diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/debug/holder/NoopPrinter.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/debug/holder/NoopPrinter.java
index 4e880e270fbd63..6c31109a78f797 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/debug/holder/NoopPrinter.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/debug/holder/NoopPrinter.java
@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@ public void logMessage(DebugOverlayTag tag, String message, Object... args) {}
 
   @Override
   public void logMessage(DebugOverlayTag tag, String message) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean shouldDisplayLogMessage(final DebugOverlayTag tag) {
+    return false;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/debug/holder/Printer.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/debug/holder/Printer.java
index 5b78632984a46c..dffe707da1e663 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/debug/holder/Printer.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/debug/holder/Printer.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 import com.facebook.debug.debugoverlay.model.DebugOverlayTag;
 
-/** Interface to pass data to debugging tools. */
+/** Interface to debugging tool. */
 public interface Printer {
 
   void logMessage(final DebugOverlayTag tag, final String message, Object... args);
-
   void logMessage(final DebugOverlayTag tag, final String message);
+  boolean shouldDisplayLogMessage(final DebugOverlayTag tag);
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/debug/tags/ReactDebugOverlayTags.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/debug/tags/ReactDebugOverlayTags.java
index dc64128b0cb46c..0c25132c425d19 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/debug/tags/ReactDebugOverlayTags.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/debug/tags/ReactDebugOverlayTags.java
@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@ public class ReactDebugOverlayTags {
           "Bridge Calls", "JS to Java calls (warning: this is spammy)", Color.MAGENTA);
   public static final DebugOverlayTag NATIVE_MODULE =
       new DebugOverlayTag("Native Module", "Native Module init", Color.rgb(0x80, 0x00, 0x80));
+  public static final DebugOverlayTag UI_MANAGER =
+      new DebugOverlayTag(
+          "UI Manager",
+          "UI Manager View Operations (requires restart\nwarning: this is spammy)",
+          Color.CYAN);
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BUCK
index 301a7e39f94dd2..4936cac57e2dad 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BUCK
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ android_library(
         react_native_dep("libraries/fbcore/src/main/java/com/facebook/common/logging:logging"),
         react_native_dep("third-party/java/infer-annotations:infer-annotations"),
         react_native_dep("third-party/java/jsr-305:jsr-305"),
+        react_native_target("java/com/facebook/debug/tags:tags"),
+        react_native_target("java/com/facebook/debug/holder:holder"),
         react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/animation:animation"),
         react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/bridge:bridge"),
         react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/common:common"),
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 15aa06bf9d1901..3a345dec169de6 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 import android.content.ComponentCallbacks2;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
+import com.facebook.debug.holder.PrinterHolder;
+import com.facebook.debug.tags.ReactDebugOverlayTags;
 import com.facebook.react.animation.Animation;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Callback;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.GuardedRunnable;
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ public interface CustomEventNamesResolver {
 
   protected static final String NAME = "UIManager";
 
-  private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
+  private static final boolean DEBUG =
+      PrinterHolder.getPrinter().shouldDisplayLogMessage(ReactDebugOverlayTags.UI_MANAGER);
 
   private final EventDispatcher mEventDispatcher;
   private final Map<String, Object> mModuleConstants;
@@ -254,9 +257,10 @@ public void updateNodeSize(int nodeViewTag, int newWidth, int newHeight) {
   @ReactMethod
   public void createView(int tag, String className, int rootViewTag, ReadableMap props) {
     if (DEBUG) {
-      FLog.d(
-          ReactConstants.TAG,
-          "(UIManager.createView) tag: " + tag + ", class: " + className + ", props: " + props);
+      String message =
+          "(UIManager.createView) tag: " + tag + ", class: " + className + ", props: " + props;
+      FLog.d(ReactConstants.TAG, message);
+      PrinterHolder.getPrinter().logMessage(ReactDebugOverlayTags.UI_MANAGER, message);
     }
     mUIImplementation.createView(tag, className, rootViewTag, props);
   }
@@ -264,9 +268,10 @@ public void createView(int tag, String className, int rootViewTag, ReadableMap p
   @ReactMethod
   public void updateView(int tag, String className, ReadableMap props) {
     if (DEBUG) {
-      FLog.d(
-          ReactConstants.TAG,
-          "(UIManager.updateView) tag: " + tag + ", class: " + className + ", props: " + props);
+      String message =
+          "(UIManager.updateView) tag: " + tag + ", class: " + className + ", props: " + props;
+      FLog.d(ReactConstants.TAG, message);
+      PrinterHolder.getPrinter().logMessage(ReactDebugOverlayTags.UI_MANAGER, message);
     }
     mUIImplementation.updateView(tag, className, props);
   }
@@ -291,14 +296,21 @@ public void manageChildren(
       @Nullable ReadableArray addAtIndices,
       @Nullable ReadableArray removeFrom) {
     if (DEBUG) {
-      FLog.d(
-          ReactConstants.TAG,
-          "(UIManager.manageChildren) tag: " + viewTag +
-          ", moveFrom: " + moveFrom +
-          ", moveTo: " + moveTo +
-          ", addTags: " + addChildTags +
-          ", atIndices: " + addAtIndices +
-          ", removeFrom: " + removeFrom);
+      String message =
+          "(UIManager.manageChildren) tag: "
+              + viewTag
+              + ", moveFrom: "
+              + moveFrom
+              + ", moveTo: "
+              + moveTo
+              + ", addTags: "
+              + addChildTags
+              + ", atIndices: "
+              + addAtIndices
+              + ", removeFrom: "
+              + removeFrom;
+      FLog.d(ReactConstants.TAG, message);
+      PrinterHolder.getPrinter().logMessage(ReactDebugOverlayTags.UI_MANAGER, message);
     }
     mUIImplementation.manageChildren(
         viewTag,
@@ -321,9 +333,9 @@ public void setChildren(
     int viewTag,
     ReadableArray childrenTags) {
     if (DEBUG) {
-      FLog.d(
-          ReactConstants.TAG,
-          "(UIManager.setChildren) tag: " + viewTag + ", children: " + childrenTags);
+      String message = "(UIManager.setChildren) tag: " + viewTag + ", children: " + childrenTags;
+      FLog.d(ReactConstants.TAG, message);
+      PrinterHolder.getPrinter().logMessage(ReactDebugOverlayTags.UI_MANAGER, message);
     }
     mUIImplementation.setChildren(viewTag, childrenTags);
   }