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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+     Copyright (C) 2022 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.
+-->
+
+<com.android.quickstep.views.DesktopTaskView
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    android:clipChildren="true"
+    android:clipToOutline="true"
+    android:defaultFocusHighlightEnabled="false"
+    android:focusable="true">
+
+    <!--
+         TODO(b249371338): DesktopTaskView extends from TaskView. TaskView expects TaskThumbnailView
+         and IconView with these ids to be present. Need to refactor RecentsView to accept child
+         views that do not inherint from TaskView only or create a generic TaskView that have
+         N number of tasks.
+     -->
+    <com.android.quickstep.views.TaskThumbnailView
+        android:id="@+id/snapshot"
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
+
+    <com.android.quickstep.views.IconView
+        android:id="@+id/icon"
+        android:layout_width="0dp"
+        android:layout_height="0dp"
+        android:focusable="false"
+        android:importantForAccessibility="no"
+        android:visibility="gone" />
+
+</com.android.quickstep.views.DesktopTaskView>