diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
index bd9493b..7011f58 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import android.graphics.Matrix;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Point;
+import android.graphics.PointF;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.RectF;
 import android.graphics.drawable.AdaptiveIconDrawable;
@@ -343,6 +344,21 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Sets the x and y pivots for scaling from one Rect to another.
+     *
+     * @param src the source rectangle to scale from.
+     * @param dst the destination rectangle to scale to.
+     * @param outPivot the pivots set for scaling from src to dst.
+     */
+    public static void getPivotsForScalingRectToRect(Rect src, Rect dst, PointF outPivot) {
+        float pivotXPct = ((float) src.left - dst.left) / ((float) dst.width() - src.width());
+        outPivot.x = dst.left + dst.width() * pivotXPct;
+
+        float pivotYPct = ((float) src.top - dst.top) / ((float) dst.height() - src.height());
+        outPivot.y = dst.top + dst.height() * pivotYPct;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Maps t from one range to another range.
      * @param t The value to map.
      * @param fromMin The lower bound of the range that t is being mapped from.