diff --git a/src/Uno.UI/FeatureConfiguration.cs b/src/Uno.UI/FeatureConfiguration.cs
index 169a189dfec9..676398d97b50 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI/FeatureConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI/FeatureConfiguration.cs
@@ -503,6 +503,18 @@ public static class TextBlock
 			/// [WebAssembly Only] Determines if the measure cache is enabled.
 			/// </summary>
 			public static bool IsMeasureCacheEnabled { get; set; } = true;
+
+			/// <summary>
+			/// [Android Only] Determines if the Java string-cache is enabled.
+			/// This option must be set on application startup before the cache is initialized.
+			/// </summary>
+			public static bool IsJavaStringCachedEnabled { get; set; } = true;
+
+			/// <summary>
+			/// [Android Only] Determines the maximum capacity of the Java string-cache.
+			/// This option must be set on application startup before the cache is initialized.
+			/// </summary>
+			public static int JavaStringCachedCapacity { get; set; } = 1000;
 		}
 
 		public static class TextBox
diff --git a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/TextBlock/JavaStringCache.Android.cs b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/TextBlock/JavaStringCache.Android.cs
index dfb23ea01454..97c3bbb294ef 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/TextBlock/JavaStringCache.Android.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/TextBlock/JavaStringCache.Android.cs
@@ -3,33 +3,33 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Text;
-using Windows.Foundation;
 
 using Uno;
-using Uno.Extensions;
-using Uno.UI;
 using Uno.Foundation.Logging;
-using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media;
-using Uno.Collections;
-using Android.Security.Keystore;
-using Java.Security;
 using Uno.Buffers;
 using Windows.System;
 
 namespace Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls
 {
 	/// <summary>
-	/// A TextBlock measure cache for non-formatted text.
+	/// A cache for native java strings. This cache periodically evicts entries that haven't been used
+	/// in a while. Additionally, it also evicts the least recently used entries when adding new entries beyond a certain
+	/// capacity. Limiting the total capacity is necessary to deal with the Android-limited GREF counts.
 	/// </summary>
 	internal static class JavaStringCache
 	{
-		private static Logger _log = typeof(JavaStringCache).Log();
-		private static Stopwatch _watch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-		private static HashtableEx _table = new();
+		// Xamarin.Android uses Android global references to provide mappings between Java instances and the associated managed instances, as when invoking a Java method a Java instance needs to be provided to Java.
+		// Unfortunately, Android emulators only allow 2000 global references to exist at a time. Hardware has a much higher limit of 52000 global references. The lower limit can be problematic when running applications on the emulator, so knowing where the instance came from can be very useful.
+		// https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/xamarin-docs/blob/live/docs/android/troubleshooting/troubleshooting.md
+		// https://github.com/unoplatform/uno/issues/18951
+		private static readonly int _maxEntryCount = Uno.UI.FeatureConfiguration.TextBlock.JavaStringCachedCapacity;
+		private static readonly Logger _log = typeof(JavaStringCache).Log();
+		private static readonly Stopwatch _watch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+		private static readonly Dictionary<string, LinkedListNode<KeyEntry>> _table = new();
+		private static readonly LinkedList<KeyEntry> _queue = new();
+		private static readonly object _gate = new();
+
 		private static TimeSpan _lastScavenge;
-		private static object _gate = new();
 
 		internal static readonly TimeSpan LowMemoryTrimInterval = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);
 		internal static readonly TimeSpan MediumMemoryTrimInterval = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(3);
@@ -38,21 +38,32 @@ internal static class JavaStringCache
 
 		internal static readonly TimeSpan ScavengeInterval = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(.5);
 
-		private static DefaultArrayPoolPlatformProvider _platformProvider = new DefaultArrayPoolPlatformProvider();
+		private static readonly DefaultArrayPoolPlatformProvider _platformProvider = new DefaultArrayPoolPlatformProvider();
 
 		/// <summary>Determines if automatic memory management is enabled</summary>
 		private static readonly bool _automaticManagement;
-		/// <summary>Determines if GC trim callback has been registerd if non-zero</summary>
-		private static int _trimCallbackCreated;
 
-		private record KeyEntry(string Value, Java.Lang.String NativeValue)
-		{
-			public TimeSpan LastUse { get; set; } = _watch.Elapsed;
-		}
+		private readonly record struct KeyEntry(string CsString, Java.Lang.String JavaString, TimeSpan LastUse);
 
 		static JavaStringCache()
 		{
 			_automaticManagement = WinRTFeatureConfiguration.ArrayPool.EnableAutomaticMemoryManagement && _platformProvider.CanUseMemoryManager;
+			if (_automaticManagement)
+			{
+				if (_log.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug))
+				{
+					_log.Debug($"Using automatic memory management");
+				}
+
+				_platformProvider.RegisterTrimCallback(_ => Trim(), _gate);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				if (_log.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug))
+				{
+					_log.Debug($"Using manual memory management");
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -62,56 +73,52 @@ static JavaStringCache()
 		/// <returns></returns>
 		public static Java.Lang.String GetNativeString(string value)
 		{
-			TryInitializeMemoryManagement();
-
 			Scavenge();
 
 			lock (_gate)
 			{
-				if (_table.TryGetValue(value, out var result) && result is KeyEntry entry)
+				if (_table.TryGetValue(value, out var result))
 				{
 					if (_log.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Trace))
 					{
 						_log.Trace($"Reusing native string: [{value}]");
 					}
 
-					entry.LastUse = _watch.Elapsed;
-					return entry.NativeValue;
+					var entry = result.Value;
+					result.Value = entry with { LastUse = _watch.Elapsed };
+					_queue.Remove(result);
+					_queue.AddFirst(result);
+
+					return entry.JavaString;
 				}
 				else
 				{
+					if (_queue.Count == _maxEntryCount)
+					{
+						var last = _queue.Last!.Value.CsString;
+						_table.Remove(last);
+						_queue.RemoveLast();
+
+						if (_log.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Trace))
+						{
+							_log.Trace($"{nameof(JavaStringCache)} is full. Evicting [{last}]");
+						}
+					}
+
 					if (_log.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Trace))
 					{
 						_log.Trace($"Creating native string for [{value}]");
 					}
 
 					var javaString = new Java.Lang.String(value);
-					_table[value] = new KeyEntry(value, javaString);
+					var node = new LinkedListNode<KeyEntry>(new KeyEntry(value, javaString, _watch.Elapsed));
+					_queue.AddFirst(node);
+					_table[value] = node;
 					return javaString;
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		private static void TryInitializeMemoryManagement()
-		{
-			if (_automaticManagement && Interlocked.Exchange(ref _trimCallbackCreated, 1) == 0)
-			{
-				if (_log.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug))
-				{
-					_log.Debug($"Using automatic memory management");
-				}
-
-				_platformProvider.RegisterTrimCallback(_ => Trim(), _gate);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				if (_log.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug))
-				{
-					_log.Debug($"Using manual memory management");
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
 		private static bool Trim()
 		{
 			if (!_automaticManagement)
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ private static bool Trim()
 				return false;
 			}
 
-			var threshold = _platformProvider?.AppMemoryUsageLevel switch
+			var threshold = _platformProvider.AppMemoryUsageLevel switch
 			{
 				AppMemoryUsageLevel.Low => LowMemoryTrimInterval,
 				AppMemoryUsageLevel.Medium => MediumMemoryTrimInterval,
@@ -130,7 +137,7 @@ private static bool Trim()
 
 			if (_log.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Trace))
 			{
-				_log.Trace($"Memory pressure is {_platformProvider?.AppMemoryUsageLevel}, using trim interval of {threshold}");
+				_log.Trace($"Memory pressure is {_platformProvider.AppMemoryUsageLevel}, using trim interval of {threshold}");
 			}
 
 			Trim(threshold);
@@ -154,26 +161,23 @@ private static void Trim(TimeSpan interval)
 		{
 			lock (_gate)
 			{
-				List<string>? entries = null;
+				int trimmedCount = 0;
 				foreach (var entry in _table.Values)
 				{
-					if (entry is KeyEntry keyEntry && keyEntry.LastUse + interval < _watch.Elapsed)
+					var node = entry.Value;
+					if (node.LastUse + interval < _watch.Elapsed)
 					{
-						entries ??= new();
-						entries.Add(keyEntry.Value);
+						_table.Remove(node.CsString);
+						_queue.Remove(node);
+						trimmedCount++;
 					}
 				}
 
-				if (entries is not null)
+				if (trimmedCount > 0)
 				{
 					if (_log.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug))
 					{
-						_log.Debug($"Trimming {entries.Count} native strings unused since {interval}");
-					}
-
-					foreach (var entry in entries)
-					{
-						_table.Remove(entry);
+						_log.Debug($"Trimming {trimmedCount} native strings unused since {interval}");
 					}
 				}
 				else
diff --git a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/TextBlock/TextBlock.Android.cs b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/TextBlock/TextBlock.Android.cs
index 1946204c78a0..db6e806bfa6b 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/TextBlock/TextBlock.Android.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/TextBlock/TextBlock.Android.cs
@@ -274,7 +274,14 @@ private Java.Lang.ICharSequence GetTextFormatted()
 			}
 			else if (UseInlinesFastPath)
 			{
-				return JavaStringCache.GetNativeString(Text);
+				if (FeatureConfiguration.TextBlock.IsJavaStringCachedEnabled)
+				{
+					return JavaStringCache.GetNativeString(Text);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					return new Java.Lang.String(Text);
+				}
 			}
 			else
 			{