diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
index fc09295..82a28cf 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.accessibility.DragAndDropAccessibilityDelegate;
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators;
 import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
-import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.AppWidgetHostViewDrawable;
 import com.android.launcher3.folder.PreviewBackground;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.data.ItemInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.CellAndSpan;
@@ -70,6 +69,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.util.Themes;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.Thunk;
 import com.android.launcher3.views.ActivityContext;
+import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHostView;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
@@ -1062,15 +1062,14 @@
     private void applyColorExtraction(DropTarget.DragObject dragObject, int[] targetCell, int spanX,
             int spanY) {
         // Apply local extracted color if the DragView is an AppWidgetHostViewDrawable.
-        Drawable drawable = dragObject.dragView.getDrawable();
-        if (drawable instanceof AppWidgetHostViewDrawable) {
+        View view = dragObject.dragView.getContentView();
+        if (view instanceof LauncherAppWidgetHostView) {
             Workspace workspace =
                     Launcher.getLauncher(dragObject.dragView.getContext()).getWorkspace();
             int screenId = workspace.getIdForScreen(this);
             int pageId = workspace.getPageIndexForScreenId(screenId);
-            AppWidgetHostViewDrawable hostViewDrawable = ((AppWidgetHostViewDrawable) drawable);
             cellToRect(targetCell[0], targetCell[1], spanX, spanY, mTempRect);
-            hostViewDrawable.getAppWidgetHostView().handleDrag(mTempRect, pageId);
+            ((LauncherAppWidgetHostView) view).handleDrag(mTempRect, pageId);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
index 1931c29..10091a1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.PendingAnimation;
 import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.launcher3.dot.FolderDotInfo;
-import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.AppWidgetHostViewDrawable;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragController;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragLayer;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragOptions;
@@ -414,7 +413,9 @@
         }
 
         if (mDragInfo != null && mDragInfo.cell != null) {
-            CellLayout layout = (CellLayout) mDragInfo.cell.getParent().getParent();
+            CellLayout layout = (CellLayout) (mDragInfo.cell instanceof LauncherAppWidgetHostView
+                    ? dragObject.dragView.getContentViewParent().getParent()
+                    : mDragInfo.cell.getParent().getParent());
             layout.markCellsAsUnoccupiedForView(mDragInfo.cell);
         }
 
@@ -1527,10 +1528,19 @@
             draggableView = (DraggableView) child;
         }
 
+        final View contentView = previewProvider.getContentView();
+        final float scale;
         // The draggable drawable follows the touch point around on the screen
-        final Drawable drawable = previewProvider.createDrawable();
+        final Drawable drawable;
+        if (contentView == null) {
+            drawable = previewProvider.createDrawable();
+            scale = previewProvider.getScaleAndPosition(drawable, mTempXY);
+        } else {
+            drawable = null;
+            scale = previewProvider.getScaleAndPosition(contentView, mTempXY);
+        }
+
         int halfPadding = previewProvider.previewPadding / 2;
-        float scale = previewProvider.getScaleAndPosition(drawable, mTempXY);
         int dragLayerX = mTempXY[0];
         int dragLayerY = mTempXY[1];
 
@@ -1556,21 +1566,37 @@
             }
         }
 
-        if (drawable instanceof AppWidgetHostViewDrawable) {
-            mDragController.addDragListener(new AppWidgetHostViewDragListener(mLauncher));
+        final DragView dv;
+        if (contentView instanceof View) {
+            if (contentView instanceof LauncherAppWidgetHostView) {
+                mDragController.addDragListener(new AppWidgetHostViewDragListener(mLauncher));
+            }
+            dv = mDragController.startDrag(
+                    contentView,
+                    draggableView,
+                    dragLayerX,
+                    dragLayerY,
+                    source,
+                    dragObject,
+                    dragVisualizeOffset,
+                    dragRect,
+                    scale * iconScale,
+                    scale,
+                    dragOptions);
+        } else {
+            dv = mDragController.startDrag(
+                    drawable,
+                    draggableView,
+                    dragLayerX,
+                    dragLayerY,
+                    source,
+                    dragObject,
+                    dragVisualizeOffset,
+                    dragRect,
+                    scale * iconScale,
+                    scale,
+                    dragOptions);
         }
-        DragView dv = mDragController.startDrag(
-                drawable,
-                draggableView,
-                dragLayerX,
-                dragLayerY,
-                source,
-                dragObject,
-                dragVisualizeOffset,
-                dragRect,
-                scale * iconScale,
-                scale,
-                dragOptions);
         return dv;
     }
 
@@ -1900,6 +1926,8 @@
                         CellLayout parentCell = getParentCellLayoutForView(cell);
                         if (parentCell != null) {
                             parentCell.removeView(cell);
+                        } else if (mDragInfo.cell instanceof LauncherAppWidgetHostView) {
+                            d.dragView.detachContentView(/* reattachToPreviousParent= */ false);
                         } else if (FeatureFlags.IS_STUDIO_BUILD) {
                             throw new NullPointerException("mDragInfo.cell has null parent");
                         }
@@ -1938,6 +1966,9 @@
                     if (!returnToOriginalCellToPreventShuffling) {
                         onNoCellFound(dropTargetLayout);
                     }
+                    if (mDragInfo.cell instanceof LauncherAppWidgetHostView) {
+                        d.dragView.detachContentView(/* reattachToPreviousParent= */ true);
+                    }
 
                     // If we can't find a drop location, we return the item to its original position
                     CellLayout.LayoutParams lp = (CellLayout.LayoutParams) cell.getLayoutParams();
@@ -2636,10 +2667,6 @@
     }
 
     private Drawable createWidgetDrawable(ItemInfo widgetInfo, View layout) {
-        if (layout instanceof LauncherAppWidgetHostView) {
-            return new AppWidgetHostViewDrawable((LauncherAppWidgetHostView) layout);
-        }
-
         int[] unScaledSize = estimateItemSize(widgetInfo);
         int visibility = layout.getVisibility();
         layout.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
@@ -2720,7 +2747,9 @@
 
         boolean isWidget = info.itemType == LauncherSettings.Favorites.ITEM_TYPE_APPWIDGET ||
                 info.itemType == LauncherSettings.Favorites.ITEM_TYPE_CUSTOM_APPWIDGET;
-        if ((animationType == ANIMATE_INTO_POSITION_AND_RESIZE || external) && finalView != null) {
+        if ((animationType == ANIMATE_INTO_POSITION_AND_RESIZE || external)
+                && finalView != null
+                && dragView.getContentView() != finalView) {
             Drawable crossFadeDrawable = createWidgetDrawable(info, finalView);
             dragView.crossFadeContent(crossFadeDrawable, (int) (duration * 0.8f));
         } else if (isWidget && external) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/AppWidgetHostViewDrawable.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/AppWidgetHostViewDrawable.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2135f5d..0000000
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/AppWidgetHostViewDrawable.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2021 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.dragndrop;
-
-import android.graphics.Canvas;
-import android.graphics.ColorFilter;
-import android.graphics.Paint;
-import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
-import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
-
-import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHostView;
-
-/**
- * A drawable which renders {@link LauncherAppWidgetHostView} to a canvas.
- *
- * TODO(b/183609936) Stop using that class and remove it.
- */
-public final class AppWidgetHostViewDrawable extends Drawable {
-
-    private final LauncherAppWidgetHostView mAppWidgetHostView;
-    private Paint mPaint = new Paint();
-
-    public AppWidgetHostViewDrawable(LauncherAppWidgetHostView appWidgetHostView) {
-        mAppWidgetHostView = appWidgetHostView;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
-        int saveCount = canvas.saveLayer(0, 0, getIntrinsicWidth(), getIntrinsicHeight(), mPaint);
-        mAppWidgetHostView.draw(canvas);
-        canvas.restoreToCount(saveCount);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getIntrinsicWidth() {
-        return mAppWidgetHostView.getMeasuredWidth();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getIntrinsicHeight() {
-        return mAppWidgetHostView.getMeasuredHeight();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getOpacity() {
-        // This is up to app widget provider. We don't know if the host view will cover anything
-        // behind the drawable.
-        return PixelFormat.UNKNOWN;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void setAlpha(int alpha) {
-        mPaint.setAlpha(alpha);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getAlpha() {
-        return mPaint.getAlpha();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void setColorFilter(ColorFilter colorFilter) {
-        mPaint.setColorFilter(colorFilter);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public ColorFilter getColorFilter() {
-        return mPaint.getColorFilter();
-    }
-
-    /** Returns the {@link LauncherAppWidgetHostView}. */
-    public LauncherAppWidgetHostView getAppWidgetHostView() {
-        return mAppWidgetHostView;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/DragController.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/DragController.java
index b7a70cb..d7f6cdb 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/DragController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/DragController.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import com.android.launcher3.AbstractFloatingView;
 import com.android.launcher3.DragSource;
 import com.android.launcher3.DropTarget;
@@ -125,20 +127,23 @@
 
     /**
      * Starts a drag.
-     * When the drag is started, the UI automatically goes into spring loaded mode. On a successful
-     * drop, it is the responsibility of the {@link DropTarget} to exit out of the spring loaded
-     * mode. If the drop was cancelled for some reason, the UI will automatically exit out of this mode.
+     *
+     * <p>When the drag is started, the UI automatically goes into spring loaded mode. On a
+     * successful drop, it is the responsibility of the {@link DropTarget} to exit out of the spring
+     * loaded mode. If the drop was cancelled for some reason, the UI will automatically exit out of
+     * this mode.
      *
      * @param drawable The drawable to be displayed in the drag view.  It will be re-scaled to the
-     *          enlarged size.
-     * @param originalView The source view (ie. icon, widget etc.) that is being dragged
-     *          and which the DragView represents
+     *                 enlarged size.
+     * @param originalView The source view (ie. icon, widget etc.) that is being dragged and which
+     *                     the DragView represents
      * @param dragLayerX The x position in the DragLayer of the left-top of the bitmap.
      * @param dragLayerY The y position in the DragLayer of the left-top of the bitmap.
      * @param source An object representing where the drag originated
      * @param dragInfo The data associated with the object that is being dragged
      * @param dragRegion Coordinates within the bitmap b for the position of item being dragged.
-     *          Makes dragging feel more precise, e.g. you can clip out a transparent border
+     *                   Makes dragging feel more precise, e.g. you can clip out a transparent
+     *                   border
      */
     public DragView startDrag(
             Drawable drawable,
@@ -152,6 +157,61 @@
             float initialDragViewScale,
             float dragViewScaleOnDrop,
             DragOptions options) {
+        return startDrag(drawable, /* view= */ null, originalView, dragLayerX, dragLayerY,
+                source, dragInfo, dragOffset, dragRegion, initialDragViewScale, dragViewScaleOnDrop,
+                options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Starts a drag.
+     *
+     * <p>When the drag is started, the UI automatically goes into spring loaded mode. On a
+     * successful drop, it is the responsibility of the {@link DropTarget} to exit out of the spring
+     * loaded mode. If the drop was cancelled for some reason, the UI will automatically exit out of
+     * this mode.
+     *
+     * @param view The view to be displayed in the drag view.  It will be re-scaled to the
+     *             enlarged size.
+     * @param originalView The source view (ie. icon, widget etc.) that is being dragged and which
+     *                     the DragView represents
+     * @param dragLayerX The x position in the DragLayer of the left-top of the bitmap.
+     * @param dragLayerY The y position in the DragLayer of the left-top of the bitmap.
+     * @param source An object representing where the drag originated
+     * @param dragInfo The data associated with the object that is being dragged
+     * @param dragRegion Coordinates within the bitmap b for the position of item being dragged.
+     *                   Makes dragging feel more precise, e.g. you can clip out a transparent
+     *                   border
+     */
+    public DragView startDrag(
+            View view,
+            DraggableView originalView,
+            int dragLayerX,
+            int dragLayerY,
+            DragSource source,
+            ItemInfo dragInfo,
+            Point dragOffset,
+            Rect dragRegion,
+            float initialDragViewScale,
+            float dragViewScaleOnDrop,
+            DragOptions options) {
+        return startDrag(/* drawable= */ null, view, originalView, dragLayerX, dragLayerY,
+                source, dragInfo, dragOffset, dragRegion, initialDragViewScale, dragViewScaleOnDrop,
+                options);
+    }
+
+    private DragView startDrag(
+            @Nullable Drawable drawable,
+            @Nullable View view,
+            DraggableView originalView,
+            int dragLayerX,
+            int dragLayerY,
+            DragSource source,
+            ItemInfo dragInfo,
+            Point dragOffset,
+            Rect dragRegion,
+            float initialDragViewScale,
+            float dragViewScaleOnDrop,
+            DragOptions options) {
         if (PROFILE_DRAWING_DURING_DRAG) {
             android.os.Debug.startMethodTracing("Launcher");
         }
@@ -182,14 +242,25 @@
         final Resources res = mLauncher.getResources();
         final float scaleDps = mIsInPreDrag
                 ? res.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.pre_drag_view_scale) : 0f;
-        final DragView dragView = mDragObject.dragView = new DragView(
-                mLauncher,
-                drawable,
-                registrationX,
-                registrationY,
-                initialDragViewScale,
-                dragViewScaleOnDrop,
-                scaleDps);
+        final DragView dragView = mDragObject.dragView = drawable != null
+                ? new DragView(
+                    mLauncher,
+                    drawable,
+                    registrationX,
+                    registrationY,
+                    initialDragViewScale,
+                    dragViewScaleOnDrop,
+                    scaleDps)
+                : new DragView(
+                    mLauncher,
+                    view,
+                    view.getMeasuredWidth(),
+                    view.getMeasuredHeight(),
+                    registrationX,
+                    registrationY,
+                    initialDragViewScale,
+                    dragViewScaleOnDrop,
+                    scaleDps);
         dragView.setItemInfo(dragInfo);
         mDragObject.dragComplete = false;
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/DragView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/DragView.java
index 3463599..68a8af2 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/DragView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/DragView.java
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.Looper;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.FrameLayout;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.dynamicanimation.animation.FloatPropertyCompat;
 import androidx.dynamicanimation.animation.SpringAnimation;
 import androidx.dynamicanimation.animation.SpringForce;
@@ -69,6 +71,10 @@
     public static final int VIEW_ZOOM_DURATION = 150;
 
     private final View mContent;
+    // The following are only used for rendering mContent directly during drag-n-drop.
+    @Nullable private ViewGroup.LayoutParams mContentViewLayoutParams;
+    @Nullable private ViewGroup mContentViewParent;
+    private int mContentViewInParentViewIndex = -1;
     private final int mWidth;
     private final int mHeight;
 
@@ -135,6 +141,13 @@
         mContent = content;
         mWidth = width;
         mHeight = height;
+        mContentViewLayoutParams = mContent.getLayoutParams();
+        if (mContent.getParent() instanceof ViewGroup) {
+            mContentViewParent = (ViewGroup) mContent.getParent();
+            mContentViewInParentViewIndex = mContentViewParent.indexOfChild(mContent);
+            mContentViewParent.removeView(mContent);
+        }
+
         addView(content, new LayoutParams(width, height));
 
         final float scale = (width + finalScaleDps) / width;
@@ -372,6 +385,12 @@
         BaseDragLayer.LayoutParams lp = new BaseDragLayer.LayoutParams(mWidth, mHeight);
         lp.customPosition = true;
         setLayoutParams(lp);
+
+        if (mContent != null) {
+            // At the drag start, the source view visibility is set to invisible.
+            mContent.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
+        }
+
         move(touchX, touchY);
         // Post the animation to skip other expensive work happening on the first frame
         post(mAnim::start);
@@ -430,6 +449,33 @@
         setTranslationY(mLastTouchY - mRegistrationY + mAnimatedShiftY);
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * Detaches {@link #mContent}, if previously attached, from this view.
+     *
+     * <p>In the case of no change in the drop position, sets {@code reattachToPreviousParent} to
+     * {@code true} to attach the {@link #mContent} back to its previous parent.
+     */
+    public void detachContentView(boolean reattachToPreviousParent) {
+        if (mContent != null && mContentViewParent != null && mContentViewInParentViewIndex >= 0) {
+            removeView(mContent);
+            mContent.setLayoutParams(mContentViewLayoutParams);
+            if (reattachToPreviousParent) {
+                mContentViewParent.addView(mContent, mContentViewInParentViewIndex);
+            }
+            mContentViewParent = null;
+            mContentViewInParentViewIndex = -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes this view from the {@link DragLayer}.
+     *
+     * <p>If the drag content is a {@link #mContent}, this call doesn't reattach the
+     * {@link #mContent} back to its previous parent. To reattach to previous parent, the caller
+     * should call {@link #detachContentView} with {@code reattachToPreviousParent} sets to true
+     * before this call.
+     */
     public void remove() {
         if (getParent() != null) {
             mDragLayer.removeView(DragView.this);
@@ -449,9 +495,18 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    /** Returns the current {@link Drawable} that is rendered in this view. */
-    public Drawable getDrawable() {
-        return mContent instanceof ImageView ? ((ImageView) mContent).getDrawable() : null;
+    /** Returns the current content view that is rendered in the drag view. */
+    public View getContentView() {
+        return mContent;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the previous {@link ViewGroup} parent of the {@link #mContent} before the drag
+     * content is attached to this view.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public ViewGroup getContentViewParent() {
+        return mContentViewParent;
     }
 
     private static class SpringFloatValue {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/DragPreviewProvider.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/DragPreviewProvider.java
index 0e61b98..a549750 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/DragPreviewProvider.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/DragPreviewProvider.java
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.view.View;
 
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import com.android.launcher3.BubbleTextView;
 import com.android.launcher3.Launcher;
 import com.android.launcher3.R;
 import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
-import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.AppWidgetHostViewDrawable;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DraggableView;
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.BitmapRenderer;
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.FastBitmapDrawable;
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@
      */
     public Drawable createDrawable() {
         if (mView instanceof LauncherAppWidgetHostView) {
-            return new AppWidgetHostViewDrawable((LauncherAppWidgetHostView) mView);
+            return null;
         }
 
         int width = 0;
@@ -116,6 +117,18 @@
                         height + blurSizeOutline, (c) -> drawDragView(c, scale)));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the content view if the content should be rendered directly in
+     * {@link com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragView}. Otherwise, returns null.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public View getContentView() {
+        if (mView instanceof LauncherAppWidgetHostView) {
+            return mView;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     public final void generateDragOutline(Bitmap preview) {
         if (FeatureFlags.IS_STUDIO_BUILD && mOutlineGeneratorCallback != null) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Drag outline generated twice");
@@ -152,6 +165,22 @@
         return scale;
     }
 
+    /** Returns the scale and position of a given view for drag-n-drop. */
+    public float getScaleAndPosition(View view, int[] outPos) {
+        float scale = Launcher.getLauncher(mView.getContext())
+                .getDragLayer().getLocationInDragLayer(mView, outPos);
+        if (mView instanceof LauncherAppWidgetHostView) {
+            // App widgets are technically scaled, but are drawn at their expected size -- so the
+            // app widget scale should not affect the scale of the preview.
+            scale /= ((LauncherAppWidgetHostView) mView).getScaleToFit();
+        }
+
+        outPos[0] = Math.round(outPos[0]
+                - (view.getWidth() - scale * mView.getWidth() * mView.getScaleX()) / 2);
+        outPos[1] = Math.round(outPos[1] - (1 - scale) * view.getHeight() / 2 - previewPadding / 2);
+        return scale;
+    }
+
     protected Bitmap convertPreviewToAlphaBitmap(Bitmap preview) {
         return preview.copy(Bitmap.Config.ALPHA_8, true);
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/PendingItemDragHelper.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/PendingItemDragHelper.java
index e78d517..df368cd 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/PendingItemDragHelper.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/PendingItemDragHelper.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAppState;
 import com.android.launcher3.PendingAddItemInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.R;
-import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.AppWidgetHostViewDrawable;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragOptions;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DraggableView;
 import com.android.launcher3.graphics.DragPreviewProvider;
@@ -93,6 +92,8 @@
         LauncherAppState app = LauncherAppState.getInstance(launcher);
 
         Drawable preview = null;
+        final int previewWidth;
+        final int previewHeight;
         final float scale;
         final Point dragOffset;
         final Rect dragRegion;
@@ -114,12 +115,11 @@
                                 createWidgetInfo.info, maxWidth, previewSizeBeforeScale));
             }
             if (mAppWidgetHostViewPreview != null) {
-                preview = new AppWidgetHostViewDrawable(mAppWidgetHostViewPreview);
                 previewSizeBeforeScale[0] = mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.getMeasuredWidth();
                 launcher.getDragController()
                         .addDragListener(new AppWidgetHostViewDragListener(launcher));
             }
-            if (preview == null) {
+            if (preview == null && mAppWidgetHostViewPreview == null) {
                 Drawable p = new FastBitmapDrawable(
                         app.getWidgetCache().generateWidgetPreview(launcher,
                                 createWidgetInfo.info, maxWidth, null,
@@ -140,7 +140,14 @@
                 previewBounds.left += padding;
                 previewBounds.right -= padding;
             }
-            scale = previewBounds.width() / (float) preview.getIntrinsicWidth();
+            if (mAppWidgetHostViewPreview != null) {
+                previewWidth = mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.getMeasuredWidth();
+                previewHeight = mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.getMeasuredHeight();
+            } else {
+                previewWidth = preview.getIntrinsicWidth();
+                previewHeight = preview.getIntrinsicHeight();
+            }
+            scale = previewBounds.width() / (float) previewWidth;
             launcher.getDragController().addDragListener(new WidgetHostViewLoader(launcher, mView));
 
             dragOffset = null;
@@ -152,8 +159,10 @@
             LauncherIcons li = LauncherIcons.obtain(launcher);
             preview = new FastBitmapDrawable(
                     li.createScaledBitmapWithoutShadow(icon, 0));
+            previewWidth = preview.getIntrinsicWidth();
+            previewHeight = preview.getIntrinsicHeight();
             li.recycle();
-            scale = ((float) launcher.getDeviceProfile().iconSizePx) / preview.getIntrinsicWidth();
+            scale = ((float) launcher.getDeviceProfile().iconSizePx) / previewWidth;
 
             dragOffset = new Point(previewPadding / 2, previewPadding / 2);
 
@@ -181,13 +190,19 @@
         launcher.getWorkspace().prepareDragWithProvider(this);
 
         int dragLayerX = screenPos.x + previewBounds.left
-                + (int) ((scale * preview.getIntrinsicWidth() - preview.getIntrinsicWidth()) / 2);
+                + (int) ((scale * previewWidth - previewWidth) / 2);
         int dragLayerY = screenPos.y + previewBounds.top
-                + (int) ((scale * preview.getIntrinsicHeight() - preview.getIntrinsicHeight()) / 2);
+                + (int) ((scale * previewHeight - previewHeight) / 2);
 
         // Start the drag
-        launcher.getDragController().startDrag(preview, draggableView, dragLayerX, dragLayerY,
-                source, mAddInfo, dragOffset, dragRegion, scale, scale, options);
+        if (mAppWidgetHostViewPreview != null) {
+            launcher.getDragController().startDrag(mAppWidgetHostViewPreview, draggableView,
+                    dragLayerX, dragLayerY, source, mAddInfo, dragOffset, dragRegion, scale, scale,
+                    options);
+        } else {
+            launcher.getDragController().startDrag(preview, draggableView, dragLayerX, dragLayerY,
+                    source, mAddInfo, dragOffset, dragRegion, scale, scale, options);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/dragndrop/AppWidgetHostViewDragListener.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/dragndrop/AppWidgetHostViewDragListener.java
index 66bb363..4a60983 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/dragndrop/AppWidgetHostViewDragListener.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/dragndrop/AppWidgetHostViewDragListener.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 import com.android.launcher3.DropTarget;
 import com.android.launcher3.Launcher;
-import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.AppWidgetHostViewDrawable;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragController;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragOptions;
 import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHostView;
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@
 public final class AppWidgetHostViewDragListener implements DragController.DragListener {
     private final Launcher mLauncher;
     private DropTarget.DragObject mDragObject;
-    private AppWidgetHostViewDrawable mAppWidgetHostViewDrawable;
     private LauncherAppWidgetHostView mAppWidgetHostView;
 
     public AppWidgetHostViewDragListener(Launcher launcher) {
@@ -35,11 +33,9 @@
 
     @Override
     public void onDragStart(DropTarget.DragObject dragObject, DragOptions unused) {
-        if (dragObject.dragView.getDrawable() instanceof AppWidgetHostViewDrawable) {
+        if (dragObject.dragView.getContentView() instanceof LauncherAppWidgetHostView) {
             mDragObject = dragObject;
-            mAppWidgetHostViewDrawable =
-                    (AppWidgetHostViewDrawable) mDragObject.dragView.getDrawable();
-            mAppWidgetHostView = mAppWidgetHostViewDrawable.getAppWidgetHostView();
+            mAppWidgetHostView = (LauncherAppWidgetHostView) dragObject.dragView.getContentView();
             mAppWidgetHostView.startDrag(this);
         } else {
             mLauncher.getDragController().removeDragListener(this);