diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
index 74ec7ee..6302739 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@
     private static final int MAX_SEARCH_LOOP_COUNT = 20;
 
     private static final int[] STATE_PRESSED = new int[]{android.R.attr.state_pressed};
-    private static final float HIGHLIGHT_SCALE = 1.16f;
 
     private final PointF mTranslationForReorderBounce = new PointF(0, 0);
     private final PointF mTranslationForReorderPreview = new PointF(0, 0);
@@ -259,6 +258,12 @@
         mDotParams.scale = 0f;
         mForceHideDot = false;
         setBackground(null);
+
+        setTag(null);
+        if (mIconLoadRequest != null) {
+            mIconLoadRequest.cancel();
+            mIconLoadRequest = null;
+        }
     }
 
     private void cancelDotScaleAnim() {
@@ -363,8 +368,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public void setBubbleTextHolder(
-            BubbleTextHolder bubbleTextHolder) {
+    public void setBubbleTextHolder(BubbleTextHolder bubbleTextHolder) {
         mBubbleTextHolder = bubbleTextHolder;
     }
 
@@ -1020,19 +1024,6 @@
         getIconBounds(mIconSize, bounds);
     }
 
-    private int getIconSizeForDisplay(int display) {
-        DeviceProfile grid = mActivity.getDeviceProfile();
-        switch (display) {
-            case DISPLAY_ALL_APPS:
-                return grid.allAppsIconSizePx;
-            case DISPLAY_FOLDER:
-                return grid.folderChildIconSizePx;
-            case DISPLAY_WORKSPACE:
-            default:
-                return grid.iconSizePx;
-        }
-    }
-
     public void getSourceVisualDragBounds(Rect bounds) {
         getIconBounds(mIconSize, bounds);
     }
@@ -1045,8 +1036,8 @@
     }
 
     private void resetIconScale() {
-        if (mIcon instanceof FastBitmapDrawable) {
-            ((FastBitmapDrawable) mIcon).resetScale();
+        if (mIcon != null) {
+            mIcon.resetScale();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/AlphabeticalAppsList.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/AlphabeticalAppsList.java
index 7687fea..00156b1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/AlphabeticalAppsList.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/AlphabeticalAppsList.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 
 import android.content.Context;
 
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.DiffUtil;
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.DiffUtil.DiffResult;
+
 import com.android.launcher3.allapps.BaseAllAppsAdapter.AdapterItem;
 import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.data.AppInfo;
@@ -43,10 +46,6 @@
 
     public static final String TAG = "AlphabeticalAppsList";
 
-    private static final int FAST_SCROLL_FRACTION_DISTRIBUTE_BY_ROWS_FRACTION = 0;
-    private static final int FAST_SCROLL_FRACTION_DISTRIBUTE_BY_NUM_SECTIONS = 1;
-
-    private final int mFastScrollDistributionMode = FAST_SCROLL_FRACTION_DISTRIBUTE_BY_NUM_SECTIONS;
     private final WorkAdapterProvider mWorkAdapterProvider;
 
     /**
@@ -198,8 +197,11 @@
 
     public boolean appendSearchResults(ArrayList<AdapterItem> results) {
         if (hasFilter() && results != null && results.size() > 0) {
-            updateSearchAdapterItems(results, mSearchResults.size());
-            refreshRecyclerView();
+            int pos = mSearchResults.size();
+            updateSearchAdapterItems(results, pos);
+            if (mAdapter != null) {
+                mAdapter.notifyItemRangeInserted(pos, results.size());
+            }
             return true;
         }
         return false;
@@ -273,10 +275,6 @@
      */
     public void updateAdapterItems() {
         refillAdapterItems();
-        refreshRecyclerView();
-    }
-
-    private void refreshRecyclerView() {
         if (mAdapter != null) {
             mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
         }
@@ -286,9 +284,9 @@
         String lastSectionName = null;
         FastScrollSectionInfo lastFastScrollerSectionInfo = null;
         int position = 0;
-        int appIndex = 0;
 
         // Prepare to update the list of sections, filtered apps, etc.
+        ArrayList<AdapterItem> oldList = new ArrayList<>(mAdapterItems);
         mAccessibilityResultsCount = 0;
         mFastScrollerSections.clear();
         mAdapterItems.clear();
@@ -315,8 +313,7 @@
                 }
 
                 // Create an app item
-                AdapterItem appItem = AdapterItem.asApp(position++, sectionName, info,
-                        appIndex++);
+                AdapterItem appItem = AdapterItem.asApp(position++, info);
                 if (lastFastScrollerSectionInfo.fastScrollToItem == null) {
                     lastFastScrollerSectionInfo.fastScrollToItem = appItem;
                 }
@@ -342,6 +339,7 @@
             int numAppsInSection = 0;
             int numAppsInRow = 0;
             int rowIndex = -1;
+
             for (AdapterItem item : mAdapterItems) {
                 item.rowIndex = 0;
                 if (BaseAllAppsAdapter.isDividerViewType(item.viewType)) {
@@ -360,35 +358,50 @@
             mNumAppRowsInAdapter = rowIndex + 1;
 
             // Pre-calculate all the fast scroller fractions
-            switch (mFastScrollDistributionMode) {
-                case FAST_SCROLL_FRACTION_DISTRIBUTE_BY_ROWS_FRACTION:
-                    float rowFraction = 1f / mNumAppRowsInAdapter;
-                    for (FastScrollSectionInfo info : mFastScrollerSections) {
-                        AdapterItem item = info.fastScrollToItem;
-                        if (!BaseAllAppsAdapter.isIconViewType(item.viewType)) {
-                            info.touchFraction = 0f;
-                            continue;
-                        }
-
-                        float subRowFraction =
-                                item.rowAppIndex * (rowFraction / mNumAppsPerRowAllApps);
-                        info.touchFraction = item.rowIndex * rowFraction + subRowFraction;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                case FAST_SCROLL_FRACTION_DISTRIBUTE_BY_NUM_SECTIONS:
-                    float perSectionTouchFraction = 1f / mFastScrollerSections.size();
-                    float cumulativeTouchFraction = 0f;
-                    for (FastScrollSectionInfo info : mFastScrollerSections) {
-                        AdapterItem item = info.fastScrollToItem;
-                        if (!BaseAllAppsAdapter.isIconViewType(item.viewType)) {
-                            info.touchFraction = 0f;
-                            continue;
-                        }
-                        info.touchFraction = cumulativeTouchFraction;
-                        cumulativeTouchFraction += perSectionTouchFraction;
-                    }
-                    break;
+            float perSectionTouchFraction = 1f / mFastScrollerSections.size();
+            float cumulativeTouchFraction = 0f;
+            for (FastScrollSectionInfo info : mFastScrollerSections) {
+                AdapterItem item = info.fastScrollToItem;
+                if (!BaseAllAppsAdapter.isIconViewType(item.viewType)) {
+                    info.touchFraction = 0f;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                info.touchFraction = cumulativeTouchFraction;
+                cumulativeTouchFraction += perSectionTouchFraction;
             }
         }
+
+        DiffResult result = DiffUtil.calculateDiff(new DiffCallback(oldList, mAdapterItems));
+    }
+
+    private static class DiffCallback extends DiffUtil.Callback {
+        private final List<AdapterItem> mOldItems;
+        private final List<AdapterItem> mNewItems;
+
+        DiffCallback(List<AdapterItem> oldItems, List<AdapterItem> newItems) {
+            mOldItems = oldItems;
+            mNewItems = newItems;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getOldListSize() {
+            return mOldItems.size();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getNewListSize() {
+            return mNewItems.size();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean areItemsTheSame(int oldItemPosition, int newItemPosition) {
+            return mOldItems.get(oldItemPosition).getStableId()
+                    == mNewItems.get(newItemPosition).getStableId();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean areContentsTheSame(int oldItemPosition, int newItemPosition) {
+            return mOldItems.get(oldItemPosition).isContentSame(mNewItems.get(newItemPosition));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/BaseAllAppsAdapter.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/BaseAllAppsAdapter.java
index 976284d..e912cf2 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/BaseAllAppsAdapter.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/BaseAllAppsAdapter.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.R;
 import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.data.AppInfo;
-import com.android.launcher3.model.data.ItemInfoWithIcon;
 import com.android.launcher3.views.ActivityContext;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -94,31 +93,21 @@
         // The type of this item
         public int viewType;
 
-        // The section name of this item.  Note that there can be multiple items with different
-        // sectionNames in the same section
-        public String sectionName = null;
         // The row that this item shows up on
         public int rowIndex;
         // The index of this app in the row
         public int rowAppIndex;
         // The associated ItemInfoWithIcon for the item
-        public ItemInfoWithIcon itemInfo = null;
-        // The index of this app not including sections
-        public int appIndex = -1;
-        // Search section associated to result
-        public DecorationInfo decorationInfo = null;
+        public AppInfo itemInfo = null;
 
         /**
          * Factory method for AppIcon AdapterItem
          */
-        public static AdapterItem asApp(int pos, String sectionName, AppInfo appInfo,
-                int appIndex) {
+        public static AdapterItem asApp(int pos, AppInfo appInfo) {
             AdapterItem item = new AdapterItem();
             item.viewType = VIEW_TYPE_ICON;
             item.position = pos;
-            item.sectionName = sectionName;
             item.itemInfo = appInfo;
-            item.appIndex = appIndex;
             return item;
         }
 
@@ -155,6 +144,23 @@
         protected boolean isCountedForAccessibility() {
             return viewType == VIEW_TYPE_ICON || viewType == VIEW_TYPE_SEARCH_MARKET;
         }
+
+        public long getStableId() {
+            return viewType;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Called to check if the content of the item is same as the other item. This is called only
+         * if the {@link #getStableId()} matches for both the items.
+         */
+        public boolean isContentSame(AdapterItem other) {
+            // We can use itemInfo for diff, but since ItemInfo objects are singleton per Model,
+            // this could prevent updates within this itemInfo object itself (like title change
+            // or flag changes). We can create a better diffing logic if we store a clone a snapshot
+            // of the itemInfo, but that would cause icons to be loaded lazily on the cloned object
+            // instead of the singleton object.
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
     protected final T mActivityContext;
@@ -267,11 +273,7 @@
                 AdapterItem adapterItem = mApps.getAdapterItems().get(position);
                 BubbleTextView icon = (BubbleTextView) holder.itemView;
                 icon.reset();
-                if (adapterItem.itemInfo instanceof AppInfo) {
-                    icon.applyFromApplicationInfo((AppInfo) adapterItem.itemInfo);
-                } else {
-                    icon.applyFromItemInfoWithIcon(adapterItem.itemInfo);
-                }
+                icon.applyFromApplicationInfo(adapterItem.itemInfo);
                 break;
             case VIEW_TYPE_EMPTY_SEARCH:
                 TextView emptyViewText = (TextView) holder.itemView;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/BaseAllAppsContainerView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/BaseAllAppsContainerView.java
index f913aa9..31c0c69 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/BaseAllAppsContainerView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/BaseAllAppsContainerView.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
 import androidx.core.graphics.ColorUtils;
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView.AdapterDataObserver;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.DeviceProfile;
 import com.android.launcher3.DeviceProfile.DeviceProfileListenable;
@@ -727,6 +728,12 @@
                             : new BaseAdapterProvider[]{mMainAdapterProvider};
 
             adapter = getAdapter(mAppsList, adapterProviders);
+            adapter.registerAdapterDataObserver(new AdapterDataObserver() {
+                @Override
+                public void onChanged() {
+                    Log.e("Hello", "On changed", new Exception());
+                }
+            });
             mAppsList.setAdapter(adapter);
             mLayoutManager = adapter.getLayoutManager();
         }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/DecorationInfo.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/DecorationInfo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 50b250c..0000000
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/DecorationInfo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +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.allapps;
-
-public class DecorationInfo {
-}
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/search/DefaultAppSearchAlgorithm.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/search/DefaultAppSearchAlgorithm.java
index 222c8fe..33d0082 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/search/DefaultAppSearchAlgorithm.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/search/DefaultAppSearchAlgorithm.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         for (int i = 0; i < total && resultCount < MAX_RESULTS_COUNT; i++) {
             AppInfo info = apps.get(i);
             if (StringMatcherUtility.matches(queryTextLower, info.title.toString(), matcher)) {
-                AdapterItem appItem = AdapterItem.asApp(resultCount, "", info, resultCount);
+                AdapterItem appItem = AdapterItem.asApp(resultCount, info);
                 result.add(appItem);
                 resultCount++;
             }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/Executors.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/Executors.java
index 8485371..6978e0c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/Executors.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/Executors.java
@@ -15,17 +15,12 @@
  */
 package com.android.launcher3.util;
 
-import static android.os.Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND;
-
-import static java.util.concurrent.Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor;
-
 import android.os.HandlerThread;
 import android.os.Looper;
 import android.os.Process;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
@@ -42,7 +37,7 @@
     private static final int KEEP_ALIVE = 1;
 
     /** Dedicated executor instances for work depending on other packages. */
-    private static final Map<String, ExecutorService> PACKAGE_EXECUTORS = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<String, LooperExecutor> PACKAGE_EXECUTORS = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
     /**
      * An {@link ThreadPoolExecutor} to be used with async task with no limit on the queue size.
@@ -90,11 +85,10 @@
      *
      * @param packageName Package associated with the executor.
      */
-    public static ExecutorService getPackageExecutor(String packageName) {
+    public static LooperExecutor getPackageExecutor(String packageName) {
         return PACKAGE_EXECUTORS.computeIfAbsent(
-                packageName,
-                p -> newSingleThreadExecutor(
-                        new SimpleThreadFactory(p, THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND)));
+                packageName, p -> new LooperExecutor(
+                        createAndStartNewLooper(p, Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_DEFAULT)));
     }
 
     /**