diff --git a/robolectric_tests/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IntArrayTest.java b/robolectric_tests/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IntArrayTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c08e198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/robolectric_tests/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IntArrayTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 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.util;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
+
+/**
+ * Robolectric unit tests for {@link IntArray}
+ */
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
+public class IntArrayTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void concatAndParseString() {
+        int[] array = new int[] {0, 2, 3, 9};
+        String concat = IntArray.wrap(array).toConcatString();
+
+        int[] parsed = IntArray.fromConcatString(concat).toArray();
+        assertThat(array).isEqualTo(parsed);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/robolectric_tests/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IntSetTest.java b/robolectric_tests/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IntSetTest.java
index f846de5..8513353 100644
--- a/robolectric_tests/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IntSetTest.java
+++ b/robolectric_tests/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IntSetTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
 import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
-import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/AutoInstallsLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/AutoInstallsLayout.java
index 9724869..9db6949 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/AutoInstallsLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/AutoInstallsLayout.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.GraphicsUtils;
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.LauncherIcons;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.IntArray;
+import com.android.launcher3.util.PackageManagerHelper;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.Thunk;
 
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@
 
     static AutoInstallsLayout get(Context context, AppWidgetHost appWidgetHost,
             LayoutParserCallback callback) {
-        Pair<String, Resources> customizationApkInfo = Utilities.findSystemApk(
+        Pair<String, Resources> customizationApkInfo = PackageManagerHelper.findSystemApk(
                 ACTION_LAUNCHER_CUSTOMIZATION, context.getPackageManager());
         if (customizationApkInfo == null) {
             return null;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseDraggingActivity.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseDraggingActivity.java
index 5055309..1cdb18c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseDraggingActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseDraggingActivity.java
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.compat.LauncherAppsCompat;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.AppLaunchTracker;
 import com.android.launcher3.shortcuts.DeepShortcutManager;
-import com.android.launcher3.testing.TestProtocol;
 import com.android.launcher3.uioverrides.DisplayRotationListener;
 import com.android.launcher3.uioverrides.WallpaperColorInfo;
+import com.android.launcher3.util.PackageManagerHelper;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.Themes;
 
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 
     public boolean startActivitySafely(View v, Intent intent, @Nullable ItemInfo item,
             @Nullable String sourceContainer) {
-        if (mIsSafeModeEnabled && !Utilities.isSystemApp(this, intent)) {
+        if (mIsSafeModeEnabled && !PackageManagerHelper.isSystemApp(this, intent)) {
             Toast.makeText(this, R.string.safemode_shortcut_error, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/InstallShortcutReceiver.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/InstallShortcutReceiver.java
index e9b932a..a6b53b9 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/InstallShortcutReceiver.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/InstallShortcutReceiver.java
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
             // Already an activity target
             return original;
         }
-        if (!Utilities.isLauncherAppTarget(original.launchIntent)) {
+        if (!PackageManagerHelper.isLauncherAppTarget(original.launchIntent)) {
             return original;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherProvider.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherProvider.java
index 6ad5c36..6081300 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherProvider.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherProvider.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.OperationApplicationException;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
-import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
 import android.content.pm.ProviderInfo;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.database.Cursor;
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@
 import android.os.Message;
 import android.os.Process;
 import android.os.UserHandle;
-import android.os.UserManager;
 import android.provider.BaseColumns;
 import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
@@ -70,6 +68,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.util.IntArray;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.IntSet;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.NoLocaleSQLiteHelper;
+import com.android.launcher3.util.PackageManagerHelper;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.Preconditions;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.Thunk;
 
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileDescriptor;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringReader;
@@ -873,7 +871,7 @@
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    if (!Utilities.isLauncherAppTarget(intent)) {
+                    if (!PackageManagerHelper.isLauncherAppTarget(intent)) {
                         continue;
                     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Partner.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Partner.java
index 380078b..af5402a 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Partner.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Partner.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package com.android.launcher3;
 
+import static com.android.launcher3.util.PackageManagerHelper.findSystemApk;
+
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@
      */
     public static synchronized Partner get(PackageManager pm) {
         if (!sSearched) {
-            Pair<String, Resources> apkInfo = Utilities.findSystemApk(ACTION_PARTNER_CUSTOMIZATION, pm);
+            Pair<String, Resources> apkInfo = findSystemApk(ACTION_PARTNER_CUSTOMIZATION, pm);
             if (apkInfo != null) {
                 sPartner = new Partner(apkInfo.first, apkInfo.second);
             }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
index 65aa3a7..4a8ddb1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
@@ -16,20 +16,16 @@
 
 package com.android.launcher3;
 
+import static com.android.launcher3.ItemInfoWithIcon.FLAG_ICON_BADGED;
+
 import android.animation.ValueAnimator;
 import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.app.WallpaperManager;
 import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
-import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
-import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
 import android.content.pm.LauncherActivityInfo;
-import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
-import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
-import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
 import android.content.pm.ResolveInfo;
 import android.content.pm.ShortcutInfo;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
@@ -44,7 +40,6 @@
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.InsetDrawable;
 import android.os.Build;
-import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.DeadObjectException;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.Message;
@@ -57,7 +52,6 @@
 import android.text.style.TtsSpan;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
 import android.util.Log;
-import android.util.Pair;
 import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -66,7 +60,6 @@
 
 import com.android.launcher3.compat.LauncherAppsCompat;
 import com.android.launcher3.compat.ShortcutConfigActivityInfo;
-import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.FolderAdaptiveIcon;
 import com.android.launcher3.graphics.RotationMode;
 import com.android.launcher3.graphics.TintedDrawableSpan;
@@ -78,13 +71,10 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.views.Transposable;
 import com.android.launcher3.widget.PendingAddShortcutInfo;
 
-import java.io.Closeable;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
@@ -92,8 +82,6 @@
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import static com.android.launcher3.ItemInfoWithIcon.FLAG_ICON_BADGED;
-
 /**
  * Various utilities shared amongst the Launcher's classes.
  */
@@ -253,7 +241,6 @@
         return scale;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Inverse of {@link #getDescendantCoordRelativeToAncestor(View, View, float[], boolean)}.
      */
@@ -389,53 +376,6 @@
         return min + (value * (max - min));
     }
 
-    public static boolean isSystemApp(Context context, Intent intent) {
-        PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
-        ComponentName cn = intent.getComponent();
-        String packageName = null;
-        if (cn == null) {
-            ResolveInfo info = pm.resolveActivity(intent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
-            if ((info != null) && (info.activityInfo != null)) {
-                packageName = info.activityInfo.packageName;
-            }
-        } else {
-            packageName = cn.getPackageName();
-        }
-        if (packageName != null) {
-            try {
-                PackageInfo info = pm.getPackageInfo(packageName, 0);
-                return (info != null) && (info.applicationInfo != null) &&
-                        ((info.applicationInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0);
-            } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        } else {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Finds a system apk which had a broadcast receiver listening to a particular action.
-     * @param action intent action used to find the apk
-     * @return a pair of apk package name and the resources.
-     */
-    static Pair<String, Resources> findSystemApk(String action, PackageManager pm) {
-        final Intent intent = new Intent(action);
-        for (ResolveInfo info : pm.queryBroadcastReceivers(intent, 0)) {
-            if (info.activityInfo != null &&
-                    (info.activityInfo.applicationInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0) {
-                final String packageName = info.activityInfo.packageName;
-                try {
-                    final Resources res = pm.getResourcesForApplication(packageName);
-                    return Pair.create(packageName, res);
-                } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
-                    Log.w(TAG, "Failed to find resources for " + packageName);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Trims the string, removing all whitespace at the beginning and end of the string.
      * Non-breaking whitespaces are also removed.
@@ -460,51 +400,10 @@
         return (int) Math.ceil(fm.bottom - fm.top);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Convenience println with multiple args.
-     */
-    public static void println(String key, Object... args) {
-        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
-        b.append(key);
-        b.append(": ");
-        boolean isFirstArgument = true;
-        for (Object arg : args) {
-            if (isFirstArgument) {
-                isFirstArgument = false;
-            } else {
-                b.append(", ");
-            }
-            b.append(arg);
-        }
-        System.out.println(b.toString());
-    }
-
     public static boolean isRtl(Resources res) {
         return res.getConfiguration().getLayoutDirection() == View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns true if the intent is a valid launch intent for a launcher activity of an app.
-     * This is used to identify shortcuts which are different from the ones exposed by the
-     * applications' manifest file.
-     *
-     * @param launchIntent The intent that will be launched when the shortcut is clicked.
-     */
-    public static boolean isLauncherAppTarget(Intent launchIntent) {
-        if (launchIntent != null
-                && Intent.ACTION_MAIN.equals(launchIntent.getAction())
-                && launchIntent.getComponent() != null
-                && launchIntent.getCategories() != null
-                && launchIntent.getCategories().size() == 1
-                && launchIntent.hasCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER)
-                && TextUtils.isEmpty(launchIntent.getDataString())) {
-            // An app target can either have no extra or have ItemInfo.EXTRA_PROFILE.
-            Bundle extras = launchIntent.getExtras();
-            return extras == null || extras.keySet().isEmpty();
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
     public static float dpiFromPx(int size, DisplayMetrics metrics){
         float densityRatio = (float) metrics.densityDpi / DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_DEFAULT;
         return (size / densityRatio);
@@ -607,18 +506,6 @@
         return context.getSystemService(WallpaperManager.class).isSetWallpaperAllowed();
     }
 
-    public static void closeSilently(Closeable c) {
-        if (c != null) {
-            try {
-                c.close();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                if (FeatureFlags.IS_DOGFOOD_BUILD) {
-                    Log.d(TAG, "Error closing", e);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     public static boolean isBinderSizeError(Exception e) {
         return e.getCause() instanceof TransactionTooLargeException
                 || e.getCause() instanceof DeadObjectException;
@@ -733,25 +620,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static int[] getIntArrayFromString(String tokenized) {
-        StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(tokenized, ",");
-        int[] array = new int[tokenizer.countTokens()];
-        int count = 0;
-        while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
-            array[count] = Integer.parseInt(tokenizer.nextToken());
-            count++;
-        }
-        return array;
-    }
-
-    public static String getStringFromIntArray(int[] array) {
-        StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
-        for (int value : array) {
-            str.append(value).append(",");
-        }
-        return str.toString();
-    }
-
     public static float squaredHypot(float x, float y) {
         return x * x + y * y;
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/logging/FileLog.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/logging/FileLog.java
index f7f8ef1..cc92076 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/logging/FileLog.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/logging/FileLog.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
+import com.android.launcher3.util.IOUtils;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@
         private PrintWriter mCurrentWriter = null;
 
         private void closeWriter() {
-            Utilities.closeSilently(mCurrentWriter);
+            IOUtils.closeSilently(mCurrentWriter);
             mCurrentWriter = null;
         }
 
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 // ignore
             } finally {
-                Utilities.closeSilently(in);
+                IOUtils.closeSilently(in);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/AddWorkspaceItemsTask.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/AddWorkspaceItemsTask.java
index ed0d470..8c264c1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/AddWorkspaceItemsTask.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/AddWorkspaceItemsTask.java
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherModel.Callbacks;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings;
 import com.android.launcher3.WorkspaceItemInfo;
-import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.GridOccupancy;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.IntArray;
+import com.android.launcher3.util.PackageManagerHelper;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
             intentWithoutPkg = intent.toUri(0);
         }
 
-        boolean isLauncherAppTarget = Utilities.isLauncherAppTarget(intent);
+        boolean isLauncherAppTarget = PackageManagerHelper.isLauncherAppTarget(intent);
         synchronized (dataModel) {
             for (ItemInfo item : dataModel.itemsIdMap) {
                 if (item instanceof WorkspaceItemInfo) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/LoaderTask.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/LoaderTask.java
index 0138572..0e2b90c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/LoaderTask.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/LoaderTask.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static com.android.launcher3.ItemInfoWithIcon.FLAG_DISABLED_SAFEMODE;
 import static com.android.launcher3.ItemInfoWithIcon.FLAG_DISABLED_SUSPENDED;
 import static com.android.launcher3.model.LoaderResults.filterCurrentWorkspaceItems;
+import static com.android.launcher3.util.PackageManagerHelper.isSystemApp;
 
 import android.appwidget.AppWidgetProviderInfo;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.shortcuts.DeepShortcutManager;
 import com.android.launcher3.shortcuts.ShortcutKey;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.ComponentKey;
+import com.android.launcher3.util.IOUtils;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.LooperIdleLock;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.MultiHashMap;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.PackageManagerHelper;
@@ -531,7 +533,7 @@
                                 info.spanX = 1;
                                 info.spanY = 1;
                                 info.runtimeStatusFlags |= disabledState;
-                                if (isSafeMode && !Utilities.isSystemApp(context, intent)) {
+                                if (isSafeMode && !isSystemApp(context, intent)) {
                                     info.runtimeStatusFlags |= FLAG_DISABLED_SAFEMODE;
                                 }
 
@@ -703,7 +705,7 @@
                     }
                 }
             } finally {
-                Utilities.closeSilently(c);
+                IOUtils.closeSilently(c);
             }
 
             // Break early if we've stopped loading
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/ImportDataTask.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/ImportDataTask.java
index 7b62f53..970a03e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/ImportDataTask.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/ImportDataTask.java
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings.Favorites;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings.Settings;
-import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.Workspace;
 import com.android.launcher3.compat.UserManagerCompat;
 import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.model.GridSizeMigrationTask;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.IntArray;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.IntSparseArrayMap;
+import com.android.launcher3.util.PackageManagerHelper;
 
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
                     case Favorites.ITEM_TYPE_SHORTCUT:
                     case Favorites.ITEM_TYPE_APPLICATION: {
                         intent = Intent.parseUri(c.getString(intentIndex), 0);
-                        if (Utilities.isLauncherAppTarget(intent)) {
+                        if (PackageManagerHelper.isLauncherAppTarget(intent)) {
                             type = Favorites.ITEM_TYPE_APPLICATION;
                         } else {
                             values.put(Favorites.ICON_PACKAGE, c.getString(iconPackageIndex));
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/RestoreDbTask.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/RestoreDbTask.java
index 3c0c5fd..0a2d4e3 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/RestoreDbTask.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/provider/RestoreDbTask.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.android.launcher3.provider;
 
-import static com.android.launcher3.Utilities.getIntArrayFromString;
-import static com.android.launcher3.Utilities.getStringFromIntArray;
 import static com.android.launcher3.provider.LauncherDbUtils.dropTable;
 
 import android.app.backup.BackupManager;
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.logging.FileLog;
 import com.android.launcher3.provider.LauncherDbUtils.SQLiteTransaction;
+import com.android.launcher3.util.IntArray;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.LogConfig;
 
 import java.io.InvalidObjectException;
@@ -246,8 +245,8 @@
         SharedPreferences prefs = Utilities.getPrefs(context);
         if (prefs.contains(APPWIDGET_OLD_IDS) && prefs.contains(APPWIDGET_IDS)) {
             AppWidgetsRestoredReceiver.restoreAppWidgetIds(context,
-                    getIntArrayFromString(prefs.getString(APPWIDGET_OLD_IDS, "")),
-                    getIntArrayFromString(prefs.getString(APPWIDGET_IDS, "")));
+                    IntArray.fromConcatString(prefs.getString(APPWIDGET_OLD_IDS, "")).toArray(),
+                    IntArray.fromConcatString(prefs.getString(APPWIDGET_IDS, "")).toArray());
         } else {
             FileLog.d(TAG, "No app widget ids to restore.");
         }
@@ -259,8 +258,8 @@
     public static void setRestoredAppWidgetIds(Context context, @NonNull int[] oldIds,
             @NonNull int[] newIds) {
         Utilities.getPrefs(context).edit()
-                .putString(APPWIDGET_OLD_IDS, getStringFromIntArray(oldIds))
-                .putString(APPWIDGET_IDS, getStringFromIntArray(newIds))
+                .putString(APPWIDGET_OLD_IDS, IntArray.wrap(oldIds).toConcatString())
+                .putString(APPWIDGET_IDS, IntArray.wrap(newIds).toConcatString())
                 .commit();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IOUtils.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IOUtils.java
index f95f74d..4a4a5ca 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IOUtils.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IOUtils.java
@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@
 package com.android.launcher3.util;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.util.Log;
 
+import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@
 public class IOUtils {
 
     private static final int BUF_SIZE = 0x1000; // 4K
+    private static final String TAG = "IOUtils";
 
     public static byte[] toByteArray(File file) throws IOException {
         try (InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file)) {
@@ -77,4 +81,16 @@
         }
         return file.getAbsolutePath();
     }
+
+    public static void closeSilently(Closeable c) {
+        if (c != null) {
+            try {
+                c.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                if (FeatureFlags.IS_DOGFOOD_BUILD) {
+                    Log.d(TAG, "Error closing", e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IntArray.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IntArray.java
index d2a551f..7252f7a 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IntArray.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/IntArray.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.android.launcher3.util;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 /**
  * Copy of the platform hidden implementation of android.util.IntArray.
@@ -248,6 +249,17 @@
         return b.toString();
     }
 
+    public static IntArray fromConcatString(String concatString) {
+        StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(concatString, ",");
+        int[] array = new int[tokenizer.countTokens()];
+        int count = 0;
+        while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
+            array[count] = Integer.parseInt(tokenizer.nextToken().trim());
+            count++;
+        }
+        return new IntArray(array, array.length);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Throws {@link ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException} if the index is out of bounds.
      *
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/PackageManagerHelper.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/PackageManagerHelper.java
index 7d3a941..ef4307e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/PackageManagerHelper.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/PackageManagerHelper.java
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
 import android.content.IntentFilter;
 import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
 import android.content.pm.LauncherActivityInfo;
+import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
 import android.content.pm.ResolveInfo;
+import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Build;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@
 import android.os.UserHandle;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.Log;
+import android.util.Pair;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.AppInfo;
@@ -220,4 +223,73 @@
         packageFilter.addDataSchemeSpecificPart(pkg, PatternMatcher.PATTERN_LITERAL);
         return packageFilter;
     }
+
+    public static boolean isSystemApp(Context context, Intent intent) {
+        PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
+        ComponentName cn = intent.getComponent();
+        String packageName = null;
+        if (cn == null) {
+            ResolveInfo info = pm.resolveActivity(intent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
+            if ((info != null) && (info.activityInfo != null)) {
+                packageName = info.activityInfo.packageName;
+            }
+        } else {
+            packageName = cn.getPackageName();
+        }
+        if (packageName != null) {
+            try {
+                PackageInfo info = pm.getPackageInfo(packageName, 0);
+                return (info != null) && (info.applicationInfo != null) &&
+                        ((info.applicationInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0);
+            } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds a system apk which had a broadcast receiver listening to a particular action.
+     * @param action intent action used to find the apk
+     * @return a pair of apk package name and the resources.
+     */
+    public static Pair<String, Resources> findSystemApk(String action, PackageManager pm) {
+        final Intent intent = new Intent(action);
+        for (ResolveInfo info : pm.queryBroadcastReceivers(intent, 0)) {
+            if (info.activityInfo != null &&
+                    (info.activityInfo.applicationInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0) {
+                final String packageName = info.activityInfo.packageName;
+                try {
+                    final Resources res = pm.getResourcesForApplication(packageName);
+                    return Pair.create(packageName, res);
+                } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
+                    Log.w(TAG, "Failed to find resources for " + packageName);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the intent is a valid launch intent for a launcher activity of an app.
+     * This is used to identify shortcuts which are different from the ones exposed by the
+     * applications' manifest file.
+     *
+     * @param launchIntent The intent that will be launched when the shortcut is clicked.
+     */
+    public static boolean isLauncherAppTarget(Intent launchIntent) {
+        if (launchIntent != null
+                && Intent.ACTION_MAIN.equals(launchIntent.getAction())
+                && launchIntent.getComponent() != null
+                && launchIntent.getCategories() != null
+                && launchIntent.getCategories().size() == 1
+                && launchIntent.hasCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER)
+                && TextUtils.isEmpty(launchIntent.getDataString())) {
+            // An app target can either have no extra or have ItemInfo.EXTRA_PROFILE.
+            Bundle extras = launchIntent.getExtras();
+            return extras == null || extras.keySet().isEmpty();
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/model/LoaderCursorTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/model/LoaderCursorTest.java
index 7d60ad6..64df8e0 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/model/LoaderCursorTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/model/LoaderCursorTest.java
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.InvariantDeviceProfile;
 import com.android.launcher3.ItemInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAppState;
-import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.compat.LauncherAppsCompat;
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.BitmapInfo;
+import com.android.launcher3.util.PackageManagerHelper;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
         WorkspaceItemInfo info = mLoaderCursor.getAppShortcutInfo(
                 new Intent().setComponent(cn), false /* allowMissingTarget */, true);
         assertNotNull(info);
-        assertTrue(Utilities.isLauncherAppTarget(info.intent));
+        assertTrue(PackageManagerHelper.isLauncherAppTarget(info.intent));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
         WorkspaceItemInfo info = mLoaderCursor.getAppShortcutInfo(
                 new Intent().setComponent(cn), true  /* allowMissingTarget */, true);
         assertNotNull(info);
-        assertTrue(Utilities.isLauncherAppTarget(info.intent));
+        assertTrue(PackageManagerHelper.isLauncherAppTarget(info.intent));
     }
 
     @Test