diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java b/core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java
index 4aab163597d61..4676cc4620f09 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java
@@ -647,6 +647,16 @@ public class ActivityManager {
             return stackId != PINNED_STACK_ID && stackId != FREEFORM_WORKSPACE_STACK_ID
                     && stackId != DOCKED_STACK_ID;
         }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns true if the input stack id should only be present on a device that supports
+         * multi-window mode.
+         * @see android.app.ActivityManager#supportsMultiWindow
+         */
+        public static boolean isMultiWindowStack(int stackId) {
+            return isStaticStack(stackId) || stackId == PINNED_STACK_ID
+                    || stackId == FREEFORM_WORKSPACE_STACK_ID || stackId == DOCKED_STACK_ID;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -867,6 +877,17 @@ public class ActivityManager {
         return getMaxRecentTasksStatic() / 2;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the system supports at least one form of multi-window.
+     * E.g. freeform, split-screen, picture-in-picture.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    static public boolean supportsMultiWindow() {
+        return !isLowRamDeviceStatic()
+                && Resources.getSystem().getBoolean(
+                    com.android.internal.R.bool.config_supportsMultiWindow);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Information you can set and retrieve about the current activity within the recent task list.
      */
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/config.xml b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
index b65f19b08e073..be28449e6d56d 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/config.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
@@ -2479,4 +2479,8 @@
          handle wallpaper cropping.
     -->
     <string name="config_wallpaperCropperPackage" translatable="false">com.android.wallpapercropper</string>
+
+    <!-- True if the device supports at least one form of multi-window.
+         E.g. freeform, split-screen, picture-in-picture. -->
+    <bool name="config_supportsMultiWindow">true</bool>
 </resources>
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
index eba2e6a243fd1..786b3cc09482b 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@
   <java-symbol type="bool" name="config_supportSpeakerNearUltrasound" />
   <java-symbol type="bool" name="config_supportAudioSourceUnprocessed" />
   <java-symbol type="bool" name="config_freeformWindowManagement" />
+  <java-symbol type="bool" name="config_supportsMultiWindow" />
   <java-symbol type="bool" name="config_guestUserEphemeral" />
   <java-symbol type="string" name="config_defaultPictureInPictureBounds" />
   <java-symbol type="string" name="config_centeredPictureInPictureBounds" />
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
index 7f297a875bcfe..565ec82fba1fb 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
@@ -1294,6 +1294,7 @@ public final class ActivityManagerService extends ActivityManagerNative
     boolean mAlwaysFinishActivities = false;
     boolean mLenientBackgroundCheck = false;
     boolean mForceResizableActivities;
+    boolean mSupportsMultiWindow;
     boolean mSupportsFreeformWindowManagement;
     boolean mSupportsPictureInPicture;
     Rect mDefaultPinnedStackBounds;
@@ -12371,6 +12372,7 @@ public final class ActivityManagerService extends ActivityManagerNative
         final boolean supportsPictureInPicture =
                 mContext.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(FEATURE_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE);
 
+        final boolean supportsMultiWindow = ActivityManager.supportsMultiWindow();
         final String debugApp = Settings.Global.getString(resolver, DEBUG_APP);
         final boolean waitForDebugger = Settings.Global.getInt(resolver, WAIT_FOR_DEBUGGER, 0) != 0;
         final boolean alwaysFinishActivities =
@@ -12397,8 +12399,15 @@ public final class ActivityManagerService extends ActivityManagerNative
             mLenientBackgroundCheck = lenientBackgroundCheck;
             mForceResizableActivities = forceResizable;
             mWindowManager.setForceResizableTasks(mForceResizableActivities);
-            mSupportsFreeformWindowManagement = freeformWindowManagement || forceResizable;
-            mSupportsPictureInPicture = supportsPictureInPicture || forceResizable;
+            if (supportsMultiWindow || forceResizable) {
+                mSupportsMultiWindow = true;
+                mSupportsFreeformWindowManagement = freeformWindowManagement || forceResizable;
+                mSupportsPictureInPicture = supportsPictureInPicture || forceResizable;
+            } else {
+                mSupportsMultiWindow = false;
+                mSupportsFreeformWindowManagement = false;
+                mSupportsPictureInPicture = false;
+            }
             // This happens before any activities are started, so we can
             // change mConfiguration in-place.
             updateConfigurationLocked(configuration, null, true);
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java
index c68136040fb61..c58cad0dace25 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStackSupervisor.java
@@ -2174,6 +2174,12 @@ public final class ActivityStackSupervisor implements DisplayListener {
      */
     ActivityStack moveTaskToStackUncheckedLocked(
             TaskRecord task, int stackId, boolean toTop, boolean forceFocus, String reason) {
+
+        if (StackId.isMultiWindowStack(stackId) && !mService.mSupportsMultiWindow) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("moveTaskToStackUncheckedLocked: Device doesn't "
+                    + "support multi-window task=" + task + " to stackId=" + stackId);
+        }
+
         final ActivityRecord r = task.getTopActivity();
         final ActivityStack prevStack = task.stack;
         final boolean wasFocused = isFocusedStack(prevStack) && (topRunningActivityLocked() == r);
@@ -2184,8 +2190,6 @@ public final class ActivityStackSupervisor implements DisplayListener {
         final boolean wasFront = isFrontStack(prevStack)
                 && (prevStack.topRunningActivityLocked() == r);
 
-        final int resizeMode = task.mResizeMode;
-
         if (stackId == DOCKED_STACK_ID && !task.isResizeable()) {
             // We don't allow moving a unresizeable task to the docked stack since the docked
             // stack is used for split-screen mode and will cause things like the docked divider to
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStarter.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStarter.java
index bcdc800c58575..46389e2ef803e 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStarter.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityStarter.java
@@ -1772,12 +1772,13 @@ class ActivityStarter {
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (stackId == DOCKED_STACK_ID && r.canGoInDockedStack()) {
-            return true;
+        if (stackId != FULLSCREEN_WORKSPACE_STACK_ID
+                && (!mService.mSupportsMultiWindow || !r.isResizeableOrForced())) {
+            return false;
         }
 
-        if (stackId != FULLSCREEN_WORKSPACE_STACK_ID && !r.isResizeableOrForced()) {
-            return false;
+        if (stackId == DOCKED_STACK_ID && r.canGoInDockedStack()) {
+            return true;
         }
 
         if (stackId == FREEFORM_WORKSPACE_STACK_ID && !mService.mSupportsFreeformWindowManagement) {