diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index e84bece9519de..07095b6a708d5 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ group("flutter") {
       "//flutter/third_party/txt:txt_unittests",
     ]
 
+    if (is_android) {
+      public_deps +=
+          [ "//flutter/shell/platform/android:flutter_shell_native_unittests" ]
+    }
+
     # The accessibility library only supports Mac and Windows at the moment.
     if (is_mac || is_win) {
       public_deps +=
diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
index b776f69941a82..ca1141917564a 100755
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/gpu/gpu_surface_vulkan_delegate.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/AndroidManifest.xml
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_context_gl.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_context_gl.h
+FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_context_gl_unittests.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_environment_gl.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_environment_gl.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_exports.lst
@@ -779,6 +780,7 @@ FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_image_generator.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_image_generator.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder.h
+FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder_unittests.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_surface_gl.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_surface_gl.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/android_surface_software.cc
@@ -795,6 +797,7 @@ FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/external_view_embedder/surface_poo
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/external_view_embedder/surface_pool_unittests.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/flutter_main.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/flutter_main.h
+FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/flutter_shell_native_unittests.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/FlutterInjector.java
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/Log.java
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/app/FlutterActivity.java
diff --git a/shell/common/platform_view.h b/shell/common/platform_view.h
index 1cbf73ce4abea..2b17b5066cc5c 100644
--- a/shell/common/platform_view.h
+++ b/shell/common/platform_view.h
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 
-#include "flow/embedded_views.h"
 #include "flutter/common/graphics/texture.h"
 #include "flutter/common/task_runners.h"
+#include "flutter/flow/embedded_views.h"
 #include "flutter/flow/surface.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/macros.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/mapping.h"
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/android/BUILD.gn
index 6d76a91c87573..2780a734ef590 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/BUILD.gn
+++ b/shell/platform/android/BUILD.gn
@@ -35,10 +35,30 @@ source_set("image_generator") {
   ]
 }
 
-shared_library("flutter_shell_native") {
-  visibility = [ ":*" ]
+executable("flutter_shell_native_unittests") {
+  visibility = [ "*" ]
+  testonly = true
+  sources = [
+    "android_context_gl_unittests.cc",
+    "android_shell_holder_unittests.cc",
+    "flutter_shell_native_unittests.cc",
+  ]
+  public_configs = [ "//flutter:config" ]
+  deps = [
+    ":flutter_shell_native_src",
+    "//third_party/googletest:gmock",
+    "//third_party/googletest:gtest",
+  ]
+}
 
+shared_library("flutter_shell_native") {
   output_name = "flutter"
+  deps = [ ":flutter_shell_native_src" ]
+  ldflags = [ "-Wl,--version-script=" + rebase_path("android_exports.lst") ]
+}
+
+source_set("flutter_shell_native_src") {
+  visibility = [ ":*" ]
 
   sources = [
     "$root_build_dir/flutter_icu/icudtl.o",
@@ -69,7 +89,7 @@ shared_library("flutter_shell_native") {
     "vsync_waiter_android.h",
   ]
 
-  deps = [
+  public_deps = [
     ":android_gpu_configuration",
     ":icudtl_object",
     ":image_generator",
@@ -100,8 +120,6 @@ shared_library("flutter_shell_native") {
     "EGL",
     "GLESv2",
   ]
-
-  ldflags = [ "-Wl,--version-script=" + rebase_path("android_exports.lst") ]
 }
 
 action("gen_android_build_config_java") {
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/android_context_gl.cc b/shell/platform/android/android_context_gl.cc
index ee056925d05a4..1d0f83cafa7e7 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/android_context_gl.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/android/android_context_gl.cc
@@ -204,14 +204,18 @@ AndroidContextGL::~AndroidContextGL() {
 
 std::unique_ptr<AndroidEGLSurface> AndroidContextGL::CreateOnscreenSurface(
     fml::RefPtr<AndroidNativeWindow> window) const {
-  EGLDisplay display = environment_->Display();
+  if (window->IsFakeWindow()) {
+    return CreatePbufferSurface();
+  } else {
+    EGLDisplay display = environment_->Display();
 
-  const EGLint attribs[] = {EGL_NONE};
+    const EGLint attribs[] = {EGL_NONE};
 
-  EGLSurface surface = eglCreateWindowSurface(
-      display, config_, reinterpret_cast<EGLNativeWindowType>(window->handle()),
-      attribs);
-  return std::make_unique<AndroidEGLSurface>(surface, display, context_);
+    EGLSurface surface = eglCreateWindowSurface(
+        display, config_,
+        reinterpret_cast<EGLNativeWindowType>(window->handle()), attribs);
+    return std::make_unique<AndroidEGLSurface>(surface, display, context_);
+  }
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<AndroidEGLSurface> AndroidContextGL::CreateOffscreenSurface()
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/android_context_gl_unittests.cc b/shell/platform/android/android_context_gl_unittests.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f31b023643c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/platform/android/android_context_gl_unittests.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <memory>
+#include "flutter/shell/platform/android/android_context_gl.h"
+#include "flutter/shell/platform/android/android_environment_gl.h"
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+TEST(AndroidContextGl, Create) {
+  auto environment = fml::MakeRefCounted<flutter::AndroidEnvironmentGL>();
+  auto context = std::make_unique<flutter::AndroidContextGL>(
+      flutter::AndroidRenderingAPI::kOpenGLES, environment);
+  EXPECT_NE(context.get(), nullptr);
+}
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder_unittests.cc b/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder_unittests.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..eca2eed8bc067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder_unittests.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#include <memory>
+#include "flutter/shell/platform/android/android_shell_holder.h"
+#include "gmock/gmock.h"
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace flutter {
+namespace testing {
+namespace {
+class MockPlatformViewAndroidJNI : public PlatformViewAndroidJNI {
+  MOCK_METHOD2(FlutterViewHandlePlatformMessage,
+               void(std::unique_ptr<flutter::PlatformMessage> message,
+                    int responseId));
+  MOCK_METHOD2(FlutterViewHandlePlatformMessageResponse,
+               void(int responseId, std::unique_ptr<fml::Mapping> data));
+  MOCK_METHOD3(FlutterViewUpdateSemantics,
+               void(std::vector<uint8_t> buffer,
+                    std::vector<std::string> strings,
+                    std::vector<std::vector<uint8_t>> string_attribute_args));
+  MOCK_METHOD2(FlutterViewUpdateCustomAccessibilityActions,
+               void(std::vector<uint8_t> actions_buffer,
+                    std::vector<std::string> strings));
+  MOCK_METHOD0(FlutterViewOnFirstFrame, void());
+  MOCK_METHOD0(FlutterViewOnPreEngineRestart, void());
+  MOCK_METHOD2(SurfaceTextureAttachToGLContext,
+               void(JavaLocalRef surface_texture, int textureId));
+  MOCK_METHOD1(SurfaceTextureUpdateTexImage,
+               void(JavaLocalRef surface_texture));
+  MOCK_METHOD2(SurfaceTextureGetTransformMatrix,
+               void(JavaLocalRef surface_texture, SkMatrix& transform));
+  MOCK_METHOD1(SurfaceTextureDetachFromGLContext,
+               void(JavaLocalRef surface_texture));
+  MOCK_METHOD8(FlutterViewOnDisplayPlatformView,
+               void(int view_id,
+                    int x,
+                    int y,
+                    int width,
+                    int height,
+                    int viewWidth,
+                    int viewHeight,
+                    MutatorsStack mutators_stack));
+  MOCK_METHOD5(FlutterViewDisplayOverlaySurface,
+               void(int surface_id, int x, int y, int width, int height));
+  MOCK_METHOD0(FlutterViewBeginFrame, void());
+  MOCK_METHOD0(FlutterViewEndFrame, void());
+  MOCK_METHOD0(FlutterViewCreateOverlaySurface,
+               std::unique_ptr<PlatformViewAndroidJNI::OverlayMetadata>());
+  MOCK_METHOD0(FlutterViewDestroyOverlaySurfaces, void());
+  MOCK_METHOD1(FlutterViewComputePlatformResolvedLocale,
+               std::unique_ptr<std::vector<std::string>>(
+                   std::vector<std::string> supported_locales_data));
+  MOCK_METHOD0(GetDisplayRefreshRate, double());
+  MOCK_METHOD1(RequestDartDeferredLibrary, bool(int loading_unit_id));
+};
+}  // namespace
+
+TEST(AndroidShellHolder, Create) {
+  Settings settings;
+  settings.enable_software_rendering = false;
+  auto jni = std::make_shared<MockPlatformViewAndroidJNI>();
+  auto holder = std::make_unique<AndroidShellHolder>(
+      settings, jni, /*is_background_view=*/false);
+  EXPECT_NE(holder.get(), nullptr);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(holder->IsValid());
+  EXPECT_NE(holder->GetPlatformView().get(), nullptr);
+  auto window =
+      fml::MakeRefCounted<AndroidNativeWindow>(nullptr, /*is_offscreen=*/true);
+  holder->GetPlatformView()->NotifyCreated(window);
+}
+}  // namespace testing
+}  // namespace flutter
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/flutter_shell_native_unittests.cc b/shell/platform/android/flutter_shell_native_unittests.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fbebc29e38923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/platform/android/flutter_shell_native_unittests.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/surface/android_native_window.cc b/shell/platform/android/surface/android_native_window.cc
index e701b986f48e9..5e4ebef7840b5 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/surface/android_native_window.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/android/surface/android_native_window.cc
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 
 namespace flutter {
 
-AndroidNativeWindow::AndroidNativeWindow(Handle window) : window_(window) {}
+AndroidNativeWindow::AndroidNativeWindow(Handle window, bool is_fake_window)
+    : window_(window), is_fake_window_(is_fake_window) {}
+
+AndroidNativeWindow::AndroidNativeWindow(Handle window)
+    : AndroidNativeWindow(window, /*is_fake_window=*/false) {}
 
 AndroidNativeWindow::~AndroidNativeWindow() {
   if (window_ != nullptr) {
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/surface/android_native_window.h b/shell/platform/android/surface/android_native_window.h
index e2f385303403e..ac684b955eb4b 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/surface/android_native_window.h
+++ b/shell/platform/android/surface/android_native_window.h
@@ -32,13 +32,20 @@ class AndroidNativeWindow
 
   SkISize GetSize() const;
 
+  /// Returns true when this AndroidNativeWindow is not backed by a real window
+  /// (used for testing).
+  bool IsFakeWindow() const { return is_fake_window_; }
+
  private:
   Handle window_;
+  const bool is_fake_window_;
 
   /// Creates a native window with the given handle. Handle ownership is assumed
   /// by this instance of the native window.
   explicit AndroidNativeWindow(Handle window);
 
+  explicit AndroidNativeWindow(Handle window, bool is_fake_window);
+
   ~AndroidNativeWindow();
 
   FML_FRIEND_MAKE_REF_COUNTED(AndroidNativeWindow);
diff --git a/testing/run_tests.py b/testing/run_tests.py
index f8916dfd93087..3d1fc40bd74ba 100755
--- a/testing/run_tests.py
+++ b/testing/run_tests.py
@@ -351,6 +351,14 @@ def RunJavaTests(filter, android_variant='android_debug_unopt'):
   RunCmd(command, cwd=test_runner_dir, env=env)
 
 
+def RunAndroidTests(android_variant='android_debug_unopt'):
+  test_runner_name = 'flutter_shell_native_unittests'
+  tests_path = os.path.join(out_dir, android_variant, test_runner_name)
+  remote_path = '/data/local/tmp'
+  remote_tests_path = os.path.join(remote_path, test_runner_name)
+  RunCmd(['adb', 'push', tests_path, remote_path], cwd=buildroot_dir)
+  RunCmd(['adb', 'shell', remote_tests_path])
+
 def RunObjcTests(ios_variant='ios_debug_sim_unopt', test_filter=None):
   """Runs Objective-C XCTest unit tests for the iOS embedding"""
   AssertExpectedXcodeVersion()
@@ -592,6 +600,10 @@ def main():
       java_filter = None
     RunJavaTests(java_filter, args.android_variant)
 
+  if 'android' in types:
+    assert not IsWindows(), "Android engine files can't be compiled on Windows."
+    RunAndroidTests(args.android_variant)
+
   if 'objc' in types:
     assert IsMac(), "iOS embedding tests can only be run on macOS."
     RunObjcTests(args.ios_variant, args.objc_filter)