diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIcon.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIcon.java
index ea47503eb6..a11f6df0a2 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIcon.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIcon.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public final class AppIcon {
     /**
      * Clicks the icon to launch its app.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public Background launch() {
         LauncherInstrumentation.log("AppIcon.launch before click");
         LauncherInstrumentation.assertTrue(
@@ -50,6 +51,20 @@ public final class AppIcon {
         return new Background(mLauncher);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clicks the icon to launch its app.
+     */
+    public Background launch(String packageName) {
+        LauncherInstrumentation.log("AppIcon.launch before click");
+        LauncherInstrumentation.assertTrue(
+                "Launching an app didn't open a new window: " + mIcon.getText(),
+                mIcon.clickAndWait(Until.newWindow(), LauncherInstrumentation.WAIT_TIME_MS));
+        LauncherInstrumentation.assertTrue(
+                "App didn't start: " + packageName, mLauncher.getDevice().wait(Until.hasObject(
+                        By.pkg(packageName).depth(0)), LauncherInstrumentation.WAIT_TIME_MS));
+        return new Background(mLauncher);
+    }
+
     UiObject2 getIcon() {
         return mIcon;
     }