diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsController.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsController.java
index e418bdc42dec400d96c0f98e35336dc0a48c9256..ee7d393320a2b2b72147d4dc965b03fb8f013b93 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsController.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsController.java
@@ -118,8 +118,12 @@ public class PlatformViewsController implements PlatformViewsAccessibilityDelega
           if (platformViewRequests.get(viewId) != null) {
             platformViewRequests.remove(viewId);
           }
-          if (platformViews.get(viewId) != null) {
-            ((FlutterView) flutterView).removeView(mutatorViews.get(viewId));
+
+          final View platformView = platformViews.get(viewId);
+          if (platformView != null) {
+            final FlutterMutatorView mutatorView = mutatorViews.get(viewId);
+            mutatorView.removeView(platformView);
+            ((FlutterView) flutterView).removeView(mutatorView);
             platformViews.remove(viewId);
             mutatorViews.remove(viewId);
           }
@@ -679,13 +683,22 @@ public class PlatformViewsController implements PlatformViewsAccessibilityDelega
 
     PlatformView platformView = factory.create(context, viewId, createParams);
     View view = platformView.getView();
+
+    if (view == null) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException(
+          "PlatformView#getView() returned null, but an Android view reference was expected.");
+    }
+    if (view.getParent() != null) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException(
+          "The Android view returned from PlatformView#getView() was already added to a parent view.");
+    }
     platformViews.put(viewId, view);
 
     FlutterMutatorView mutatorView =
         new FlutterMutatorView(
             context, context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density, androidTouchProcessor);
     mutatorViews.put(viewId, mutatorView);
-    mutatorView.addView(platformView.getView());
+    mutatorView.addView(view);
     ((FlutterView) flutterView).addView(mutatorView);
   }
 
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 2b31333ab1349f4716f4dd903989495563e24273..fad8dca431591ac4a6c0f99d794020d15c833e90 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsControllerTest.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformViewsControllerTest.java
@@ -1,26 +1,20 @@
 package io.flutter.plugin.platform;
 
 import static io.flutter.embedding.engine.systemchannels.PlatformViewsChannel.PlatformViewTouch;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.AssetManager;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewParent;
 import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterView;
 import io.flutter.embedding.android.MotionEventTracker;
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterJNI;
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartExecutor;
+import io.flutter.embedding.engine.mutatorsstack.FlutterMutatorView;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodCall;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.StandardMethodCodec;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -208,39 +202,126 @@ public class PlatformViewsControllerTest {
     int platformViewId = 0;
     assertNull(platformViewsController.getPlatformViewById(platformViewId));
 
+    PlatformViewFactory viewFactory = mock(PlatformViewFactory.class);
+    PlatformView platformView = mock(PlatformView.class);
+    View androidView = mock(View.class);
+    when(platformView.getView()).thenReturn(androidView);
+    when(viewFactory.create(any(), eq(platformViewId), any())).thenReturn(platformView);
+    platformViewsController.getRegistry().registerViewFactory("testType", viewFactory);
+
     FlutterJNI jni = new FlutterJNI();
-    AssetManager assetManager = mock(AssetManager.class);
-    Context context = RuntimeEnvironment.application.getApplicationContext();
+    attach(jni, platformViewsController);
 
-    DartExecutor executor = new DartExecutor(jni, assetManager);
-    executor.onAttachedToJNI();
-    platformViewsController.attach(context, null, executor);
-    platformViewsController.attachToView(mock(FlutterView.class));
+    // Simulate create call from the framework.
+    createPlatformView(jni, platformViewsController, platformViewId, "testType");
+
+    platformViewsController.initializePlatformViewIfNeeded(platformViewId);
+
+    View resultAndroidView = platformViewsController.getPlatformViewById(platformViewId);
+    assertNotNull(resultAndroidView);
+    assertEquals(resultAndroidView, androidView);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void initializePlatformViewIfNeeded__throwsIfViewIsNull() {
+    PlatformViewsController platformViewsController = new PlatformViewsController();
+
+    int platformViewId = 0;
+    assertNull(platformViewsController.getPlatformViewById(platformViewId));
+
+    PlatformViewFactory viewFactory = mock(PlatformViewFactory.class);
+    PlatformView platformView = mock(PlatformView.class);
+    when(platformView.getView()).thenReturn(null);
+    when(viewFactory.create(any(), eq(platformViewId), any())).thenReturn(platformView);
+    platformViewsController.getRegistry().registerViewFactory("testType", viewFactory);
+
+    FlutterJNI jni = new FlutterJNI();
+    attach(jni, platformViewsController);
+
+    // Simulate create call from the framework.
+    createPlatformView(jni, platformViewsController, platformViewId, "testType");
+
+    try {
+      platformViewsController.initializePlatformViewIfNeeded(platformViewId);
+    } catch (Exception exception) {
+      assertTrue(exception instanceof IllegalStateException);
+      assertEquals(
+          exception.getMessage(),
+          "PlatformView#getView() returned null, but an Android view reference was expected.");
+      return;
+    }
+    assertTrue(false);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void initializePlatformViewIfNeeded__throwsIfViewHasParent() {
+    PlatformViewsController platformViewsController = new PlatformViewsController();
+
+    int platformViewId = 0;
+    assertNull(platformViewsController.getPlatformViewById(platformViewId));
 
     PlatformViewFactory viewFactory = mock(PlatformViewFactory.class);
     PlatformView platformView = mock(PlatformView.class);
     View androidView = mock(View.class);
+    when(androidView.getParent()).thenReturn(mock(ViewParent.class));
     when(platformView.getView()).thenReturn(androidView);
     when(viewFactory.create(any(), eq(platformViewId), any())).thenReturn(platformView);
+    platformViewsController.getRegistry().registerViewFactory("testType", viewFactory);
+
+    FlutterJNI jni = new FlutterJNI();
+    attach(jni, platformViewsController);
+
+    // Simulate create call from the framework.
+    createPlatformView(jni, platformViewsController, platformViewId, "testType");
+    try {
+      platformViewsController.initializePlatformViewIfNeeded(platformViewId);
+    } catch (Exception exception) {
+      assertTrue(exception instanceof IllegalStateException);
+      assertEquals(
+          exception.getMessage(),
+          "The Android view returned from PlatformView#getView() was already added to a parent view.");
+      return;
+    }
+    assertTrue(false);
+  }
 
+  @Test
+  public void disposeAndroidView__hybridComposition() {
+    PlatformViewsController platformViewsController = new PlatformViewsController();
+
+    int platformViewId = 0;
+    assertNull(platformViewsController.getPlatformViewById(platformViewId));
+
+    PlatformViewFactory viewFactory = mock(PlatformViewFactory.class);
+    PlatformView platformView = mock(PlatformView.class);
+
+    Context context = RuntimeEnvironment.application.getApplicationContext();
+    View androidView = new View(context);
+
+    when(platformView.getView()).thenReturn(androidView);
+    when(viewFactory.create(any(), eq(platformViewId), any())).thenReturn(platformView);
     platformViewsController.getRegistry().registerViewFactory("testType", viewFactory);
 
+    FlutterJNI jni = new FlutterJNI();
+    attach(jni, platformViewsController);
+
     // Simulate create call from the framework.
-    Map<String, Object> platformViewCreateArguments = new HashMap<>();
-    platformViewCreateArguments.put("hybrid", true);
-    platformViewCreateArguments.put("id", platformViewId);
-    platformViewCreateArguments.put("viewType", "testType");
-    platformViewCreateArguments.put("direction", 0);
-    MethodCall platformCreateMethodCall = new MethodCall("create", platformViewCreateArguments);
+    createPlatformView(jni, platformViewsController, platformViewId, "testType");
+    platformViewsController.initializePlatformViewIfNeeded(platformViewId);
 
-    jni.handlePlatformMessage(
-        "flutter/platform_views", encodeMethodCall(platformCreateMethodCall), /*replyId=*/ 0);
+    assertNotNull(androidView.getParent());
+    assertTrue(androidView.getParent() instanceof FlutterMutatorView);
 
+    // Simulate dispose call from the framework.
+    disposePlatformView(jni, platformViewsController, platformViewId);
+    assertNull(androidView.getParent());
+
+    // Simulate create call from the framework.
+    createPlatformView(jni, platformViewsController, platformViewId, "testType");
     platformViewsController.initializePlatformViewIfNeeded(platformViewId);
 
-    View resultAndroidView = platformViewsController.getPlatformViewById(platformViewId);
-    assertNotNull(resultAndroidView);
-    assertEquals(resultAndroidView, androidView);
+    assertNotNull(androidView.getParent());
+    assertTrue(androidView.getParent() instanceof FlutterMutatorView);
   }
 
   private static byte[] encodeMethodCall(MethodCall call) {
@@ -250,4 +331,41 @@ public class PlatformViewsControllerTest {
     buffer.get(dest);
     return dest;
   }
+
+  private static void createPlatformView(
+      FlutterJNI jni,
+      PlatformViewsController platformViewsController,
+      int platformViewId,
+      String viewType) {
+    Map<String, Object> platformViewCreateArguments = new HashMap<>();
+    platformViewCreateArguments.put("hybrid", true);
+    platformViewCreateArguments.put("id", platformViewId);
+    platformViewCreateArguments.put("viewType", viewType);
+    platformViewCreateArguments.put("direction", 0);
+    MethodCall platformCreateMethodCall = new MethodCall("create", platformViewCreateArguments);
+
+    jni.handlePlatformMessage(
+        "flutter/platform_views", encodeMethodCall(platformCreateMethodCall), /*replyId=*/ 0);
+  }
+
+  private static void disposePlatformView(
+      FlutterJNI jni, PlatformViewsController platformViewsController, int platformViewId) {
+    Map<String, Object> platformViewDisposeArguments = new HashMap<>();
+    platformViewDisposeArguments.put("hybrid", true);
+    platformViewDisposeArguments.put("id", platformViewId);
+    MethodCall platformDisposeMethodCall = new MethodCall("dispose", platformViewDisposeArguments);
+
+    jni.handlePlatformMessage(
+        "flutter/platform_views", encodeMethodCall(platformDisposeMethodCall), /*replyId=*/ 0);
+  }
+
+  private void attach(FlutterJNI jni, PlatformViewsController platformViewsController) {
+    DartExecutor executor = new DartExecutor(jni, mock(AssetManager.class));
+    executor.onAttachedToJNI();
+
+    Context context = RuntimeEnvironment.application.getApplicationContext();
+    platformViewsController.attach(context, null, executor);
+
+    platformViewsController.attachToView(mock(FlutterView.class));
+  }
 }