diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationShadeWindowControllerImpl.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationShadeWindowControllerImpl.java
index a8da554d7e1f8..905a5f943f0de 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationShadeWindowControllerImpl.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationShadeWindowControllerImpl.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ import android.view.WindowManager;
 import android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams;
 import android.view.WindowManagerGlobal;
 
+import androidx.lifecycle.ViewTreeLifecycleOwner;
+
 import com.android.keyguard.KeyguardUpdateMonitor;
 import com.android.systemui.Dumpable;
 import com.android.systemui.R;
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ import com.android.systemui.colorextraction.SysuiColorExtractor;
 import com.android.systemui.dagger.SysUISingleton;
 import com.android.systemui.dump.DumpManager;
 import com.android.systemui.keyguard.KeyguardViewMediator;
+import com.android.systemui.lifecycle.WindowAddedViewLifecycleOwner;
 import com.android.systemui.plugins.statusbar.StatusBarStateController;
 import com.android.systemui.plugins.statusbar.StatusBarStateController.StateListener;
 import com.android.systemui.statusbar.NotificationShadeWindowController;
@@ -241,6 +244,16 @@ public class NotificationShadeWindowControllerImpl implements NotificationShadeW
         mLp.insetsFlags.behavior = BEHAVIOR_SHOW_TRANSIENT_BARS_BY_SWIPE;
 
         mWindowManager.addView(mNotificationShadeView, mLp);
+
+        // Set up and "inject" a LifecycleOwner bound to the Window-View relationship such that all
+        // views in the sub-tree rooted under this view can access the LifecycleOwner using
+        // ViewTreeLifecycleOwner.get(...).
+        if (ViewTreeLifecycleOwner.get(mNotificationShadeView) == null) {
+            ViewTreeLifecycleOwner.set(
+                    mNotificationShadeView,
+                    new WindowAddedViewLifecycleOwner(mNotificationShadeView));
+        }
+
         mLpChanged.copyFrom(mLp);
         onThemeChanged();
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationShadeWindowControllerImplTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationShadeWindowControllerImplTest.java
index c402d2e47cf35..0e42d9a576f78 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationShadeWindowControllerImplTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationShadeWindowControllerImplTest.java
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.atLeastOnce;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.clearInvocations;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.reset;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ import android.testing.TestableLooper.RunWithLooper;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.WindowManager;
 
+import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner;
+import androidx.lifecycle.ViewTreeLifecycleOwner;
 import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
 
 import com.android.internal.colorextraction.ColorExtractor;
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.Captor;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.mockito.Spy;
 
 @RunWith(AndroidTestingRunner.class)
 @RunWithLooper
@@ -69,7 +74,8 @@ public class NotificationShadeWindowControllerImplTest extends SysuiTestCase {
 
     @Mock private WindowManager mWindowManager;
     @Mock private DozeParameters mDozeParameters;
-    @Mock private NotificationShadeWindowView mNotificationShadeWindowView;
+    @Spy private final NotificationShadeWindowView mNotificationShadeWindowView = spy(
+            new NotificationShadeWindowView(mContext, null));
     @Mock private IActivityManager mActivityManager;
     @Mock private SysuiStatusBarStateController mStatusBarStateController;
     @Mock private ConfigurationController mConfigurationController;
@@ -85,6 +91,7 @@ public class NotificationShadeWindowControllerImplTest extends SysuiTestCase {
 
     private NotificationShadeWindowControllerImpl mNotificationShadeWindowController;
 
+
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
         MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
@@ -176,6 +183,24 @@ public class NotificationShadeWindowControllerImplTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         verify(mWindowManager, never()).updateViewLayout(any(), mLayoutParameters.capture());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void attach_setsUpLifecycleOwner() {
+        mNotificationShadeWindowController.attach();
+
+        assertThat(ViewTreeLifecycleOwner.get(mNotificationShadeWindowView)).isNotNull();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void attach_doesNotSetUpLifecycleOwnerIfAlreadySet() {
+        final LifecycleOwner previouslySet = mock(LifecycleOwner.class);
+        ViewTreeLifecycleOwner.set(mNotificationShadeWindowView, previouslySet);
+
+        mNotificationShadeWindowController.attach();
+
+        assertThat(ViewTreeLifecycleOwner.get(mNotificationShadeWindowView))
+                .isEqualTo(previouslySet);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void setScrimsVisibility_earlyReturn() {
         clearInvocations(mWindowManager);
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/wmshell/BubblesTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/wmshell/BubblesTest.java
index 2e58fc4f93fa5..2a7feb02abf78 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/wmshell/BubblesTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/wmshell/BubblesTest.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import android.testing.TestableLooper;
 import android.util.Pair;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewTreeObserver;
 import android.view.WindowManager;
 
 import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
@@ -265,6 +266,8 @@ public class BubblesTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         ShellExecutor syncExecutor = new SyncExecutor();
 
         when(mColorExtractor.getNeutralColors()).thenReturn(mGradientColors);
+        when(mNotificationShadeWindowView.getViewTreeObserver())
+                .thenReturn(mock(ViewTreeObserver.class));
 
         mNotificationShadeWindowController = new NotificationShadeWindowControllerImpl(mContext,
                 mWindowManager, mActivityManager, mDozeParameters, mStatusBarStateController,