diff --git a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/android/build.gradle b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/android/build.gradle
index 13584a00be42..5b7e372006f3 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/android/build.gradle
+++ b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/android/build.gradle
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ android {
   namespace 'expo.modules.t3markdowntext'
   compileSdk rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
 
+  testOptions {
+    unitTests.includeAndroidResources = true
+  }
+
   defaultConfig {
     minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
     targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
@@ -17,4 +21,12 @@ android {
 dependencies {
   implementation project(':expo-modules-core')
   implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-android'
+  testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
+  testImplementation 'org.robolectric:robolectric:4.16.1'
+}
+
+tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
+  javaLauncher = javaToolchains.launcherFor {
+    languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(21)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3markdowntext/T3MarkdownTextSelectionModule.kt b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3markdowntext/T3MarkdownTextSelectionModule.kt
index af8675831f2d..c68b8e641aab 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3markdowntext/T3MarkdownTextSelectionModule.kt
+++ b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3markdowntext/T3MarkdownTextSelectionModule.kt
@@ -18,19 +18,23 @@ import kotlin.math.min
 
 private const val OBJECT_REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER = "\uFFFC"
 
-private fun copyTextWithoutInlineImages(
+internal fun copyTextWithoutInlineImages(
   text: CharSequence,
   start: Int,
   end: Int
 ): String {
   if (text !is Spanned) return text.subSequence(start, end).toString()
 
+  fun isInlineImage(index: Int): Boolean =
+    index >= 0 && text[index].toString() == OBJECT_REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER &&
+      text.getSpans(index, index + 1, ReplacementSpan::class.java).isNotEmpty()
+
   return buildString {
     for (index in start until end) {
-      val isInlineImage =
-        text[index].toString() == OBJECT_REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER &&
-          text.getSpans(index, index + 1, ReplacementSpan::class.java).isNotEmpty()
-      if (!isInlineImage) append(text[index])
+      // The renderer inserts one NBSP after each image to keep its label on the same line.
+      // Inspect the original text even when selection starts after the image.
+      val isIconSpacer = text[index] == '\u00A0' && isInlineImage(index - 1)
+      if (!isInlineImage(index) && !isIconSpacer) append(text[index])
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/android/src/test/java/expo/modules/t3markdowntext/MarkdownSelectionCopyTest.kt b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/android/src/test/java/expo/modules/t3markdowntext/MarkdownSelectionCopyTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..da9012ee1665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/android/src/test/java/expo/modules/t3markdowntext/MarkdownSelectionCopyTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package expo.modules.t3markdowntext
+
+import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable
+import android.text.SpannableString
+import android.text.Spanned
+import android.text.style.ImageSpan
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+@Config(sdk = [36], manifest = Config.NONE)
+class MarkdownSelectionCopyTest {
+  private fun withIcon(value: String): SpannableString = SpannableString(value).apply {
+    val index = value.indexOf('\uFFFC')
+    setSpan(ImageSpan(ColorDrawable()), index, index + 1, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun removesIconAndInjectedSpacer() {
+    val text = withIcon("\uFFFC\u00A0main.go:12 starts the server.")
+    assertEquals("main.go:12 starts the server.", copyTextWithoutInlineImages(text, 0, text.length))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun removesSpacerWhenSelectionStartsAfterIcon() {
+    val text = withIcon("\uFFFC\u00A0main.go:12 starts the server.")
+    assertEquals("main.go:12", copyTextWithoutInlineImages(text, 1, 12))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun preservesAuthoredWhitespaceAndLiteralObjectCharacters() {
+    val text = withIcon("before\u00A0 \uFFFC\u00A0\u00A0 main.go after\u00A0\uFFFC\u00A0")
+    assertEquals(
+      "before\u00A0 \u00A0 main.go after\u00A0\uFFFC\u00A0",
+      copyTextWithoutInlineImages(text, 0, text.length)
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun preservesTextWithoutImageSpans() {
+    val text = "\uFFFC\u00A0main.go"
+    assertEquals(text, copyTextWithoutInlineImages(text, 0, text.length))
+    assertEquals(text, copyTextWithoutInlineImages(SpannableString(text), 0, text.length))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/NativeMarkdownBlock.ios.tsx b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/NativeMarkdownBlock.ios.tsx
index 348a3c489a2c..3aa7e1cf4e46 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/NativeMarkdownBlock.ios.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/NativeMarkdownBlock.ios.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import type { MarkdownNode } from "react-native-nitro-markdown/headless";
 
 import { CopyTextButton } from "./CopyTextButton";
 import { MarkdownTextPrimitive } from "./MarkdownTextPrimitive";
-import { nativeMarkdownDocumentRuns, nativeMarkdownListItemBlocks } from "./nativeMarkdownText";
+import {
+  nativeMarkdownBlockSpacing,
+  nativeMarkdownDocumentRuns,
+  nativeMarkdownListItemBlocks,
+} from "./nativeMarkdownText";
 import { NativeMarkdownSelectableText } from "./NativeMarkdownSelectableText.ios";
 import type {
   MarkdownCodeHighlighter,
@@ -595,17 +599,28 @@ export function NativeMarkdownBlock(props: {
   switch (props.node.type) {
     case "document":
       return (
-        <View style={{ gap: 8 }}>
+        <View>
           {(props.node.children ?? []).map((child, index) => (
-            <NativeMarkdownBlock
+            <View
               key={nodeKey(child, index)}
-              node={child}
-              skills={props.skills}
-              textStyle={props.textStyle}
-              highlightCode={props.highlightCode}
-              onLinkPress={props.onLinkPress}
-              depth={depth}
-            />
+              style={{
+                paddingTop:
+                  Platform.OS === "android"
+                    ? nativeMarkdownBlockSpacing(props.node.children?.[index - 1], child)
+                    : index > 0
+                      ? 8
+                      : 0,
+              }}
+            >
+              <NativeMarkdownBlock
+                node={child}
+                skills={props.skills}
+                textStyle={props.textStyle}
+                highlightCode={props.highlightCode}
+                onLinkPress={props.onLinkPress}
+                depth={depth}
+              />
+            </View>
           ))}
         </View>
       );
diff --git a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/NativeMarkdownSelectableText.ios.tsx b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/NativeMarkdownSelectableText.ios.tsx
index a5c6cf540f1c..7e1eaf88f546 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/NativeMarkdownSelectableText.ios.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/NativeMarkdownSelectableText.ios.tsx
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ export function NativeMarkdownSelectableText(props: {
       }
     }
 
+    if (Platform.OS === "android" && (run.fileIcon || linkIcon)) {
+      text = `\u00A0${text}`;
+    }
+
     return { key: `${signature}:${occurrence}`, run, text, linkIcon };
   });
   // T3MarkdownText only rebuilds its attributed string during native layout. A
diff --git a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/SelectableMarkdownText.ios.tsx b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/SelectableMarkdownText.ios.tsx
index 2a231c603584..b7768ffbae03 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/SelectableMarkdownText.ios.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/SelectableMarkdownText.ios.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useMemo } from "react";
-import { View } from "react-native";
+import { Platform, View } from "react-native";
 import { parseMarkdownWithOptions } from "react-native-nitro-markdown/headless";
 
 import {
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ export function SelectableMarkdownText({
           the resulting single-line width instead of reflowing it. */}
         <View style={{ flexShrink: 1, minWidth: 0, marginTop, marginBottom }}>
           {chunks.map((chunk, index) => {
+            // Android inline images drift when one Text mixes paragraph and list
+            // spacer line heights. Keep those layouts in separate native blocks.
             const content =
-              chunk.kind === "rich" ? (
+              chunk.kind === "rich" || Platform.OS === "android" ? (
                 <NativeMarkdownBlock
                   node={chunk.node}
                   skills={skills}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/nativeMarkdownText.ts b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/nativeMarkdownText.ts
index 4c8a6c4d7cd5..aa22dc85291c 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/nativeMarkdownText.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-markdown-text/src/nativeMarkdownText.ts
@@ -589,6 +589,14 @@ function appendTable(
   return runs;
 }
 
+export function nativeMarkdownBlockSpacing(
+  previous: MarkdownNode | undefined,
+  current: MarkdownNode,
+): number {
+  if (!previous) return 0;
+  return current.type === "heading" ? 20 : previous.type === "heading" ? 10 : 12;
+}
+
 function appendDocumentBlock(
   runs: NativeMarkdownTextRun[],
   node: MarkdownNode,
@@ -599,11 +607,7 @@ function appendDocumentBlock(
       const children = node.children ?? [];
       for (const [index, child] of children.entries()) {
         if (index > 0) {
-          const previous = children[index - 1];
-          appendSpacer(
-            runs,
-            child.type === "heading" ? 20 : previous?.type === "heading" ? 10 : 12,
-          );
+          appendSpacer(runs, nativeMarkdownBlockSpacing(children[index - 1], child));
         }
         appendDocumentBlock(runs, child, depth);
       }
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMarkdownText.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMarkdownText.test.ts
index c3951c8d81f0..1091aeb65a6c 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMarkdownText.test.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/nativeMarkdownText.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
 import type { MarkdownNode } from "react-native-nitro-markdown/headless";
 
 import {
+  nativeMarkdownBlockSpacing,
   nativeMarkdownChunkSpacing,
   nativeMarkdownDocumentChunks,
   nativeMarkdownDocumentRuns,
@@ -381,6 +382,11 @@ describe("nativeMarkdownDocumentRuns", () => {
         .filter((run) => run.role === "spacer")
         .map((run) => run.spacing),
     ).toEqual([20, 10, 12]);
+    expect(
+      node.children?.map((child, index) =>
+        nativeMarkdownBlockSpacing(node.children?.[index - 1], child),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([0, 20, 10, 12]);
   });
 
   it("renders tight list items whose inline nodes are direct children", () => {
diff --git a/docs/user/composer.md b/docs/user/composer.md
index 4a8df5333664..7e388d4eb34f 100644
--- a/docs/user/composer.md
+++ b/docs/user/composer.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ include a skill when the task needs more context.
 Messages can contain up to 120,000 characters. Longer drafts stay in the composer
 so you can shorten them or split them into several messages.
 
+On Android, long-press message text to select within a paragraph or list item.
+Use the message’s copy button to copy the whole message.
+
 ## Attach files
 
 Attach up to eight files per message. Images can be up to 10 MB; other files can