diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
index fc1e880..bc3889f 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@
 
     // The following member variables are only used during drag-n-drop.
     private boolean mIsInDragMode = false;
-    /** The drag content width which is only set when the drag content scale is not 1f. */
-    private int mDragContentWidth = 0;
-    /** The drag content height which is only set when the drag content scale is not 1f. */
-    private int mDragContentHeight = 0;
 
     private boolean mTrackingWidgetUpdate = false;
 
@@ -314,27 +310,9 @@
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
-        super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
-        if (mIsInDragMode && mDragContentWidth > 0 && mDragContentHeight > 0
-                && getChildCount() == 1) {
-            measureChild(getChildAt(0), MeasureSpec.getSize(mDragContentWidth),
-                    MeasureSpec.getSize(mDragContentHeight));
-        }
-    }
-
     /** Starts the drag mode. */
     public void startDrag() {
         mIsInDragMode = true;
-        // In the case of dragging a scaled preview from widgets picker, we should reuse the
-        // previously measured dimension from WidgetCell#measureAndComputeWidgetPreviewScale, which
-        // measures the dimension of a widget preview without its parent's bound before scaling
-        // down.
-        if ((getScaleX() != 1f || getScaleY() != 1f) && getChildCount() == 1) {
-            mDragContentWidth = getChildAt(0).getMeasuredWidth();
-            mDragContentHeight = getChildAt(0).getMeasuredHeight();
-        }
     }
 
     /** Handles a drag event occurred on a workspace page corresponding to the {@code screenId}. */
@@ -347,8 +325,6 @@
     /** Ends the drag mode. */
     public void endDrag() {
         mIsInDragMode = false;
-        mDragContentWidth = 0;
-        mDragContentHeight = 0;
         requestLayout();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetCell.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetCell.java
index 2796721..ce47d70 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetCell.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetCell.java
@@ -284,6 +284,40 @@
         ensurePreviewWithCallback(callback, cachedPreview);
     }
 
+    private static class ScaledAppWidgetHostView extends LauncherAppWidgetHostView {
+        private boolean mKeepOrigForDragging = true;
+
+        ScaledAppWidgetHostView(Context context) {
+            super(context);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Set if the view will keep its original scale when dragged
+         * @param isKeepOrig True if keep original scale when dragged, false otherwise
+         */
+        public void setKeepOrigForDragging(boolean isKeepOrig) {
+            mKeepOrigForDragging = isKeepOrig;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @return True if the view is set to preserve original scale when dragged, false otherwise
+         */
+        public boolean isKeepOrigForDragging() {
+            return mKeepOrigForDragging;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void startDrag() {
+            super.startDrag();
+            if (!isKeepOrigForDragging()) {
+                // restore to original scale when being dragged, if set to do so
+                setScaleToFit(1.0f);
+            }
+            // When the drag start, translations need to be set to zero to center the view
+            setTranslationForCentering(0f, 0f);
+        }
+    }
+
     private void applyPreviewOnAppWidgetHostView(WidgetItem item) {
         if (mRemoteViewsPreview != null) {
             mAppWidgetHostViewPreview = createAppWidgetHostView(getContext());
@@ -299,7 +333,7 @@
         // a preview during drag & drop. And thus, we should use LauncherAppWidgetHostView, which
         // supports applying local color extraction during drag & drop.
         mAppWidgetHostViewPreview = isLauncherContext(context)
-                ? new LauncherAppWidgetHostView(context)
+                ? new ScaledAppWidgetHostView(context)
                 : createAppWidgetHostView(context);
         LauncherAppWidgetProviderInfo launcherAppWidgetProviderInfo =
                 LauncherAppWidgetProviderInfo.fromProviderInfo(context, item.widgetInfo.clone());
@@ -398,23 +432,41 @@
             int containerWidth = (int) (mTargetPreviewWidth * mPreviewContainerScale);
             int containerHeight = (int) (mTargetPreviewHeight * mPreviewContainerScale);
             setContainerSize(containerWidth, containerHeight);
+            boolean shouldMeasureAndScale = false;
             if (mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.getChildCount() == 1) {
                 View widgetContent = mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.getChildAt(0);
                 ViewGroup.LayoutParams layoutParams = widgetContent.getLayoutParams();
                 // We only scale preview if both the width & height of the outermost view group are
                 // not set to MATCH_PARENT.
-                boolean shouldScale =
+                shouldMeasureAndScale =
                         layoutParams.width != MATCH_PARENT && layoutParams.height != MATCH_PARENT;
-                if (shouldScale) {
+                if (shouldMeasureAndScale) {
                     setNoClip(mWidgetImageContainer);
                     setNoClip(mAppWidgetHostViewPreview);
                     mAppWidgetHostViewScale = measureAndComputeWidgetPreviewScale();
-                    mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.setScaleToFit(mAppWidgetHostViewScale);
                 }
             }
+
             FrameLayout.LayoutParams params = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(
-                    containerWidth, containerHeight, Gravity.FILL);
+                    mTargetPreviewWidth, mTargetPreviewHeight, Gravity.FILL);
             mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.setLayoutParams(params);
+
+            if (!shouldMeasureAndScale
+                    && mAppWidgetHostViewPreview instanceof ScaledAppWidgetHostView) {
+                // If the view is not measured & scaled, at least one side will match the grid size,
+                // so it should be safe to restore the original scale once it is dragged.
+                ScaledAppWidgetHostView tempView =
+                        (ScaledAppWidgetHostView) mAppWidgetHostViewPreview;
+                tempView.setKeepOrigForDragging(false);
+                tempView.setScaleToFit(mPreviewContainerScale);
+            } else if (!shouldMeasureAndScale) {
+                mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.setScaleToFit(mPreviewContainerScale);
+            } else {
+                mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.setScaleToFit(mAppWidgetHostViewScale);
+            }
+            mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.setTranslationForCentering(
+                    -(params.width - (params.width * mPreviewContainerScale)) / 2.0f,
+                    -(params.height - (params.height * mPreviewContainerScale)) / 2.0f);
             mWidgetImageContainer.addView(mAppWidgetHostViewPreview, /* index= */ 0);
             mWidgetImage.setVisibility(View.GONE);
             applyPreview(null);