diff --git a/core/java/android/window/StartingWindowInfo.java b/core/java/android/window/StartingWindowInfo.java
index 566f154fba3b7..8c64474dc887c 100644
--- a/core/java/android/window/StartingWindowInfo.java
+++ b/core/java/android/window/StartingWindowInfo.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import android.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.annotation.TestApi;
 import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.app.TaskInfo;
+import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
 import android.os.Parcel;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
 import android.view.InsetsState;
@@ -77,6 +78,14 @@ public final class StartingWindowInfo implements Parcelable {
     @NonNull
     public ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo taskInfo;
 
+    /**
+     * The {@link ActivityInfo} of the target activity which to create the starting window.
+     * It can be null if the info is the same as the top in task info.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public ActivityInfo targetActivityInfo;
+
     /**
      * InsetsState of TopFullscreenOpaqueWindow
      * @hide
@@ -174,6 +183,7 @@ public final class StartingWindowInfo implements Parcelable {
     @Override
     public void writeToParcel(@NonNull Parcel dest, int flags) {
         dest.writeTypedObject(taskInfo, flags);
+        dest.writeTypedObject(targetActivityInfo, flags);
         dest.writeInt(startingWindowTypeParameter);
         dest.writeTypedObject(topOpaqueWindowInsetsState, flags);
         dest.writeTypedObject(topOpaqueWindowLayoutParams, flags);
@@ -185,6 +195,7 @@ public final class StartingWindowInfo implements Parcelable {
 
     void readFromParcel(@NonNull Parcel source) {
         taskInfo = source.readTypedObject(ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo.CREATOR);
+        targetActivityInfo = source.readTypedObject(ActivityInfo.CREATOR);
         startingWindowTypeParameter = source.readInt();
         topOpaqueWindowInsetsState = source.readTypedObject(InsetsState.CREATOR);
         topOpaqueWindowLayoutParams = source.readTypedObject(
@@ -198,6 +209,7 @@ public final class StartingWindowInfo implements Parcelable {
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "StartingWindowInfo{taskId=" + taskInfo.taskId
+                + " targetActivityInfo=" + targetActivityInfo
                 + " displayId=" + taskInfo.displayId
                 + " topActivityType=" + taskInfo.topActivityType
                 + " preferredStartingWindowType="
diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/startingsurface/StartingSurfaceDrawer.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/startingsurface/StartingSurfaceDrawer.java
index 243751fe13e8d..fc7c86d669cbf 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/startingsurface/StartingSurfaceDrawer.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/startingsurface/StartingSurfaceDrawer.java
@@ -168,16 +168,14 @@ public class StartingSurfaceDrawer {
     void addSplashScreenStartingWindow(StartingWindowInfo windowInfo, IBinder appToken,
             @StartingWindowType int suggestType) {
         final RunningTaskInfo taskInfo = windowInfo.taskInfo;
-        final ActivityInfo activityInfo = taskInfo.topActivityInfo;
-        if (activityInfo == null) {
+        final ActivityInfo activityInfo = windowInfo.targetActivityInfo != null
+                ? windowInfo.targetActivityInfo
+                : taskInfo.topActivityInfo;
+        if (activityInfo == null || activityInfo.packageName == null) {
             return;
         }
 
         final int displayId = taskInfo.displayId;
-        if (activityInfo.packageName == null) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         final int taskId = taskInfo.taskId;
         Context context = mContext;
         // replace with the default theme if the application didn't set
diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/unittest/src/com/android/wm/shell/startingsurface/StartingSurfaceDrawerTests.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/unittest/src/com/android/wm/shell/startingsurface/StartingSurfaceDrawerTests.java
index 284f384a3d263..d536adb9f8ae5 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/unittest/src/com/android/wm/shell/startingsurface/StartingSurfaceDrawerTests.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/unittest/src/com/android/wm/shell/startingsurface/StartingSurfaceDrawerTests.java
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ public class StartingSurfaceDrawerTests {
         final ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo taskInfo = new ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo();
         taskInfo.topActivityInfo = info;
         taskInfo.taskId = taskId;
+        windowInfo.targetActivityInfo = info;
         windowInfo.taskInfo = taskInfo;
         return windowInfo;
     }
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/Task.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/Task.java
index 382a2b1b5062f..1a0e091f845cc 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/Task.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/Task.java
@@ -4167,7 +4167,9 @@ class Task extends WindowContainer<WindowContainer> {
     StartingWindowInfo getStartingWindowInfo(ActivityRecord activity) {
         final StartingWindowInfo info = new StartingWindowInfo();
         info.taskInfo = getTaskInfo();
-
+        info.targetActivityInfo = info.taskInfo.topActivityInfo != null
+                && activity.info != info.taskInfo.topActivityInfo
+                ? activity.info : null;
         info.isKeyguardOccluded =
             mAtmService.mKeyguardController.isDisplayOccluded(DEFAULT_DISPLAY);