diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews.mm b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews.mm
index c3c76ec82d..6290299ca6 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews.mm
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews.mm
@@ -152,14 +152,19 @@ void FlutterPlatformViewLayerPool::RecycleLayers() {
 }
 
 std::vector<std::shared_ptr<FlutterPlatformViewLayer>>
-FlutterPlatformViewLayerPool::GetUnusedLayers() {
+FlutterPlatformViewLayerPool::RemoveUnusedLayers() {
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<FlutterPlatformViewLayer>> results;
   for (size_t i = available_layer_index_; i < layers_.size(); i++) {
     results.push_back(layers_[i]);
   }
+  layers_.erase(layers_.begin() + available_layer_index_, layers_.end());
   return results;
 }
 
+size_t FlutterPlatformViewLayerPool::size() const {
+  return layers_.size();
+}
+
 void FlutterPlatformViewsController::SetFlutterView(UIView* flutter_view) {
   flutter_view_.reset(flutter_view);
 }
@@ -402,6 +407,10 @@ size_t FlutterPlatformViewsController::EmbeddedViewCount() const {
   return composition_order_.size();
 }
 
+size_t FlutterPlatformViewsController::LayerPoolSize() const {
+  return layer_pool_->size();
+}
+
 UIView* FlutterPlatformViewsController::GetPlatformViewByID(int64_t view_id) {
   return [GetFlutterTouchInterceptingViewByID(view_id) embeddedView];
 }
@@ -873,8 +882,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<FlutterPlatformViewLayer> FlutterPlatformViewsController::GetLay
 }
 
 void FlutterPlatformViewsController::RemoveUnusedLayers() {
-  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<FlutterPlatformViewLayer>> layers = layer_pool_->GetUnusedLayers();
-  for (const std::shared_ptr<FlutterPlatformViewLayer>& layer : layers) {
+  for (const auto& layer : layer_pool_->RemoveUnusedLayers()) {
     [layer->overlay_view_wrapper removeFromSuperview];
   }
 
@@ -915,7 +923,6 @@ void FlutterPlatformViewsController::DisposeViews() {
     clip_count_.erase(viewId);
     views_to_recomposite_.erase(viewId);
   }
-
   views_to_dispose_ = std::move(views_to_delay_dispose);
 }
 
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViewsTest.mm b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViewsTest.mm
index 8a65d7c1cf..a14dcf8007 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViewsTest.mm
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViewsTest.mm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #import "flutter/shell/platform/darwin/common/framework/Headers/FlutterMacros.h"
 #import "flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Headers/FlutterPlatformViews.h"
 #import "flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Headers/FlutterViewController.h"
+#import "flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterEngine_Internal.h"
 #import "flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews_Internal.h"
 #import "flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTouchInterceptingView_Test.h"
 #import "flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/platform_view_ios.h"
@@ -3314,4 +3315,30 @@ fml::RefPtr<fml::TaskRunner> CreateNewThread(const std::string& name) {
   XCTAssertEqualObjects([touchInteceptorView accessibilityContainer], container);
 }
 
+- (void)testLayerPool {
+  // Create an IOSContext and GrDirectContext.
+  FlutterEngine* engine = [[FlutterEngine alloc] initWithName:@"foobar"];
+  [engine run];
+  XCTAssertTrue([engine iosPlatformView] != nullptr);
+  auto ios_context = [engine iosPlatformView]->GetIosContext();
+  auto gr_context = ios_context->GetMainContext();
+
+  auto pool = flutter::FlutterPlatformViewLayerPool{};
+
+  // Add layers to the pool.
+  auto layer1 = pool.GetLayer(gr_context.get(), ios_context, MTLPixelFormatBGRA8Unorm);
+  XCTAssertEqual(pool.size(), 1u);
+  auto layer2 = pool.GetLayer(gr_context.get(), ios_context, MTLPixelFormatBGRA8Unorm);
+  XCTAssertEqual(pool.size(), 2u);
+
+  // Mark all layers as unused.
+  pool.RecycleLayers();
+  XCTAssertEqual(pool.size(), 2u);
+
+  // Free the unused layers.
+  auto unused_layers = pool.RemoveUnusedLayers();
+  XCTAssertEqual(unused_layers.size(), 2u);
+  XCTAssertEqual(pool.size(), 0u);
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews_Internal.h b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews_Internal.h
index afda710e7f..e1f8f3e071 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews_Internal.h
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterPlatformViews_Internal.h
@@ -176,13 +176,15 @@ class FlutterPlatformViewLayerPool {
                                                      const std::shared_ptr<IOSContext>& ios_context,
                                                      MTLPixelFormat pixel_format);
 
-  // Gets the layers in the pool that aren't currently used.
-  // This method doesn't mark the layers as unused.
-  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<FlutterPlatformViewLayer>> GetUnusedLayers();
+  // Removes unused layers from the pool. Returns the unused layers.
+  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<FlutterPlatformViewLayer>> RemoveUnusedLayers();
 
   // Marks the layers in the pool as available for reuse.
   void RecycleLayers();
 
+  // Returns the count of layers currently in the pool.
+  size_t size() const;
+
  private:
   // The index of the entry in the layers_ vector that determines the beginning of the unused
   // layers. For example, consider the following vector:
@@ -236,6 +238,8 @@ class FlutterPlatformViewsController {
 
   size_t EmbeddedViewCount() const;
 
+  size_t LayerPoolSize() const;
+
   // Returns the `FlutterPlatformView`'s `view` object associated with the view_id.
   //
   // If the `FlutterPlatformViewsController` does not contain any `FlutterPlatformView` object or