diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSPointerDispatcherTest.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSPointerDispatcherTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.os.SystemClock;
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
+import android.widget.LinearLayout;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.PointerEventHelper;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatcher;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
+public class JSPointerDispatcherTest {
+
+  private ViewGroup mRoot;
+  private JSPointerDispatcher mPointerDispatcher;
+
+  class EventWithName implements ArgumentMatcher<Event> {
+    private String mEventName;
+
+    public EventWithName(String eventName) {
+      mEventName = eventName;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches(Event argument) {
+      return argument.getEventName().equals(mEventName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+      return "[event with name: " + mEventName + "]";
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Before
+  public void setupViewHierarchy() {
+    Context ctx = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication();
+    mRoot = new LinearLayout(ctx);
+    TextView childView = new TextView(ctx);
+    childView.append("Hello, world!");
+    // need > 0 ID to consider it as a react view (see
+    // TouchTargetHelper::findTargetPathAndCoordinatesForTouch)
+    childView.setId(100);
+    mRoot.addView(childView);
+    // needed for test to ensure that child has dimensions
+    mRoot.measure(500, 500);
+    mRoot.layout(0, 0, 500, 500);
+    mPointerDispatcher = new JSPointerDispatcher(mRoot);
+  }
+
+  private static MotionEvent createMotionEvent(int action, float x, float y) {
+    long downTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
+    long eventTime = downTime;
+    int metaState = 0; // no modifiers pressed
+
+    return MotionEvent.obtain(downTime, eventTime, action, x, y, metaState);
+  }
+
+  private Rect getChildViewRectInRootCoordinates(int childIndex) {
+    View child = mRoot.getChildAt(childIndex);
+    Rect outRect = new Rect();
+    child.getDrawingRect(outRect);
+
+    mRoot.offsetDescendantRectToMyCoords(child, outRect);
+
+    return outRect;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPointerEnter() {
+    Rect childRect = getChildViewRectInRootCoordinates(0);
+    MotionEvent ev =
+        createMotionEvent(MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN, childRect.centerX(), childRect.centerY());
+    EventDispatcher mockDispatcher = Mockito.mock(EventDispatcher.class);
+    mPointerDispatcher.handleMotionEvent(ev, mockDispatcher, false);
+    Mockito.verify(mockDispatcher)
+        .dispatchEvent(Mockito.argThat(new EventWithName(PointerEventHelper.POINTER_DOWN)));
+  }
+}