diff --git a/leakcanary-android/src/main/java/com/squareup/leakcanary/AndroidHeapDumper.java b/leakcanary-android/src/main/java/com/squareup/leakcanary/AndroidHeapDumper.java
index 63e750287a..18207e5d7d 100644
--- a/leakcanary-android/src/main/java/com/squareup/leakcanary/AndroidHeapDumper.java
+++ b/leakcanary-android/src/main/java/com/squareup/leakcanary/AndroidHeapDumper.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 import android.app.Notification;
 import android.app.NotificationManager;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.Configuration;
+import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Debug;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.Looper;
@@ -25,11 +28,16 @@
 import android.os.SystemClock;
 import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.view.WindowManager;
+import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent;
+import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityManager;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 import com.squareup.leakcanary.internal.FutureResult;
 import com.squareup.leakcanary.internal.LeakCanaryInternals;
 import java.io.File;
 
+import static android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent.TYPE_NOTIFICATION_STATE_CHANGED;
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 
 public final class AndroidHeapDumper implements HeapDumper {
@@ -89,7 +97,7 @@ private void showToast(final FutureResult<Toast> waitingForToast) {
         toast.setDuration(Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
         LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
         toast.setView(inflater.inflate(R.layout.leak_canary_heap_dump_toast, null));
-        toast.show();
+        show(toast);
         // Waiting for Idle to make sure Toast gets rendered.
         Looper.myQueue().addIdleHandler(new MessageQueue.IdleHandler() {
           @Override public boolean queueIdle() {
@@ -104,8 +112,85 @@ private void showToast(final FutureResult<Toast> waitingForToast) {
   private void cancelToast(final Toast toast) {
     mainHandler.post(new Runnable() {
       @Override public void run() {
-        toast.cancel();
+        hide(toast);
       }
     });
   }
+
+  private void show(Toast toast) {
+    View view = toast.getView();
+    Context context = toast.getView().getContext();
+
+    WindowManager windowManager = (WindowManager) context.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
+
+    // We can resolve the Gravity here by using the Locale for getting
+    // the layout direction
+    Configuration config = view.getContext().getResources().getConfiguration();
+    int gravity = toast.getGravity();
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
+      gravity = Gravity.getAbsoluteGravity(gravity, config.getLayoutDirection());
+    }
+
+    WindowManager.LayoutParams params = buildLayoutParams();
+    params.gravity = gravity;
+    if ((gravity & Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK) == Gravity.FILL_HORIZONTAL) {
+      params.horizontalWeight = 1.0f;
+    }
+    if ((gravity & Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK) == Gravity.FILL_VERTICAL) {
+      params.verticalWeight = 1.0f;
+    }
+    params.x = toast.getXOffset();
+    params.y = toast.getYOffset();
+    params.verticalMargin = toast.getVerticalMargin();
+    params.horizontalMargin = toast.getHorizontalMargin();
+    params.packageName = context.getPackageName();
+    try {
+      windowManager.addView(view, params);
+    } catch (WindowManager.BadTokenException e) {
+      CanaryLog.d(e, "Could not show leak toast, the window token has been canceled");
+      return;
+    }
+    trySendAccessibilityEvent(view);
+  }
+
+  private void hide(Toast toast) {
+    View view = toast.getView();
+    if (view.getParent() != null) {
+      Context context = toast.getView().getContext();
+      WindowManager windowManager = (WindowManager) context.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
+      windowManager.removeView(view);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private WindowManager.LayoutParams buildLayoutParams() {
+    WindowManager.LayoutParams params = new WindowManager.LayoutParams();
+    params.height = WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
+    params.width = WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
+    params.format = PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT;
+    params.windowAnimations = android.R.style.Animation_Toast;
+    params.type = WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_TOAST;
+    params.setTitle("Toast");
+    params.flags = WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON
+        | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE
+        | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCHABLE;
+    return params;
+  }
+
+  private void trySendAccessibilityEvent(View view) {
+    Context context = view.getContext();
+    AccessibilityManager accessibilityManager =
+        (AccessibilityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE);
+    if (!accessibilityManager.isEnabled()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    // treat toasts as notifications since they are used to
+    // announce a transient piece of information to the user
+    AccessibilityEvent event = AccessibilityEvent.obtain(TYPE_NOTIFICATION_STATE_CHANGED);
+    event.setClassName(getClass().getName());
+    event.setPackageName(context.getPackageName());
+    view.dispatchPopulateAccessibilityEvent(event);
+    accessibilityManager.sendAccessibilityEvent(event);
+  }
+
+
 }