diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/LauncherTaskbarUIController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/LauncherTaskbarUIController.java
index 4c96fba..da10bfb 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/LauncherTaskbarUIController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/LauncherTaskbarUIController.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import android.animation.ObjectAnimator;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.View;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 
@@ -241,7 +242,11 @@
         return mContext.getDragController().isDragging();
     }
 
-    void setTaskbarViewVisible(boolean isVisible) {
+    public View getRootView() {
+        return mTaskbarDragLayer;
+    }
+
+    private void setTaskbarViewVisible(boolean isVisible) {
         mIconAlphaForHome.setValue(isVisible ? 1 : 0);
         mLauncher.getHotseat().setIconsAlpha(isVisible ? 0f : 1f);
     }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/AbsSwipeUpHandler.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/AbsSwipeUpHandler.java
index 42c89fd..6797fbb 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/AbsSwipeUpHandler.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/AbsSwipeUpHandler.java
@@ -655,8 +655,13 @@
 
     private void onAnimatorPlaybackControllerCreated(AnimatorControllerWithResistance anim) {
         mLauncherTransitionController = anim;
-        mLauncherTransitionController.getNormalController().dispatchOnStart();
-        updateLauncherTransitionProgress();
+        mStateCallback.runOnceAtState(STATE_GESTURE_STARTED, () -> {
+            // Wait until the gesture is started (touch slop was passed) to start in sync with
+            // mWindowTransitionController. This ensures we don't hide the taskbar background when
+            // long pressing to stash it, for instance.
+            mLauncherTransitionController.getNormalController().dispatchOnStart();
+            updateLauncherTransitionProgress();
+        });
     }
 
     public Intent getLaunchIntent() {
@@ -885,6 +890,9 @@
         // Fast-finish the attaching animation if it's still running.
         maybeUpdateRecentsAttachedState(false);
         final GestureEndTarget endTarget = mGestureState.getEndTarget();
+        // Wait until the given View (if supplied) draws before resuming the last task.
+        View postResumeLastTask = mActivityInterface.onSettledOnEndTarget(endTarget);
+
         if (endTarget != NEW_TASK) {
             InteractionJankMonitorWrapper.cancel(
                     InteractionJankMonitorWrapper.CUJ_QUICK_SWITCH);
@@ -893,6 +901,7 @@
             InteractionJankMonitorWrapper.cancel(
                     InteractionJankMonitorWrapper.CUJ_APP_CLOSE_TO_HOME);
         }
+
         switch (endTarget) {
             case HOME:
                 mStateCallback.setState(STATE_SCALED_CONTROLLER_HOME | STATE_CAPTURE_SCREENSHOT);
@@ -907,7 +916,12 @@
                 mStateCallback.setState(STATE_START_NEW_TASK | STATE_CAPTURE_SCREENSHOT);
                 break;
             case LAST_TASK:
-                mStateCallback.setState(STATE_RESUME_LAST_TASK);
+                if (postResumeLastTask != null) {
+                    ViewUtils.postFrameDrawn(postResumeLastTask,
+                            () -> mStateCallback.setState(STATE_RESUME_LAST_TASK));
+                } else {
+                    mStateCallback.setState(STATE_RESUME_LAST_TASK);
+                }
                 TaskViewUtils.setDividerBarShown(mRecentsAnimationTargets.nonApps, true);
                 break;
         }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseActivityInterface.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseActivityInterface.java
index 571ffc2..29a069c 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseActivityInterface.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseActivityInterface.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.View;
 
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.annotation.UiThread;
@@ -385,6 +386,15 @@
      */
     public abstract STATE_TYPE stateFromGestureEndTarget(GestureState.GestureEndTarget endTarget);
 
+    /**
+     * Called when the animation to the target has finished, but right before updating the state.
+     * @return A View that needs to draw before ending the recents animation to LAST_TASK.
+     * (This is a hack to ensure Taskbar draws its background first to avoid flickering.)
+     */
+    public @Nullable View onSettledOnEndTarget(GestureState.GestureEndTarget endTarget) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     public interface AnimationFactory {
 
         void createActivityInterface(long transitionLength);
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/LauncherActivityInterface.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/LauncherActivityInterface.java
index f84f377..1b796e9 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/LauncherActivityInterface.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/LauncherActivityInterface.java
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@
 import static com.android.launcher3.util.Executors.MAIN_EXECUTOR;
 
 import android.animation.Animator;
+import android.animation.AnimatorListenerAdapter;
 import android.animation.AnimatorSet;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.View;
 
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.annotation.UiThread;
@@ -131,6 +133,18 @@
                         new ClampedDepthProperty(fromDepthRatio, toDepthRatio),
                         fromDepthRatio, toDepthRatio, LINEAR);
 
+                pa.addListener(new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void onAnimationStart(Animator animation) {
+                        LauncherTaskbarUIController taskbarUIController =
+                                activity.getTaskbarUIController();
+                        if (taskbarUIController != null) {
+                            // Launcher's ScrimView will draw the background throughout the gesture.
+                            taskbarUIController.forceHideBackground(true);
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+
             }
         };
 
@@ -358,4 +372,16 @@
                 return NORMAL;
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public View onSettledOnEndTarget(@Nullable GestureEndTarget endTarget) {
+        View superRet = super.onSettledOnEndTarget(endTarget);
+        LauncherTaskbarUIController taskbarUIController = getTaskbarController();
+        if (taskbarUIController != null) {
+            // Start drawing taskbar's background again since launcher might stop drawing.
+            taskbarUIController.forceHideBackground(false);
+            return taskbarUIController.getRootView();
+        }
+        return superRet;
+    }
 }