diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/transition/Transitions.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/transition/Transitions.java
index d8a88770072d8..75659960bc32e 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/transition/Transitions.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/transition/Transitions.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import static android.view.WindowManager.TRANSIT_SLEEP;
 import static android.view.WindowManager.TRANSIT_TO_BACK;
 import static android.view.WindowManager.TRANSIT_TO_FRONT;
 import static android.view.WindowManager.fixScale;
+import static android.window.TransitionInfo.FLAG_IS_BEHIND_STARTING_WINDOW;
 import static android.window.TransitionInfo.FLAG_IS_OCCLUDED;
 import static android.window.TransitionInfo.FLAG_IS_WALLPAPER;
 import static android.window.TransitionInfo.FLAG_MOVED_TO_TOP;
@@ -728,11 +729,15 @@ public class Transitions implements RemoteCallable<Transitions>,
         final int changeSize = info.getChanges().size();
         boolean taskChange = false;
         boolean transferStartingWindow = false;
+        int noAnimationBehindStartingWindow = 0;
         boolean allOccluded = changeSize > 0;
         for (int i = changeSize - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
             final TransitionInfo.Change change = info.getChanges().get(i);
             taskChange |= change.getTaskInfo() != null;
             transferStartingWindow |= change.hasFlags(FLAG_STARTING_WINDOW_TRANSFER_RECIPIENT);
+            if (change.hasAllFlags(FLAG_IS_BEHIND_STARTING_WINDOW | FLAG_NO_ANIMATION)) {
+                noAnimationBehindStartingWindow++;
+            }
             if (!change.hasFlags(FLAG_IS_OCCLUDED)) {
                 allOccluded = false;
             }
@@ -740,9 +745,11 @@ public class Transitions implements RemoteCallable<Transitions>,
         // There does not need animation when:
         // A. Transfer starting window. Apply transfer starting window directly if there is no other
         // task change. Since this is an activity->activity situation, we can detect it by selecting
-        // transitions with only 2 changes where neither are tasks and one is a starting-window
-        // recipient.
-        if (!taskChange && transferStartingWindow && changeSize == 2
+        // transitions with only 2 changes where
+        // 1. neither are tasks, and
+        // 2. one is a starting-window recipient, or all change is behind starting window.
+        if (!taskChange && (transferStartingWindow || noAnimationBehindStartingWindow == changeSize)
+                && changeSize == 2
                 // B. It's visibility change if the TRANSIT_TO_BACK/TO_FRONT happened when all
                 // changes are underneath another change.
                 || ((info.getType() == TRANSIT_TO_BACK || info.getType() == TRANSIT_TO_FRONT)
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityRecord.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityRecord.java
index 788bfbcd65c95..0994fa4464db0 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityRecord.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityRecord.java
@@ -4560,6 +4560,26 @@ final class ActivityRecord extends WindowToken implements WindowManagerService.A
         }
         task.forAllActivities(fromActivity -> {
             if (fromActivity == this) return true;
+            // The snapshot starting window could remove itself when receive resized request without
+            // redraw, so transfer it to a different size activity could only cause flicker.
+            // By schedule remove snapshot starting window, the remove process will happen when
+            // transition ready, transition ready means the app window is drawn.
+            final StartingData tmpStartingData = fromActivity.mStartingData;
+            if (tmpStartingData != null && tmpStartingData.mAssociatedTask == null
+                    && mTransitionController.isCollecting(fromActivity)
+                    && tmpStartingData instanceof SnapshotStartingData) {
+                final Rect fromBounds = fromActivity.getBounds();
+                final Rect myBounds = getBounds();
+                if (!fromBounds.equals(myBounds)) {
+                    // Mark as no animation, so these changes won't merge into playing transition.
+                    if (mTransitionController.inPlayingTransition(fromActivity)) {
+                        mTransitionController.setNoAnimation(this);
+                        mTransitionController.setNoAnimation(fromActivity);
+                    }
+                    fromActivity.removeStartingWindow();
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
             return !fromActivity.isVisibleRequested() && transferStartingWindow(fromActivity);
         });
     }