diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActivityView.java b/core/java/android/app/ActivityView.java
index 5d0143a505f32..7032a2fe21cf0 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ActivityView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ActivityView.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import android.os.RemoteException;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
 import android.util.Log;
+import android.view.IWindowManager;
 import android.view.InputDevice;
 import android.view.InputEvent;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
@@ -308,8 +309,14 @@ public class ActivityView extends ViewGroup {
             return;
         }
 
-        mInputForwarder = InputManager.getInstance().createInputForwarder(
-                mVirtualDisplay.getDisplay().getDisplayId());
+        final int displayId = mVirtualDisplay.getDisplay().getDisplayId();
+        final IWindowManager wm = WindowManagerGlobal.getWindowManagerService();
+        try {
+            wm.dontOverrideDisplayInfo(displayId);
+        } catch (RemoteException e) {
+            e.rethrowAsRuntimeException();
+        }
+        mInputForwarder = InputManager.getInstance().createInputForwarder(displayId);
         mTaskStackListener = new TaskBackgroundChangeListener();
         try {
             mActivityManager.registerTaskStackListener(mTaskStackListener);
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/IWindowManager.aidl b/core/java/android/view/IWindowManager.aidl
index 613e6d8c6b14a..6486230f8e3a8 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/IWindowManager.aidl
+++ b/core/java/android/view/IWindowManager.aidl
@@ -428,4 +428,14 @@ interface IWindowManager
      * on the next user activity.
      */
     void requestUserActivityNotification();
+
+    /**
+     * Notify WindowManager that it should not override the info in DisplayManager for the specified
+     * display. This can disable letter- or pillar-boxing applied in DisplayManager when the metrics
+     * of the logical display reported from WindowManager do not correspond to the metrics of the
+     * physical display it is based on.
+     *
+     * @param displayId The id of the display.
+     */
+    void dontOverrideDisplayInfo(int displayId);
 }
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContent.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContent.java
index c35c05dc72124..e2e1690039135 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContent.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContent.java
@@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ class DisplayContent extends WindowContainer<DisplayContent.DisplayChildWindowCo
     int pendingLayoutChanges;
     // TODO(multi-display): remove some of the usages.
     boolean isDefaultDisplay;
+    /**
+     * Flag indicating whether WindowManager should override info for this display in
+     * DisplayManager.
+     */
+    boolean mShouldOverrideDisplayConfiguration = true;
 
     /** Window tokens that are in the process of exiting, but still on screen for animations. */
     final ArrayList<WindowToken> mExitingTokens = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -1177,8 +1182,14 @@ class DisplayContent extends WindowContainer<DisplayContent.DisplayChildWindowCo
             mDisplayInfo.flags &= ~Display.FLAG_SCALING_DISABLED;
         }
 
+        // We usually set the override info in DisplayManager so that we get consistent display
+        // metrics values when displays are changing and don't send out new values until WM is aware
+        // of them. However, we don't do this for displays that serve as containers for ActivityView
+        // because we don't want letter-/pillar-boxing during resize.
+        final DisplayInfo overrideDisplayInfo = mShouldOverrideDisplayConfiguration
+                ? mDisplayInfo : null;
         mService.mDisplayManagerInternal.setDisplayInfoOverrideFromWindowManager(mDisplayId,
-                mDisplayInfo);
+                overrideDisplayInfo);
 
         mBaseDisplayRect.set(0, 0, dw, dh);
 
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
index 9f8de58b16cf6..5f0769d19b2c2 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
@@ -1117,17 +1117,7 @@ public class WindowManagerService extends IWindowManager.Stub
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Display has not been initialialized");
             }
 
-            DisplayContent displayContent = mRoot.getDisplayContent(displayId);
-
-            // Adding a window is an exception where the WindowManagerService can create the
-            // display instead of waiting for the ActivityManagerService to drive creation.
-            if (displayContent == null) {
-                final Display display = mDisplayManager.getDisplay(displayId);
-
-                if (display != null) {
-                    displayContent = mRoot.createDisplayContent(display, null /* controller */);
-                }
-            }
+            final DisplayContent displayContent = getDisplayContentOrCreate(displayId);
 
             if (displayContent == null) {
                 Slog.w(TAG_WM, "Attempted to add window to a display that does not exist: "
@@ -1493,6 +1483,32 @@ public class WindowManagerService extends IWindowManager.Stub
         return res;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get existing {@link DisplayContent} or create a new one if the display is registered in
+     * DisplayManager.
+     *
+     * NOTE: This should only be used in cases when there is a chance that a {@link DisplayContent}
+     * that corresponds to a display just added to DisplayManager has not yet been created. This
+     * usually means that the call of this method was initiated from outside of Activity or Window
+     * Manager. In most cases the regular getter should be used.
+     * @see RootWindowContainer#getDisplayContent(int)
+     */
+    private DisplayContent getDisplayContentOrCreate(int displayId) {
+        DisplayContent displayContent = mRoot.getDisplayContent(displayId);
+
+        // Create an instance if possible instead of waiting for the ActivityManagerService to drive
+        // the creation.
+        if (displayContent == null) {
+            final Display display = mDisplayManager.getDisplay(displayId);
+
+            if (display != null) {
+                displayContent = mRoot.createDisplayContent(display, null /* controller */);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return displayContent;
+    }
+
     private boolean doesAddToastWindowRequireToken(String packageName, int callingUid,
             WindowState attachedWindow) {
         // Try using the target SDK of the root window
@@ -6986,6 +7002,24 @@ public class WindowManagerService extends IWindowManager.Stub
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void dontOverrideDisplayInfo(int displayId) {
+        synchronized (mWindowMap) {
+            final DisplayContent dc = getDisplayContentOrCreate(displayId);
+            if (dc == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "Trying to register a non existent display.");
+            }
+            // We usually set the override info in DisplayManager so that we get consistent
+            // values when displays are changing. However, we don't do this for displays that
+            // serve as containers for ActivityViews because we don't want letter-/pillar-boxing
+            // during resize.
+            dc.mShouldOverrideDisplayConfiguration = false;
+            mDisplayManagerInternal.setDisplayInfoOverrideFromWindowManager(displayId,
+                    null /* info */);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void registerShortcutKey(long shortcutCode, IShortcutService shortcutKeyReceiver)
             throws RemoteException {
diff --git a/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContentTests.java b/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContentTests.java
index 4f49a4ae64671..b645700abb794 100644
--- a/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContentTests.java
+++ b/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/wm/DisplayContentTests.java
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ import static android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_VOICE_INTERACTION;
 import static com.android.server.wm.WindowContainer.POSITION_TOP;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -457,6 +460,18 @@ public class DisplayContentTests extends WindowTestsBase {
                 SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE, dc.getOrientation());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDisableDisplayInfoOverrideFromWindowManager() {
+        final DisplayContent dc = createNewDisplay();
+
+        assertTrue(dc.mShouldOverrideDisplayConfiguration);
+        sWm.dontOverrideDisplayInfo(dc.getDisplayId());
+
+        assertFalse(dc.mShouldOverrideDisplayConfiguration);
+        verify(sWm.mDisplayManagerInternal, times(1))
+                .setDisplayInfoOverrideFromWindowManager(dc.getDisplayId(), null);
+    }
+
     private static void verifySizes(DisplayContent displayContent, int expectedBaseWidth,
                              int expectedBaseHeight, int expectedBaseDensity) {
         assertEquals(displayContent.mBaseDisplayWidth, expectedBaseWidth);