diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
index caca05a9e3b34..763ce6c6fd170 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
@@ -5418,13 +5418,12 @@ public final class ActivityThread extends ClientTransactionHandler {
 
         final int prevState = r.getLifecycleState();
 
-        if (prevState < ON_RESUME || prevState > ON_STOP) {
-            Log.w(TAG, "Activity state must be in [ON_RESUME..ON_STOP] in order to be relaunched,"
+        if (prevState < ON_START || prevState > ON_STOP) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "Activity state must be in [ON_START..ON_STOP] in order to be relaunched,"
                     + "current state is " + prevState);
             return;
         }
 
-
         // Initialize a relaunch request.
         final MergedConfiguration mergedConfiguration = new MergedConfiguration(
                 r.createdConfig != null ? r.createdConfig : mConfiguration,
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/servertransaction/TransactionExecutorHelper.java b/core/java/android/app/servertransaction/TransactionExecutorHelper.java
index a34be5c3edc77..56bf59b52f745 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/servertransaction/TransactionExecutorHelper.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/servertransaction/TransactionExecutorHelper.java
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ public class TransactionExecutorHelper {
         final ActivityLifecycleItem lifecycleItem;
         switch (prevState) {
             // TODO(lifecycler): Extend to support all possible states.
+            case ON_START:
+                lifecycleItem = StartActivityItem.obtain();
+                break;
             case ON_PAUSE:
                 lifecycleItem = PauseActivityItem.obtain();
                 break;
diff --git a/core/tests/mockingcoretests/src/android/app/activity/ActivityThreadClientTest.java b/core/tests/mockingcoretests/src/android/app/activity/ActivityThreadClientTest.java
index 1cdc75aa1f40e..b63a19187b059 100644
--- a/core/tests/mockingcoretests/src/android/app/activity/ActivityThreadClientTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/mockingcoretests/src/android/app/activity/ActivityThreadClientTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import static android.app.servertransaction.ActivityLifecycleItem.ON_RESUME;
 import static android.app.servertransaction.ActivityLifecycleItem.ON_START;
 import static android.app.servertransaction.ActivityLifecycleItem.ON_STOP;
 
+import static androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation;
+
 import static com.android.dx.mockito.inline.extended.ExtendedMockito.doReturn;
 import static com.android.dx.mockito.inline.extended.ExtendedMockito.mockitoSession;
 import static com.android.dx.mockito.inline.extended.ExtendedMockito.spyOn;
@@ -30,7 +32,11 @@ import static com.android.dx.mockito.inline.extended.ExtendedMockito.spyOn;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.after;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.clearInvocations;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doNothing;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.timeout;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
@@ -50,6 +56,7 @@ import android.os.Binder;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
 import android.os.UserHandle;
 import android.platform.test.annotations.Presubmit;
+import android.testing.PollingCheck;
 import android.view.WindowManagerGlobal;
 
 import androidx.test.annotation.UiThreadTest;
@@ -63,6 +70,8 @@ import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.mockito.MockitoSession;
 import org.mockito.quality.Strictness;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
 /**
  * Test for verifying {@link android.app.ActivityThread} class.
  *
@@ -76,6 +85,7 @@ import org.mockito.quality.Strictness;
 @MediumTest
 @Presubmit
 public class ActivityThreadClientTest {
+    private static final long WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(2);
 
     @Test
     @UiThreadTest
@@ -152,6 +162,63 @@ public class ActivityThreadClientTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testLifecycleOfRelaunch() throws Exception {
+        try (ClientMockSession clientSession = new ClientMockSession()) {
+            ActivityThread activityThread = clientSession.mockThread();
+            ActivityClientRecord r = clientSession.stubActivityRecord();
+            final TestActivity[] activity = new TestActivity[1];
+
+            // Verify for ON_CREATE state. Activity should not be relaunched.
+            getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync(() -> {
+                activity[0] = (TestActivity) clientSession.launchActivity(r);
+            });
+            recreateAndVerifyNoRelaunch(activityThread, activity[0]);
+
+            // Verify for ON_START state. Activity should be relaunched.
+            getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync(() -> clientSession.startActivity(r));
+            recreateAndVerifyRelaunched(activityThread, activity[0], r, ON_START);
+
+            // Verify for ON_RESUME state. Activity should be relaunched.
+            getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync(() -> clientSession.resumeActivity(r));
+            recreateAndVerifyRelaunched(activityThread, activity[0], r, ON_RESUME);
+
+            // Verify for ON_PAUSE state. Activity should be relaunched.
+            getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync(() -> clientSession.pauseActivity(r));
+            recreateAndVerifyRelaunched(activityThread, activity[0], r, ON_PAUSE);
+
+            // Verify for ON_STOP state. Activity should be relaunched.
+            getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync(() -> clientSession.stopActivity(r));
+            recreateAndVerifyRelaunched(activityThread, activity[0], r, ON_STOP);
+
+            // Verify for ON_DESTROY state. Activity should not be relaunched.
+            getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync(() -> clientSession.destroyActivity(r));
+            recreateAndVerifyNoRelaunch(activityThread, activity[0]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void recreateAndVerifyNoRelaunch(ActivityThread activityThread, TestActivity activity) {
+        clearInvocations(activityThread);
+        getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync(() -> activity.recreate());
+
+        verify(activityThread, after(WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS).never())
+                .handleRelaunchActivity(any(), any());
+    }
+
+    private void recreateAndVerifyRelaunched(ActivityThread activityThread, TestActivity activity,
+            ActivityClientRecord r, int expectedState) throws Exception {
+        clearInvocations(activityThread);
+        getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync(() -> activity.recreate());
+
+        verify(activityThread, timeout(WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS)).handleRelaunchActivity(any(), any());
+
+        // Wait for the relaunch to complete.
+        PollingCheck.check("Waiting for the expected state " + expectedState + " timeout",
+                WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS,
+                () -> expectedState == r.getLifecycleState());
+        assertEquals(expectedState, r.getLifecycleState());
+    }
+
     private class ClientMockSession implements AutoCloseable {
         private MockitoSession mMockSession;
         private ActivityThread mThread;
@@ -200,6 +267,11 @@ public class ActivityThreadClientTest {
                     false /* getNonConfigInstance */, "test");
         }
 
+        private ActivityThread mockThread() {
+            spyOn(mThread);
+            return mThread;
+        }
+
         private ActivityClientRecord stubActivityRecord() {
             ComponentName component = new ComponentName(
                     InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().getContext(), TestActivity.class);