diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHost.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHost.java
index 71d850390d..91b899c2ef 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHost.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHost.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import android.content.Context;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAppState;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.Executors;
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ class LauncherAppWidgetHost extends AppWidgetHost {
         mViewToRecycle = viewToRecycle;
     }
 
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    @Nullable ListenableHostView getViewToRecycle() {
+        return mViewToRecycle;
+    }
+
     @Override
     @NonNull
     public LauncherAppWidgetHostView onCreateView(Context context, int appWidgetId,
diff --git a/tests/multivalentTests/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostTest.kt b/tests/multivalentTests/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79b493a364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/multivalentTests/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 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.widget
+
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4
+import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest
+import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation
+import com.android.launcher3.util.ActivityContextWrapper
+import com.android.launcher3.util.Executors
+import java.util.function.IntConsumer
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNotSame
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertSame
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.mockito.Mock
+import org.mockito.Mockito.mock
+import org.mockito.Mockito.verify
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations
+
+@SmallTest
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
+class LauncherAppWidgetHostTest {
+
+    @Mock private lateinit var onAppWidgetRemovedCallback: IntConsumer
+
+    private val context = ActivityContextWrapper(getInstrumentation().targetContext)
+    private lateinit var underTest: LauncherAppWidgetHost
+
+    @Before
+    fun setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this)
+        underTest = LauncherAppWidgetHost(context, onAppWidgetRemovedCallback, emptyList())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Host set view to recycle`() {
+        val mockRecycleView = mock(ListenableHostView::class.java)
+
+        assertNull(underTest.viewToRecycle)
+        underTest.recycleViewForNextCreation(mockRecycleView)
+
+        assertSame(mockRecycleView, underTest.viewToRecycle)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Host create view`() {
+        val mockRecycleView = mock(ListenableHostView::class.java)
+
+        var resultView = underTest.onCreateView(context, WIDGET_ID, null)
+
+        assertNotSame(mockRecycleView, resultView)
+
+        underTest.recycleViewForNextCreation(mockRecycleView)
+        resultView = underTest.onCreateView(context, WIDGET_ID, null)
+
+        assertSame(mockRecycleView, resultView)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Runnable called when app widget removed`() {
+        underTest.onAppWidgetRemoved(WIDGET_ID)
+
+        Executors.MODEL_EXECUTOR.submit {}.get()
+        getInstrumentation().waitForIdleSync()
+
+        verify(onAppWidgetRemovedCallback).accept(WIDGET_ID)
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        const val WIDGET_ID = 10001
+    }
+}