diff --git a/api/current.xml b/api/current.xml
index 6677a90f9f201..0d76b719e6fe7 100644
--- a/api/current.xml
+++ b/api/current.xml
@@ -206860,6 +206860,17 @@
 <parameter name="view" type="android.view.View">
 </parameter>
 </constructor>
+<method name="getView"
+ return="android.view.View"
+ abstract="false"
+ native="false"
+ synchronized="false"
+ static="false"
+ final="true"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+</method>
 <method name="onDrawThumbnail"
  return="void"
  abstract="false"
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/View.java b/core/java/android/view/View.java
index 8e4591aac0479..2b63eff0be273 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/View.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/View.java
@@ -9854,6 +9854,10 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback, KeyEvent.Callback, Accessibility
             mView = new WeakReference<View>(view);
         }
 
+        final public View getView() {
+            return mView.get();
+        }
+
         /**
          * Provide the draggable-thumbnail metrics for the operation: the dimensions of
          * the thumbnail image itself, and the point within that thumbnail that should
@@ -9932,6 +9936,7 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback, KeyEvent.Callback, Accessibility
             if (token != null) {
                 Canvas canvas = surface.lockCanvas(null);
                 try {
+                    canvas.drawColor(0, PorterDuff.Mode.CLEAR);
                     thumbBuilder.onDrawThumbnail(canvas);
                 } finally {
                     surface.unlockCanvasAndPost(canvas);