diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index 7ed8b6c17574e..da572dbfd0e6a 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -46801,6 +46801,11 @@ package android.view {
     method public void onActionProviderVisibilityChanged(boolean);
   }
 
+  @UiThread public interface AttachedSurfaceControl {
+    method public boolean applyTransactionOnDraw(@NonNull android.view.SurfaceControl.Transaction);
+    method @Nullable public android.view.SurfaceControl.Transaction buildReparentTransaction(@NonNull android.view.SurfaceControl);
+  }
+
   public final class Choreographer {
     method public static android.view.Choreographer getInstance();
     method public void postFrameCallback(android.view.Choreographer.FrameCallback);
@@ -48701,6 +48706,7 @@ package android.view {
     method public final int getRight();
     method protected float getRightFadingEdgeStrength();
     method protected int getRightPaddingOffset();
+    method @Nullable public android.view.AttachedSurfaceControl getRootSurfaceControl();
     method public android.view.View getRootView();
     method public android.view.WindowInsets getRootWindowInsets();
     method public float getRotation();
@@ -48745,7 +48751,6 @@ package android.view {
     method @Nullable public android.graphics.drawable.Drawable getVerticalScrollbarThumbDrawable();
     method @Nullable public android.graphics.drawable.Drawable getVerticalScrollbarTrackDrawable();
     method public int getVerticalScrollbarWidth();
-    method @Nullable public android.view.ViewRoot getViewRoot();
     method @Nullable public android.view.translation.ViewTranslationResponse getViewTranslationResponse();
     method public android.view.ViewTreeObserver getViewTreeObserver();
     method public int getVisibility();
@@ -49821,11 +49826,6 @@ package android.view {
     method public android.view.ViewPropertyAnimator zBy(float);
   }
 
-  @UiThread public interface ViewRoot {
-    method public boolean applyTransactionOnDraw(@NonNull android.view.SurfaceControl.Transaction);
-    method @Nullable public android.view.SurfaceControl.Transaction buildReparentTransaction(@NonNull android.view.SurfaceControl);
-  }
-
   public abstract class ViewStructure {
     ctor public ViewStructure();
     method public abstract int addChildCount(int);
@@ -50012,6 +50012,7 @@ package android.view {
     method @ColorInt public int getNavigationBarDividerColor();
     method public android.transition.Transition getReenterTransition();
     method public android.transition.Transition getReturnTransition();
+    method @Nullable public android.view.AttachedSurfaceControl getRootSurfaceControl();
     method public android.transition.Transition getSharedElementEnterTransition();
     method public android.transition.Transition getSharedElementExitTransition();
     method public android.transition.Transition getSharedElementReenterTransition();
@@ -50021,7 +50022,6 @@ package android.view {
     method @NonNull public java.util.List<android.graphics.Rect> getSystemGestureExclusionRects();
     method public long getTransitionBackgroundFadeDuration();
     method public android.transition.TransitionManager getTransitionManager();
-    method @Nullable public android.view.ViewRoot getViewRoot();
     method public abstract int getVolumeControlStream();
     method public android.view.WindowManager getWindowManager();
     method public final android.content.res.TypedArray getWindowStyle();
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ViewRoot.java b/core/java/android/view/AttachedSurfaceControl.java
similarity index 70%
rename from core/java/android/view/ViewRoot.java
rename to core/java/android/view/AttachedSurfaceControl.java
index 3c755981a4400..bcc5b56459bbd 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ViewRoot.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/AttachedSurfaceControl.java
@@ -22,16 +22,19 @@ import android.annotation.UiThread;
 /**
  * Provides an interface to the root-Surface of a View Hierarchy or Window. This
  * is used in combination with the {@link android.view.SurfaceControl} API to enable
- * attaching app created SurfaceControl to the ViewRoot's surface hierarchy, and enable
- * SurfaceTransactions to be performed in sync with the ViewRoot drawing. This object
- * is obtained from {@link android.view.View#getViewRoot} and
- * {@link android.view.Window#getViewRoot}. It must be used from the UI thread of
+ * attaching app created SurfaceControl to the SurfaceControl hierarchy used
+ * by the app, and enable SurfaceTransactions to be performed in sync with the
+ * View hierarchy drawing.
+ *
+ * This object is obtained from {@link android.view.View#getRootSurfaceControl} and
+ * {@link android.view.Window#getRootSurfaceControl}. It must be used from the UI thread of
  * the object it was obtained from.
  */
 @UiThread
-public interface ViewRoot {
+public interface AttachedSurfaceControl {
     /**
-     * Create a transaction which will reparent {@param child} to the ViewRoot. See
+     * Create a transaction which will reparent {@param child} to the View hierarchy
+     * root SurfaceControl. See
      * {@link SurfaceControl.Transaction#reparent}. This transacton must be applied
      * or merged in to another transaction by the caller, otherwise it will have
      * no effect.
@@ -42,9 +45,9 @@ public interface ViewRoot {
     @Nullable SurfaceControl.Transaction buildReparentTransaction(@NonNull SurfaceControl child);
 
     /**
-     * Consume the passed in transaction, and request the ViewRoot to apply it with the
-     * next draw. This transaction will be merged with the buffer transaction from the ViewRoot
-     * and they will show up on-screen atomically synced.
+     * Consume the passed in transaction, and request the View hierarchy to apply it atomically
+     * with the next draw. This transaction will be merged with the buffer transaction from the
+     * ViewRoot and they will show up on-screen atomically synced.
      *
      * This will not cause a draw to be scheduled, and if there are no other changes
      * to the View hierarchy you may need to call {@link android.view.View#invalidate}
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/View.java b/core/java/android/view/View.java
index 11fac05619078..72103dccff2e4 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/View.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/View.java
@@ -29594,7 +29594,7 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback, KeyEvent.Callback,
             return mScrollCaptureInternal;
         }
 
-        ViewRoot getViewRoot() {
+        AttachedSurfaceControl getRootSurfaceControl() {
             return mViewRootImpl;
         }
 
@@ -31038,17 +31038,17 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback, KeyEvent.Callback,
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return The {@link android.view.ViewRoot} interface for this View. This will only
-     * return a non-null value when called between {@link #onAttachedToWindow} and
-     * {@link #onDetachedFromWindow}.
-     *
-     * The ViewRoot itself is not a View, it is just the interface to the windowing-system
-     * object that contains the entire view hierarchy. For the root View of a given hierarchy
-     * see {@link #getRootView}.
+     * The AttachedSurfaceControl itself is not a View, it is just the interface to the
+     * windowing-system object that contains the entire view hierarchy.
+     * For the root View of a given hierarchy see {@link #getRootView}.
+
+     * @return The {@link android.view.AttachedSurfaceControl} interface for this View.
+     * This will only return a non-null value when called between {@link #onAttachedToWindow}
+     * and {@link #onDetachedFromWindow}.
      */
-    public @Nullable ViewRoot getViewRoot() {
+    public @Nullable AttachedSurfaceControl getRootSurfaceControl() {
         if (mAttachInfo != null) {
-            return mAttachInfo.getViewRoot();
+          return mAttachInfo.getRootSurfaceControl();
         }
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java b/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java
index 0958f3fbd771b..78d4e42916df0 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/ViewRootImpl.java
@@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
  */
 @SuppressWarnings({"EmptyCatchBlock", "PointlessBooleanExpression"})
 public final class ViewRootImpl implements ViewParent,
-        View.AttachInfo.Callbacks, ThreadedRenderer.DrawCallbacks, ViewRoot {
+        View.AttachInfo.Callbacks, ThreadedRenderer.DrawCallbacks,
+        AttachedSurfaceControl {
     private static final String TAG = "ViewRootImpl";
     private static final boolean DBG = false;
     private static final boolean LOCAL_LOGV = false;
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/Window.java b/core/java/android/view/Window.java
index 52a09701803d9..5fb4e705c8313 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/Window.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/Window.java
@@ -2722,11 +2722,12 @@ public abstract class Window {
 
     /**
      * This will be null before a content view is added, e.g. via
-     * {@link #setContentView} or {@link #addContentView}.
+     * {@link #setContentView} or {@link #addContentView}. See
+     * {@link android.view.View#getRootSurfaceControl}.
      *
-     * @return The {@link android.view.ViewRoot} interface for this Window
+     * @return The {@link android.view.AttachedSurfaceControl} interface for this Window
      */
-    public @Nullable ViewRoot getViewRoot() {
+    public @Nullable AttachedSurfaceControl getRootSurfaceControl() {
         return null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/policy/PhoneWindow.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/policy/PhoneWindow.java
index a6dc4e04bf365..0ea299ddef010 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/policy/PhoneWindow.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/policy/PhoneWindow.java
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ import android.transition.TransitionInflater;
 import android.transition.TransitionManager;
 import android.transition.TransitionSet;
 import android.util.AndroidRuntimeException;
+import android.view.AttachedSurfaceControl;
 import android.util.EventLog;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.util.Pair;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
 import android.util.TypedValue;
-import android.view.ViewRoot;
 import android.view.ContextThemeWrapper;
 import android.view.CrossWindowBlurListeners;
 import android.view.Gravity;
@@ -3984,7 +3984,7 @@ public class PhoneWindow extends Window implements MenuBuilder.Callback {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ViewRoot getViewRoot() {
+    public AttachedSurfaceControl getRootSurfaceControl() {
         return getViewRootImplOrNull();
     }
 }