diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/AppsCustomizePagedView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
index 0648858..8aa013f 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
@@ -366,11 +366,7 @@
                     // This code triggers requestLayout so must be posted outside of the
                     // layout pass.
                     public void run() {
-                        boolean attached = true;
-                        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
-                            attached = isAttachedToWindow();
-                        }
-                        if (attached) {
+                        if (Utilities.isViewAttachedToWindow(AppsCustomizePagedView.this)) {
                             setDataIsReady();
                             onDataReady(getMeasuredWidth(), getMeasuredHeight());
                         }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
index a2de314..8b3b2a1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
@@ -3597,11 +3597,7 @@
                         for (int i = 0; i < layerViews.size(); i++) {
                             View v = layerViews.get(i);
                             if (v != null) {
-                                boolean attached = true;
-                                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
-                                    attached = v.isAttachedToWindow();
-                                }
-                                if (attached) v.buildLayer();
+                                if (Utilities.isViewAttachedToWindow(v)) v.buildLayer();
                             }
                         }
                     }
@@ -3877,11 +3873,7 @@
                         for (int i = 0; i < layerViews.size(); i++) {
                             View v = layerViews.get(i);
                             if (v != null) {
-                                boolean attached = true;
-                                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
-                                    attached = v.isAttachedToWindow();
-                                }
-                                if (attached) v.buildLayer();
+                                if (Utilities.isViewAttachedToWindow(v)) v.buildLayer();
                             }
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
index 6caa1cf..7a16914 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.android.launcher3;
 
+import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.PaintDrawable;
 import android.os.Build;
+import android.os.Build.VERSION;
+import android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.util.Pair;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
@@ -495,4 +498,14 @@
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT)
+    public static boolean isViewAttachedToWindow(View v) {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
+            return v.isAttachedToWindow();
+        } else {
+            // A proxy call which returns null, if the view is not attached to the window.
+            return v.getKeyDispatcherState() != null;
+        }
+    }
 }