diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/BaseRecentsViewStateController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/BaseRecentsViewStateController.java
index 8c8e267e34..d241260082 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/BaseRecentsViewStateController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/BaseRecentsViewStateController.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherState;
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.PendingAnimation;
+import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragLayer;
 import com.android.launcher3.statemanager.StateManager.StateHandler;
 import com.android.launcher3.states.StateAnimationConfig;
@@ -113,7 +114,9 @@ public abstract class BaseRecentsViewStateController<T extends RecentsView>
         setter.setFloat(mRecentsView, TASK_SECONDARY_TRANSLATION, 0f,
                 config.getInterpolator(ANIM_OVERVIEW_TRANSLATE_Y, LINEAR));
 
-        if (mRecentsView.isSplitSelectionActive()) {
+        boolean exitingOverview = !FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE.get()
+                || !toState.overviewUi;
+        if (mRecentsView.isSplitSelectionActive() && exitingOverview) {
             // TODO (b/238651489): Refactor state management to avoid need for double check
             FloatingTaskView floatingTask = mRecentsView.getFirstFloatingTaskView();
             if (floatingTask != null) {
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java
index ecc8e196fd..6507dfe929 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java
@@ -615,9 +615,10 @@ public class QuickstepLauncher extends Launcher {
         mSplitSelectStateController.findLastActiveTaskAndRunCallback(
                 splitSelectSource.itemInfo.getComponentKey(),
                 foundTask -> {
-                    splitSelectSource.alreadyRunningTaskId = foundTask == null
-                            ? INVALID_TASK_ID
-                            : foundTask.key.id;
+                    boolean taskWasFound = foundTask != null;
+                    splitSelectSource.alreadyRunningTaskId = taskWasFound
+                            ? foundTask.key.id
+                            : INVALID_TASK_ID;
                     if (ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE.get()) {
                         startSplitToHome(splitSelectSource);
                     } else {
@@ -1295,7 +1296,7 @@ public class QuickstepLauncher extends Launcher {
                 groupTask.task1.key.id,
                 groupTask.task2.key.id,
                 SplitConfigurationOptions.STAGE_POSITION_TOP_OR_LEFT,
-                /* callback= */ success -> {},
+                /* callback= */ success -> mSplitSelectStateController.resetState(),
                 /* freezeTaskList= */ true,
                 groupTask.mSplitBounds == null
                         ? DEFAULT_SPLIT_RATIO
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/SplitSelectionListener.kt b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/SplitSelectionListener.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5025c1c181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/SplitSelectionListener.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.android.quickstep
+
+interface SplitSelectionListener {
+    /** Called when the first app has been selected with the intention to launch split screen */
+    fun onSplitSelectionActive()
+
+    /** Called when the second app has been selected with the intention to launch split screen */
+    fun onSplitSelectionConfirmed()
+
+    /**
+     * Called when the user no longer is in the process of selecting apps for split screen.
+     * [launchedSplit] will be true if selected apps have launched successfully (either in
+     * split screen or fullscreen), false if the user canceled/exited the selection process
+     */
+    fun onSplitSelectionExit(launchedSplit: Boolean) {
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/FallbackRecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/FallbackRecentsView.java
index 074aedd3c7..45930446b1 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/FallbackRecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/FallbackRecentsView.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import com.android.launcher3.AbstractFloatingView;
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.AnimatorPlaybackController;
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.PendingAnimation;
+import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.launcher3.logging.StatsLogManager;
 import com.android.launcher3.statemanager.StateManager.StateListener;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions;
@@ -246,7 +247,11 @@ public class FallbackRecentsView extends RecentsView<RecentsActivity, RecentsSta
             setOverviewSelectEnabled(false);
         }
         if (finalState != OVERVIEW_SPLIT_SELECT) {
-            resetFromSplitSelectionState();
+            if (FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE.get()) {
+                mSplitSelectStateController.resetState();
+            } else {
+                resetFromSplitSelectionState();
+            }
         }
 
         if (isOverlayEnabled) {
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/SplitSelectStateController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/SplitSelectStateController.java
index 212325315b..e063b447be 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/SplitSelectStateController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/SplitSelectStateController.java
@@ -73,16 +73,18 @@ import com.android.launcher3.util.ComponentKey;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.SplitConfigurationOptions.StagePosition;
 import com.android.quickstep.RecentsModel;
+import com.android.quickstep.SplitSelectionListener;
 import com.android.quickstep.SystemUiProxy;
 import com.android.quickstep.TaskAnimationManager;
 import com.android.quickstep.TaskViewUtils;
 import com.android.quickstep.views.FloatingTaskView;
 import com.android.quickstep.views.GroupedTaskView;
-import com.android.quickstep.views.TaskView;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.recents.model.Task;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.system.RemoteAnimationRunnerCompat;
 
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 /**
@@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ public class SplitSelectStateController {
 
     private FloatingTaskView mFirstFloatingTaskView;
 
+    private final List<SplitSelectionListener> mSplitSelectionListeners = new ArrayList<>();
+
     public SplitSelectStateController(Context context, Handler handler, StateManager stateManager,
             DepthController depthController, StatsLogManager statsLogManager,
             SystemUiProxy systemUiProxy, RecentsModel recentsModel) {
@@ -247,6 +251,27 @@ public class SplitSelectStateController {
                 && task.key.userId == componentKey.user.getIdentifier();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Listener will only get callbacks going forward from the point of registration. No
+     * methods will be fired upon registering.
+     */
+    public void registerSplitListener(@NonNull SplitSelectionListener listener) {
+        if (mSplitSelectionListeners.contains(listener)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        mSplitSelectionListeners.add(listener);
+    }
+
+    public void unregisterSplitListener(@NonNull SplitSelectionListener listener) {
+        mSplitSelectionListeners.remove(listener);
+    }
+
+    private void dispatchOnSplitSelectionExit() {
+        for (SplitSelectionListener listener : mSplitSelectionListeners) {
+            listener.onSplitSelectionExit(false);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * To be called when the actual tasks ({@link #mInitialTaskId}, {@link #mSecondTaskId}) are
      * to be launched. Call after launcher side animations are complete.
@@ -790,12 +815,16 @@ public class SplitSelectStateController {
     }
 
     /**
-     * To be called if split select was cancelled
+     * To be called whenever we exit split selection state. If
+     * {@link FeatureFlags#ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE} is set, this should be the
+     * central way split is getting reset, which should then go through the callbacks to reset
+     * other state.
      */
     public void resetState() {
         if (FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SPLIT_LAUNCH_DATA_REFACTOR.get()) {
             mSplitSelectDataHolder.resetState();
         }
+        dispatchOnSplitSelectionExit();
         mInitialTaskId = INVALID_TASK_ID;
         mInitialTaskIntent = null;
         mSecondTaskId = INVALID_TASK_ID;
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/LauncherRecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/LauncherRecentsView.java
index 4dbf4e3655..2ac73c83c2 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/LauncherRecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/LauncherRecentsView.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.AbstractFloatingView;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherState;
+import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.launcher3.logging.StatsLogManager;
 import com.android.launcher3.statehandlers.DepthController;
 import com.android.launcher3.statehandlers.DesktopVisibilityController;
@@ -218,7 +219,11 @@ public class LauncherRecentsView extends RecentsView<QuickstepLauncher, Launcher
 
     @Override
     protected boolean canLaunchFullscreenTask() {
-        return !mActivity.isInState(OVERVIEW_SPLIT_SELECT);
+        if (FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE.get()) {
+            return !mSplitSelectStateController.isSplitSelectActive();
+        } else {
+            return !mActivity.isInState(OVERVIEW_SPLIT_SELECT);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 71835146d5..fba3a39661 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ import com.android.quickstep.RemoteAnimationTargets;
 import com.android.quickstep.RemoteTargetGluer;
 import com.android.quickstep.RemoteTargetGluer.RemoteTargetHandle;
 import com.android.quickstep.RotationTouchHelper;
+import com.android.quickstep.SplitSelectionListener;
 import com.android.quickstep.SystemUiProxy;
 import com.android.quickstep.TaskOverlayFactory;
 import com.android.quickstep.TaskThumbnailCache;
@@ -662,7 +663,8 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
     /**
      * Placeholder view indicating where the first split screen selected app will be placed
      */
-    private SplitSelectStateController mSplitSelectStateController;
+    protected SplitSelectStateController mSplitSelectStateController;
+
     /**
      * The first task that split screen selection was initiated with. When split select state is
      * initialized, we create a
@@ -685,6 +687,19 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
     @Nullable
     private SplitSelectSource mSplitSelectSource;
 
+    private final SplitSelectionListener mSplitSelectionListener = new SplitSelectionListener() {
+        @Override
+        public void onSplitSelectionConfirmed() { }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onSplitSelectionActive() { }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onSplitSelectionExit(boolean launchedSplit) {
+            resetFromSplitSelectionState();
+        }
+    };
+
     /**
      * Keeps track of the index of the TaskView that split screen was initialized with so we know
      * where to insert it back into list of taskViews in case user backs out of entering split
@@ -1065,6 +1080,9 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
                 mIPipAnimationListener);
         mOrientationState.initListeners();
         mTaskOverlayFactory.initListeners();
+        if (FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE.get()) {
+            mSplitSelectStateController.registerSplitListener(mSplitSelectionListener);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -1083,6 +1101,9 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
         mIPipAnimationListener.setActivityAndRecentsView(null, null);
         mOrientationState.destroyListeners();
         mTaskOverlayFactory.removeListeners();
+        if (FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE.get()) {
+            mSplitSelectStateController.unregisterSplitListener(mSplitSelectionListener);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -1660,8 +1681,8 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
         // If we are entering Overview as a result of initiating a split from somewhere else
         // (e.g. split from Home), we need to make sure the staged app is not drawn as a thumbnail.
         int stagedTaskIdToBeRemovedFromGrid;
-        if (mSplitSelectSource != null) {
-            stagedTaskIdToBeRemovedFromGrid = mSplitSelectSource.alreadyRunningTaskId;
+        if (isSplitSelectionActive()) {
+            stagedTaskIdToBeRemovedFromGrid = mSplitSelectStateController.getInitialTaskId();
             updateCurrentTaskActionsVisibility();
         } else {
             stagedTaskIdToBeRemovedFromGrid = INVALID_TASK_ID;
@@ -2367,7 +2388,9 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
             remoteTargetHandle.getTransformParams().setTargetSet(null);
             remoteTargetHandle.getTaskViewSimulator().setDrawsBelowRecents(false);
         });
-        resetFromSplitSelectionState();
+        if (!FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE.get()) {
+            resetFromSplitSelectionState();
+        }
 
         // These are relatively expensive and don't need to be done this frame (RecentsView isn't
         // visible anyway), so defer by a frame to get off the critical path, e.g. app to home.
@@ -3251,7 +3274,11 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
                         InteractionJankMonitorWrapper.CUJ_SPLIT_SCREEN_ENTER);
             } else {
                 // If transition to split select was interrupted, clean up to prevent glitches
-                resetFromSplitSelectionState();
+                if (FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE.get()) {
+                    mSplitSelectStateController.resetState();
+                } else {
+                    resetFromSplitSelectionState();
+                }
                 InteractionJankMonitorWrapper.cancel(
                         InteractionJankMonitorWrapper.CUJ_SPLIT_SCREEN_ENTER);
             }
@@ -3284,8 +3311,13 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
                 true /* isStagedTask */);
 
         pendingAnimation.addEndListener(animationSuccess ->
-                mSplitSelectStateController.launchInitialAppFullscreen(launchSuccess ->
-                        resetFromSplitSelectionState()));
+                mSplitSelectStateController.launchInitialAppFullscreen(launchSuccess -> {
+                    if (FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE.get()) {
+                        mSplitSelectStateController.resetState();
+                    } else {
+                        resetFromSplitSelectionState();
+                    }
+                }));
 
         pendingAnimation.buildAnim().start();
     }
@@ -4737,7 +4769,13 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
 
         pendingAnimation.addEndListener(aBoolean -> {
             mSplitSelectStateController.launchSplitTasks(
-                    aBoolean1 -> RecentsView.this.resetFromSplitSelectionState());
+                    aBoolean1 -> {
+                        if (FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE.get()) {
+                            mSplitSelectStateController.resetState();
+                        } else {
+                            resetFromSplitSelectionState();
+                        }
+                    });
             InteractionJankMonitorWrapper.end(InteractionJankMonitorWrapper.CUJ_SPLIT_SCREEN_ENTER);
         });
 
@@ -4759,7 +4797,8 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
 
     @SuppressLint("WrongCall")
     protected void resetFromSplitSelectionState() {
-        if (mSplitSelectSource != null || mSplitHiddenTaskViewIndex != -1) {
+        if (mSplitSelectSource != null || mSplitHiddenTaskViewIndex != -1 ||
+                FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE.get()) {
             safeRemoveDragLayerView(mSplitSelectStateController.getFirstFloatingTaskView());
             safeRemoveDragLayerView(mSecondFloatingTaskView);
             safeRemoveDragLayerView(mSplitInstructionsView);
@@ -4778,7 +4817,11 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
         setTaskViewsPrimarySplitTranslation(0);
         setTaskViewsSecondarySplitTranslation(0);
 
-        mSplitSelectStateController.resetState();
+        if (!FeatureFlags.ENABLE_SPLIT_FROM_WORKSPACE_TO_WORKSPACE.get()) {
+            // When flag is on, this method gets called from resetState() call below, let's avoid
+            // infinite recursion today
+            mSplitSelectStateController.resetState();
+        }
         if (mSplitHiddenTaskViewIndex == -1) {
             return;
         }