diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/renderer/FlutterRenderer.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/renderer/FlutterRenderer.java
index 532e692358981..7edaf4932fbb4 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/renderer/FlutterRenderer.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/renderer/FlutterRenderer.java
@@ -756,6 +756,11 @@ public void setCallback(Callback callback) {
       this.callback = callback;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean handlesCropAndRotation() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public long id() {
       return id;
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/renderer/SurfaceTextureSurfaceProducer.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/renderer/SurfaceTextureSurfaceProducer.java
index cefd5774a117e..6f522a65c375e 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/renderer/SurfaceTextureSurfaceProducer.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/renderer/SurfaceTextureSurfaceProducer.java
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ public void setCallback(Callback callback) {
     // Intentionally blank: SurfaceTextures don't get platform notifications or cleanup.
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean handlesCropAndRotation() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   @NonNull
   public SurfaceTexture getSurfaceTexture() {
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/TextureRegistry.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/TextureRegistry.java
index caeb799d7598a..c9c9836bf20d6 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/TextureRegistry.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/TextureRegistry.java
@@ -124,6 +124,28 @@ interface Callback {
 
     /** This method is not officially part of the public API surface and will be deprecated. */
     void scheduleFrame();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether the current rendering path handles crop and rotation metadata.
+     *
+     * <p>On most newer Android devices (API 29+), a {@link android.media.ImageReader} backend is
+     * used, which has more features, works in new graphic backends directly (such as Impeller's
+     * Vulkan backend), and is the Android recommended solution. However, crop and rotation metadata
+     * are <strong>not</strong> handled automatically, and require plugin authors to make
+     * appropriate changes ({@see https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/144407}).
+     *
+     * <pre>{@code
+     * void example(SurfaceProducer producer) {
+     *   bool supported = producer.handlesCropAndRotation();
+     *   if (!supported) {
+     *       // Manually rotate/crop, either in the Android plugin or in the Dart framework layer.
+     *   }
+     * }
+     * }</pre>
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if crop and rotation is handled automatically, {@code false} otherwise.
+     */
+    boolean handlesCropAndRotation();
   }
 
   /** A registry entry for a managed SurfaceTexture. */
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/engine/renderer/FlutterRendererTest.java b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/engine/renderer/FlutterRendererTest.java
index 0ed6a4754a589..7ab861ab40854 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/engine/renderer/FlutterRendererTest.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/engine/renderer/FlutterRendererTest.java
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 import static android.content.ComponentCallbacks2.TRIM_MEMORY_COMPLETE;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyFloat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
@@ -735,6 +737,27 @@ public void SurfaceTextureSurfaceProducerCreatesAConnectedTexture() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void SurfaceTextureSurfaceProducerDoesNotCropOrRotate() {
+    try {
+      FlutterRenderer.debugForceSurfaceProducerGlTextures = true;
+      FlutterRenderer flutterRenderer = engineRule.getFlutterEngine().getRenderer();
+      TextureRegistry.SurfaceProducer producer = flutterRenderer.createSurfaceProducer();
+
+      assertTrue(producer.handlesCropAndRotation());
+    } finally {
+      FlutterRenderer.debugForceSurfaceProducerGlTextures = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void ImageReaderSurfaceProducerDoesNotCropOrRotate() {
+    FlutterRenderer flutterRenderer = engineRule.getFlutterEngine().getRenderer();
+    TextureRegistry.SurfaceProducer producer = flutterRenderer.createSurfaceProducer();
+
+    assertFalse(producer.handlesCropAndRotation());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void ImageReaderSurfaceProducerIsDestroyedOnTrimMemory() {
     FlutterRenderer flutterRenderer = engineRule.getFlutterEngine().getRenderer();
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsControllerTest.java b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsControllerTest.java
index 310f5fe051f6f..f9ebf55087fd4 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsControllerTest.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsControllerTest.java
@@ -1651,6 +1651,11 @@ public Surface getSurface() {
                 return null;
               }
 
+              @Override
+              public boolean handlesCropAndRotation() {
+                return false;
+              }
+
               public void scheduleFrame() {}
             };
           }