diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index f60eaa7..8b0f138 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 import static com.android.launcher3.util.SystemUiController.UI_STATE_OVERVIEW;
 import static com.android.quickstep.TaskUtils.checkCurrentOrManagedUserId;
 
-import android.animation.Animator;
 import android.animation.AnimatorSet;
 import android.animation.LayoutTransition;
 import android.animation.LayoutTransition.TransitionListener;
@@ -700,6 +699,21 @@
         return taskViewCount;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Updates UI for a modal task, including hiding other tasks.
+     */
+    public void updateUiForModalTask(TaskView taskView, boolean isTaskOverlayModal) {
+        int currentIndex = indexOfChild(taskView);
+        TaskView previousTask = getTaskViewAt(currentIndex - 1);
+        TaskView nextTask = getTaskViewAt(currentIndex + 1);
+        if (previousTask != null) {
+            previousTask.setVisibility(isTaskOverlayModal ? View.INVISIBLE : View.VISIBLE);
+        }
+        if (nextTask != null) {
+            nextTask.setVisibility(isTaskOverlayModal ? View.INVISIBLE : View.VISIBLE);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected void onTaskStackUpdated() { }
 
     public void resetTaskVisuals() {
diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
index abc037e..0e1640e 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
@@ -245,6 +245,13 @@
         return mSnapshotView.getTaskOverlay().isOverlayModal();
     }
 
+    /** Updates UI based on whether the task is modal. */
+    public void updateUiForModalTask() {
+        if (getRecentsView() != null) {
+            getRecentsView().updateUiForModalTask(this, isTaskOverlayModal());
+        }
+    }
+
     public TaskMenuView getMenuView() {
         return mMenuView;
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/popup/ArrowPopup.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/popup/ArrowPopup.java
index 1c2acfd..18bc55a 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/popup/ArrowPopup.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/popup/ArrowPopup.java
@@ -240,6 +240,17 @@
      * and align above if there is enough vertical space.
      */
     protected void orientAboutObject() {
+        orientAboutObject(true /* allowAlignLeft */, true /* allowAlignRight */);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see #orientAboutObject()
+     *
+     * @param allowAlignLeft Set to false if we already tried aligning left and didn't have room.
+     * @param allowAlignRight Set to false if we already tried aligning right and didn't have room.
+     * TODO: Can we test this with all permutations of widths/heights and icon locations + RTL?
+     */
+    private void orientAboutObject(boolean allowAlignLeft, boolean allowAlignRight) {
         measure(MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
         int width = getMeasuredWidth();
         int extraVerticalSpace = mArrow.getLayoutParams().height + mArrowOffset
@@ -253,14 +264,8 @@
         // Align left (right in RTL) if there is room.
         int leftAlignedX = mTempRect.left;
         int rightAlignedX = mTempRect.right - width;
-        int x = leftAlignedX;
-        boolean canBeLeftAligned = leftAlignedX + width + insets.left
-                < dragLayer.getRight() - insets.right;
-        boolean canBeRightAligned = rightAlignedX > dragLayer.getLeft() + insets.left;
-        if (!canBeLeftAligned || (mIsRtl && canBeRightAligned)) {
-            x = rightAlignedX;
-        }
-        mIsLeftAligned = x == leftAlignedX;
+        mIsLeftAligned = !mIsRtl ? allowAlignLeft : !allowAlignRight;
+        int x = mIsLeftAligned ? leftAlignedX : rightAlignedX;
 
         // Offset x so that the arrow and shortcut icons are center-aligned with the original icon.
         int iconWidth = mTempRect.width();
@@ -282,6 +287,24 @@
         }
         x += mIsLeftAligned ? xOffset : -xOffset;
 
+        // Check whether we can still align as we originally wanted, now that we've calculated x.
+        if (!allowAlignLeft && !allowAlignRight) {
+            // We've already tried both ways and couldn't make it fit. onLayout() will set the
+            // gravity to CENTER_HORIZONTAL, but continue below to update y.
+        } else {
+            boolean canBeLeftAligned = x + width + insets.left
+                    < dragLayer.getRight() - insets.right;
+            boolean canBeRightAligned = x > dragLayer.getLeft() + insets.left;
+            boolean alignmentStillValid = mIsLeftAligned && canBeLeftAligned
+                    || !mIsLeftAligned && canBeRightAligned;
+            if (!alignmentStillValid) {
+                // Try again, but don't allow this alignment we already know won't work.
+                orientAboutObject(allowAlignLeft && !mIsLeftAligned /* allowAlignLeft */,
+                        allowAlignRight && mIsLeftAligned /* allowAlignRight */);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
         // Open above icon if there is room.
         int iconHeight = mTempRect.height();
         int y = mTempRect.top - height;