diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager.java
index 9687065e2..a50a17b2f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.modules.debug.interfaces.DeveloperSettings;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.fabric.ReactFabric;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.DisplayMetricsHolder;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIImplementationProvider;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerModule;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerHelper;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManager;
 import com.facebook.react.views.imagehelper.ResourceDrawableIdHelper;
 import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ public class ReactInstanceManager {
       CatalystInstance catalystInstance) {
     Log.d(ReactConstants.TAG, "ReactInstanceManager.attachRootViewToInstance()");
     Systrace.beginSection(TRACE_TAG_REACT_JAVA_BRIDGE, "attachRootViewToInstance");
-    UIManager uiManagerModule = rootView.isFabric() ? catalystInstance.getJSIModule(UIManager.class) : catalystInstance.getNativeModule(UIManagerModule.class);
+    UIManager uiManagerModule = UIManagerHelper.getUIManager(mCurrentReactContext, rootView.isFabric());
     final int rootTag = uiManagerModule.addRootView(rootView);
     rootView.setRootViewTag(rootTag);
     rootView.invokeJSEntryPoint();
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
index 6fbe25e82..ddf80d63c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.IllegalViewOperationException;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.JSTouchDispatcher;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PixelUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.RootView;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerHelper;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerModule;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.MeasureSpecProvider;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.SizeMonitoringFrameLayout;
@@ -402,10 +403,9 @@ public class ReactRootView extends SizeMonitoringFrameLayout
           new GuardedRunnable(reactApplicationContext) {
             @Override
             public void runGuarded() {
-              reactApplicationContext
-                  .getCatalystInstance()
-                  .getNativeModule(UIManagerModule.class)
-                  .updateRootLayoutSpecs(getRootViewTag(), widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
+              UIManagerHelper
+                .getUIManager(reactApplicationContext, isFabric())
+                .updateRootLayoutSpecs(getRootViewTag(), widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
             }
           });
     }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/UIManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/UIManager.java
index 6cbca5de6..924f84189 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/UIManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/UIManager.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package com.facebook.react.bridge;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.MeasureSpecProvider;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.SizeMonitoringFrameLayout;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
 public interface UIManager extends JSIModule {
 
   /**
@@ -10,4 +12,19 @@ public interface UIManager extends JSIModule {
    */
   <T extends SizeMonitoringFrameLayout & MeasureSpecProvider> int addRootView(final T rootView);
 
+  /**
+   * Updates the layout specs of the RootShadowNode based on the Measure specs received by
+   * parameters.
+   */
+  void updateRootLayoutSpecs(int rootTag, int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec);
+
+  /**
+   * Dispatches the commandId received by parameter to the view associated with the reactTag.
+   * The command will be processed in the UIThread.
+   * 
+   * @param reactTag {@link int} that identifies the view that will receive this command
+   * @param commandId {@link int} command id
+   * @param commandArgs {@link ReadableArray} parameters associated with the command
+   */
+  void dispatchViewManagerCommand(int reactTag, int commandId, @Nullable ReadableArray commandArgs);
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
index ce8046092..31a2a866f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import android.view.View;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.GuardedRunnable;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableNativeMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UIManager;
@@ -35,8 +36,10 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManagerRegistry;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.MeasureSpecProvider;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.SizeMonitoringFrameLayout;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
@@ -280,6 +283,11 @@ public class FabricUIManager implements UIManager {
     }
   }
 
+  @Deprecated
+  public void dispatchViewManagerCommand(int reactTag, int commandId, @Nullable ReadableArray commandArgs) {
+    mUIViewOperationQueue.enqueueDispatchCommand(reactTag, commandId, commandArgs);
+  }
+
   private void notifyOnBeforeLayoutRecursive(ReactShadowNode node) {
     if (!node.hasUpdates()) {
       return;
@@ -367,6 +375,16 @@ public class FabricUIManager implements UIManager {
     return rootTag;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void updateRootLayoutSpecs(int rootViewTag, int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
+    ReactShadowNode rootNode = mRootShadowNodeRegistry.getNode(rootViewTag);
+    if (rootNode == null) {
+      Log.w(ReactConstants.TAG, "Tried to update non-existent root tag: " + rootViewTag);
+      return;
+    }
+    updateRootView(rootNode, widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Updates the root view size and re-render the RN surface.
    *
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
index 5f124ab88..c1adee2e6 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ public class UIImplementation {
     mOperationsQueue.enqueueClearJSResponder();
   }
 
-  public void dispatchViewManagerCommand(int reactTag, int commandId, ReadableArray commandArgs) {
+  public void dispatchViewManagerCommand(int reactTag, int commandId, @Nullable ReadableArray commandArgs) {
     assertViewExists(reactTag, "dispatchViewManagerCommand");
     mOperationsQueue.enqueueDispatchCommand(reactTag, commandId, commandArgs);
   }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerHelper.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cf7c6fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
+
+import static com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewType.FABRIC;
+import static com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewUtil.getViewType;
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.CatalystInstance;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.UIManager;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class for {@link UIManager}.
+ */
+public class UIManagerHelper {
+
+  /**
+   * @return a {@link UIManager} that can handle the react tag received by parameter.
+   */
+  public static UIManager getUIManager(ReactContext context, int reactTag) {
+    return getUIManager(context, getViewType(reactTag) == FABRIC);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return a {@link UIManager} that can handle the react tag received by parameter.
+   */
+  public static UIManager getUIManager(ReactContext context, boolean isFabric) {
+    CatalystInstance catalystInstance = context.getCatalystInstance();
+    return isFabric ?
+      catalystInstance.getJSIModule(UIManager.class) :
+      catalystInstance.getNativeModule(UIManagerModule.class);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
index 3ef612874..630f1d973 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
 import static com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMarkerConstants.CREATE_UI_MANAGER_MODULE_CONSTANTS_END;
 import static com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMarkerConstants.CREATE_UI_MANAGER_MODULE_CONSTANTS_START;
 
+import static com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewType.FABRIC;
+import static com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewType.PAPER;
+
 import android.content.ComponentCallbacks2;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.MeasureSpecProvider;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.SizeMonitoringFrameLayout;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.debug.NotThreadSafeViewHierarchyUpdateDebugListener;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
 import com.facebook.systrace.Systrace;
@@ -582,9 +586,17 @@ public class UIManagerModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements
     mUIImplementation.clearJSResponder();
   }
 
+  @Override
   @ReactMethod
-  public void dispatchViewManagerCommand(int reactTag, int commandId, ReadableArray commandArgs) {
-    mUIImplementation.dispatchViewManagerCommand(reactTag, commandId, commandArgs);
+  public void dispatchViewManagerCommand(int reactTag, int commandId, @Nullable ReadableArray commandArgs) {
+    //TODO: this is a temporary approach to support ViewManagerCommands in Fabric until
+    // the dispatchViewManagerCommand() method is supported by Fabric JS API.
+    if (ViewUtil.getViewType(reactTag) == FABRIC) {
+      UIManagerHelper.getUIManager(getReactApplicationContext(), true)
+        .dispatchViewManagerCommand(reactTag, commandId, commandArgs);
+    } else {
+      mUIImplementation.dispatchViewManagerCommand(reactTag, commandId, commandArgs);
+    }
   }
   
   @ReactMethod
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
index 832b94ce2..183fcf436 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ public class UIViewOperationQueue {
   public void enqueueDispatchCommand(
       int reactTag,
       int commandId,
-      ReadableArray commandArgs) {
+      @Nullable ReadableArray commandArgs) {
     mOperations.add(new DispatchCommandOperation(reactTag, commandId, commandArgs));
   }