diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ActionProvider.java b/core/java/android/view/ActionProvider.java
index 5601dc526c2fd..ed976ab1d6b69 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ActionProvider.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/ActionProvider.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import android.content.Context;
  * @see MenuItem#getActionProvider()
  */
 public abstract class ActionProvider {
+    private SubUiVisibilityListener mSubUiVisibilityListener;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.
@@ -138,4 +139,31 @@ public abstract class ActionProvider {
      */
     public void onPrepareSubMenu(SubMenu subMenu) {
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Notify the system that the visibility of an action view's sub-UI such as
+     * an anchored popup has changed. This will affect how other system
+     * visibility notifications occur.
+     *
+     * @hide Pending future API approval
+     */
+    public void subUiVisibilityChanged(boolean isVisible) {
+        if (mSubUiVisibilityListener != null) {
+            mSubUiVisibilityListener.onSubUiVisibilityChanged(isVisible);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @hide Internal use only
+     */
+    public void setSubUiVisibilityListener(SubUiVisibilityListener listener) {
+        mSubUiVisibilityListener = listener;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @hide Internal use only
+     */
+    public interface SubUiVisibilityListener {
+        public void onSubUiVisibilityChanged(boolean isVisible);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/ActivityChooserView.java b/core/java/android/widget/ActivityChooserView.java
index 25af3fa0e85ad..5841283e4d750 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/ActivityChooserView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/ActivityChooserView.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package android.widget;
 
+import com.android.internal.R;
+
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.database.DataSetObserver;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.view.ActionProvider;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -32,8 +35,6 @@ import android.view.ViewTreeObserver;
 import android.view.ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener;
 import android.widget.ActivityChooserModel.ActivityChooserModelClient;
 
-import com.android.internal.R;
-
 /**
  * This class is a view for choosing an activity for handling a given {@link Intent}.
  * <p>
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ public class ActivityChooserView extends ViewGroup implements ActivityChooserMod
      */
     private final int mListPopupMaxWidth;
 
+    /**
+     * The ActionProvider hosting this view, if applicable.
+     */
+    ActionProvider mProvider;
+
     /**
      * Observer for the model data.
      */
@@ -129,6 +135,9 @@ public class ActivityChooserView extends ViewGroup implements ActivityChooserMod
                     getListPopupWindow().dismiss();
                 } else {
                     getListPopupWindow().show();
+                    if (mProvider != null) {
+                        mProvider.subUiVisibilityChanged(true);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -259,6 +268,14 @@ public class ActivityChooserView extends ViewGroup implements ActivityChooserMod
         mExpandActivityOverflowButtonImage.setImageDrawable(drawable);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the provider hosting this view, if applicable.
+     * @hide Internal use only
+     */
+    public void setProvider(ActionProvider provider) {
+        mProvider = provider;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Shows the popup window with activities.
      *
@@ -307,6 +324,9 @@ public class ActivityChooserView extends ViewGroup implements ActivityChooserMod
             final int contentWidth = Math.min(mAdapter.measureContentWidth(), mListPopupMaxWidth);
             popupWindow.setContentWidth(contentWidth);
             popupWindow.show();
+            if (mProvider != null) {
+                mProvider.subUiVisibilityChanged(true);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -525,6 +545,9 @@ public class ActivityChooserView extends ViewGroup implements ActivityChooserMod
         // PopUpWindow.OnDismissListener#onDismiss
         public void onDismiss() {
             notifyOnDismissListener();
+            if (mProvider != null) {
+                mProvider.subUiVisibilityChanged(false);
+            }
         }
 
         private void notifyOnDismissListener() {
diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/PopupMenu.java b/core/java/android/widget/PopupMenu.java
index 17512d8c93d27..6a6d767661138 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/PopupMenu.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/PopupMenu.java
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ public class PopupMenu implements MenuBuilder.Callback, MenuPresenter.Callback {
      * @hide
      */
     public boolean onOpenSubMenu(MenuBuilder subMenu) {
+        if (subMenu == null) return false;
+
         if (!subMenu.hasVisibleItems()) {
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/ShareActionProvider.java b/core/java/android/widget/ShareActionProvider.java
index 6e29024bcef46..36278907cea24 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/ShareActionProvider.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/ShareActionProvider.java
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ public class ShareActionProvider extends ActionProvider {
         mContext.getTheme().resolveAttribute(R.attr.actionModeShareDrawable, outTypedValue, true);
         Drawable drawable = mContext.getResources().getDrawable(outTypedValue.resourceId);
         activityChooserView.setExpandActivityOverflowButtonDrawable(drawable);
+        activityChooserView.setProvider(this);
 
         return activityChooserView;
     }
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/view/menu/ActionMenuPresenter.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/view/menu/ActionMenuPresenter.java
index fba6a5a3a049a..0db1ccc000c95 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/view/menu/ActionMenuPresenter.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/view/menu/ActionMenuPresenter.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.os.Parcel;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
 import android.util.SparseBooleanArray;
+import android.view.ActionProvider;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.SoundEffectConstants;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 /**
  * MenuPresenter for building action menus as seen in the action bar and action modes.
  */
-public class ActionMenuPresenter extends BaseMenuPresenter {
+public class ActionMenuPresenter extends BaseMenuPresenter
+        implements ActionProvider.SubUiVisibilityListener {
     private static final String TAG = "ActionMenuPresenter";
 
     private View mOverflowButton;
@@ -187,6 +189,17 @@ public class ActionMenuPresenter extends BaseMenuPresenter {
     public void updateMenuView(boolean cleared) {
         super.updateMenuView(cleared);
 
+        if (mMenu != null) {
+            final ArrayList<MenuItemImpl> actionItems = mMenu.getActionItems();
+            final int count = actionItems.size();
+            for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                final ActionProvider provider = actionItems.get(i).getActionProvider();
+                if (provider != null) {
+                    provider.setSubUiVisibilityListener(this);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         final boolean hasOverflow = mReserveOverflow && mMenu != null &&
                 mMenu.getNonActionItems().size() > 0;
         if (hasOverflow) {
@@ -483,6 +496,16 @@ public class ActionMenuPresenter extends BaseMenuPresenter {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void onSubUiVisibilityChanged(boolean isVisible) {
+        if (isVisible) {
+            // Not a submenu, but treat it like one.
+            super.onSubMenuSelected(null);
+        } else {
+            mMenu.close(false);
+        }
+    }
+
     private static class SavedState implements Parcelable {
         public int openSubMenuId;
 
@@ -590,7 +613,6 @@ public class ActionMenuPresenter extends BaseMenuPresenter {
         @Override
         public void onDismiss() {
             super.onDismiss();
-            mSubMenu.close();
             mActionButtonPopup = null;
             mOpenSubMenuId = 0;
         }
@@ -600,12 +622,17 @@ public class ActionMenuPresenter extends BaseMenuPresenter {
 
         @Override
         public boolean onOpenSubMenu(MenuBuilder subMenu) {
+            if (subMenu == null) return false;
+
             mOpenSubMenuId = ((SubMenuBuilder) subMenu).getItem().getItemId();
             return false;
         }
 
         @Override
         public void onCloseMenu(MenuBuilder menu, boolean allMenusAreClosing) {
+            if (menu instanceof SubMenuBuilder) {
+                ((SubMenuBuilder) menu).getRootMenu().close(false);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/view/menu/IconMenuPresenter.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/view/menu/IconMenuPresenter.java
index d1b1dae803156..24ddad668ac3e 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/view/menu/IconMenuPresenter.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/view/menu/IconMenuPresenter.java
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ public class IconMenuPresenter extends BaseMenuPresenter {
 
         @Override
         public boolean onOpenSubMenu(MenuBuilder subMenu) {
-            mOpenSubMenuId = ((SubMenuBuilder) subMenu).getItem().getItemId();
+            if (subMenu != null) {
+                mOpenSubMenuId = ((SubMenuBuilder) subMenu).getItem().getItemId();
+            }
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindow.java b/policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindow.java
index 9a3031dc1d89d..bca95d3438e9e 100644
--- a/policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindow.java
+++ b/policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindow.java
@@ -3471,6 +3471,8 @@ public class PhoneWindow extends Window implements MenuBuilder.Callback {
         }
 
         public boolean onOpenSubMenu(MenuBuilder subMenu) {
+            if (subMenu == null) return false;
+
             // Set a simple callback for the submenu
             subMenu.setCallback(this);