diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/desktopmode/EnterDesktopTaskTransitionHandler.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/desktopmode/EnterDesktopTaskTransitionHandler.java
index 27eda16f4171b..94675788c5141 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/desktopmode/EnterDesktopTaskTransitionHandler.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/desktopmode/EnterDesktopTaskTransitionHandler.java
@@ -193,8 +193,11 @@ public class EnterDesktopTaskTransitionHandler implements Transitions.Transition
             // This Transition animates a task to fullscreen after being dragged from the status
             // bar and then released back into the status bar area
             final SurfaceControl sc = change.getLeash();
-            startT.setWindowCrop(sc, null);
-            startT.apply();
+            // Hide the first (fullscreen) frame because the animation will start from the smaller
+            // scale size.
+            startT.hide(sc)
+                    .setWindowCrop(sc, endBounds.width(), endBounds.height())
+                    .apply();
 
             final ValueAnimator animator = new ValueAnimator();
             animator.setFloatValues(DRAG_FREEFORM_SCALE, 1f);
@@ -202,10 +205,10 @@ public class EnterDesktopTaskTransitionHandler implements Transitions.Transition
             final SurfaceControl.Transaction t = mTransactionSupplier.get();
             animator.addUpdateListener(animation -> {
                 final float scale = animation.getAnimatedFraction();
-                t.setPosition(sc, mStartPosition.x * (1 - scale),
-                        mStartPosition.y * (1 - scale));
-                t.setScale(sc, scale, scale);
-                t.apply();
+                t.setPosition(sc, mStartPosition.x * (1 - scale), mStartPosition.y * (1 - scale))
+                        .setScale(sc, scale, scale)
+                        .show(sc)
+                        .apply();
             });
             animator.addListener(new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
                 @Override
diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/desktopmode/ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandler.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/desktopmode/ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandler.java
index 248a5fce68849..fa3eee257a520 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/desktopmode/ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandler.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/desktopmode/ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandler.java
@@ -129,8 +129,12 @@ public class ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandler implements Transitions.TransitionH
             final int screenWidth = metrics.widthPixels;
             final int screenHeight = metrics.heightPixels;
             final SurfaceControl sc = change.getLeash();
-            startT.setCrop(sc, null);
-            startT.apply();
+            final Rect endBounds = change.getEndAbsBounds();
+            // Hide the first (fullscreen) frame because the animation will start from the freeform
+            // size.
+            startT.hide(sc)
+                    .setWindowCrop(sc, endBounds.width(), endBounds.height())
+                    .apply();
             final ValueAnimator animator = new ValueAnimator();
             animator.setFloatValues(0f, 1f);
             animator.setDuration(FULLSCREEN_ANIMATION_DURATION);
@@ -144,9 +148,10 @@ public class ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandler implements Transitions.TransitionH
                 float fraction = animation.getAnimatedFraction();
                 float currentScaleX = scaleX + ((1 - scaleX) * fraction);
                 float currentScaleY = scaleY + ((1 - scaleY) * fraction);
-                t.setPosition(sc, startPos.x * (1 - fraction), startPos.y * (1 - fraction));
-                t.setScale(sc, currentScaleX, currentScaleY);
-                t.apply();
+                t.setPosition(sc, startPos.x * (1 - fraction), startPos.y * (1 - fraction))
+                        .setScale(sc, currentScaleX, currentScaleY)
+                        .show(sc)
+                        .apply();
             });
             animator.addListener(new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
                 @Override
diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/unittest/src/com/android/wm/shell/desktopmode/ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandlerTest.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/unittest/src/com/android/wm/shell/desktopmode/ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandlerTest.java
index 2c5a5cd72c539..4fad05433d1c9 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/unittest/src/com/android/wm/shell/desktopmode/ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandlerTest.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/unittest/src/com/android/wm/shell/desktopmode/ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandlerTest.java
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@ public class ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandlerTest extends ShellTestCase {
     @Mock
     Resources mResources;
     @Mock
-    SurfaceControl.Transaction mStartT;
-    @Mock
-    SurfaceControl.Transaction mFinishT;
-    @Mock
-    SurfaceControl.Transaction mAnimationT;
-    @Mock
     Transitions.TransitionFinishCallback mTransitionFinishCallback;
     @Mock
     ShellExecutor mExecutor;
@@ -88,7 +82,7 @@ public class ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandlerTest extends ShellTestCase {
         MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
 
         doReturn(mExecutor).when(mTransitions).getMainExecutor();
-        doReturn(mAnimationT).when(mTransactionFactory).get();
+        doReturn(new SurfaceControl.Transaction()).when(mTransactionFactory).get();
         doReturn(mResources).when(mContext).getResources();
         doReturn(mDisplayMetrics).when(mResources).getDisplayMetrics();
         when(mResources.getDisplayMetrics())
@@ -115,7 +109,9 @@ public class ExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandlerTest extends ShellTestCase {
         runOnUiThread(() -> {
             try {
                 assertTrue(mExitDesktopTaskTransitionHandler
-                        .startAnimation(mToken, info, mStartT, mFinishT,
+                        .startAnimation(mToken, info,
+                                new SurfaceControl.Transaction(),
+                                new SurfaceControl.Transaction(),
                                 mTransitionFinishCallback));
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 exceptions.add(e);