diff --git a/quickstep/tests/src/com/android/quickstep/TaplTestsTaskbar.java b/quickstep/tests/src/com/android/quickstep/TaplTestsTaskbar.java
index ba93975089..1df9c02ee8 100644
--- a/quickstep/tests/src/com/android/quickstep/TaplTestsTaskbar.java
+++ b/quickstep/tests/src/com/android/quickstep/TaplTestsTaskbar.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.tapl.Taskbar;
 import com.android.launcher3.ui.TaplTestsLauncher3;
+import com.android.launcher3.util.rule.ScreenRecordRule.ScreenRecord;
 
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assume;
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ public class TaplTestsTaskbar extends AbstractQuickStepTest {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @ScreenRecord // b/231615831
     @PortraitLandscape
     public void testLaunchAppInSplitscreen() throws Exception {
         getTaskbar().getAppIcon(TEST_APP_NAME).dragToSplitscreen(
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ public class TaplTestsTaskbar extends AbstractQuickStepTest {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @ScreenRecord // b/231615831
     @PortraitLandscape
     public void testLaunchShortcutInSplitscreen() throws Exception {
         getTaskbar().getAppIcon(TEST_APP_NAME)
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ public class TaplTestsTaskbar extends AbstractQuickStepTest {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @ScreenRecord // b/231615831
     @PortraitLandscape
     public void testLaunchAppInSplitscreen_FromTaskbarAllApps() throws Exception {
         getTaskbar().openAllApps()
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@ public class TaplTestsTaskbar extends AbstractQuickStepTest {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @ScreenRecord // b/231615831
     @PortraitLandscape
     public void testLaunchShortcutInSplitscreen_FromTaskbarAllApps() throws Exception {
         getTaskbar().openAllApps()
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Launchable.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Launchable.java
index 91ab1bddb0..33fea2d10d 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Launchable.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Launchable.java
@@ -66,20 +66,19 @@ public abstract class Launchable {
                 "want to launch an app from " + launchableType())) {
             LauncherInstrumentation.log("Launchable.launch before click "
                     + mObject.getVisibleCenter() + " in " + mLauncher.getVisibleBounds(mObject));
-            final String label = mObject.getText();
 
             mLauncher.clickLauncherObject(mObject);
 
             try (LauncherInstrumentation.Closable c2 = mLauncher.addContextLayer("clicked")) {
                 expectActivityStartEvents();
-                return assertAppLaunched(label, selector);
+                return assertAppLaunched(selector);
             }
         }
     }
 
-    protected LaunchedAppState assertAppLaunched(String label, BySelector selector) {
+    protected LaunchedAppState assertAppLaunched(BySelector selector) {
         mLauncher.assertTrue(
-                "App didn't start: " + label + " (" + selector + ")",
+                "App didn't start: (" + selector + ")",
                 mLauncher.getDevice().wait(Until.hasObject(selector),
                         LauncherInstrumentation.WAIT_TIME_MS));
         return new LaunchedAppState(mLauncher);
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LaunchedAppState.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LaunchedAppState.java
index face02acf5..046d36b0ba 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LaunchedAppState.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LaunchedAppState.java
@@ -97,12 +97,16 @@ public final class LaunchedAppState extends Background {
     }
 
     static void dragToSplitscreen(
-            LauncherInstrumentation launcher, Launchable launchable, String expectedNewPackageName,
+            LauncherInstrumentation launcher,
+            Launchable launchable,
+            String expectedNewPackageName,
             String expectedExistingPackageName) {
         try (LauncherInstrumentation.Closable c1 = launcher.addContextLayer(
                 "want to drag taskbar item to splitscreen")) {
             final Point displaySize = launcher.getRealDisplaySize();
-            final Point endPoint = new Point(displaySize.x / 4, 3 * displaySize.y / 4);
+            // Drag to the center of the top-left quadrant of the screen, this point will work in
+            // both portrait and landscape.
+            final Point endPoint = new Point(displaySize.x / 4, displaySize.y / 4);
             final long downTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
             // Use mObject before starting drag since the system drag and drop moves the original
             // view.
@@ -142,9 +146,8 @@ public final class LaunchedAppState extends Background {
 
                     try (LauncherInstrumentation.Closable c4 = launcher.addContextLayer(
                             "dropped item")) {
-                        launchable.assertAppLaunched(itemLabel, By.pkg(expectedNewPackageName));
-                        launchable.assertAppLaunched(
-                                itemLabel, By.pkg(expectedExistingPackageName));
+                        launchable.assertAppLaunched(By.pkg(expectedNewPackageName));
+                        launchable.assertAppLaunched(By.pkg(expectedExistingPackageName));
                     }
                 }
             }