diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/SplitScreenSelectState.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/SplitScreenSelectState.java
index 8babd3470b..3ae221bbeb 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/SplitScreenSelectState.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/states/SplitScreenSelectState.java
@@ -53,4 +53,9 @@ public class SplitScreenSelectState extends OverviewState {
             return SplitAnimationTimings.ABORT_DURATION;
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean shouldPreserveDataStateOnReapply() {
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index e529b04577..b0bb9eb187 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ import android.animation.ValueAnimator;
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.app.WindowConfiguration;
-import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.LocusId;
@@ -4624,7 +4623,6 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
         return true;
     }
 
-    /** TODO(b/181707736) More gracefully handle exiting split selection state */
     @SuppressLint("WrongCall")
     protected void resetFromSplitSelectionState() {
         if (mSplitSelectSource != null || mSplitHiddenTaskViewIndex != -1) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/statemanager/BaseState.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/statemanager/BaseState.java
index 239042550a..a01d402c43 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/statemanager/BaseState.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/statemanager/BaseState.java
@@ -70,4 +70,12 @@ public interface BaseState<T extends BaseState> {
     default boolean showTaskThumbnailSplash() {
         return false;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * For this state, whether member variables and other forms of data state should be preserved
+     * or wiped when the state is reapplied. (See {@link StateManager#reapplyState()})
+     */
+    default boolean shouldPreserveDataStateOnReapply() {
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/statemanager/StateManager.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/statemanager/StateManager.java
index 34ac8c2ec3..89d89d6eca 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/statemanager/StateManager.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/statemanager/StateManager.java
@@ -184,6 +184,13 @@ public class StateManager<STATE_TYPE extends BaseState<STATE_TYPE>> {
     public void reapplyState(boolean cancelCurrentAnimation) {
         boolean wasInAnimation = mConfig.currentAnimation != null;
         if (cancelCurrentAnimation) {
+            // Animation canceling can trigger a cleanup routine, causing problems when we are in a
+            // launcher state that relies on member variable data. So if we are in one of those
+            // states, accelerate the current animation to its end point rather than canceling it
+            // outright.
+            if (mState.shouldPreserveDataStateOnReapply() && mConfig.currentAnimation != null) {
+                mConfig.currentAnimation.end();
+            }
             mAtomicAnimationFactory.cancelAllStateElementAnimation();
             cancelAnimation();
         }