diff --git a/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeGutenbergBridge/GutenbergWebViewActivity.java b/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeGutenbergBridge/GutenbergWebViewActivity.java
index b67cae08e932eb..ccc3682a2c661e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeGutenbergBridge/GutenbergWebViewActivity.java
+++ b/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeGutenbergBridge/GutenbergWebViewActivity.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Handler;
+import android.view.ActionMode;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuInflater;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
 import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar;
 
-import org.wordpress.android.util.AppLog;;
+import org.wordpress.android.util.AppLog;
 import org.wordpress.mobile.FileUtils;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ public class GutenbergWebViewActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     private static final String INJECT_LOCAL_STORAGE_SCRIPT_TEMPLATE = "localStorage.setItem('WP_DATA_USER_%d','%s')";
     private static final String INJECT_CSS_SCRIPT_TEMPLATE = "window.injectCss('%s')";
     private static final String INJECT_GET_HTML_POST_CONTENT_SCRIPT = "window.getHTMLPostContent();";
+    private static final String INJECT_ON_SHOW_CONTEXT_MENU_SCRIPT = "window.onShowContextMenu();";
+    private static final String INJECT_ON_HIDE_CONTEXT_MENU_SCRIPT = "window.onHideContextMenu();";
     private static final String JAVA_SCRIPT_INTERFACE_NAME = "wpwebkit";
 
     protected WebView mWebView;
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ public class GutenbergWebViewActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     protected TextView mForegroundViewTitle;
     protected TextView mForegroundViewSubtitle;
     protected boolean mIsRedirected;
+    protected ActionMode mActionMode = null;
 
     private ProgressBar mProgressBar;
     private boolean mIsGutenbergReady;
@@ -85,6 +89,24 @@ private void showTroubleshootingInstructions() {
         mForegroundViewImage.setVisibility(ImageView.VISIBLE);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void onActionModeStarted(ActionMode mode) {
+        if (mActionMode == null) {
+            mActionMode = mode;
+        }
+        mWebView.evaluateJavascript(INJECT_ON_SHOW_CONTEXT_MENU_SCRIPT,
+                value -> AppLog.e(AppLog.T.EDITOR, value));
+        super.onActionModeStarted(mode);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onActionModeFinished(ActionMode mode) {
+        mActionMode = null;
+        mWebView.evaluateJavascript(INJECT_ON_HIDE_CONTEXT_MENU_SCRIPT,
+                value -> AppLog.e(AppLog.T.EDITOR, value));
+        super.onActionModeFinished(mode);
+    }
+
     @SuppressLint("SetJavaScriptEnabled")
     protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
@@ -267,6 +289,9 @@ public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
 
                 String injectGutenbergObserver = getFileContentFromAssets("gutenberg-web-single-block/gutenberg-observer.js");
                 evaluateJavaScript(injectGutenbergObserver);
+
+                String behaviorOverrides = getFileContentFromAssets("gutenberg-web-single-block/editor-behavior-overrides.js");
+                evaluateJavaScript(behaviorOverrides);
             }
         });
     }
@@ -400,5 +425,14 @@ public void postMessage(String content) {
         public void gutenbergReady() {
             GutenbergWebViewActivity.this.runOnUiThread(() -> onGutenbergReady());
         }
+
+        @JavascriptInterface
+        public void hideTextSelectionContextMenu() {
+            if (mActionMode != null) {
+                GutenbergWebViewActivity.this.runOnUiThread(() -> {
+                    GutenbergWebViewActivity.this.mActionMode.finish();
+                });
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bridge/common/gutenberg-web-single-block/editor-behavior-overrides.js b/packages/react-native-bridge/common/gutenberg-web-single-block/editor-behavior-overrides.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a456549b9501ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-bridge/common/gutenberg-web-single-block/editor-behavior-overrides.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Listeners for native context menu visibility changes
+let isContextMenuVisible = false;
+const hideContextMenuListeners = [];
+
+window.onShowContextMenu = () => {
+	isContextMenuVisible = true;
+};
+window.onHideContextMenu = () => {
+	isContextMenuVisible = false;
+	while ( hideContextMenuListeners.length > 0 ) {
+		const listener = hideContextMenuListeners.pop();
+		listener();
+	}
+};
+
+/*
+This is a fix for a text selection quirk in the UBE. 
+It notifies the Android app to dismiss the text selection 
+context menu when certain menu items are tapped. This is 
+done via the 'hideTextSelectionContextMenu' method, which
+is sent back to the Android app, where the dismissal is
+then handle. See PR for further details: 
+https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/34668
+*/
+window.addEventListener(
+	'click',
+	( event ) => {
+		const selected = document.getSelection();
+		if ( ! isContextMenuVisible || ! selected || ! selected.toString() ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Check if the event is triggered by a dropdown
+		// toggle button.
+		const dropdownToggles = document.querySelectorAll(
+			'.components-dropdown-menu > button'
+		);
+		let currentToggle;
+		for ( const node of dropdownToggles.values() ) {
+			if ( node.contains( event.target ) ) {
+				currentToggle = node;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Hide text selection context menu when the click
+		// is triggered by a dropdown toggle.
+		//
+		// NOTE: The event propagation is prevented because
+		// it will be dispatched after the context menu
+		// is hidden.
+		if ( currentToggle ) {
+			event.stopPropagation();
+			hideContextMenuListeners.push( () => currentToggle.click() );
+			window.wpwebkit.hideTextSelectionContextMenu();
+		}
+	},
+	true
+);
diff --git a/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
index 47263df34f0f5c..422a0b07fe4ca4 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ For each user feature we should also add a importance categorization label  to i
 
 ## Unreleased
 -   [*] [Embed block] Fix inline preview cut-off when editing URL [#35321]
+-   [*] [Unsupported Block Editor] Fix text selection bug for Android [#34668]
 
 ## 1.63.0
 -   [**] [Embed block] Add the top 5 specific embed blocks to the Block inserter list [#34967]