diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherSettings.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherSettings.java
index 6ea331d..66ea616 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherSettings.java
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@
 public class LauncherSettings {
 
     /**
+     * Types of animations.
+     */
+    public static final class Animation {
+        /**
+         * The default animation for a given view/item info type.
+         */
+        public static final int DEFAULT = 0;
+        /**
+         * An animation using the view's background.
+         */
+        public static final int VIEW_BACKGROUND = 1;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Favorites.
      */
     public static final class Favorites implements BaseColumns {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FeatureFlags.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FeatureFlags.java
index c90c6bf..2841129 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FeatureFlags.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FeatureFlags.java
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
 
     public static final BooleanFlag ENABLE_SEARCH_RESULT_LAUNCH_TRANSITION = new DeviceFlag(
             "ENABLE_SEARCH_RESULT_LAUNCH_TRANSITION", false,
-            "Enable option to launch search results using the new standardized transitions");
+            "Enable option to launch search results using the new view container transitions");
 
     public static final BooleanFlag TWO_PREDICTED_ROWS_ALL_APPS_SEARCH = new DeviceFlag(
             "TWO_PREDICTED_ROWS_ALL_APPS_SEARCH", false,
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/data/ItemInfo.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/data/ItemInfo.java
index 2dd44a4..4eb2e9e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/data/ItemInfo.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/data/ItemInfo.java
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings;
+import com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings.Animation;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings.Favorites;
 import com.android.launcher3.Workspace;
+import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.launcher3.logger.LauncherAtom;
 import com.android.launcher3.logger.LauncherAtom.AllAppsContainer;
 import com.android.launcher3.logger.LauncherAtom.ContainerInfo;
@@ -94,6 +96,12 @@
     public int itemType;
 
     /**
+     * One of {@link Animation#DEFAULT},
+     * {@link Animation#VIEW_BACKGROUND}.
+     */
+    public int animationType = Animation.DEFAULT;
+
+    /**
      * The id of the container that holds this item. For the desktop, this will be
      * {@link Favorites#CONTAINER_DESKTOP}. For the all applications folder it
      * will be {@link #NO_ID} (since it is not stored in the settings DB). For user folders
@@ -185,6 +193,7 @@
         rank = info.rank;
         screenId = info.screenId;
         itemType = info.itemType;
+        animationType = info.animationType;
         container = info.container;
         user = info.user;
         contentDescription = info.contentDescription;
@@ -298,6 +307,15 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns whether this item should use the background animation.
+     */
+    public boolean shouldUseBackgroundAnimation() {
+        return animationType == LauncherSettings.Animation.VIEW_BACKGROUND
+                && FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SEARCH_RESULT_BACKGROUND_DRAWABLES.get()
+                && FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SEARCH_RESULT_LAUNCH_TRANSITION.get();
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Creates {@link LauncherAtom.ItemInfo} with important fields and parent container info.
      */
     @NonNull
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/ItemClickHandler.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/ItemClickHandler.java
index 64951ca..790c226 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/ItemClickHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/ItemClickHandler.java
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@
                 return;
             }
         }
-        if (v != null && launcher.supportsAdaptiveIconAnimation(v)) {
+        if (v != null && launcher.supportsAdaptiveIconAnimation(v)
+                && !item.shouldUseBackgroundAnimation()) {
             // Preload the icon to reduce latency b/w swapping the floating view with the original.
             FloatingIconView.fetchIcon(launcher, v, item, true /* isOpening */);
         }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/views/ActivityContext.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/views/ActivityContext.java
index 79b4cb4..36f5f4d 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/views/ActivityContext.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/views/ActivityContext.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import static com.android.launcher3.util.Executors.UI_HELPER_EXECUTOR;
 
 import android.app.ActivityOptions;
+import android.app.PendingIntent;
 import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.ContextWrapper;
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.BubbleTextView;
@@ -270,6 +272,29 @@
         }
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a pending intent animating from a view.
+     *
+     * @param v View to animate.
+     * @param intent The pending intent being launched.
+     * @param item Item associated with the view.
+     * @return {@code true} if the intent is sent successfully.
+     */
+    default boolean sendPendingIntentWithAnimation(
+            @NonNull View v, PendingIntent intent, @Nullable ItemInfo item) {
+        Bundle optsBundle = getActivityLaunchOptions(v, item).toBundle();
+        try {
+            intent.send(null, 0, null, null, null, null, optsBundle);
+            return true;
+        } catch (PendingIntent.CanceledException e) {
+            Toast.makeText(v.getContext(),
+                    v.getContext().getResources().getText(R.string.shortcut_not_available),
+                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Safely starts an activity.
      *
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/views/ScrimView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/views/ScrimView.java
index 870ff12..ca80c51 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/views/ScrimView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/views/ScrimView.java
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@
         super.setBackgroundColor(color);
     }
 
+    public int getBackgroundColor() {
+        return mBackgroundColor;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void onVisibilityAggregated(boolean isVisible) {
         super.onVisibilityAggregated(isVisible);