diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index ab1819677ae17..d22a5909c05ea 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -22539,6 +22539,7 @@ package android.view {
     method public abstract java.lang.CharSequence getSubtitle();
     method public java.lang.Object getTag();
     method public abstract java.lang.CharSequence getTitle();
+    method public boolean getTitleOptionalHint();
     method public abstract void invalidate();
     method public boolean isTitleOptional();
     method public abstract void setCustomView(android.view.View);
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ActionMode.java b/core/java/android/view/ActionMode.java
index 0ba5fdbc4f1af..a359952ddcf2d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ActionMode.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/ActionMode.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ package android.view;
  */
 public abstract class ActionMode {
     private Object mTag;
+    private boolean mTitleOptionalHint;
 
     /**
      * Set a tag object associated with this ActionMode.
@@ -119,6 +120,18 @@ public abstract class ActionMode {
      * @param titleOptional true if the title only presents optional information.
      */
     public void setTitleOptionalHint(boolean titleOptional) {
+        mTitleOptionalHint = titleOptional;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return true if this action mode has been given a hint to consider the
+     *         title/subtitle display to be optional.
+     *
+     * @see #setTitleOptionalHint(boolean)
+     * @see #isTitleOptional()
+     */
+    public boolean getTitleOptionalHint() {
+        return mTitleOptionalHint;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/View.java b/core/java/android/view/View.java
index 092bcbd4b4ef2..2f67481aba221 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/View.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/View.java
@@ -5423,6 +5423,11 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback, Drawable.Callback2, KeyEvent.Cal
      * app should not need to concern itself with saving and restoring, but that
      * the framework should take special note to preserve when possible.
      *
+     * <p>A view with transient state cannot be trivially rebound from an external
+     * data source, such as an adapter binding item views in a list. This may be
+     * because the view is performing an animation, tracking user selection
+     * of content, or similar.</p>
+     *
      * @return true if the view has transient state
      */
     @ViewDebug.ExportedProperty(category = "layout")
@@ -5436,6 +5441,11 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback, Drawable.Callback2, KeyEvent.Cal
      * so every call to setHasTransientState(true) should be paired with a later call
      * to setHasTransientState(false).
      *
+     * <p>A view with transient state cannot be trivially rebound from an external
+     * data source, such as an adapter binding item views in a list. This may be
+     * because the view is performing an animation, tracking user selection
+     * of content, or similar.</p>
+     *
      * @param hasTransientState true if this view has transient state
      */
     public void setHasTransientState(boolean hasTransientState) {
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/app/ActionBarImpl.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/app/ActionBarImpl.java
index ed711f3ecc274..805c0a93ee498 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/app/ActionBarImpl.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/app/ActionBarImpl.java
@@ -817,6 +817,7 @@ public class ActionBarImpl extends ActionBar {
         
         @Override
         public void setTitleOptionalHint(boolean titleOptional) {
+            super.setTitleOptionalHint(titleOptional);
             mContextView.setTitleOptional(titleOptional);
         }
 
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/view/StandaloneActionMode.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/view/StandaloneActionMode.java
index 4b681ec3a44c6..fae7ea12fd832 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/view/StandaloneActionMode.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/view/StandaloneActionMode.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public class StandaloneActionMode extends ActionMode implements MenuBuilder.Call
 
     @Override
     public void setTitleOptionalHint(boolean titleOptional) {
+        super.setTitleOptionalHint(titleOptional);
         mContextView.setTitleOptional(titleOptional);
     }