diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
index 92e4043..289f64c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@
     public static final int WORKSPACE_ACCESSIBILITY_DRAG = 2;
     public static final int FOLDER_ACCESSIBILITY_DRAG = 1;
 
-    static final String TAG = "CellLayout";
+    private static final String TAG = "CellLayout";
+    private static final boolean LOGD = false;
 
     private Launcher mLauncher;
     @Thunk int mCellWidth;
@@ -244,9 +245,7 @@
                     // If an animation is started and then stopped very quickly, we can still
                     // get spurious updates we've cleared the tag. Guard against this.
                     if (outline == null) {
-                        @SuppressWarnings("all") // suppress dead code warning
-                        final boolean debug = false;
-                        if (debug) {
+                        if (LOGD) {
                             Object val = animation.getAnimatedValue();
                             Log.d(TAG, "anim " + thisIndex + " update: " + val +
                                      ", isStopped " + anim.isStopped());
@@ -653,6 +652,9 @@
             if (lp.cellVSpan < 0) lp.cellVSpan = mCountY;
 
             child.setId(childId);
+            if (LOGD) {
+                Log.d(TAG, "Adding view to ShortcutsAndWidgetsContainer: " + child);
+            }
             mShortcutsAndWidgets.addView(child, index, lp);
 
             if (markCells) markCellsAsOccupiedForView(child);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
index 5fde615..51d075f 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
@@ -1712,14 +1712,14 @@
                         mWorkspace.postDelayed(mBuildLayersRunnable, 500);
                         final ViewTreeObserver.OnDrawListener listener = this;
                         mWorkspace.post(new Runnable() {
-                                public void run() {
-                                    if (mWorkspace != null &&
-                                            mWorkspace.getViewTreeObserver() != null) {
-                                        mWorkspace.getViewTreeObserver().
-                                                removeOnDrawListener(listener);
-                                    }
+                            public void run() {
+                                if (mWorkspace != null &&
+                                        mWorkspace.getViewTreeObserver() != null) {
+                                    mWorkspace.getViewTreeObserver().
+                                            removeOnDrawListener(listener);
                                 }
-                            });
+                            }
+                        });
                         return;
                     }
                 });
@@ -2210,8 +2210,11 @@
         mPendingAddInfo.minSpanX = mPendingAddInfo.minSpanY = 1;
     }
 
-    void addAppWidgetImpl(final int appWidgetId, final ItemInfo info, final
+    void addAppWidgetFromDropImpl(final int appWidgetId, final ItemInfo info, final
             AppWidgetHostView boundWidget, final LauncherAppWidgetProviderInfo appWidgetInfo) {
+        if (LOGD) {
+            Log.d(TAG, "Adding widget from drop");
+        }
         addAppWidgetImpl(appWidgetId, info, boundWidget, appWidgetInfo, 0);
     }
 
@@ -2317,8 +2320,14 @@
         AppWidgetHostView hostView = info.boundWidget;
         int appWidgetId;
         if (hostView != null) {
+            // In the case where we've prebound the widget, we remove it from the DragLayer
+            if (LOGD) {
+                Log.d(TAG, "Removing widget view from drag layer and setting boundWidget to null");
+            }
+            getDragLayer().removeView(hostView);
+
             appWidgetId = hostView.getAppWidgetId();
-            addAppWidgetImpl(appWidgetId, info, hostView, info.info);
+            addAppWidgetFromDropImpl(appWidgetId, info, hostView, info.info);
 
             // Clear the boundWidget so that it doesn't get destroyed.
             info.boundWidget = null;
@@ -2331,7 +2340,7 @@
             boolean success = mAppWidgetManager.bindAppWidgetIdIfAllowed(
                     appWidgetId, info.info, options);
             if (success) {
-                addAppWidgetImpl(appWidgetId, info, null, info.info);
+                addAppWidgetFromDropImpl(appWidgetId, info, null, info.info);
             } else {
                 mPendingAddWidgetInfo = info.info;
                 Intent intent = new Intent(AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_BIND);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
index 2bedb9f..66f7cb1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
@@ -2064,6 +2064,7 @@
     @Override
     public void onLauncherTransitionPrepare(Launcher l, boolean animated, boolean toWorkspace) {
         mIsSwitchingState = true;
+        mTransitionProgress = 0;
 
         // Invalidate here to ensure that the pages are rendered during the state change transition.
         invalidate();
@@ -3574,11 +3575,6 @@
         Resources res = mLauncher.getResources();
         final int duration = res.getInteger(R.integer.config_dropAnimMaxDuration) - 200;
 
-        // In the case where we've prebound the widget, we remove it from the DragLayer
-        if (finalView instanceof AppWidgetHostView && external) {
-            mLauncher.getDragLayer().removeView(finalView);
-        }
-
         boolean isWidget = info.itemType == LauncherSettings.Favorites.ITEM_TYPE_APPWIDGET ||
                 info.itemType == LauncherSettings.Favorites.ITEM_TYPE_CUSTOM_APPWIDGET;
         if ((animationType == ANIMATE_INTO_POSITION_AND_RESIZE || external) && finalView != null) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetHostViewLoader.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetHostViewLoader.java
index 7607d85..b47ba84 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetHostViewLoader.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetHostViewLoader.java
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 import android.appwidget.AppWidgetManager;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
-import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Handler;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.AppWidgetResizeFrame;
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAppWidgetProviderInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.compat.AppWidgetManagerCompat;
-import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragController.DragListener;
+import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragController;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragLayer;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.Thunk;
 
-public class WidgetHostViewLoader implements DragListener {
+public class WidgetHostViewLoader implements DragController.DragListener {
+    private static final String TAG = "WidgetHostViewLoader";
+    private static final boolean LOGD = false;
 
     /* Runnables to handle inflation and binding. */
     @Thunk Runnable mInflateWidgetRunnable = null;
@@ -49,6 +51,10 @@
 
     @Override
     public void onDragEnd() {
+        if (LOGD) {
+            Log.d(TAG, "Cleaning up in onDragEnd()...");
+        }
+
         // Cleanup up preloading state.
         mLauncher.getDragController().removeDragListener(this);
 
@@ -63,6 +69,9 @@
 
         // The widget was inflated and added to the DragLayer -- remove it.
         if (mInfo.boundWidget != null) {
+            if (LOGD) {
+                Log.d(TAG, "...removing widget from drag layer");
+            }
             mLauncher.getDragLayer().removeView(mInfo.boundWidget);
             mLauncher.getAppWidgetHost().deleteAppWidgetId(mInfo.boundWidget.getAppWidgetId());
             mInfo.boundWidget = null;
@@ -90,6 +99,9 @@
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 mWidgetLoadingId = mLauncher.getAppWidgetHost().allocateAppWidgetId();
+                if (LOGD) {
+                    Log.d(TAG, "Binding widget, id: " + mWidgetLoadingId);
+                }
                 if(AppWidgetManagerCompat.getInstance(mLauncher).bindAppWidgetIdIfAllowed(
                         mWidgetLoadingId, pInfo, options)) {
 
@@ -102,6 +114,9 @@
         mInflateWidgetRunnable = new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
+                if (LOGD) {
+                    Log.d(TAG, "Inflating widget, id: " + mWidgetLoadingId);
+                }
                 if (mWidgetLoadingId == -1) {
                     return;
                 }
@@ -121,11 +136,17 @@
                 lp.x = lp.y = 0;
                 lp.customPosition = true;
                 hostView.setLayoutParams(lp);
+                if (LOGD) {
+                    Log.d(TAG, "Adding host view to drag layer");
+                }
                 mLauncher.getDragLayer().addView(hostView);
                 mView.setTag(mInfo);
             }
         };
 
+        if (LOGD) {
+            Log.d(TAG, "About to bind/inflate widget");
+        }
         mHandler.post(mBindWidgetRunnable);
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetsContainerView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetsContainerView.java
index 143f989..a1472cc 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetsContainerView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetsContainerView.java
@@ -52,10 +52,9 @@
  * The widgets list view container.
  */
 public class WidgetsContainerView extends BaseContainerView
-        implements View.OnLongClickListener, View.OnClickListener, DragSource{
-
+        implements View.OnLongClickListener, View.OnClickListener, DragSource {
     private static final String TAG = "WidgetsContainerView";
-    private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
+    private static final boolean LOGD = false;
 
     /* Coefficient multiplied to the screen height for preloading widgets. */
     private static final int PRELOAD_SCREEN_HEIGHT_MULTIPLE = 1;
@@ -92,13 +91,14 @@
         mDragController = mLauncher.getDragController();
         mAdapter = new WidgetsListAdapter(this, this, mLauncher);
         mIconCache = (LauncherAppState.getInstance()).getIconCache();
-        if (DEBUG) {
+        if (LOGD) {
             Log.d(TAG, "WidgetsContainerView constructor");
         }
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void onFinishInflate() {
+        super.onFinishInflate();
         mContent = findViewById(R.id.content);
         mView = (WidgetsRecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.widgets_list_view);
         mView.setAdapter(mAdapter);
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
-        if (DEBUG) {
+        if (LOGD) {
             Log.d(TAG, String.format("onLonglick [v=%s]", v));
         }
         // Return early if this is not initiated from a touch
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
         if (status && v.getTag() instanceof PendingAddWidgetInfo) {
             WidgetHostViewLoader hostLoader = new WidgetHostViewLoader(mLauncher, v);
             boolean preloadStatus = hostLoader.preloadWidget();
-            if (DEBUG) {
+            if (LOGD) {
                 Log.d(TAG, String.format("preloading widget [status=%s]", preloadStatus));
             }
             mLauncher.getDragController().addDragListener(hostLoader);
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@
     @Override
     public void onDropCompleted(View target, DragObject d, boolean isFlingToDelete,
             boolean success) {
+        if (LOGD) {
+            Log.d(TAG, "onDropCompleted");
+        }
         if (isFlingToDelete || !success || (target != mLauncher.getWorkspace() &&
                 !(target instanceof DeleteDropTarget) && !(target instanceof Folder))) {
             // Exit spring loaded mode if we have not successfully dropped or have not handled the