import androidx.dynamicanimation.animation.DynamicAnimation
+import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4
+import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest
+import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry
+import com.android.launcher3.R
+import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles.BubbleBarBubble
+import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles.BubbleBarOverflow
+import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles.BubbleBarView
+import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles.BubbleStashController
+import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.bubbles.BubbleView
+import com.android.wm.shell.common.bubbles.BubbleInfo
+import com.android.wm.shell.shared.animation.PhysicsAnimatorTestUtils
+import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
+import org.mockito.kotlin.whenever
+
+@SmallTest
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
+class BubbleBarViewAnimatorTest {
+
+    private val context = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext<Context>()
+    private val animatorScheduler = TestBubbleBarViewAnimatorScheduler()
+
+    @Before
+    fun setUp() {
+        PhysicsAnimatorTestUtils.prepareForTest()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun animateBubbleInForStashed() {
+        lateinit var overflowView: BubbleView
+        lateinit var bubbleView: BubbleView
+        lateinit var bubble: BubbleBarBubble
+        val bubbleBarView = BubbleBarView(context)
+        InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync {
+            bubbleBarView.layoutParams = FrameLayout.LayoutParams(0, 0)
+            val inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context)
+
+            val bitmap = ColorDrawable(Color.WHITE).toBitmap(width = 20, height = 20)
+            overflowView =
+                inflater.inflate(R.layout.bubblebar_item_view, bubbleBarView, false) as BubbleView
+            overflowView.setOverflow(BubbleBarOverflow(overflowView), bitmap)
+            bubbleBarView.addView(overflowView)
+
+            val bubbleInfo = BubbleInfo("key", 0, null, null, 0, context.packageName, null, false)
+            bubbleView =
+                inflater.inflate(R.layout.bubblebar_item_view, bubbleBarView, false) as BubbleView
+            bubble =
+                BubbleBarBubble(bubbleInfo, bubbleView, bitmap, bitmap, Color.WHITE, Path(), "")
+            bubbleView.setBubble(bubble)
+            bubbleBarView.addView(bubbleView)
+        }
+        InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().waitForIdleSync()
+
+        val bubbleStashController = mock<BubbleStashController>()
+        whenever(bubbleStashController.isStashed).thenReturn(true)
+
+        val animator =
+            BubbleBarViewAnimator(bubbleBarView, bubbleStashController, animatorScheduler)
+
+        InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync {
+            animator.animateBubbleInForStashed(bubble)
+        }
+
+        InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().waitForIdleSync()
+
+        assertThat(overflowView.visibility).isEqualTo(INVISIBLE)
+        assertThat(bubbleBarView.visibility).isEqualTo(VISIBLE)
+        assertThat(bubbleView.visibility).isEqualTo(VISIBLE)
+
+        PhysicsAnimatorTestUtils.blockUntilAnimationsEnd(
+            DynamicAnimation.ALPHA,
+            DynamicAnimation.TRANSLATION_Y
+        )
+
+        assertThat(bubbleView.alpha).isEqualTo(1)
+        assertThat(bubbleView.translationY).isEqualTo(-50)
+
+        assertThat(animatorScheduler.delayedBlock).isNotNull()
+        InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync(animatorScheduler.delayedBlock!!)
+
+        InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().waitForIdleSync()
+
+        PhysicsAnimatorTestUtils.blockUntilAnimationsEnd(
+            DynamicAnimation.ALPHA,
+            DynamicAnimation.TRANSLATION_Y
+        )
+
+        assertThat(bubbleView.alpha).isEqualTo(1)
+        assertThat(bubbleView.visibility).isEqualTo(VISIBLE)
+        assertThat(bubbleView.translationY).isEqualTo(0)
+        assertThat(bubbleBarView.alpha).isEqualTo(0)
+        assertThat(overflowView.alpha).isEqualTo(1)
+        assertThat(overflowView.visibility).isEqualTo(VISIBLE)
+    }
+
+    private class TestBubbleBarViewAnimatorScheduler : BubbleBarViewAnimator.Scheduler {
+
+        var delayedBlock: (() -> Unit)? = null
+            private set
+
+        override fun post(block: () -> Unit) {
+            block.invoke()
+        }
+
+        override fun postDelayed(delayMillis: Long, block: () -> Unit) {
+            check(delayedBlock == null) { "there is already a pending block waiting to run" }
+            delayedBlock = block
+        }
+    }
+}