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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 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.systemui.shared.system;
+
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.os.IBinder;
+import android.view.SurfaceControl;
+import android.view.SurfaceView;
+
+/** Utility class that is shared between SysUI and Launcher for Universal Smartspace features. */
+public final class UniversalSmartspaceUtils {
+    public static final String ACTION_REQUEST_SMARTSPACE_VIEW =
+            "com.android.systemui.REQUEST_SMARTSPACE_VIEW";
+
+    private static final String SYSUI_PACKAGE = "com.android.systemui";
+    private static final String INTENT_KEY_INPUT_BUNDLE = "input_bundle";
+    private static final String BUNDLE_KEY_INPUT_TOKEN = "input_token";
+    private static final String INTENT_KEY_SURFACE_CONTROL = "surface_control";
+
+    /** Creates an intent to request that sysui draws the Smartspace to the SurfaceView. */
+    public static Intent createRequestSmartspaceIntent(SurfaceView surfaceView) {
+        Intent intent = new Intent(ACTION_REQUEST_SMARTSPACE_VIEW);
+
+        Bundle inputBundle = new Bundle();
+        inputBundle.putBinder(BUNDLE_KEY_INPUT_TOKEN, surfaceView.getInputToken());
+        return intent
+                .putExtra(INTENT_KEY_SURFACE_CONTROL, surfaceView.getSurfaceControl())
+                .putExtra(INTENT_KEY_INPUT_BUNDLE, inputBundle)
+                .setPackage(SYSUI_PACKAGE)
+                .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_RECEIVER_REGISTERED_ONLY
+                        | Intent.FLAG_RECEIVER_FOREGROUND);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the SurfaceControl from an Intent created by
+     * {@link #createRequestSmartspaceIntent(SurfaceView)}.
+     **/
+    public static SurfaceControl getSurfaceControl(Intent intent) {
+        return intent.getParcelableExtra(INTENT_KEY_SURFACE_CONTROL);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the input token from an Intent created by
+     * {@link #createRequestSmartspaceIntent(SurfaceView)}.
+     **/
+    public static IBinder getInputToken(Intent intent) {
+        Bundle inputBundle = intent.getBundleExtra(INTENT_KEY_INPUT_BUNDLE);
+        return inputBundle == null ? null : inputBundle.getBinder(BUNDLE_KEY_INPUT_TOKEN);
+    }
+
+    private UniversalSmartspaceUtils() {}
+}