diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/QuickstepTestInformationHandler.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/QuickstepTestInformationHandler.java
index f7528225f6..cfd330d2ad 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/QuickstepTestInformationHandler.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/QuickstepTestInformationHandler.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.android.quickstep;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherState;
@@ -58,6 +59,17 @@ public class QuickstepTestInformationHandler extends TestInformationHandler {
                         FeatureFlags.ENABLE_OVERVIEW_SHARE.get());
                 return response;
             }
+
+            case TestProtocol.REQUEST_GET_FOCUSED_TASK_WIDTH_FOR_TABLET: {
+                if (!mDeviceProfile.isTablet) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                Rect focusedTaskRect = new Rect();
+                LauncherActivityInterface.INSTANCE.calculateTaskSize(mContext, mDeviceProfile,
+                        focusedTaskRect);
+                response.putInt(TestProtocol.TEST_INFO_RESPONSE_FIELD, focusedTaskRect.width());
+                return response;
+            }
         }
 
         return super.call(method, arg);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestProtocol.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestProtocol.java
index 232acd925c..304e76aac6 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestProtocol.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestProtocol.java
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ public final class TestProtocol {
     public static final String REQUEST_GET_ACTIVITIES_CREATED_COUNT =
             "get-activities-created-count";
     public static final String REQUEST_GET_ACTIVITIES = "get-activities";
+    public static final String REQUEST_GET_FOCUSED_TASK_WIDTH_FOR_TABLET =
+            "get-focused-task-width-for-tablet";
 
     public static Long sForcePauseTimeout;
     public static final String REQUEST_SET_FORCE_PAUSE_TIMEOUT = "set-force-pause-timeout";
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/BaseOverview.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/BaseOverview.java
index 588b6b8f07..7137c00b55 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/BaseOverview.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/BaseOverview.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class BaseOverview extends LauncherInstrumentation.VisibleContainer {
     BaseOverview(LauncherInstrumentation launcher) {
         super(launcher);
         verifyActiveContainer();
+        verifyActionsViewVisibility();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -59,7 +60,11 @@ public class BaseOverview extends LauncherInstrumentation.VisibleContainer {
             final int leftMargin = mLauncher.getTargetInsets().left;
             mLauncher.scroll(
                     overview, Direction.LEFT, new Rect(leftMargin + 1, 0, 0, 0), 20, false);
-            verifyActiveContainer();
+            try (LauncherInstrumentation.Closable c2 =
+                         mLauncher.addContextLayer("flung forwards")) {
+                verifyActiveContainer();
+                verifyActionsViewVisibility();
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -95,7 +100,11 @@ public class BaseOverview extends LauncherInstrumentation.VisibleContainer {
             final int rightMargin = mLauncher.getTargetInsets().right;
             mLauncher.scroll(
                     overview, Direction.RIGHT, new Rect(0, 0, rightMargin + 1, 0), 20, false);
-            verifyActiveContainer();
+            try (LauncherInstrumentation.Closable c2 =
+                         mLauncher.addContextLayer("flung backwards")) {
+                verifyActiveContainer();
+                verifyActionsViewVisibility();
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -150,4 +159,55 @@ public class BaseOverview extends LauncherInstrumentation.VisibleContainer {
             return new OverviewActions(overviewActions, mLauncher);
         }
     }
+
+    /* TODO(b/197630182): Once b/188790554 is fixed, remove instanceof check. Currently, when
+        swiping from app to overview in Fallback Recents, taskbar remains and no action buttons
+        are visible, so we are only testing Overview for now, not BaseOverview. */
+    private void verifyActionsViewVisibility() {
+        if (!(this instanceof Overview)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        try (LauncherInstrumentation.Closable c = mLauncher.addContextLayer(
+                "want to assert overview actions view visibility")) {
+            if (mLauncher.isTablet() && !isOverviewSnappedToFocusedTask()) {
+                mLauncher.waitUntilLauncherObjectGone("action_buttons");
+            } else {
+                mLauncher.waitForLauncherObject("action_buttons");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns if focused task is currently snapped task in overview.
+     */
+    private boolean isOverviewSnappedToFocusedTask() {
+        if (!mLauncher.isTablet()) {
+            // Focused task only exists in tablet's grid-overview
+            return false;
+        }
+        UiObject2 focusedTask = getFocusedTask();
+        if (focusedTask == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return Math.abs(
+                focusedTask.getVisibleBounds().exactCenterX() - mLauncher.getExactScreenCenterX())
+                < 1;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns Overview focused task if it exists.
+     */
+    private UiObject2 getFocusedTask() {
+        final List<UiObject2> taskViews = getTasks();
+        if (taskViews.size() == 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        int focusedTaskWidth = mLauncher.getFocusedTaskWidth();
+        for (UiObject2 task : taskViews) {
+            if (task.getVisibleBounds().width() == focusedTaskWidth) {
+                return task;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
index 69c97c5a65..3e73c12fb0 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
@@ -321,6 +321,15 @@ public final class LauncherInstrumentation {
                 .getBoolean(TestProtocol.TEST_INFO_RESPONSE_FIELD);
     }
 
+    int getFocusedTaskWidth() {
+        return getTestInfo(TestProtocol.REQUEST_GET_FOCUSED_TASK_WIDTH_FOR_TABLET).getInt(
+                TestProtocol.TEST_INFO_RESPONSE_FIELD);
+    }
+
+    float getExactScreenCenterX() {
+        return getRealDisplaySize().x / 2f;
+    }
+
     private void setForcePauseTimeout(long timeout) {
         getTestInfo(TestProtocol.REQUEST_SET_FORCE_PAUSE_TIMEOUT, Long.toString(timeout));
     }
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Overview.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Overview.java
index 4d673a8cde..0d06be373b 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Overview.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Overview.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ public final class Overview extends BaseOverview {
 
     Overview(LauncherInstrumentation launcher) {
         super(launcher);
-        verifyActiveContainer();
     }
 
     @Override