diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStack.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStack.java
index 8c4c0ad9af055..2722e275c00d3 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStack.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStack.java
@@ -1591,11 +1591,6 @@ final class ActivityStack {
             return STACK_INVISIBLE;
         }
 
-        final boolean isLockscreenShown = mService.mLockScreenShown == LOCK_SCREEN_SHOWN;
-        if (isLockscreenShown && !StackId.isAllowedOverLockscreen(mStackId)) {
-            return STACK_INVISIBLE;
-        }
-
         final ActivityStack focusedStack = mStackSupervisor.getFocusedStack();
         final int focusedStackId = focusedStack.mStackId;
 
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStarter.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStarter.java
index 6c612268331e1..844d467f06c0c 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStarter.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStarter.java
@@ -604,6 +604,9 @@ class ActivityStarter {
         // If we launched the activity from a no display activity that was launched from the home
         // screen, we also need to start recents to un-minimize the docked stack, since the
         // noDisplay activity will be finished shortly after.
+        // Note that some apps have trampoline activities without noDisplay being set. In that case,
+        // we have another heuristic in DockedStackDividerController.notifyAppTransitionStarting
+        // that tries to detect that case.
         // TODO: We should prevent noDisplay activities from affecting task/stack ordering and
         // visibility instead of using this flag.
         final boolean noDisplayActivityOverHome = sourceRecord != null
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppTransition.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppTransition.java
index d4d6f3225edd3..e4ec295fa34e5 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppTransition.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AppTransition.java
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public class AppTransition implements Dump {
                 topOpeningAppAnimator != null ? topOpeningAppAnimator.animation : null,
                 topClosingAppAnimator != null ? topClosingAppAnimator.animation : null);
         mService.getDefaultDisplayContentLocked().getDockedDividerController()
-                .notifyAppTransitionStarting();
+                .notifyAppTransitionStarting(openingApps);
 
         // Prolong the start for the transition when docking a task from recents, unless recents
         // ended it already then we don't need to wait.
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DockedStackDividerController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DockedStackDividerController.java
index f93e2ffa73bee..f8d2ee931d047 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DockedStackDividerController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/DockedStackDividerController.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.os.RemoteCallbackList;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
+import android.util.ArraySet;
 import android.util.Slog;
 import android.view.DisplayInfo;
 import android.view.IDockedStackListener;
@@ -492,8 +493,31 @@ public class DockedStackDividerController implements DimLayerUser {
         checkMinimizeChanged(false /* animate */);
     }
 
-    void notifyAppTransitionStarting() {
+    void notifyAppTransitionStarting(ArraySet<AppWindowToken> openingApps) {
+        final boolean wasMinimized = mMinimizedDock;
         checkMinimizeChanged(true /* animate */);
+
+        // We were minimized, and now we are still minimized, but somebody is trying to launch an
+        // app in docked stack, better show recent apps so we actually get unminimized! This catches
+        // any case that was missed in ActivityStarter.postStartActivityUncheckedProcessing because
+        // we couldn't retrace the launch of the app in the docked stack to the launch from
+        // homescreen.
+        if (wasMinimized && mMinimizedDock && containsAppInDockedStack(openingApps)) {
+            mService.showRecentApps(true /* fromHome */);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return true if {@param apps} contains an activity in the docked stack, false otherwise.
+     */
+    private boolean containsAppInDockedStack(ArraySet<AppWindowToken> apps) {
+        for (int i = apps.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            final AppWindowToken token = apps.valueAt(i);
+            if (token.mTask != null && token.mTask.mStack.mStackId == DOCKED_STACK_ID) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     boolean isMinimizedDock() {