diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformPlugin.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformPlugin.java
index 41ffa23853c7c..c3c14dff25213 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformPlugin.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformPlugin.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import android.content.ClipDescription;
 import android.content.ClipboardManager;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.view.HapticFeedbackConstants;
 import android.view.SoundEffectConstants;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 import io.flutter.Log;
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.systemchannels.PlatformChannel;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /** Android implementation of the platform plugin. */
@@ -512,14 +514,21 @@ private CharSequence getClipboardData(PlatformChannel.ClipboardContentFormat for
 
     if (!clipboard.hasPrimaryClip()) return null;
 
+    CharSequence charSequence = null;
     try {
       ClipData clip = clipboard.getPrimaryClip();
       if (clip == null) return null;
       if (format == null || format == PlatformChannel.ClipboardContentFormat.PLAIN_TEXT) {
         ClipData.Item item = clip.getItemAt(0);
+        AssetFileDescriptor assetFileDescriptor = null;
         if (item.getUri() != null)
-          activity.getContentResolver().openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(item.getUri(), "text/*", null);
-        return item.coerceToText(activity);
+          assetFileDescriptor =
+              activity
+                  .getContentResolver()
+                  .openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(item.getUri(), "text/*", null);
+        charSequence = item.coerceToText(activity);
+        if (assetFileDescriptor != null) assetFileDescriptor.close();
+        return charSequence;
       }
     } catch (SecurityException e) {
       Log.w(
@@ -531,6 +540,9 @@ private CharSequence getClipboardData(PlatformChannel.ClipboardContentFormat for
       return null;
     } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
       return null;
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      Log.w(TAG, "Failed to close AssetFileDescriptor while accessing clipboard data.", e);
+      return charSequence;
     }
 
     return null;
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformPluginTest.java b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformPluginTest.java
index 23b7fbf5b6a98..51e66c91db30b 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformPluginTest.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformPluginTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.anyBoolean;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
@@ -20,9 +24,11 @@
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.ClipData;
+import android.content.ClipDescription;
 import android.content.ClipboardManager;
 import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -84,18 +90,39 @@ public void platformPlugin_getClipboardData() throws IOException {
     PlatformChannel fakePlatformChannel = mock(PlatformChannel.class);
     PlatformPlugin platformPlugin = new PlatformPlugin(fakeActivity, fakePlatformChannel);
 
+    // Successfully get the contents of the primary clip when they contain text.
     ClipboardContentFormat clipboardFormat = ClipboardContentFormat.PLAIN_TEXT;
     assertNull(platformPlugin.mPlatformMessageHandler.getClipboardData(clipboardFormat));
     ClipData clip = ClipData.newPlainText("label", "Text");
     clipboardManager.setPrimaryClip(clip);
     assertNotNull(platformPlugin.mPlatformMessageHandler.getClipboardData(clipboardFormat));
 
-    ContentResolver contentResolver = ctx.getContentResolver();
+    // Return null when the primary clip contains non-text media.
+    ContentResolver contentResolver = spy(ctx.getContentResolver());
     when(fakeActivity.getContentResolver()).thenReturn(contentResolver);
     Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://media/external_primary/images/media/");
     clip = ClipData.newUri(contentResolver, "URI", uri);
     clipboardManager.setPrimaryClip(clip);
     assertNull(platformPlugin.mPlatformMessageHandler.getClipboardData(clipboardFormat));
+
+    // Still return text when the AssetFileDescriptor throws an IOException.
+    when(fakeActivity.getContentResolver()).thenReturn(contentResolver);
+    ClipDescription clipDescription =
+        new ClipDescription(
+            "label",
+            new String[] {
+              ClipDescription.MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN, ClipDescription.MIMETYPE_TEXT_URILIST
+            });
+    ClipData.Item clipDataItem = new ClipData.Item("Text", null, uri);
+    ClipData clipData = new ClipData(clipDescription, clipDataItem);
+    clipboardManager.setPrimaryClip(clipData);
+    AssetFileDescriptor fakeAssetFileDescriptor = mock(AssetFileDescriptor.class);
+    doReturn(fakeAssetFileDescriptor)
+        .when(contentResolver)
+        .openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(eq(uri), anyString(), eq(null));
+    doThrow(new IOException()).when(fakeAssetFileDescriptor).close();
+    assertNotNull(platformPlugin.mPlatformMessageHandler.getClipboardData(clipboardFormat));
+    verify(fakeAssetFileDescriptor).close();
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
diff --git a/tools/android_lint/baseline.xml b/tools/android_lint/baseline.xml
index b540917bd520e..2fccb83d76cf3 100644
--- a/tools/android_lint/baseline.xml
+++ b/tools/android_lint/baseline.xml
@@ -67,17 +67,6 @@
             column="82"/>
     </issue>
 
-    <issue
-        id="Recycle"
-        message="This `AssetFileDescriptor` should be freed up after use with `#close()`"
-        errorLine1="          activity.getContentResolver().openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(item.getUri(), &quot;text/*&quot;, null);"
-        errorLine2="                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
-        <location
-            file="../../../flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/plugin/platform/PlatformPlugin.java"
-            line="522"
-            column="41"/>
-    </issue>
-
     <issue
         id="ClickableViewAccessibility"
         message="Custom view `FlutterView` overrides `onTouchEvent` but not `performClick`"