diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/SettingsActivity.java b/src/com/android/settings/SettingsActivity.java
index cafe5cf9472..cacd04e535c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/SettingsActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/SettingsActivity.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import com.android.internal.util.ArrayUtils;
 import com.android.settings.Settings.WifiSettingsActivity;
 import com.android.settings.applications.manageapplications.ManageApplications;
 import com.android.settings.backup.BackupSettingsActivity;
+import com.android.settings.core.OnActivityResultListener;
 import com.android.settings.core.SettingsBaseActivity;
 import com.android.settings.core.SubSettingLauncher;
 import com.android.settings.core.gateway.SettingsGateway;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ import com.android.settingslib.utils.ThreadUtils;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
 import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment;
 import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager;
@@ -375,6 +377,19 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends SettingsBaseActivity
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, @Nullable Intent data) {
+        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
+        final List<Fragment> fragments = getSupportFragmentManager().getFragments();
+        if (fragments != null) {
+            for (Fragment fragment : fragments) {
+                if (fragment instanceof OnActivityResultListener) {
+                    fragment.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @VisibleForTesting
     void launchSettingFragment(String initialFragmentName, boolean isSubSettings, Intent intent) {
         if (!mIsShowingDashboard && initialFragmentName != null) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/core/OnActivityResultListener.java b/src/com/android/settings/core/OnActivityResultListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5832c7f892f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/core/OnActivityResultListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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.settings.core;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.Intent;
+
+/**
+ * This interface marks a class that it wants to listen to
+ * {@link Activity#onActivityResult(int, int, Intent)}.
+ *
+ * Whenever {@link com.android.settings.SettingsActivity} receives an activity result, it will
+ * propagate the data to this interface so it has a chance to inspect and handle activity results.
+ */
+public interface OnActivityResultListener {
+}
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/notification/ConfigureNotificationSettings.java b/src/com/android/settings/notification/ConfigureNotificationSettings.java
index 2b5a8abc9df..7120cf61306 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/notification/ConfigureNotificationSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/notification/ConfigureNotificationSettings.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import android.provider.SearchIndexableResource;
 import com.android.internal.logging.nano.MetricsProto.MetricsEvent;
 import com.android.settings.R;
 import com.android.settings.RingtonePreference;
+import com.android.settings.core.OnActivityResultListener;
 import com.android.settings.dashboard.DashboardFragment;
 import com.android.settings.dashboard.SummaryLoader;
 import com.android.settings.search.BaseSearchIndexProvider;
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment;
 import androidx.preference.Preference;
 
 @SearchIndexable
-public class ConfigureNotificationSettings extends DashboardFragment {
+public class ConfigureNotificationSettings extends DashboardFragment implements
+        OnActivityResultListener {
     private static final String TAG = "ConfigNotiSettings";
 
     @VisibleForTesting
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/notification/SoundSettings.java b/src/com/android/settings/notification/SoundSettings.java
index dafc5389074..cc3b7c9f7dc 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/notification/SoundSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/notification/SoundSettings.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import com.android.internal.logging.nano.MetricsProto;
 import com.android.internal.logging.nano.MetricsProto.MetricsEvent;
 import com.android.settings.R;
 import com.android.settings.RingtonePreference;
+import com.android.settings.core.OnActivityResultListener;
 import com.android.settings.dashboard.DashboardFragment;
 import com.android.settings.search.BaseSearchIndexProvider;
 import com.android.settings.sound.HandsFreeProfileOutputPreferenceController;
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ import androidx.preference.ListPreference;
 import androidx.preference.Preference;
 
 @SearchIndexable
-public class SoundSettings extends DashboardFragment {
+public class SoundSettings extends DashboardFragment implements OnActivityResultListener {
     private static final String TAG = "SoundSettings";
 
     private static final String SELECTED_PREFERENCE_KEY = "selected_preference";
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/SettingsActivityTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/SettingsActivityTest.java
index 1966467a356..d1033eabcd2 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/SettingsActivityTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/SettingsActivityTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.android.settings;
 
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.content.Intent;
 
+import com.android.settings.core.OnActivityResultListener;
 import com.android.settings.testutils.SettingsRobolectricTestRunner;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -35,6 +37,10 @@ import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment;
 import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager;
 import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentTransaction;
 
@@ -65,9 +71,34 @@ public class SettingsActivityTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testSetTaskDescription_IconChanged() {
+    public void setTaskDescription_shouldUpdateIcon() {
         mActivity.setTaskDescription(mTaskDescription);
 
         verify(mTaskDescription).setIcon(anyInt());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void onActivityResult_shouldDelegateToListener() {
+        final List<Fragment> fragments = new ArrayList<>();
+        fragments.add(new Fragment());
+        fragments.add(new ListenerFragment());
+
+        final FragmentManager manager = mock(FragmentManager.class);
+        when(mActivity.getSupportFragmentManager()).thenReturn(manager);
+        when(manager.getFragments()).thenReturn(fragments);
+
+        mActivity.onActivityResult(0, 0, new Intent());
+
+        assertThat(((ListenerFragment) fragments.get(1)).mOnActivityResultCalled).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    public static class ListenerFragment extends Fragment implements OnActivityResultListener {
+
+        public boolean mOnActivityResultCalled;
+
+        @Override
+        public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
+            mOnActivityResultCalled = true;
+        }
+    }
 }