diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/ApiWrapper.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/ApiWrapper.java
index f450496b3b..729eea9834 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/ApiWrapper.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/ApiWrapper.java
@@ -17,10 +17,18 @@
 package com.android.launcher3.uioverrides;
 
 import android.app.Person;
+import android.appwidget.AppWidgetHost;
 import android.content.pm.ShortcutInfo;
 
-import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
+import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHost;
+
+/**
+ * A wrapper for the hidden API calls
+ */
 public class ApiWrapper {
 
     public static final boolean TASKBAR_DRAWN_IN_PROCESS = true;
@@ -29,4 +37,14 @@ public class ApiWrapper {
         Person[] persons = si.getPersons();
         return persons == null ? Utilities.EMPTY_PERSON_ARRAY : persons;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the interaction handler for the host
+     * @param host AppWidgetHost that needs the interaction handler
+     * @param handler InteractionHandler for the views in the host
+     */
+    public static void setHostInteractionHandler(@NonNull AppWidgetHost host,
+            @Nullable LauncherAppWidgetHost.LauncherWidgetInteractionHandler handler) {
+        host.setInteractionHandler(handler::onInteraction);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepInteractionHandler.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepInteractionHandler.java
index 08d147f7cf..2dde6b6148 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepInteractionHandler.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepInteractionHandler.java
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@ import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.logging.StatsLogManager;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.data.ItemInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.ActivityOptionsWrapper;
+import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHost;
 import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHostView;
 
 /** Provides a Quickstep specific animation when launching an activity from an app widget. */
-class QuickstepInteractionHandler implements RemoteViews.InteractionHandler {
+class QuickstepInteractionHandler implements
+        LauncherAppWidgetHost.LauncherWidgetInteractionHandler {
 
     private static final String TAG = "QuickstepInteractionHandler";
 
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java
index 2bf6f123a0..23794b0e20 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java
@@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ public class QuickstepLauncher extends Launcher {
 
     protected LauncherAppWidgetHost createAppWidgetHost() {
         LauncherAppWidgetHost appWidgetHost = super.createAppWidgetHost();
-        appWidgetHost.setInteractionHandler(new QuickstepInteractionHandler(this));
+        ApiWrapper.setHostInteractionHandler(appWidgetHost,
+                new QuickstepInteractionHandler(this));
         return appWidgetHost;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHost.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHost.java
index 3e80699f59..fff8fbb12a 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHost.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHost.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package com.android.launcher3.widget;
 
 import static android.app.Activity.RESULT_CANCELED;
 
+import android.app.PendingIntent;
 import android.appwidget.AppWidgetHost;
 import android.appwidget.AppWidgetHostView;
 import android.appwidget.AppWidgetManager;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
+import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.RemoteViews;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
@@ -80,6 +82,24 @@ public class LauncherAppWidgetHost extends AppWidgetHost {
 
     private IntConsumer mAppWidgetRemovedCallback = null;
 
+    /**
+     * This serves for the purpose of getting rid of the hidden API calling of InteractionHandler
+     */
+    public interface LauncherWidgetInteractionHandler {
+        /**
+         * Invoked when the user performs an interaction on the View.
+         *
+         * @param view the View with which the user interacted
+         * @param pendingIntent the base PendingIntent associated with the view
+         * @param response the response to the interaction, which knows how to fill in the
+         *                 attached PendingIntent
+         */
+        boolean onInteraction(
+                View view,
+                PendingIntent pendingIntent,
+                RemoteViews.RemoteResponse response);
+    }
+
     public LauncherAppWidgetHost(Context context) {
         this(context, null);
     }
diff --git a/src_ui_overrides/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/ApiWrapper.java b/src_ui_overrides/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/ApiWrapper.java
index c8b5e2fa37..ea0f5a3c5d 100644
--- a/src_ui_overrides/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/ApiWrapper.java
+++ b/src_ui_overrides/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/ApiWrapper.java
@@ -17,10 +17,18 @@
 package com.android.launcher3.uioverrides;
 
 import android.app.Person;
+import android.appwidget.AppWidgetHost;
 import android.content.pm.ShortcutInfo;
 
-import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
+import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHost;
+
+/**
+ * A wrapper for the hidden API calls
+ */
 public class ApiWrapper {
 
     public static final boolean TASKBAR_DRAWN_IN_PROCESS = false;
@@ -28,4 +36,14 @@ public class ApiWrapper {
     public static Person[] getPersons(ShortcutInfo si) {
         return Utilities.EMPTY_PERSON_ARRAY;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the interaction handler for the host
+     * @param host AppWidgetHost that needs the interaction handler
+     * @param handler InteractionHandler for the views in the host
+     */
+    public static void setHostInteractionHandler(@NonNull AppWidgetHost host,
+            @Nullable LauncherAppWidgetHost.LauncherWidgetInteractionHandler handler) {
+        // No-op
+    }
 }