diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/FloatingTaskView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/FloatingTaskView.java
index c980d1eac2..45fc3afb25 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/FloatingTaskView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/FloatingTaskView.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.android.quickstep.views;
 
+import static com.android.launcher3.AbstractFloatingView.TYPE_TASK_MENU;
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.ACCEL;
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.DEACCEL_3;
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.LINEAR;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import android.widget.FrameLayout;
 
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import com.android.launcher3.AbstractFloatingView;
 import com.android.launcher3.BaseActivity;
 import com.android.launcher3.InsettableFrameLayout;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAnimUtils;
@@ -110,13 +112,19 @@ public class FloatingTaskView extends FrameLayout {
      */
     public static FloatingTaskView getFloatingTaskView(StatefulActivity launcher,
             View originalView, @Nullable Bitmap thumbnail, Drawable icon, RectF positionOut) {
-        final BaseDragLayer dragLayer = launcher.getDragLayer();
-        ViewGroup parent = (ViewGroup) dragLayer.getParent();
+        final ViewGroup dragLayer = launcher.getDragLayer();
         final FloatingTaskView floatingView = (FloatingTaskView) launcher.getLayoutInflater()
-                .inflate(R.layout.floating_split_select_view, parent, false);
+                .inflate(R.layout.floating_split_select_view, dragLayer, false);
 
         floatingView.init(launcher, originalView, thumbnail, icon, positionOut);
-        parent.addView(floatingView);
+        // Add this animating view underneath the existing open task menu view (if there is one)
+        View openTaskView = AbstractFloatingView.getOpenView(launcher, TYPE_TASK_MENU);
+        int openTaskViewIndex = dragLayer.indexOfChild(openTaskView);
+        if (openTaskViewIndex == -1) {
+            // Add to top if not
+            openTaskViewIndex = dragLayer.getChildCount();
+        }
+        dragLayer.addView(floatingView, openTaskViewIndex - 1);
         return floatingView;
     }
 
@@ -125,7 +133,7 @@ public class FloatingTaskView extends FrameLayout {
         Utilities.getBoundsForViewInDragLayer(mActivity.getDragLayer(), originalView, viewBounds,
                 false /* ignoreTransform */, null /* recycle */,
                 mStartingPosition);
-        final InsettableFrameLayout.LayoutParams lp = new InsettableFrameLayout.LayoutParams(
+        final BaseDragLayer.LayoutParams lp = new BaseDragLayer.LayoutParams(
                 Math.round(mStartingPosition.width()),
                 Math.round(mStartingPosition.height()));
         initPosition(mStartingPosition, lp);
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index a2f67929b3..364bd59b34 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import static com.android.launcher3.Utilities.squaredTouchSlop;
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.ACCEL;
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.ACCEL_0_75;
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.ACCEL_DEACCEL;
+import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.DEACCEL_2;
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.FAST_OUT_SLOW_IN;
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.FINAL_FRAME;
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.LINEAR;
@@ -4097,6 +4098,10 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
         mSecondSplitHiddenView.setVisibility(INVISIBLE);
         InteractionJankMonitorWrapper.begin(this,
                 InteractionJankMonitorWrapper.CUJ_SPLIT_SCREEN_ENTER, "Second tile selected");
+
+        // Fade out all other views underneath placeholders
+        ObjectAnimator tvFade = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(this, RecentsView.CONTENT_ALPHA,1, 0);
+        pendingAnimation.add(tvFade, DEACCEL_2, SpringProperty.DEFAULT);
         pendingAnimation.buildAnim().start();
         return true;
     }
@@ -4110,11 +4115,11 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
                 mSplitInstructionsView = null;
             }
             if (mFirstFloatingTaskView != null) {
-                mActivity.getRootView().removeView(mFirstFloatingTaskView);
+                mActivity.getDragLayer().removeView(mFirstFloatingTaskView);
                 mFirstFloatingTaskView = null;
             }
             if (mSecondFloatingTaskView != null) {
-                mActivity.getRootView().removeView(mSecondFloatingTaskView);
+                mActivity.getDragLayer().removeView(mSecondFloatingTaskView);
                 mSecondFloatingTaskView = null;
                 mSecondSplitHiddenView.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
                 mSecondSplitHiddenView = null;
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
index d58bb7c719..f0ca46a472 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
@@ -1537,7 +1537,6 @@ public class TaskView extends FrameLayout implements Reusable {
     }
 
     public void initiateSplitSelect(SplitPositionOption splitPositionOption) {
-        AbstractFloatingView.closeOpenViews(mActivity, false, TYPE_TASK_MENU);
         getRecentsView().initiateSplitSelect(this, splitPositionOption.stagePosition);
     }