diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/AbstractFloatingView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/AbstractFloatingView.java
index 62e0fb1..26024e5 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/AbstractFloatingView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/AbstractFloatingView.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.support.annotation.IntDef;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
-import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
@@ -42,7 +41,8 @@
             TYPE_ACTION_POPUP,
             TYPE_WIDGETS_BOTTOM_SHEET,
             TYPE_WIDGET_RESIZE_FRAME,
-            TYPE_WIDGETS_FULL_SHEET
+            TYPE_WIDGETS_FULL_SHEET,
+            TYPE_QUICKSTEP_PREVIEW
     })
     @Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
     public @interface FloatingViewType {}
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@
     public static final int TYPE_WIDGETS_BOTTOM_SHEET = 1 << 2;
     public static final int TYPE_WIDGET_RESIZE_FRAME = 1 << 3;
     public static final int TYPE_WIDGETS_FULL_SHEET = 1 << 4;
+    public static final int TYPE_QUICKSTEP_PREVIEW = 1 << 5;
 
     public static final int TYPE_ALL = TYPE_FOLDER | TYPE_ACTION_POPUP
-            | TYPE_WIDGETS_BOTTOM_SHEET | TYPE_WIDGET_RESIZE_FRAME | TYPE_WIDGETS_FULL_SHEET;
+            | TYPE_WIDGETS_BOTTOM_SHEET | TYPE_WIDGET_RESIZE_FRAME | TYPE_WIDGETS_FULL_SHEET
+            | TYPE_QUICKSTEP_PREVIEW;
 
     protected boolean mIsOpen;
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
index baed44d..b1b3452 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.os.AsyncTask;
+import android.os.Binder;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.popup.PopupDataProvider;
 import com.android.launcher3.shortcuts.DeepShortcutManager;
 import com.android.launcher3.states.AllAppsState;
+import com.android.launcher3.states.InternalStateHandler;
 import com.android.launcher3.userevent.nano.LauncherLogProto;
 import com.android.launcher3.userevent.nano.LauncherLogProto.Action;
 import com.android.launcher3.userevent.nano.LauncherLogProto.ContainerType;
@@ -1405,6 +1407,7 @@
                 });
             }
         }
+        InternalStateHandler.handleIntent(this, intent);
 
         TraceHelper.endSection("NEW_INTENT");
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/states/InternalStateHandler.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/states/InternalStateHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a90ed36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/states/InternalStateHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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.states;
+
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.Binder;
+import android.os.IBinder;
+
+import com.android.launcher3.Launcher;
+import com.android.launcher3.Launcher.OnResumeCallback;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class to sending state handling logic to Launcher from within the same process
+ */
+public abstract class InternalStateHandler extends Binder implements OnResumeCallback {
+
+    public static final String EXTRA_STATE_HANDLER = "launcher.state_handler";
+
+    public abstract void onNewIntent(Launcher launcher);
+
+    public static void handleIntent(Launcher launcher, Intent intent) {
+        IBinder stateBinder = intent.getExtras().getBinder(EXTRA_STATE_HANDLER);
+        if (stateBinder instanceof InternalStateHandler) {
+            InternalStateHandler handler = (InternalStateHandler) stateBinder;
+            launcher.setOnResumeCallback(handler);
+            handler.onNewIntent(launcher);
+        }
+        intent.getExtras().remove(EXTRA_STATE_HANDLER);
+    }
+}