diff --git a/quickstep/AndroidManifest.xml b/quickstep/AndroidManifest.xml
index b43d8d1..f82080f 100644
--- a/quickstep/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/quickstep/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_FRAME_BUFFER"/>
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_ACCESSIBILITY"/>
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MONITOR_INPUT"/>
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ALLOW_SLIPPERY_TOUCHES"/>
 
     <uses-permission android:name="${packageName}.permission.HOTSEAT_EDU" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_APPLICATION_OVERLAY" />
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/StatusBarTouchController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/StatusBarTouchController.java
index fe69c9b..1bc789b 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/StatusBarTouchController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/StatusBarTouchController.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import static android.view.MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN;
 import static android.view.MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE;
 import static android.view.MotionEvent.ACTION_UP;
+import static android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SLIPPERY;
 
 import static com.android.launcher3.logging.StatsLogManager.LauncherEvent.LAUNCHER_SWIPE_DOWN_WORKSPACE_NOTISHADE_OPEN;
 
@@ -47,17 +48,6 @@
 
     private static final String TAG = "StatusBarController";
 
-    /**
-     * Window flag: Enable touches to slide out of a window into neighboring
-     * windows in mid-gesture instead of being captured for the duration of
-     * the gesture.
-     *
-     * This flag changes the behavior of touch focus for this window only.
-     * Touches can slide out of the window but they cannot necessarily slide
-     * back in (unless the other window with touch focus permits it).
-     */
-    private static final int FLAG_SLIPPERY = 0x20000000;
-
     private final Launcher mLauncher;
     private final SystemUiProxy mSystemUiProxy;
     private final float mTouchSlop;
@@ -140,6 +130,15 @@
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * FLAG_SLIPPERY enables touches to slide out of a window into neighboring
+     * windows in mid-gesture instead of being captured for the duration of
+     * the gesture.
+     *
+     * This flag changes the behavior of touch focus for this window only.
+     * Touches can slide out of the window but they cannot necessarily slide
+     * back in (unless the other window with touch focus permits it).
+     */
     private void setWindowSlippery(boolean enable) {
         Window w = mLauncher.getWindow();
         WindowManager.LayoutParams wlp = w.getAttributes();
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/AbsSwipeUpHandler.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/AbsSwipeUpHandler.java
index ac1772c..9748123 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/AbsSwipeUpHandler.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/AbsSwipeUpHandler.java
@@ -428,6 +428,10 @@
                 mAnimationFactory = mActivityInterface.prepareRecentsUI(mDeviceState,
                         mWasLauncherAlreadyVisible, this::onAnimatorPlaybackControllerCreated);
                 maybeUpdateRecentsAttachedState(false /* animate */);
+                if (mGestureState.getEndTarget() != null) {
+                    // Update the end target in case the gesture ended before we init.
+                    mAnimationFactory.setEndTarget(mGestureState.getEndTarget());
+                }
             };
             if (mWasLauncherAlreadyVisible) {
                 // Launcher is visible, but might be about to stop. Thus, if we prepare recents
@@ -976,6 +980,7 @@
                 isFling, isCancel);
         // Set the state, but don't notify until the animation completes
         mGestureState.setEndTarget(endTarget, false /* isAtomic */);
+        mAnimationFactory.setEndTarget(endTarget);
 
         float endShift = endTarget.isLauncher ? 1 : 0;
         final float startShift;
@@ -1360,7 +1365,9 @@
             mActivity.clearRunOnceOnStartCallback();
             resetLauncherListeners();
         }
-        if (mGestureState.getEndTarget() != null && !mGestureState.isRunningAnimationToLauncher()) {
+        if (mGestureState.isRecentsAnimationRunning() && mGestureState.getEndTarget() != null
+                && !mGestureState.getEndTarget().isLauncher) {
+            // Continued quick switch.
             cancelCurrentAnimation();
         } else {
             mStateCallback.setStateOnUiThread(STATE_FINISH_WITH_NO_END);
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseActivityInterface.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseActivityInterface.java
index fac4d52..923a959 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseActivityInterface.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseActivityInterface.java
@@ -77,12 +77,14 @@
 
     public final boolean rotationSupportedByActivity;
 
-    private final STATE_TYPE mOverviewState, mBackgroundState;
+    private final STATE_TYPE mBackgroundState;
+
+    private STATE_TYPE mTargetState;
 
     protected BaseActivityInterface(boolean rotationSupportedByActivity,
             STATE_TYPE overviewState, STATE_TYPE backgroundState) {
         this.rotationSupportedByActivity = rotationSupportedByActivity;
-        mOverviewState = overviewState;
+        mTargetState = overviewState;
         mBackgroundState = backgroundState;
     }
 
@@ -399,6 +401,9 @@
         default boolean isRecentsAttachedToAppWindow() {
             return false;
         }
+
+        /** Called when the gesture ends and we know what state it is going towards */
+        default void setEndTarget(GestureState.GestureEndTarget endTarget) { }
     }
 
     class DefaultAnimationFactory implements AnimationFactory {
@@ -435,7 +440,7 @@
 
             // Since we are changing the start position of the UI, reapply the state, at the end
             controller.setEndAction(() -> mActivity.getStateManager().goToState(
-                    controller.getInterpolatedProgress() > 0.5 ? mOverviewState : mBackgroundState,
+                    controller.getInterpolatedProgress() > 0.5 ? mTargetState : mBackgroundState,
                     false));
 
             RecentsView recentsView = mActivity.getOverviewPanel();
@@ -490,6 +495,11 @@
             return mIsAttachedToWindow;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public void setEndTarget(GestureState.GestureEndTarget endTarget) {
+            mTargetState = stateFromGestureEndTarget(endTarget);
+        }
+
         protected void createBackgroundToOverviewAnim(ACTIVITY_TYPE activity, PendingAnimation pa) {
             //  Scale down recents from being full screen to being in overview.
             RecentsView recentsView = activity.getOverviewPanel();
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/GestureState.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/GestureState.java
index e3ae361..aabba66 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/GestureState.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/GestureState.java
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@
      * @return whether the recents animation is started but not yet ended
      */
     public boolean isRecentsAnimationRunning() {
-        return mStateCallback.hasStates(STATE_RECENTS_ANIMATION_INITIALIZED) &&
-                !mStateCallback.hasStates(STATE_RECENTS_ANIMATION_ENDED);
+        return mStateCallback.hasStates(STATE_RECENTS_ANIMATION_STARTED)
+                && !mStateCallback.hasStates(STATE_RECENTS_ANIMATION_ENDED);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskAnimationManager.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskAnimationManager.java
index 67bd85f..d7af074 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskAnimationManager.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskAnimationManager.java
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@
         // But force-finish it anyways
         finishRunningRecentsAnimation(false /* toHome */);
 
+        if (mCallbacks != null) {
+            // If mCallbacks still != null, that means we are getting this startRecentsAnimation()
+            // before the previous one got onRecentsAnimationStart(). In that case, cleanup the
+            // previous animation so it doesn't mess up/listen to state changes in this animation.
+            cleanUpRecentsAnimation();
+        }
+
         final BaseActivityInterface activityInterface = gestureState.getActivityInterface();
         mLastGestureState = gestureState;
         mCallbacks = new RecentsAnimationCallbacks(activityInterface.allowMinimizeSplitScreen());
diff --git a/quickstep/tests/src/com/android/quickstep/AbstractQuickStepTest.java b/quickstep/tests/src/com/android/quickstep/AbstractQuickStepTest.java
index dc73a9a..7c463a7 100644
--- a/quickstep/tests/src/com/android/quickstep/AbstractQuickStepTest.java
+++ b/quickstep/tests/src/com/android/quickstep/AbstractQuickStepTest.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     protected void onLauncherActivityClose(Launcher launcher) {
         RecentsView recentsView = launcher.getOverviewPanel();
         if (recentsView != null) {
-            recentsView.finishRecentsAnimation(true, null);
+            recentsView.finishRecentsAnimation(false /* toRecents */, null);
         }
     }