diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/slices/SettingsSliceProvider.java b/src/com/android/settings/slices/SettingsSliceProvider.java
index 4df4d509538..e068b2f0851 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/slices/SettingsSliceProvider.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/slices/SettingsSliceProvider.java
@@ -25,13 +25,40 @@ import android.graphics.drawable.Icon;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.net.wifi.WifiManager;
 import android.support.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
+import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.android.settings.R;
+import com.android.settingslib.utils.ThreadUtils;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.WeakHashMap;
 
 import androidx.app.slice.Slice;
 import androidx.app.slice.SliceProvider;
 import androidx.app.slice.builders.ListBuilder;
 
+/**
+ * A {@link SliceProvider} for Settings to enabled inline results in system apps.
+ *
+ * <p>{@link SettingsSliceProvider} accepts a {@link Uri} with {@link #SLICE_AUTHORITY} and a
+ * {@code String} key based on the setting intended to be changed. This provider builds a
+ * {@link Slice} and responds to Slice actions through the database defined by
+ * {@link SlicesDatabaseHelper}, whose data is written by {@link SlicesIndexer}.
+ *
+ * <p>When a {@link Slice} is requested, we start loading {@link SliceData} in the background and
+ * return an stub {@link Slice} with the correct {@link Uri} immediately. In the background, the
+ * data corresponding to the key in the {@link Uri} is read by {@link SlicesDatabaseAccessor}, and
+ * the entire row is converted into a {@link SliceData}. Once complete, it is stored in
+ * {@link #mSliceDataCache}, and then an update sent via the Slice framework to the Slice.
+ * The {@link Slice} displayed by the Slice-presenter will re-query this Slice-provider and find
+ * the {@link SliceData} cached to build the full {@link Slice}.
+ *
+ * <p>When an action is taken on that {@link Slice}, we receive the action in
+ * {@link SliceBroadcastReceiver}, and use the
+ * {@link com.android.settings.core.BasePreferenceController} indexed as
+ * {@link SlicesDatabaseHelper.IndexColumns#CONTROLLER} to manipulate the setting.
+ */
 public class SettingsSliceProvider extends SliceProvider {
 
     private static final String TAG = "SettingsSliceProvider";
@@ -52,6 +79,9 @@ public class SettingsSliceProvider extends SliceProvider {
     @VisibleForTesting
     SlicesDatabaseAccessor mSlicesDatabaseAccessor;
 
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    Map<Uri, SliceData> mSliceDataCache;
+
     public static Uri getUri(String path) {
         return new Uri.Builder()
                 .scheme(ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT)
@@ -62,6 +92,7 @@ public class SettingsSliceProvider extends SliceProvider {
     @Override
     public boolean onCreateSliceProvider() {
         mSlicesDatabaseAccessor = new SlicesDatabaseAccessor(getContext());
+        mSliceDataCache = new WeakHashMap<>();
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -75,10 +106,41 @@ public class SettingsSliceProvider extends SliceProvider {
                 return createWifiSlice(sliceUri);
         }
 
-        return getHoldingSlice(sliceUri);
+        SliceData cachedSliceData = mSliceDataCache.get(sliceUri);
+        if (cachedSliceData == null) {
+            loadSliceInBackground(sliceUri);
+            return getSliceStub(sliceUri);
+        }
+
+        // Remove the SliceData from the cache after it has been used to prevent a memory-leak.
+        mSliceDataCache.remove(sliceUri);
+        return SliceBuilderUtils.buildSlice(getContext(), cachedSliceData);
     }
 
-    private Slice getHoldingSlice(Uri uri) {
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    void loadSlice(Uri uri) {
+        long startBuildTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+        SliceData sliceData = mSlicesDatabaseAccessor.getSliceDataFromUri(uri);
+        mSliceDataCache.put(uri, sliceData);
+        getContext().getContentResolver().notifyChange(uri, null /* content observer */);
+
+        Log.d(TAG, "Built slice (" + uri + ") in: " +
+                (System.currentTimeMillis() - startBuildTime));
+    }
+
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    void loadSliceInBackground(Uri uri) {
+        ThreadUtils.postOnBackgroundThread(() -> {
+            loadSlice(uri);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return an empty {@link Slice} with {@param uri} to be used as a stub while the real
+     * {@link SliceData} is loaded from {@link SlicesDatabaseHelper.Tables#TABLE_SLICES_INDEX}.
+     */
+    private Slice getSliceStub(Uri uri) {
         return new ListBuilder(getContext(), uri).build();
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/slices/SettingsSliceProviderTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/slices/SettingsSliceProviderTest.java
index 2af15e2d3fb..340d04bd401 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/slices/SettingsSliceProviderTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/slices/SettingsSliceProviderTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package com.android.settings.slices;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 
 import android.content.ContentValues;
@@ -38,15 +40,22 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
 import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
 import androidx.app.slice.Slice;
 
 @RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
 @Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH, sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION)
 public class SettingsSliceProviderTest {
 
-    private final String fakeTitle = "title";
-    private final String KEY = "key";
-
+    private final String KEY = "KEY";
+    private final String TITLE = "title";
+    private final String SUMMARY = "summary";
+    private final String SCREEN_TITLE = "screen title";
+    private final String FRAGMENT_NAME = "fragment name";
+    private final int ICON = 1234; // I declare a thumb war
+    private final Uri URI = Uri.parse("content://com.android.settings.slices/test");
+    private final String PREF_CONTROLLER = FakeToggleController.class.getName();
     private Context mContext;
     private SettingsSliceProvider mProvider;
     private SQLiteDatabase mDb;
@@ -55,6 +64,7 @@ public class SettingsSliceProviderTest {
     public void setUp() {
         mContext = spy(RuntimeEnvironment.application);
         mProvider = spy(new SettingsSliceProvider());
+        mProvider.mSliceDataCache = new HashMap<>();
         mDb = SlicesDatabaseHelper.getInstance(mContext).getWritableDatabase();
         SlicesDatabaseHelper.getInstance(mContext).setIndexedState();
     }
@@ -82,10 +92,39 @@ public class SettingsSliceProviderTest {
         assertThat(uri.getLastPathSegment()).isEqualTo(KEY);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testLoadSlice_returnsSliceFromAccessor() {
+        ContentResolver mockResolver = mock(ContentResolver.class);
+        doReturn(mockResolver).when(mContext).getContentResolver();
+        doReturn(mContext).when(mProvider).getContext();
+        mProvider.mSlicesDatabaseAccessor = new SlicesDatabaseAccessor(mContext);
+        insertSpecialCase(KEY);
+        Uri uri = SettingsSliceProvider.getUri(KEY);
+
+        mProvider.loadSlice(uri);
+        SliceData data = mProvider.mSliceDataCache.get(uri);
+
+        assertThat(data.getKey()).isEqualTo(KEY);
+        assertThat(data.getTitle()).isEqualTo(TITLE);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLoadSlice_cachedEntryRemovedOnBuild() {
+        doReturn(mContext).when(mProvider).getContext();
+        SliceData data = getDummyData();
+        mProvider.mSliceDataCache.put(data.getUri(), data);
+        mProvider.onBindSlice(data.getUri());
+        insertSpecialCase(data.getKey());
+
+        SliceData cachedData = mProvider.mSliceDataCache.get(data.getUri());
+
+        assertThat(cachedData).isNull();
+    }
+
     private void insertSpecialCase(String key) {
         ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
         values.put(SlicesDatabaseHelper.IndexColumns.KEY, key);
-        values.put(SlicesDatabaseHelper.IndexColumns.TITLE, fakeTitle);
+        values.put(SlicesDatabaseHelper.IndexColumns.TITLE, TITLE);
         values.put(SlicesDatabaseHelper.IndexColumns.SUMMARY, "s");
         values.put(SlicesDatabaseHelper.IndexColumns.SCREENTITLE, "s");
         values.put(SlicesDatabaseHelper.IndexColumns.ICON_RESOURCE, 1234);
@@ -94,4 +133,17 @@ public class SettingsSliceProviderTest {
 
         mDb.replaceOrThrow(SlicesDatabaseHelper.Tables.TABLE_SLICES_INDEX, null, values);
     }
+
+    private SliceData getDummyData() {
+        return new SliceData.Builder()
+                .setKey(KEY)
+                .setTitle(TITLE)
+                .setSummary(SUMMARY)
+                .setScreenTitle(SCREEN_TITLE)
+                .setIcon(ICON)
+                .setFragmentName(FRAGMENT_NAME)
+                .setUri(URI)
+                .setPreferenceControllerClassName(PREF_CONTROLLER)
+                .build();
+    }
 }
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