diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TouchInteractionService.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TouchInteractionService.java
index 4f0187c..57f46b8 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TouchInteractionService.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TouchInteractionService.java
@@ -39,13 +39,12 @@
 import android.view.Choreographer;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.VelocityTracker;
-import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.BaseDraggingActivity;
 import com.android.launcher3.MainThreadExecutor;
-import com.android.launcher3.R;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.TraceHelper;
+import com.android.launcher3.views.BaseDragLayer;
 import com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.recents.IOverviewProxy;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.recents.ISystemUiProxy;
@@ -248,7 +247,7 @@
 
         private final ActivityControlHelper<T> mActivityHelper;
         private final T mActivity;
-        private final View mTarget;
+        private final BaseDragLayer mTarget;
         private final int[] mLocationOnScreen = new int[2];
         private final PointF mDownPos = new PointF();
         private final int mTouchSlop;
@@ -293,7 +292,6 @@
                     case ACTION_MOVE: {
                         float displacement = ev.getY() - mDownPos.y;
                         if (Math.abs(displacement) >= mTouchSlop) {
-                            mTrackingStarted = true;
                             mTarget.getLocationOnScreen(mLocationOnScreen);
 
                             // Send a down event only when mTouchSlop is crossed.
@@ -301,6 +299,7 @@
                             down.setAction(ACTION_DOWN);
                             sendEvent(down);
                             down.recycle();
+                            mTrackingStarted = true;
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -319,7 +318,10 @@
             int flags = ev.getEdgeFlags();
             ev.setEdgeFlags(flags | EDGE_NAV_BAR);
             ev.offsetLocation(-mLocationOnScreen[0], -mLocationOnScreen[1]);
-            mTarget.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
+            if (!mTrackingStarted) {
+                mTarget.onInterceptTouchEvent(ev);
+            }
+            mTarget.onTouchEvent(ev);
             ev.offsetLocation(mLocationOnScreen[0], mLocationOnScreen[1]);
             ev.setEdgeFlags(flags);
         }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/WindowTransformSwipeHandler.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/WindowTransformSwipeHandler.java
index d456367..82e64ab 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/WindowTransformSwipeHandler.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/WindowTransformSwipeHandler.java
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 import static com.android.launcher3.BaseActivity.INVISIBLE_BY_STATE_HANDLER;
 import static com.android.launcher3.Utilities.postAsyncCallback;
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.ACCEL_2;
+import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.DEACCEL;
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.LINEAR;
+import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.TOUCH_RESPONSE_INTERPOLATOR;
 import static com.android.quickstep.QuickScrubController.QUICK_SCRUB_START_DURATION;
 import static com.android.quickstep.TouchConsumer.INTERACTION_NORMAL;
 import static com.android.quickstep.TouchConsumer.INTERACTION_QUICK_SCRUB;
@@ -55,7 +57,6 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.AnimationSuccessListener;
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.AnimatorPlaybackController;
-import com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators;
 import com.android.launcher3.logging.UserEventDispatcher;
 import com.android.launcher3.userevent.nano.LauncherLogProto.Action.Direction;
 import com.android.launcher3.userevent.nano.LauncherLogProto.Action.Touch;
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@
         setStateOnUiThread(STATE_QUICK_SCRUB_START);
 
         // Start the window animation without waiting for launcher.
-        animateToProgress(1f, QUICK_SCRUB_START_DURATION);
+        animateToProgress(1f, QUICK_SCRUB_START_DURATION, TOUCH_RESPONSE_INTERPOLATOR);
     }
 
     @WorkerThread
@@ -573,13 +574,14 @@
 
                 // we want the page's snap velocity to approximately match the velocity at
                 // which the user flings, so we scale the duration by a value near to the
-                // derivative of the scroll interpolator at zero, ie. 5.
-                duration = 5 * Math.round(1000 * Math.abs(distanceToTravel / endVelocity));
+                // derivative of the scroll interpolator at zero, ie. 2.
+                long baseDuration = Math.round(1000 * Math.abs(distanceToTravel / endVelocity));
+                duration = Math.min(MAX_SWIPE_DURATION, 2 * baseDuration);
             }
             mLogAction = Touch.FLING;
         }
 
-        animateToProgress(endShift, duration);
+        animateToProgress(endShift, duration, DEACCEL);
     }
 
     private void doLogGesture(boolean toLauncher) {
@@ -599,10 +601,10 @@
     }
 
     /** Animates to the given progress, where 0 is the current app and 1 is overview. */
-    private void animateToProgress(float progress, long duration) {
+    private void animateToProgress(float progress, long duration, Interpolator interpolator) {
         mIsGoingToHome = Float.compare(progress, 1) == 0;
         ObjectAnimator anim = mCurrentShift.animateToValue(progress).setDuration(duration);
-        anim.setInterpolator(Interpolators.SCROLL);
+        anim.setInterpolator(interpolator);
         anim.addListener(new AnimationSuccessListener() {
             @Override
             public void onAnimationSuccess(Animator animator) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseActivity.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseActivity.java
index f197921..a41edc0 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseActivity.java
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
     @Override
     protected void onStop() {
-        mActivityFlags &= ~ACTIVITY_STATE_STARTED;
+        mActivityFlags &= ~ACTIVITY_STATE_STARTED & ~ACTIVITY_STATE_USER_ACTIVE;
         mForceInvisible = 0;
         super.onStop();
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
index 41bfcb7..fb7c0ce 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
@@ -65,27 +65,6 @@
 
     private static final int[] STATE_PRESSED = new int[] {android.R.attr.state_pressed};
 
-    private final BaseDraggingActivity mActivity;
-    private Drawable mIcon;
-    private final boolean mCenterVertically;
-
-    private final CheckLongPressHelper mLongPressHelper;
-    private final StylusEventHelper mStylusEventHelper;
-    private final float mSlop;
-
-    private final boolean mLayoutHorizontal;
-    private final int mIconSize;
-    @ViewDebug.ExportedProperty(category = "launcher")
-    private int mTextColor;
-    private boolean mIsIconVisible = true;
-
-    private BadgeInfo mBadgeInfo;
-    private BadgeRenderer mBadgeRenderer;
-    private int mBadgeColor;
-    private float mBadgeScale;
-    private boolean mForceHideBadge;
-    private Point mTempSpaceForBadgeOffset = new Point();
-    private Rect mTempIconBounds = new Rect();
 
     private static final Property<BubbleTextView, Float> BADGE_SCALE_PROPERTY
             = new Property<BubbleTextView, Float>(Float.TYPE, "badgeScale") {
@@ -101,19 +80,45 @@
         }
     };
 
-    public static final Property<BubbleTextView, Integer> TEXT_ALPHA_PROPERTY
-            = new Property<BubbleTextView, Integer>(Integer.class, "textAlpha") {
+    public static final Property<BubbleTextView, Float> TEXT_ALPHA_PROPERTY
+            = new Property<BubbleTextView, Float>(Float.class, "textAlpha") {
         @Override
-        public Integer get(BubbleTextView bubbleTextView) {
-            return bubbleTextView.getTextAlpha();
+        public Float get(BubbleTextView bubbleTextView) {
+            return bubbleTextView.mTextAlpha;
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void set(BubbleTextView bubbleTextView, Integer alpha) {
+        public void set(BubbleTextView bubbleTextView, Float alpha) {
             bubbleTextView.setTextAlpha(alpha);
         }
     };
 
+    private final BaseDraggingActivity mActivity;
+    private Drawable mIcon;
+    private final boolean mCenterVertically;
+
+    private final CheckLongPressHelper mLongPressHelper;
+    private final StylusEventHelper mStylusEventHelper;
+    private final float mSlop;
+
+    private final boolean mLayoutHorizontal;
+    private final int mIconSize;
+
+    @ViewDebug.ExportedProperty(category = "launcher")
+    private boolean mIsIconVisible = true;
+    @ViewDebug.ExportedProperty(category = "launcher")
+    private int mTextColor;
+    @ViewDebug.ExportedProperty(category = "launcher")
+    private float mTextAlpha = 1;
+
+    private BadgeInfo mBadgeInfo;
+    private BadgeRenderer mBadgeRenderer;
+    private int mBadgeColor;
+    private float mBadgeScale;
+    private boolean mForceHideBadge;
+    private Point mTempSpaceForBadgeOffset = new Point();
+    private Rect mTempIconBounds = new Rect();
+
     @ViewDebug.ExportedProperty(category = "launcher")
     private boolean mStayPressed;
     @ViewDebug.ExportedProperty(category = "launcher")
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@
 
         setEllipsize(TruncateAt.END);
         setAccessibilityDelegate(mActivity.getAccessibilityDelegate());
-
+        setTextAlpha(1f);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -404,13 +409,17 @@
     @Override
     public void setTextColor(int color) {
         mTextColor = color;
-        super.setTextColor(color);
+        super.setTextColor(getModifiedColor());
     }
 
     @Override
     public void setTextColor(ColorStateList colors) {
         mTextColor = colors.getDefaultColor();
-        super.setTextColor(colors);
+        if (Float.compare(mTextAlpha, 1) == 0) {
+            super.setTextColor(colors);
+        } else {
+            super.setTextColor(getModifiedColor());
+        }
     }
 
     public boolean shouldTextBeVisible() {
@@ -421,19 +430,21 @@
     }
 
     public void setTextVisibility(boolean visible) {
-        if (visible) {
-            super.setTextColor(mTextColor);
-        } else {
-            setTextAlpha(0);
+        setTextAlpha(visible ? 1 : 0);
+    }
+
+    private void setTextAlpha(float alpha) {
+        mTextAlpha = alpha;
+        super.setTextColor(getModifiedColor());
+    }
+
+    private int getModifiedColor() {
+        if (mTextAlpha == 0) {
+            // Special case to prevent text shadows in high contrast mode
+            return Color.TRANSPARENT;
         }
-    }
-
-    public void setTextAlpha(int alpha) {
-        super.setTextColor(ColorUtils.setAlphaComponent(mTextColor, alpha));
-    }
-
-    private int getTextAlpha() {
-        return Color.alpha(getCurrentTextColor());
+        return ColorUtils.setAlphaComponent(
+                mTextColor, Math.round(Color.alpha(mTextColor) * mTextAlpha));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -441,8 +452,8 @@
      * @param fadeIn Whether the text should fade in or fade out.
      */
     public ObjectAnimator createTextAlphaAnimator(boolean fadeIn) {
-        int toAlpha = shouldTextBeVisible() && fadeIn ? Color.alpha(mTextColor) : 0;
-        return ObjectAnimator.ofInt(this, TEXT_ALPHA_PROPERTY, toAlpha);
+        float toAlpha = shouldTextBeVisible() && fadeIn ? 1 : 0;
+        return ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(this, TEXT_ALPHA_PROPERTY, toAlpha);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/folder/FolderAnimationManager.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/folder/FolderAnimationManager.java
index ec448e9..9ae3775 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/folder/FolderAnimationManager.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/folder/FolderAnimationManager.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.android.launcher3.folder;
 
+import static com.android.launcher3.BubbleTextView.TEXT_ALPHA_PROPERTY;
 import static com.android.launcher3.LauncherAnimUtils.SCALE_PROPERTY;
 import static com.android.launcher3.folder.ClippedFolderIconLayoutRule.MAX_NUM_ITEMS_IN_PREVIEW;
 
@@ -172,9 +173,8 @@
         AnimatorSet a = LauncherAnimUtils.createAnimatorSet();
 
         // Initialize the Folder items' text.
-        PropertyResetListener colorResetListener = new PropertyResetListener<>(
-                BubbleTextView.TEXT_ALPHA_PROPERTY,
-                Color.alpha(Themes.getAttrColor(mContext, android.R.attr.textColorSecondary)));
+        PropertyResetListener colorResetListener =
+                new PropertyResetListener<>(TEXT_ALPHA_PROPERTY, 1f);
         for (BubbleTextView icon : mFolder.getItemsOnPage(mFolder.mContent.getCurrentPage())) {
             if (mIsOpening) {
                 icon.setTextVisibility(false);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/notification/NotificationListener.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/notification/NotificationListener.java
index 117287b..b527b6a 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/notification/NotificationListener.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/notification/NotificationListener.java
@@ -150,22 +150,12 @@
     public void onCreate() {
         super.onCreate();
         sIsCreated = true;
-        mNotificationBadgingObserver = new SettingsObserver.Secure(getContentResolver()) {
-            @Override
-            public void onSettingChanged(boolean isNotificationBadgingEnabled) {
-                if (!isNotificationBadgingEnabled) {
-                    requestUnbind();
-                }
-            }
-        };
-        mNotificationBadgingObserver.register(NOTIFICATION_BADGING);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void onDestroy() {
         super.onDestroy();
         sIsCreated = false;
-        mNotificationBadgingObserver.unregister();
     }
 
     public static @Nullable NotificationListener getInstanceIfConnected() {
@@ -203,6 +193,17 @@
     public void onListenerConnected() {
         super.onListenerConnected();
         sIsConnected = true;
+
+        mNotificationBadgingObserver = new SettingsObserver.Secure(getContentResolver()) {
+            @Override
+            public void onSettingChanged(boolean isNotificationBadgingEnabled) {
+                if (!isNotificationBadgingEnabled) {
+                    requestUnbind();
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        mNotificationBadgingObserver.register(NOTIFICATION_BADGING);
+
         onNotificationFullRefresh();
     }
 
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@
     public void onListenerDisconnected() {
         super.onListenerDisconnected();
         sIsConnected = false;
+        mNotificationBadgingObserver.unregister();
     }
 
     @Override