diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm
index ef95a76abad7d..d009cec80690f 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@
 // returns kInvalidFirstRect, iOS will not show the IME candidates view.
 const CGRect kInvalidFirstRect = {{-1, -1}, {9999, 9999}};
 
+// The `bounds` value a FlutterTextInputView returns when the floating cursor
+// is activated in that view.
+//
+// DO NOT use extremely large values (such as CGFloat_MAX) in this rect, for that
+// will significantly reduce the precision of the floating cursor's coordinates.
+//
+// It is recommended for this CGRect to be roughly centered at caretRectForPosition
+// (which currently always return CGRectZero), so the initial floating cursor will
+// be placed at (0, 0).
+// See the comments in beginFloatingCursorAtPoint and caretRectForPosition.
+const CGRect kSpacePanBounds = {{-2500, -2500}, {5000, 5000}};
+
 #pragma mark - TextInputConfiguration Field Names
 static NSString* const kSecureTextEntry = @"obscureText";
 static NSString* const kKeyboardType = @"inputType";
@@ -505,6 +517,7 @@ @implementation FlutterTextInputView {
   const char* _selectionAffinity;
   FlutterTextRange* _selectedTextRange;
   CGRect _cachedFirstRect;
+  bool _isFloatingCursorActive;
   // The view has reached end of life, and is no longer
   // allowed to access its textInputDelegate.
   BOOL _decommissioned;
@@ -527,6 +540,7 @@ - (instancetype)init {
     // Initialize with the zero matrix which is not
     // an affine transform.
     _editableTransform = CATransform3D();
+    _isFloatingCursorActive = false;
 
     // UITextInputTraits
     _autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeSentences;
@@ -543,6 +557,16 @@ - (instancetype)init {
       _smartQuotesType = UITextSmartQuotesTypeYes;
       _smartDashesType = UITextSmartDashesTypeYes;
     }
+
+    // This makes sure UITextSelectionView.interactionAssistant is not nil so
+    // UITextSelectionView has access to this view (and its bounds). Otherwise
+    // floating cursor breaks: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/70267.
+    if (@available(iOS 13.0, *)) {
+      UITextInteraction* interaction =
+          [UITextInteraction textInteractionForMode:UITextInteractionModeEditable];
+      interaction.textInput = self;
+      [self addInteraction:interaction];
+    }
   }
 
   return self;
@@ -612,9 +636,9 @@ - (UITextContentType)textContentType {
 // from the view hierarchy) so that it may outlive the plugin/engine,
 // in which case _textInputDelegate will become a dangling pointer.
 
-// The text input plugin needs to call decommision when it should
+// The text input plugin needs to call decommission when it should
 // not have access to its FlutterTextInputDelegate any more.
-- (void)decommision {
+- (void)decommission {
   _decommissioned = YES;
 }
 
@@ -1094,9 +1118,23 @@ - (CGRect)firstRectForRange:(UITextRange*)range {
 
 - (CGRect)caretRectForPosition:(UITextPosition*)position {
   // TODO(cbracken) Implement.
+
+  // As of iOS 14.4, this call is used by iOS's
+  // _UIKeyboardTextSelectionController to determine the position
+  // of the floating cursor when the user force touches the space
+  // bar to initiate floating cursor.
+  //
+  // It is recommended to return a value that's roughly the
+  // center of kSpacePanBounds to make sure the floating cursor
+  // has ample space in all directions and does not hit kSpacePanBounds.
+  // See the comments in beginFloatingCursorAtPoint.
   return CGRectZero;
 }
 
+- (CGRect)bounds {
+  return _isFloatingCursorActive ? kSpacePanBounds : super.bounds;
+}
+
 - (UITextPosition*)closestPositionToPoint:(CGPoint)point {
   // TODO(cbracken) Implement.
   NSUInteger currentIndex = ((FlutterTextPosition*)_selectedTextRange.start).index;
@@ -1120,18 +1158,47 @@ - (UITextRange*)characterRangeAtPoint:(CGPoint)point {
 }
 
 - (void)beginFloatingCursorAtPoint:(CGPoint)point {
+  // For "beginFloatingCursorAtPoint" and "updateFloatingCursorAtPoint", "point" is roughly:
+  //
+  // CGPoint(
+  //   width >= 0 ? point.x.clamp(boundingBox.left, boundingBox.right) : point.x,
+  //   height >= 0 ? point.y.clamp(boundingBox.top, boundingBox.bottom) : point.y,
+  // )
+  //   where
+  //     point = keyboardPanGestureRecognizer.translationInView(textInputView) +
+  //     caretRectForPosition boundingBox = self.convertRect(bounds, fromView:textInputView) bounds
+  //     = self._selectionClipRect ?? self.bounds
+  //
+  // It's tricky to provide accurate "bounds" and "caretRectForPosition" so it's preferred to bypass
+  // the clamping and implement the same clamping logic in the framework where we have easy access
+  // to the bounding box of the input field and the caret location.
+  //
+  // The current implementation returns kSpacePanBounds for "bounds" when "_isFloatingCursorActive"
+  // is true. kSpacePanBounds centers "caretRectForPosition" so the floating cursor has enough
+  // clearance in all directions to move around.
+  //
+  // It seems impossible to use a negative "width" or "height", as the "convertRect"
+  // call always turns a CGRect's negative dimensions into non-negative values, e.g.,
+  // (1, 2, -3, -4) would become (-2, -2, 3, 4).
+  NSAssert(!_isFloatingCursorActive, @"Another floating cursor is currently active.");
+  _isFloatingCursorActive = true;
   [self.textInputDelegate updateFloatingCursor:FlutterFloatingCursorDragStateStart
                                     withClient:_textInputClient
                                   withPosition:@{@"X" : @(point.x), @"Y" : @(point.y)}];
 }
 
 - (void)updateFloatingCursorAtPoint:(CGPoint)point {
+  NSAssert(_isFloatingCursorActive,
+           @"updateFloatingCursorAtPoint is called without an active floating cursor.");
   [self.textInputDelegate updateFloatingCursor:FlutterFloatingCursorDragStateUpdate
                                     withClient:_textInputClient
                                   withPosition:@{@"X" : @(point.x), @"Y" : @(point.y)}];
 }
 
 - (void)endFloatingCursor {
+  NSAssert(_isFloatingCursorActive,
+           @"endFloatingCursor is called without an active floating cursor.");
+  _isFloatingCursorActive = false;
   [self.textInputDelegate updateFloatingCursor:FlutterFloatingCursorDragStateEnd
                                     withClient:_textInputClient
                                   withPosition:@{@"X" : @(0), @"Y" : @(0)}];
@@ -1410,6 +1477,7 @@ - (void)hideTextInput {
   [self removeEnableFlutterTextInputViewAccessibilityTimer];
   _activeView.accessibilityEnabled = NO;
   [_activeView resignFirstResponder];
+  [_activeView decommission];
   [_activeView removeFromSuperview];
   [_inputHider removeFromSuperview];
 }
@@ -1572,10 +1640,10 @@ - (UIView*)keyWindow {
   return _inputHider.subviews;
 }
 
-// Decommisions (See the "decommision" method on FlutterTextInputView) and removes
+// Decommissions (See the "decommission" method on FlutterTextInputView) and removes
 // every installed input field, unless it's in the current autofill context.
 //
-// The active view will be decommisioned and removed from its superview too, if
+// The active view will be decommissioned and removed from its superview too, if
 // includeActiveView is YES.
 // When clearText is YES, the text on the input fields will be set to empty before
 // they are removed from the view hierarchy, to avoid triggering autofill save.
@@ -1595,7 +1663,7 @@ - (void)cleanUpViewHierarchy:(BOOL)includeActiveView
         if (clearText) {
           [inputView replaceRangeLocal:NSMakeRange(0, inputView.text.length) withText:@""];
         }
-        [inputView decommision];
+        [inputView decommission];
         if (delayRemoval) {
           [inputView performSelector:@selector(removeFromSuperview) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.1];
         } else {
diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPluginTest.m b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPluginTest.m
index 5cd8defa9dd68..9cb0f836c42af 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPluginTest.m
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPluginTest.m
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ - (void)setEditableTransform:(NSArray*)matrix;
 - (void)setTextInputState:(NSDictionary*)state;
 - (void)setMarkedRect:(CGRect)markedRect;
 - (void)updateEditingState;
-- (void)decommisson;
 - (BOOL)isVisibleToAutofill;
 
 @end
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ @interface FlutterSecureTextInputView : FlutterTextInputView
 @end
 
 @interface FlutterTextInputPlugin ()
-@property(nonatomic, strong) FlutterTextInputView* reusableInputView;
 @property(nonatomic, assign) FlutterTextInputView* activeView;
 @property(nonatomic, readonly)
     NSMutableDictionary<NSString*, FlutterTextInputView*>* autofillContext;
@@ -82,10 +80,11 @@ - (void)setUp {
 }
 
 - (void)tearDown {
-  [engine stopMocking];
+  [textInputPlugin.autofillContext removeAllObjects];
+  [textInputPlugin cleanUpViewHierarchy:YES clearText:YES delayRemoval:NO];
   [[[[textInputPlugin textInputView] superview] subviews]
       makeObjectsPerformSelector:@selector(removeFromSuperview)];
-
+  [engine stopMocking];
   [super tearDown];
 }
 
@@ -529,6 +528,53 @@ - (void)testUpdateFirstRectForRange {
   XCTAssertTrue(CGRectEqualToRect(kInvalidFirstRect, [inputView firstRectForRange:range]));
 }
 
+#pragma mark - Floating Cursor - Tests
+
+- (void)testInputViewsHaveUIInteractions {
+  if (@available(iOS 13.0, *)) {
+    FlutterTextInputView* inputView = [[FlutterTextInputView alloc] init];
+    XCTAssertGreaterThan(inputView.interactions.count, 0);
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)testBoundsForFloatingCursor {
+  FlutterTextInputView* inputView = [[FlutterTextInputView alloc] init];
+
+  CGRect initialBounds = inputView.bounds;
+  // Make sure the initial bounds.size is not as large.
+  XCTAssertLessThan(inputView.bounds.size.width, 100);
+  XCTAssertLessThan(inputView.bounds.size.height, 100);
+
+  [inputView beginFloatingCursorAtPoint:CGPointMake(123, 321)];
+  CGRect bounds = inputView.bounds;
+  XCTAssertGreaterThan(bounds.size.width, 1000);
+  XCTAssertGreaterThan(bounds.size.height, 1000);
+
+  // Verify the caret is centered.
+  XCTAssertEqual(
+      CGRectGetMidX(bounds),
+      CGRectGetMidX([inputView caretRectForPosition:[FlutterTextPosition positionWithIndex:1235]]));
+  XCTAssertEqual(
+      CGRectGetMidY(bounds),
+      CGRectGetMidY([inputView caretRectForPosition:[FlutterTextPosition positionWithIndex:4567]]));
+
+  [inputView updateFloatingCursorAtPoint:CGPointMake(456, 654)];
+  bounds = inputView.bounds;
+  XCTAssertGreaterThan(bounds.size.width, 1000);
+  XCTAssertGreaterThan(bounds.size.height, 1000);
+
+  // Verify the caret is centered.
+  XCTAssertEqual(
+      CGRectGetMidX(bounds),
+      CGRectGetMidX([inputView caretRectForPosition:[FlutterTextPosition positionWithIndex:21]]));
+  XCTAssertEqual(
+      CGRectGetMidY(bounds),
+      CGRectGetMidY([inputView caretRectForPosition:[FlutterTextPosition positionWithIndex:42]]));
+
+  [inputView endFloatingCursor];
+  XCTAssertTrue(CGRectEqualToRect(initialBounds, inputView.bounds));
+}
+
 #pragma mark - Autofill - Utilities
 
 - (NSMutableDictionary*)mutablePasswordTemplateCopy {