diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/appprediction/PredictionUiStateManager.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/appprediction/PredictionUiStateManager.java
index b6a8206..f881610 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/appprediction/PredictionUiStateManager.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/appprediction/PredictionUiStateManager.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import android.app.prediction.AppTarget;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.Process;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.allapps.AllAppsContainerView;
 import com.android.launcher3.allapps.AllAppsStore.OnUpdateListener;
+import com.android.launcher3.hybridhotseat.HotseatFileLog;
 import com.android.launcher3.hybridhotseat.HotseatPredictionController;
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.IconCache.ItemInfoUpdateReceiver;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.data.ItemInfo;
@@ -310,6 +312,18 @@
      */
     public static void fillInPredictedRank(
             @NonNull ItemInfo itemInfo, @NonNull LauncherLogProto.Target target) {
+
+        HotseatFileLog hotseatFileLog = HotseatFileLog.INSTANCE.getNoCreate();
+
+        if (hotseatFileLog != null && itemInfo != null && Utilities.IS_DEBUG_DEVICE) {
+            final String pkg = itemInfo.getTargetComponent() != null
+                    ? itemInfo.getTargetComponent().getPackageName() : "unknown";
+            hotseatFileLog.log("UserEvent",
+                    "appLaunch: packageName:" + pkg + ",isWorkApp:" + (itemInfo.user != null
+                            && !Process.myUserHandle().equals(itemInfo.user))
+                            + ",launchLocation:" + itemInfo.container);
+        }
+
         final PredictionUiStateManager manager = PredictionUiStateManager.INSTANCE.getNoCreate();
         if (manager == null || itemInfo.getTargetComponent() == null || itemInfo.user == null
                 || (itemInfo.itemType != LauncherSettings.Favorites.ITEM_TYPE_APPLICATION
diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/hybridhotseat/HotseatFileLog.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/hybridhotseat/HotseatFileLog.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c15a596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/hybridhotseat/HotseatFileLog.java
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.launcher3.hybridhotseat;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import com.android.launcher3.logging.FileLog;
+import com.android.launcher3.util.Executors;
+import com.android.launcher3.util.MainThreadInitializedObject;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class to allow hot seat file logging
+ */
+public class HotseatFileLog {
+
+    public static final int LOG_DAYS = 10;
+    private static final String FILE_NAME_PREFIX = "hotseat-log-";
+    private static final DateFormat DATE_FORMAT =
+            DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT);
+    public static final MainThreadInitializedObject<HotseatFileLog> INSTANCE =
+            new MainThreadInitializedObject<>(HotseatFileLog::new);
+
+
+    private final Handler mHandler = new Handler(
+            Executors.createAndStartNewLooper("hotseat-logger"));
+    private final File mLogsDir;
+    private PrintWriter mCurrentWriter;
+    private String mFileName;
+
+    private HotseatFileLog(Context context) {
+        mLogsDir = context.getFilesDir();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prints log values to disk
+     */
+    public void log(String tag, String msg) {
+        String out = String.format("%s %s %s", DATE_FORMAT.format(new Date()), tag, msg);
+
+        mHandler.post(() -> {
+            synchronized (this) {
+                PrintWriter writer = getWriter();
+                if (writer != null) {
+                    writer.println(out);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private PrintWriter getWriter() {
+        String fName = FILE_NAME_PREFIX + (LOG_DAYS % 10);
+        if (fName.equals(mFileName)) return mCurrentWriter;
+
+        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+
+        boolean append = false;
+        File logFile = new File(mLogsDir, fName);
+        if (logFile.exists()) {
+            Calendar modifiedTime = Calendar.getInstance();
+            modifiedTime.setTimeInMillis(logFile.lastModified());
+
+            // If the file was modified more that 36 hours ago, purge the file.
+            // We use instead of 24 to account for day-365 followed by day-1
+            modifiedTime.add(Calendar.HOUR, 36);
+            append = cal.before(modifiedTime);
+        }
+
+
+        if (mCurrentWriter != null) {
+            mCurrentWriter.close();
+        }
+        try {
+            mCurrentWriter = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(logFile, append));
+            mFileName = fName;
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            Log.e("HotseatLogs", "Error writing logs to file", ex);
+            closeWriter();
+        }
+        return mCurrentWriter;
+    }
+
+
+    private synchronized void closeWriter() {
+        mFileName = null;
+        if (mCurrentWriter != null) {
+            mCurrentWriter.close();
+        }
+        mCurrentWriter = null;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of all log files
+     */
+    public synchronized File[] getLogFiles() {
+        File[] files = new File[LOG_DAYS + FileLog.LOG_DAYS];
+        //include file log files here
+        System.arraycopy(FileLog.getLogFiles(), 0, files, 0, FileLog.LOG_DAYS);
+
+        closeWriter();
+        for (int i = 0; i < LOG_DAYS; i++) {
+            files[FileLog.LOG_DAYS + i] = new File(mLogsDir, FILE_NAME_PREFIX + i);
+        }
+        return files;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/hybridhotseat/HotseatPredictionController.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/hybridhotseat/HotseatPredictionController.java
index 63cc3a0..6ca07bb 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/hybridhotseat/HotseatPredictionController.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/launcher3/hybridhotseat/HotseatPredictionController.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragController;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragOptions;
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.IconCache;
-import com.android.launcher3.logging.FileLog;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.data.AppInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.data.FolderInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.data.ItemInfo;
@@ -382,7 +381,9 @@
             mComponentKeyMappers.add(new ComponentKeyMapper(key, mDynamicItemCache));
         }
         predictionLog.append("]");
-        if (Utilities.IS_DEBUG_DEVICE) FileLog.d(TAG, predictionLog.toString());
+        if (Utilities.IS_DEBUG_DEVICE) {
+            HotseatFileLog.INSTANCE.get(mLauncher).log(TAG, predictionLog.toString());
+        }
         updateDependencies();
         fillGapsWithPrediction();
         cachePredictionComponentKeysIfNecessary(componentKeys);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/logging/UserEventDispatcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/logging/UserEventDispatcher.java
index 7818ff5..e094cab 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/logging/UserEventDispatcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/logging/UserEventDispatcher.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.DropTarget;
 import com.android.launcher3.R;
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
-import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.launcher3.logging.StatsLogUtils.LogContainerProvider;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.data.ItemInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.userevent.LauncherLogProto;
@@ -143,14 +142,6 @@
             fillIntentInfo(itemTarget, intent, userHandle);
         }
         LauncherEvent event = newLauncherEvent(action,  targets);
-        ItemInfo info = v == null ? null : (ItemInfo) v.getTag();
-        if (info != null && Utilities.IS_DEBUG_DEVICE && FeatureFlags.ENABLE_HYBRID_HOTSEAT.get()) {
-            final String pkg = info.getTargetComponent() != null
-                    ? info.getTargetComponent().getPackageName() : "unknown";
-            FileLog.d(TAG, "appLaunch: packageName:" + pkg
-                    + ",isWorkApp:" + (info.user != null && !Process.myUserHandle().equals(
-                    userHandle)) + ",launchLocation:" + info.container);
-        }
         dispatchUserEvent(event, intent);
         mAppOrTaskLaunch = true;
     }