diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index eef2d4ef3943e..82977ec1dab0e 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -48968,6 +48968,8 @@ package android.view {
   public static final class SurfaceControlViewHost.SurfacePackage implements android.os.Parcelable {
     ctor public SurfaceControlViewHost.SurfacePackage(@NonNull android.view.SurfaceControlViewHost.SurfacePackage);
     method public int describeContents();
+    method public void notifyConfigurationChanged(@NonNull android.content.res.Configuration);
+    method public void notifyDetachedFromWindow();
     method public void release();
     method public void writeToParcel(@NonNull android.os.Parcel, int);
     field @NonNull public static final android.os.Parcelable.Creator<android.view.SurfaceControlViewHost.SurfacePackage> CREATOR;
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControlViewHost.java b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControlViewHost.java
index 85a9dbd736edf..0eb2328373577 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControlViewHost.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControlViewHost.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
 import android.os.IBinder;
 import android.os.Parcel;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
+import android.os.RemoteException;
 import android.view.accessibility.IAccessibilityEmbeddedConnection;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -168,6 +169,36 @@ public class SurfaceControlViewHost {
             return mRemoteInterface;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Forward a configuration to the remote SurfaceControlViewHost.
+         * This will cause View#onConfigurationChanged to be invoked on the remote
+         * end. This does not automatically cause the SurfaceControlViewHost
+         * to be resized. The root View of a SurfaceControlViewHost
+         * is more akin to a PopupWindow in that the size is user specified
+         * independent of configuration width and height.
+         *
+         * @param c The configuration to forward
+         */
+        public void notifyConfigurationChanged(@NonNull Configuration c) {
+            try {
+                getRemoteInterface().onConfigurationChanged(c);
+            } catch (RemoteException e) {
+                e.rethrowAsRuntimeException();
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Tear down the remote SurfaceControlViewHost and cause
+         * View#onDetachedFromWindow to be invoked on the other side.
+         */
+        public void notifyDetachedFromWindow() {
+            try {
+                getRemoteInterface().onDispatchDetachedFromWindow();
+            } catch (RemoteException e) {
+                e.rethrowAsRuntimeException();
+            }
+        }
+
         @Override
         public int describeContents() {
             return 0;