diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/TogglableFlag.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/TogglableFlag.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e425088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/TogglableFlag.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 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.uioverrides;
+
+import android.provider.DeviceConfig;
+import com.android.launcher3.config.BaseFlags.BaseTogglableFlag;
+
+public class TogglableFlag extends BaseTogglableFlag {
+
+    public TogglableFlag(String key, boolean defaultValue, String description) {
+        super(key, defaultValue, description);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean getInitialValue(boolean value) {
+        return DeviceConfig.getBoolean("launcher", getKey(), value);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/robolectric_tests/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FlagOverrideRule.java b/robolectric_tests/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FlagOverrideRule.java
index 92bcc64..a3d1216 100644
--- a/robolectric_tests/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FlagOverrideRule.java
+++ b/robolectric_tests/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FlagOverrideRule.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.android.launcher3.config;
 
 
+import com.android.launcher3.config.BaseFlags.BaseTogglableFlag;
+import com.android.launcher3.uioverrides.TogglableFlag;
 import org.junit.rules.TestRule;
 import org.junit.runner.Description;
 import org.junit.runners.model.Statement;
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@
         };
     }
 
-    private void override(BaseFlags.TogglableFlag flag, boolean newValue) {
+    private void override(BaseTogglableFlag flag, boolean newValue) {
         if (!ruleInProgress) {
             throw new IllegalStateException(
                     "Rule isn't in progress. Did you remember to mark it with @Rule?");
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@
 
     private void applyAnnotation(FlagOverride flagOverride) {
         boolean found = false;
-        for (BaseFlags.TogglableFlag flag : FeatureFlags.getTogglableFlags()) {
+        for (TogglableFlag flag : FeatureFlags.getTogglableFlags()) {
             if (flag.getKey().equals(flagOverride.key())) {
                 override(flag, flagOverride.value());
                 found = true;
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@
      * Resets all flags to their default values.
      */
     private void clearOverrides() {
-        for (BaseFlags.TogglableFlag flag : FeatureFlags.getTogglableFlags()) {
+        for (BaseTogglableFlag flag : FeatureFlags.getTogglableFlags()) {
             flag.setForTests(flag.getDefaultValue());
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/config/BaseFlags.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/config/BaseFlags.java
index dcc8eff..7df9829 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/config/BaseFlags.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/config/BaseFlags.java
@@ -18,20 +18,16 @@
 
 import static androidx.core.util.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
-import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
-import android.database.ContentObserver;
-import android.os.Handler;
-import android.os.Looper;
-import android.provider.Settings;
 
 import androidx.annotation.GuardedBy;
 import androidx.annotation.Keep;
-import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
 
+import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 
+import com.android.launcher3.uioverrides.TogglableFlag;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.SortedMap;
@@ -41,11 +37,9 @@
  * Defines a set of flags used to control various launcher behaviors.
  *
  * <p>All the flags should be defined here with appropriate default values.
- *
- * <p>This class is kept package-private to prevent direct access.
  */
 @Keep
-abstract class BaseFlags {
+public abstract class BaseFlags {
 
     private static final Object sLock = new Object();
     @GuardedBy("sLock")
@@ -124,7 +118,7 @@
         // Avoid the disk read for user builds
         if (Utilities.IS_DEBUG_DEVICE) {
             synchronized (sLock) {
-                for (TogglableFlag flag : sFlags) {
+                for (BaseTogglableFlag flag : sFlags) {
                     flag.initialize(context);
                 }
             }
@@ -140,27 +134,27 @@
         SortedMap<String, TogglableFlag> flagsByKey = new TreeMap<>();
         synchronized (sLock) {
             for (TogglableFlag flag : sFlags) {
-                flagsByKey.put(flag.key, flag);
+                flagsByKey.put(((BaseTogglableFlag) flag).getKey(), flag);
             }
         }
         return new ArrayList<>(flagsByKey.values());
     }
 
-    public static class TogglableFlag {
+    public static abstract class BaseTogglableFlag {
         private final String key;
         private final boolean defaultValue;
         private final String description;
         private boolean currentValue;
 
-        TogglableFlag(
+        public BaseTogglableFlag(
                 String key,
                 boolean defaultValue,
                 String description) {
             this.key = checkNotNull(key);
-            this.currentValue = this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
+            this.currentValue = this.defaultValue = getInitialValue(defaultValue);
             this.description = checkNotNull(description);
             synchronized (sLock) {
-                sFlags.add(this);
+                sFlags.add((TogglableFlag)this);
             }
         }
 
@@ -170,14 +164,16 @@
             currentValue = value;
         }
 
-        @VisibleForTesting(otherwise = VisibleForTesting.PACKAGE_PRIVATE)
         public String getKey() {
             return key;
         }
+
         void initialize(Context context) {
             currentValue = getFromStorage(context, defaultValue);
         }
 
+        protected abstract boolean getInitialValue(boolean value);
+
         public void updateStorage(Context context, boolean value) {
             SharedPreferences.Editor editor = context.getSharedPreferences(FLAGS_PREF_NAME,
                     Context.MODE_PRIVATE).edit();
@@ -221,7 +217,7 @@
                 return true;
             }
             if (o instanceof TogglableFlag) {
-                TogglableFlag that = (TogglableFlag) o;
+                BaseTogglableFlag that = (BaseTogglableFlag) o;
                 return (this.key.equals(that.getKey()))
                         && (this.defaultValue == that.getDefaultValue())
                         && (this.description.equals(that.getDescription()));
@@ -241,48 +237,4 @@
             return h$;
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Stores the FeatureFlag's value in Settings.Global instead of our SharedPrefs.
-     * This is useful if we want to be able to control this flag from another process.
-     */
-    public static final class ToggleableGlobalSettingsFlag extends TogglableFlag {
-        private ContentResolver contentResolver;
-
-        ToggleableGlobalSettingsFlag(String key, boolean defaultValue, String description) {
-            super(key, defaultValue, description);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void initialize(Context context) {
-            contentResolver = context.getContentResolver();
-            contentResolver.registerContentObserver(Settings.Global.getUriFor(getKey()), true,
-                    new ContentObserver(new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())) {
-                        @Override
-                        public void onChange(boolean selfChange) {
-                            superInitialize(context);
-                    }});
-            superInitialize(context);
-        }
-
-        private void superInitialize(Context context) {
-            super.initialize(context);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void updateStorage(Context context, boolean value) {
-            if (contentResolver == null) {
-                return;
-            }
-            Settings.Global.putInt(contentResolver, getKey(), value ? 1 : 0);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        boolean getFromStorage(Context context, boolean defaultValue) {
-            if (contentResolver == null) {
-                return defaultValue;
-            }
-            return Settings.Global.getInt(contentResolver, getKey(), defaultValue ? 1 : 0) == 1;
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FlagTogglerPrefUi.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FlagTogglerPrefUi.java
index 5ecb186..54e5322 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FlagTogglerPrefUi.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FlagTogglerPrefUi.java
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.R;
-import com.android.launcher3.config.BaseFlags.TogglableFlag;
 
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceDataStore;
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceFragment;
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceGroup;
 import androidx.preference.SwitchPreference;
+import com.android.launcher3.config.BaseFlags.BaseTogglableFlag;
+import com.android.launcher3.uioverrides.TogglableFlag;
 
 /**
  * Dev-build only UI allowing developers to toggle flag settings. See {@link FeatureFlags}.
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@
 
         @Override
         public boolean getBoolean(String key, boolean defaultValue) {
-            for (TogglableFlag flag : FeatureFlags.getTogglableFlags()) {
+            for (BaseTogglableFlag flag : FeatureFlags.getTogglableFlags()) {
                 if (flag.getKey().equals(key)) {
                     return flag.getFromStorage(mContext, defaultValue);
                 }
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
         // flag with a different value than the default. That way, when we flip flags in
         // future, engineers will pick up the new value immediately. To accomplish this, we use a
         // custom preference data store.
-        for (TogglableFlag flag : FeatureFlags.getTogglableFlags()) {
+        for (BaseTogglableFlag flag : FeatureFlags.getTogglableFlags()) {
             SwitchPreference switchPreference = new SwitchPreference(mContext);
             switchPreference.setKey(flag.getKey());
             switchPreference.setDefaultValue(flag.getDefaultValue());
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@
     /**
      * Updates the summary to show the description and whether the flag overrides the default value.
      */
-    private void updateSummary(SwitchPreference switchPreference, TogglableFlag flag) {
+    private void updateSummary(SwitchPreference switchPreference, BaseTogglableFlag flag) {
         String onWarning = flag.getDefaultValue() ? "" : "<b>OVERRIDDEN</b><br>";
         String offWarning = flag.getDefaultValue() ? "<b>OVERRIDDEN</b><br>" : "";
         switchPreference.setSummaryOn(Html.fromHtml(onWarning + flag.getDescription()));
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private boolean getFlagStateFromSharedPrefs(TogglableFlag flag) {
+    private boolean getFlagStateFromSharedPrefs(BaseTogglableFlag flag) {
         return mDataStore.getBoolean(flag.getKey(), flag.getDefaultValue());
     }
 
diff --git a/src_ui_overrides/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/TogglableFlag.java b/src_ui_overrides/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/TogglableFlag.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e875a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src_ui_overrides/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/TogglableFlag.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 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.uioverrides;
+
+import com.android.launcher3.config.BaseFlags.BaseTogglableFlag;
+
+public class TogglableFlag extends BaseTogglableFlag {
+
+    public TogglableFlag(String key, boolean defaultValue, String description) {
+        super(key, defaultValue, description);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean getInitialValue(boolean value) {
+        return value;
+    }
+}