diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/SettingsActivity.java b/src/com/android/settings/SettingsActivity.java
index 3794d0e..711cb21 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/SettingsActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/SettingsActivity.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import com.android.settings.Settings.WifiSettingsActivity;
 import com.android.settings.applications.manageapplications.ManageApplications;
 import com.android.settings.backup.BackupSettingsActivity;
+import com.android.settings.core.SettingsBaseActivity;
 import com.android.settings.core.SubSettingLauncher;
 import com.android.settings.core.gateway.SettingsGateway;
 import com.android.settings.dashboard.DashboardFeatureProvider;
@@ -64,7 +65,6 @@
 import com.android.settingslib.core.instrumentation.SharedPreferencesLogger;
 import com.android.settingslib.development.DevelopmentSettingsEnabler;
 import com.android.settingslib.drawer.DashboardCategory;
-import com.android.settingslib.drawer.SettingsDrawerActivity;
 import com.android.settingslib.utils.ThreadUtils;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceFragment;
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager;
 
-public class SettingsActivity extends SettingsDrawerActivity
+
+public class SettingsActivity extends SettingsBaseActivity
         implements PreferenceManager.OnPreferenceTreeClickListener,
         PreferenceFragment.OnPreferenceStartFragmentCallback,
         ButtonBarHandler, FragmentManager.OnBackStackChangedListener {
@@ -606,7 +607,7 @@
     private void updateTilesList() {
         // Generally the items that are will be changing from these updates will
         // not be in the top list of tiles, so run it in the background and the
-        // SettingsDrawerActivity will pick up on the updates automatically.
+        // SettingsBaseActivity will pick up on the updates automatically.
         AsyncTask.execute(new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/backup/BackupSettingsHelper.java b/src/com/android/settings/backup/BackupSettingsHelper.java
index 53406fe..3383216 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/backup/BackupSettingsHelper.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/backup/BackupSettingsHelper.java
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@
     }
 
     private Intent getIntentForDefaultBackupSettings() {
-        // Extra needed by {@link SettingsDrawerActivity} to show the back button navigation.
         return new Intent(mContext, PrivacySettingsActivity.class);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/core/SettingsBaseActivity.java b/src/com/android/settings/core/SettingsBaseActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cce467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/core/SettingsBaseActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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.settings.core;
+
+import android.annotation.LayoutRes;
+import android.annotation.Nullable;
+import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
+import android.content.ComponentName;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.IntentFilter;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.content.res.TypedArray;
+import android.os.AsyncTask;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.util.ArraySet;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.view.LayoutInflater;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
+import android.view.Window;
+import android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams;
+import android.widget.Toolbar;
+
+import com.android.settings.R;
+import com.android.settingslib.drawer.CategoryManager;
+import com.android.settingslib.drawer.TileUtils;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity;
+
+public class SettingsBaseActivity extends FragmentActivity {
+
+    protected static final boolean DEBUG_TIMING = false;
+    private static final String TAG = "SettingsBaseActivity";
+    private static final String DATA_SCHEME_PKG = "package";
+
+    // Serves as a temporary list of tiles to ignore until we heard back from the PM that they
+    // are disabled.
+    private static ArraySet<ComponentName> sTileBlacklist = new ArraySet<>();
+
+    private final PackageReceiver mPackageReceiver = new PackageReceiver();
+    private final List<CategoryListener> mCategoryListeners = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+
+        final long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+        final TypedArray theme = getTheme().obtainStyledAttributes(android.R.styleable.Theme);
+        if (!theme.getBoolean(android.R.styleable.Theme_windowNoTitle, false)) {
+            getWindow().addFlags(LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);
+            requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
+        }
+        super.setContentView(R.layout.settings_base_layout);
+
+        final Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.action_bar);
+        if (theme.getBoolean(android.R.styleable.Theme_windowNoTitle, false)) {
+            toolbar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+            return;
+        }
+        setActionBar(toolbar);
+
+        if (DEBUG_TIMING) {
+            Log.d(TAG, "onCreate took " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime)
+                    + " ms");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onNavigateUp() {
+        if (!super.onNavigateUp()) {
+            finish();
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onResume() {
+        super.onResume();
+        final IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED);
+        filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED);
+        filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED);
+        filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED);
+        filter.addDataScheme(DATA_SCHEME_PKG);
+        registerReceiver(mPackageReceiver, filter);
+
+        new CategoriesUpdateTask().execute();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onPause() {
+        unregisterReceiver(mPackageReceiver);
+        super.onPause();
+    }
+
+    public void addCategoryListener(CategoryListener listener) {
+        mCategoryListeners.add(listener);
+    }
+
+    public void remCategoryListener(CategoryListener listener) {
+        mCategoryListeners.remove(listener);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setContentView(@LayoutRes int layoutResID) {
+        final ViewGroup parent = findViewById(R.id.content_frame);
+        if (parent != null) {
+            parent.removeAllViews();
+        }
+        LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(layoutResID, parent);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setContentView(View view) {
+        ((ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.content_frame)).addView(view);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setContentView(View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) {
+        ((ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.content_frame)).addView(view, params);
+    }
+
+    private void onCategoriesChanged() {
+        final int N = mCategoryListeners.size();
+        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+            mCategoryListeners.get(i).onCategoriesChanged();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return whether or not the enabled state actually changed.
+     */
+    public boolean setTileEnabled(ComponentName component, boolean enabled) {
+        final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
+        int state = pm.getComponentEnabledSetting(component);
+        boolean isEnabled = state == PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED;
+        if (isEnabled != enabled || state == PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT) {
+            if (enabled) {
+                sTileBlacklist.remove(component);
+            } else {
+                sTileBlacklist.add(component);
+            }
+            pm.setComponentEnabledSetting(component, enabled
+                            ? PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED
+                            : PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED,
+                    PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Updates dashboard categories. Only necessary to call this after setTileEnabled
+     */
+    public void updateCategories() {
+        new CategoriesUpdateTask().execute();
+    }
+
+    public String getSettingPkg() {
+        return TileUtils.SETTING_PKG;
+    }
+
+    public interface CategoryListener {
+        void onCategoriesChanged();
+    }
+
+    private class CategoriesUpdateTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
+
+        private final CategoryManager mCategoryManager;
+
+        public CategoriesUpdateTask() {
+            mCategoryManager = CategoryManager.get(SettingsBaseActivity.this);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
+            mCategoryManager.reloadAllCategories(SettingsBaseActivity.this, getSettingPkg());
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
+            mCategoryManager.updateCategoryFromBlacklist(sTileBlacklist);
+            onCategoriesChanged();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class PackageReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
+        @Override
+        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
+            new CategoriesUpdateTask().execute();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragment.java b/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragment.java
index ecf905e..67ffb76 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragment.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragment.java
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
 import com.android.settings.SettingsPreferenceFragment;
 import com.android.settings.core.BasePreferenceController;
 import com.android.settings.core.PreferenceControllerListHelper;
+import com.android.settings.core.SettingsBaseActivity;
 import com.android.settings.overlay.FeatureFactory;
 import com.android.settings.search.Indexable;
 import com.android.settingslib.core.AbstractPreferenceController;
 import com.android.settingslib.core.lifecycle.Lifecycle;
 import com.android.settingslib.core.lifecycle.LifecycleObserver;
 import com.android.settingslib.drawer.DashboardCategory;
-import com.android.settingslib.drawer.SettingsDrawerActivity;
 import com.android.settingslib.drawer.Tile;
 import com.android.settingslib.drawer.TileUtils;
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
  * Base fragment for dashboard style UI containing a list of static and dynamic setting items.
  */
 public abstract class DashboardFragment extends SettingsPreferenceFragment
-        implements SettingsDrawerActivity.CategoryListener, Indexable,
+        implements SettingsBaseActivity.CategoryListener, Indexable,
         SummaryLoader.SummaryConsumer {
     private static final String TAG = "DashboardFragment";
 
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@
             mSummaryLoader.setListening(true);
         }
         final Activity activity = getActivity();
-        if (activity instanceof SettingsDrawerActivity) {
+        if (activity instanceof SettingsBaseActivity) {
             mListeningToCategoryChange = true;
-            ((SettingsDrawerActivity) activity).addCategoryListener(this);
+            ((SettingsBaseActivity) activity).addCategoryListener(this);
         }
     }
 
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@
         }
         if (mListeningToCategoryChange) {
             final Activity activity = getActivity();
-            if (activity instanceof SettingsDrawerActivity) {
-                ((SettingsDrawerActivity) activity).remCategoryListener(this);
+            if (activity instanceof SettingsBaseActivity) {
+                ((SettingsBaseActivity) activity).remCategoryListener(this);
             }
             mListeningToCategoryChange = false;
         }
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardSummary.java b/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardSummary.java
index 0bb4ce2..1b9b75f 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardSummary.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardSummary.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import com.android.internal.logging.nano.MetricsProto.MetricsEvent;
 import com.android.settings.R;
 import com.android.settings.core.InstrumentedFragment;
+import com.android.settings.core.SettingsBaseActivity;
+import com.android.settings.core.SettingsBaseActivity.CategoryListener;
 import com.android.settings.dashboard.conditional.Condition;
 import com.android.settings.dashboard.conditional.ConditionManager;
 import com.android.settings.dashboard.conditional.ConditionManager.ConditionListener;
@@ -40,8 +42,6 @@
 import com.android.settings.widget.ActionBarShadowController;
 import com.android.settingslib.drawer.CategoryKey;
 import com.android.settingslib.drawer.DashboardCategory;
-import com.android.settingslib.drawer.SettingsDrawerActivity;
-import com.android.settingslib.drawer.SettingsDrawerActivity.CategoryListener;
 import com.android.settingslib.suggestions.SuggestionControllerMixin;
 import com.android.settingslib.utils.ThreadUtils;
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         super.onResume();
 
-        ((SettingsDrawerActivity) getActivity()).addCategoryListener(this);
+        ((SettingsBaseActivity) getActivity()).addCategoryListener(this);
         mSummaryLoader.setListening(true);
         final int metricsCategory = getMetricsCategory();
         for (Condition c : mConditionManager.getConditions()) {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     public void onPause() {
         super.onPause();
 
-        ((SettingsDrawerActivity) getActivity()).remCategoryListener(this);
+        ((SettingsBaseActivity) getActivity()).remCategoryListener(this);
         mSummaryLoader.setListening(false);
         for (Condition c : mConditionManager.getConditions()) {
             if (c.shouldShow()) {