diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/PortraitStatesTouchController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/PortraitStatesTouchController.java
index 6030cea..109d751 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/PortraitStatesTouchController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/PortraitStatesTouchController.java
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 import com.android.quickstep.RecentsModel;
 import com.android.quickstep.TouchInteractionService;
 import com.android.quickstep.util.LayoutUtils;
-import com.android.systemui.shared.system.QuickStepContract;
 
 /**
  * Touch controller for handling various state transitions in portrait UI.
@@ -296,9 +295,13 @@
      * @return true if the event is over the hotseat
      */
     static boolean isTouchOverHotseat(Launcher launcher, MotionEvent ev) {
+        return (ev.getY() >= getHotseatTop(launcher));
+    }
+
+    public static int getHotseatTop(Launcher launcher) {
         DeviceProfile dp = launcher.getDeviceProfile();
         int hotseatHeight = dp.hotseatBarSizePx + dp.getInsets().bottom;
-        return (ev.getY() >= (launcher.getDragLayer().getHeight() - hotseatHeight));
+        return launcher.getDragLayer().getHeight() - hotseatHeight;
     }
 
     private static class InterpolatorWrapper implements Interpolator {
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/QuickstepTestInformationHandler.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/QuickstepTestInformationHandler.java
index b59e133..57ed244 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/QuickstepTestInformationHandler.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/QuickstepTestInformationHandler.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.testing.TestInformationHandler;
 import com.android.launcher3.testing.TestProtocol;
 import com.android.launcher3.uioverrides.states.OverviewState;
+import com.android.launcher3.uioverrides.touchcontrollers.PortraitStatesTouchController;
 import com.android.quickstep.util.LayoutUtils;
 
 public class QuickstepTestInformationHandler extends TestInformationHandler {
@@ -34,7 +35,15 @@
             case TestProtocol.REQUEST_IS_LAUNCHER_INITIALIZED: {
                 response.putBoolean(TestProtocol.TEST_INFO_RESPONSE_FIELD,
                         TouchInteractionService.isInputMonitorInitialized());
-                break;
+                return response;
+            }
+
+            case TestProtocol.REQUEST_HOTSEAT_TOP: {
+                if (mLauncher == null) return null;
+
+                response.putInt(TestProtocol.TEST_INFO_RESPONSE_FIELD,
+                        PortraitStatesTouchController.getHotseatTop(mLauncher));
+                return response;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestProtocol.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestProtocol.java
index e28eba8..f6a2692 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestProtocol.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestProtocol.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
             "all-apps-to-overview-swipe-height";
     public static final String REQUEST_HOME_TO_ALL_APPS_SWIPE_HEIGHT =
             "home-to-all-apps-swipe-height";
+    public static final String REQUEST_HOTSEAT_TOP = "hotseat-top";
     public static final String REQUEST_IS_LAUNCHER_INITIALIZED = "is-launcher-initialized";
     public static final String REQUEST_FREEZE_APP_LIST = "freeze-app-list";
     public static final String REQUEST_UNFREEZE_APP_LIST = "unfreeze-app-list";
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Overview.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Overview.java
index 058831f..da68da3 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Overview.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Overview.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 import static com.android.launcher3.testing.TestProtocol.ALL_APPS_STATE_ORDINAL;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
-import androidx.test.uiautomator.UiObject2;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.tapl.LauncherInstrumentation.ContainerType;
+import com.android.launcher3.testing.TestProtocol;
 
 /**
  * Overview pane.
@@ -51,11 +51,15 @@
 
             // Swipe from an app icon to the top.
             LauncherInstrumentation.log("Overview.switchToAllApps before swipe");
-            final UiObject2 allApps = mLauncher.waitForLauncherObject("apps_view");
-            mLauncher.swipeToState(mLauncher.getDevice().getDisplayWidth() / 2,
-                    allApps.getVisibleBounds().top,
+            mLauncher.swipeToState(
                     mLauncher.getDevice().getDisplayWidth() / 2,
-                    0, 50, ALL_APPS_STATE_ORDINAL);
+                    mLauncher.getTestInfo(
+                            TestProtocol.REQUEST_HOTSEAT_TOP).
+                            getInt(TestProtocol.TEST_INFO_RESPONSE_FIELD),
+                    mLauncher.getDevice().getDisplayWidth() / 2,
+                    0,
+                    50,
+                    ALL_APPS_STATE_ORDINAL);
 
             try (LauncherInstrumentation.Closable c1 = mLauncher.addContextLayer(
                     "swiped all way up from overview")) {