diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
index 5db0a3b..a91907d 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@
     private static final int NEW_APPS_ANIMATION_INACTIVE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5;
     @Thunk static final int NEW_APPS_ANIMATION_DELAY = 500;
 
+    private LauncherAppTransitionManager mAppTransitionManager;
+
     @Thunk Workspace mWorkspace;
     private View mLauncherView;
     @Thunk DragLayer mDragLayer;
@@ -403,8 +405,11 @@
         getSystemUiController().updateUiState(SystemUiController.UI_STATE_BASE_WINDOW,
                 Themes.getAttrBoolean(this, R.attr.isWorkspaceDarkText));
 
+        mAppTransitionManager = Utilities.getOverrideObject(LauncherAppTransitionManager.class,
+                        this, R.string.app_transition_manager_class);
+
         if (!isInMultiWindowModeCompat()) {
-            UiFactory.registerRemoteAnimations(this);
+            mAppTransitionManager.registerRemoteAnimations();
         }
 
         if (mLauncherCallbacks != null) {
@@ -1918,38 +1923,11 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public Bundle getDefaultActivityLaunchOptions(View v) {
-        if (Utilities.ATLEAST_MARSHMALLOW) {
-            int left = 0, top = 0;
-            int width = v.getMeasuredWidth(), height = v.getMeasuredHeight();
-            if (v instanceof BubbleTextView) {
-                // Launch from center of icon, not entire view
-                Drawable icon = ((BubbleTextView) v).getIcon();
-                if (icon != null) {
-                    Rect bounds = icon.getBounds();
-                    left = (width - bounds.width()) / 2;
-                    top = v.getPaddingTop();
-                    width = bounds.width();
-                    height = bounds.height();
-                }
-            }
-            return ActivityOptions.makeClipRevealAnimation(v, left, top, width, height)
-                    .toBundle();
-        } else if (Utilities.ATLEAST_LOLLIPOP_MR1) {
-            // On L devices, we use the device default slide-up transition.
-            // On L MR1 devices, we use a custom version of the slide-up transition which
-            // doesn't have the delay present in the device default.
-            return ActivityOptions.makeCustomAnimation(
-                    this, R.anim.task_open_enter, R.anim.no_anim).toBundle();
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
     public Bundle getActivityLaunchOptions(View v, boolean useDefaultLaunchOptions) {
         return useDefaultLaunchOptions
-                ? getDefaultActivityLaunchOptions(v)
-                : UiFactory.getActivityLaunchOptions(this, v);
+                ? mAppTransitionManager.getDefaultActivityLaunchOptions(this, v)
+                : mAppTransitionManager.getActivityLaunchOptions(this, v);
     }
 
     public Rect getViewBounds(View v) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAppTransitionManager.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAppTransitionManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d68dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAppTransitionManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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;
+
+
+import android.app.ActivityOptions;
+import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.view.View;
+
+/**
+ * Manages the opening and closing app transitions from Launcher.
+ */
+public class LauncherAppTransitionManager {
+
+    public Bundle getDefaultActivityLaunchOptions(Launcher launcher, View v) {
+        if (Utilities.ATLEAST_MARSHMALLOW) {
+            int left = 0, top = 0;
+            int width = v.getMeasuredWidth(), height = v.getMeasuredHeight();
+            if (v instanceof BubbleTextView) {
+                // Launch from center of icon, not entire view
+                Drawable icon = ((BubbleTextView) v).getIcon();
+                if (icon != null) {
+                    Rect bounds = icon.getBounds();
+                    left = (width - bounds.width()) / 2;
+                    top = v.getPaddingTop();
+                    width = bounds.width();
+                    height = bounds.height();
+                }
+            }
+            return ActivityOptions.makeClipRevealAnimation(v, left, top, width, height)
+                    .toBundle();
+        } else if (Utilities.ATLEAST_LOLLIPOP_MR1) {
+            // On L devices, we use the device default slide-up transition.
+            // On L MR1 devices, we use a custom version of the slide-up transition which
+            // doesn't have the delay present in the device default.
+            return ActivityOptions.makeCustomAnimation(launcher, R.anim.task_open_enter,
+                    R.anim.no_anim).toBundle();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public Bundle getActivityLaunchOptions(Launcher launcher, View v) {
+        return getDefaultActivityLaunchOptions(launcher, v);
+    }
+
+    public void registerRemoteAnimations() {
+    }
+}