diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
index f825e21..5841bf5 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import android.app.SearchManager;
 import android.appwidget.AppWidgetHostView;
 import android.appwidget.AppWidgetManager;
-import android.appwidget.AppWidgetProviderInfo;
 import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
 import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
 import android.content.ComponentCallbacks2;
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Handler;
-import android.os.Message;
 import android.os.StrictMode;
 import android.os.SystemClock;
 import android.os.Trace;
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo;
 import android.view.animation.OvershootInterpolator;
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
-import android.widget.Advanceable;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 import android.widget.Toast;
@@ -278,27 +275,16 @@
     private IconCache mIconCache;
     private ExtractedColors mExtractedColors;
     private LauncherAccessibilityDelegate mAccessibilityDelegate;
+    private Handler mHandler = new Handler();
     private boolean mIsResumeFromActionScreenOff;
-    @Thunk boolean mUserPresent = true;
-    private boolean mVisible;
-    private boolean mHasFocus;
-    private boolean mAttached;
+    private boolean mHasFocus = false;
+    private boolean mAttached = false;
 
     /** Maps launcher activity components to their list of shortcut ids. */
     private MultiHashMap<ComponentKey, String> mDeepShortcutMap = new MultiHashMap<>();
 
     private View.OnTouchListener mHapticFeedbackTouchListener;
 
-    // Related to the auto-advancing of widgets
-    private final int ADVANCE_MSG = 1;
-    private static final int ADVANCE_INTERVAL = 20000;
-    private static final int ADVANCE_STAGGER = 250;
-
-    private boolean mAutoAdvanceRunning = false;
-    private long mAutoAdvanceSentTime;
-    private long mAutoAdvanceTimeLeft = -1;
-    @Thunk HashMap<View, AppWidgetProviderInfo> mWidgetsToAdvance = new HashMap<>();
-
     // Determines how long to wait after a rotation before restoring the screen orientation to
     // match the sensor state.
     private static final int RESTORE_SCREEN_ORIENTATION_DELAY = 500;
@@ -1572,10 +1558,6 @@
 
         mWorkspace.addInScreen(hostView, item.container, item.screenId,
                 item.cellX, item.cellY, item.spanX, item.spanY, insert);
-
-        if (!item.isCustomWidget()) {
-            addWidgetToAutoAdvanceIfNeeded(hostView, appWidgetInfo);
-        }
     }
 
     private final BroadcastReceiver mReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
@@ -1583,9 +1565,7 @@
         public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
             final String action = intent.getAction();
             if (Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF.equals(action)) {
-                mUserPresent = false;
                 mDragLayer.clearResizeFrame();
-                updateAutoAdvanceState();
 
                 // Reset AllApps to its initial state only if we are not in the middle of
                 // processing a multi-step drop
@@ -1596,9 +1576,6 @@
                     }
                 }
                 mIsResumeFromActionScreenOff = true;
-            } else if (Intent.ACTION_USER_PRESENT.equals(action)) {
-                mUserPresent = true;
-                updateAutoAdvanceState();
             }
         }
     };
@@ -1610,11 +1587,9 @@
         // Listen for broadcasts related to user-presence
         final IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();
         filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF);
-        filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_USER_PRESENT);
         registerReceiver(mReceiver, filter);
         FirstFrameAnimatorHelper.initializeDrawListener(getWindow().getDecorView());
         mAttached = true;
-        mVisible = true;
 
         if (mLauncherCallbacks != null) {
             mLauncherCallbacks.onAttachedToWindow();
@@ -1624,13 +1599,10 @@
     @Override
     public void onDetachedFromWindow() {
         super.onDetachedFromWindow();
-        mVisible = false;
-
         if (mAttached) {
             unregisterReceiver(mReceiver);
             mAttached = false;
         }
-        updateAutoAdvanceState();
 
         if (mLauncherCallbacks != null) {
             mLauncherCallbacks.onDetachedFromWindow();
@@ -1638,12 +1610,10 @@
     }
 
     public void onWindowVisibilityChanged(int visibility) {
-        mVisible = visibility == View.VISIBLE;
-        updateAutoAdvanceState();
         // The following code used to be in onResume, but it turns out onResume is called when
         // you're in All Apps and click home to go to the workspace. onWindowVisibilityChanged
         // is a more appropriate event to handle
-        if (mVisible) {
+        if (visibility == View.VISIBLE) {
             if (!mWorkspaceLoading) {
                 final ViewTreeObserver observer = mWorkspace.getViewTreeObserver();
                 // We want to let Launcher draw itself at least once before we force it to build
@@ -1678,72 +1648,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    @Thunk void sendAdvanceMessage(long delay) {
-        mHandler.removeMessages(ADVANCE_MSG);
-        Message msg = mHandler.obtainMessage(ADVANCE_MSG);
-        mHandler.sendMessageDelayed(msg, delay);
-        mAutoAdvanceSentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    }
-
-    @Thunk void updateAutoAdvanceState() {
-        boolean autoAdvanceRunning = mVisible && mUserPresent && !mWidgetsToAdvance.isEmpty();
-        if (autoAdvanceRunning != mAutoAdvanceRunning) {
-            mAutoAdvanceRunning = autoAdvanceRunning;
-            if (autoAdvanceRunning) {
-                long delay = mAutoAdvanceTimeLeft == -1 ? ADVANCE_INTERVAL : mAutoAdvanceTimeLeft;
-                sendAdvanceMessage(delay);
-            } else {
-                if (!mWidgetsToAdvance.isEmpty()) {
-                    mAutoAdvanceTimeLeft = Math.max(0, ADVANCE_INTERVAL -
-                            (System.currentTimeMillis() - mAutoAdvanceSentTime));
-                }
-                mHandler.removeMessages(ADVANCE_MSG);
-                mHandler.removeMessages(0); // Remove messages sent using postDelayed()
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Thunk final Handler mHandler = new Handler(new Handler.Callback() {
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean handleMessage(Message msg) {
-            if (msg.what == ADVANCE_MSG) {
-                int i = 0;
-                for (View key: mWidgetsToAdvance.keySet()) {
-                    final View v = key.findViewById(mWidgetsToAdvance.get(key).autoAdvanceViewId);
-                    final int delay = ADVANCE_STAGGER * i;
-                    if (v instanceof Advanceable) {
-                        mHandler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
-                           public void run() {
-                               ((Advanceable) v).advance();
-                           }
-                       }, delay);
-                    }
-                    i++;
-                }
-                sendAdvanceMessage(ADVANCE_INTERVAL);
-            }
-            return true;
-        }
-    });
-
-    private void addWidgetToAutoAdvanceIfNeeded(View hostView, AppWidgetProviderInfo appWidgetInfo) {
-        if (appWidgetInfo == null || appWidgetInfo.autoAdvanceViewId == -1) return;
-        View v = hostView.findViewById(appWidgetInfo.autoAdvanceViewId);
-        if (v instanceof Advanceable) {
-            mWidgetsToAdvance.put(hostView, appWidgetInfo);
-            ((Advanceable) v).fyiWillBeAdvancedByHostKThx();
-            updateAutoAdvanceState();
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void removeWidgetToAutoAdvance(View hostView) {
-        if (mWidgetsToAdvance.containsKey(hostView)) {
-            mWidgetsToAdvance.remove(hostView);
-            updateAutoAdvanceState();
-        }
-    }
-
     public void showOutOfSpaceMessage(boolean isHotseatLayout) {
         int strId = (isHotseatLayout ? R.string.hotseat_out_of_space : R.string.out_of_space);
         Toast.makeText(this, getString(strId), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
@@ -1938,9 +1842,6 @@
     public void onDestroy() {
         super.onDestroy();
 
-        // Remove all pending runnables
-        mHandler.removeMessages(ADVANCE_MSG);
-        mHandler.removeMessages(0);
         mWorkspace.removeCallbacks(mBuildLayersRunnable);
         mWorkspace.removeFolderListeners();
 
@@ -1963,8 +1864,6 @@
         }
         mAppWidgetHost = null;
 
-        mWidgetsToAdvance.clear();
-
         TextKeyListener.getInstance().release();
 
         ((AccessibilityManager) getSystemService(ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE))
@@ -2284,7 +2183,6 @@
         } else if (itemInfo instanceof LauncherAppWidgetInfo) {
             final LauncherAppWidgetInfo widgetInfo = (LauncherAppWidgetInfo) itemInfo;
             mWorkspace.removeWorkspaceItem(v);
-            removeWidgetToAutoAdvance(v);
             if (deleteFromDb) {
                 deleteWidgetInfo(widgetInfo);
             }
@@ -3233,10 +3131,6 @@
         // Change the state *after* we've called all the transition code
         mState = State.WORKSPACE;
 
-        // Resume the auto-advance of widgets
-        mUserPresent = true;
-        updateAutoAdvanceState();
-
         if (changed) {
             // Send an accessibility event to announce the context change
             getWindow().getDecorView()
@@ -3342,9 +3236,6 @@
         // Change the state *after* we've called all the transition code
         mState = toState;
 
-        // Pause the auto-advance of widgets until we are out of AllApps
-        mUserPresent = false;
-        updateAutoAdvanceState();
         closeFolder();
         closeShortcutsContainer();
 
@@ -3570,7 +3461,6 @@
         mWorkspace.clearDropTargets();
         mWorkspace.removeAllWorkspaceScreens();
 
-        mWidgetsToAdvance.clear();
         if (mHotseat != null) {
             mHotseat.resetLayout();
         }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
index ed1079f..fa5e519 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 import android.appwidget.AppWidgetProviderInfo;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.os.SystemClock;
+import android.util.SparseBooleanArray;
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@
 import android.view.ViewDebug;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo;
+import android.widget.Advanceable;
 import android.widget.RemoteViews;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragLayer.TouchCompleteListener;
@@ -39,6 +43,13 @@
  */
 public class LauncherAppWidgetHostView extends AppWidgetHostView implements TouchCompleteListener {
 
+    // Related to the auto-advancing of widgets
+    private static final long ADVANCE_INTERVAL = 20000;
+    private static final long ADVANCE_STAGGER = 250;
+
+    // Maintains a list of widget ids which are supposed to be auto advanced.
+    private static final SparseBooleanArray sAutoAdvanceWidgetIds = new SparseBooleanArray();
+
     LayoutInflater mInflater;
 
     private CheckLongPressHelper mLongPressHelper;
@@ -54,6 +65,10 @@
 
     protected int mErrorViewId = R.layout.appwidget_error;
 
+    private boolean mIsAttachedToWindow;
+    private boolean mIsAutoAdvanceRegistered;
+    private Runnable mAutoAdvanceRunnable;
+
     public LauncherAppWidgetHostView(Context context) {
         super(context);
         mContext = context;
@@ -78,6 +93,9 @@
         // Store the orientation in which the widget was inflated
         updateLastInflationOrientation();
         super.updateAppWidget(remoteViews);
+
+        // The provider info or the views might have changed.
+        checkIfAutoAdvance();
     }
 
     public boolean isReinflateRequired() {
@@ -153,6 +171,19 @@
     protected void onAttachedToWindow() {
         super.onAttachedToWindow();
         mSlop = ViewConfiguration.get(getContext()).getScaledTouchSlop();
+
+        mIsAttachedToWindow = true;
+        checkIfAutoAdvance();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onDetachedFromWindow() {
+        super.onDetachedFromWindow();
+
+        // We can't directly use isAttachedToWindow() here, as this is called before the internal
+        // state is updated. So isAttachedToWindow() will return true until next frame.
+        mIsAttachedToWindow = false;
+        checkIfAutoAdvance();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -171,10 +202,6 @@
         return info;
     }
 
-    public LauncherAppWidgetProviderInfo getLauncherAppWidgetProviderInfo() {
-        return (LauncherAppWidgetProviderInfo) getAppWidgetInfo();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void onTouchComplete() {
         if (!mLongPressHelper.hasPerformedLongPress()) {
@@ -296,4 +323,79 @@
         super.onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(info);
         info.setClassName(getClass().getName());
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onWindowVisibilityChanged(int visibility) {
+        super.onWindowVisibilityChanged(visibility);
+        maybeRegisterAutoAdvance();
+    }
+
+    private void checkIfAutoAdvance() {
+        boolean isAutoAdvance = false;
+        Advanceable target = getAdvanceable();
+        if (target != null) {
+            isAutoAdvance = true;
+            target.fyiWillBeAdvancedByHostKThx();
+        }
+
+        boolean wasAutoAdvance = sAutoAdvanceWidgetIds.indexOfKey(getAppWidgetId()) >= 0;
+        if (isAutoAdvance != wasAutoAdvance) {
+            if (isAutoAdvance) {
+                sAutoAdvanceWidgetIds.put(getAppWidgetId(), true);
+            } else {
+                sAutoAdvanceWidgetIds.delete(getAppWidgetId());
+            }
+            maybeRegisterAutoAdvance();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Advanceable getAdvanceable() {
+        AppWidgetProviderInfo info = getAppWidgetInfo();
+        if (info == null || info.autoAdvanceViewId == NO_ID || !mIsAttachedToWindow) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        View v = findViewById(info.autoAdvanceViewId);
+        return (v instanceof Advanceable) ? (Advanceable) v : null;
+    }
+
+    private void maybeRegisterAutoAdvance() {
+        Handler handler = getHandler();
+        boolean shouldRegisterAutoAdvance = getWindowVisibility() == VISIBLE && handler != null
+                && (sAutoAdvanceWidgetIds.indexOfKey(getAppWidgetId()) >= 0);
+        if (shouldRegisterAutoAdvance != mIsAutoAdvanceRegistered) {
+            mIsAutoAdvanceRegistered = shouldRegisterAutoAdvance;
+            if (mAutoAdvanceRunnable == null) {
+                mAutoAdvanceRunnable = new Runnable() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void run() {
+                        runAutoAdvance();
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+
+            handler.removeCallbacks(mAutoAdvanceRunnable);
+            scheduleNextAdvance();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void scheduleNextAdvance() {
+        if (!mIsAutoAdvanceRegistered) {
+            return;
+        }
+        long now = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
+        long advanceTime = now + (ADVANCE_INTERVAL - (now % ADVANCE_INTERVAL)) +
+                ADVANCE_STAGGER * sAutoAdvanceWidgetIds.indexOfKey(getAppWidgetId());
+        Handler handler = getHandler();
+        if (handler != null) {
+            handler.postAtTime(mAutoAdvanceRunnable, advanceTime);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void runAutoAdvance() {
+        Advanceable target = getAdvanceable();
+        if (target != null) {
+            target.advance();
+        }
+        scheduleNextAdvance();
+    }
 }