diff --git a/app/src/sharedTest/java/org/oppia/android/app/parser/HtmlParserTest.kt b/app/src/sharedTest/java/org/oppia/android/app/parser/HtmlParserTest.kt
index 1e1ca843c6a..9b3b36f2d6a 100644
--- a/app/src/sharedTest/java/org/oppia/android/app/parser/HtmlParserTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/sharedTest/java/org/oppia/android/app/parser/HtmlParserTest.kt
@@ -427,6 +427,57 @@ class HtmlParserTest {
     assertThat(htmlResult.toString()).endsWith(" ")
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun testHtmlContentParsing_removesUnwantedNewlines() {
+    val htmlParser = htmlParserFactory.create(
+      resourceBucketName,
+      entityType = "",
+      entityId = "",
+      imageCenterAlign = true,
+      displayLocale = appLanguageLocaleHandler.getDisplayLocale()
+    )
+    val (_, htmlResult) = activityScenarioRule.scenario.runWithActivity {
+      val textView: TextView = it.findViewById(R.id.test_html_content_text_view)
+      val htmlResult = htmlParser.parseOppiaHtml(
+        "<ul><li>\n\tThe counting numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ….)\n\n</li><li>\n\tHow to tell" +
+          " whether one counting number is bigger or smaller than another.\n\n</li></ul>",
+        textView
+      )
+      textView.text = htmlResult
+      return@runWithActivity textView to htmlResult
+    }
+
+    assertThat(htmlResult.toString()).isEqualTo(
+      "The counting numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ….)\nHow to tell whether one counting " +
+        "number is bigger or smaller than another"
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun testHtmlContentParsing_withImageTag_trimsLeadingAndTrailingNewlines() {
+    val htmlParser = htmlParserFactory.create(
+      resourceBucketName,
+      entityType = "",
+      entityId = "",
+      imageCenterAlign = true,
+      displayLocale = appLanguageLocaleHandler.getDisplayLocale()
+    )
+    val htmlResult = activityScenarioRule.scenario.runWithActivity {
+      val textView: TextView = it.findViewById(R.id.test_html_content_text_view)
+      return@runWithActivity htmlParser.parseOppiaHtml(
+        "\n<oppia-noninteractive-image filepath-with-value=\"test.png\">" +
+          "</oppia-noninteractive-image>\n",
+        textView
+      )
+    }
+    val imageSpans = htmlResult.getSpansFromWholeString(ImageSpan::class)
+    assertThat(imageSpans).hasLength(1)
+    assertThat(imageSpans.first().source).isEqualTo("test.png")
+
+    assertThat(htmlResult.toString().startsWith("\n")).isFalse()
+    assertThat(htmlResult.toString().endsWith("\n")).isFalse()
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun testHtmlContent_changeDeviceToLtr_textViewDirectionIsSetToLtr() {
     val htmlParser = htmlParserFactory.create(