diff --git a/native/chat/chat-constants.js b/native/chat/chat-constants.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-constants.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-constants.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 };
 
 export const inlineEngagementStyle = {
-  height: 38,
   marginTop: 5,
   marginBottom: 3,
   topOffset: -10,
diff --git a/native/chat/chat-item-height-measurer.react.js b/native/chat/chat-item-height-measurer.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-item-height-measurer.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-item-height-measurer.react.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import type { MeasurementTask } from './chat-context-provider.react.js';
 import { useComposedMessageMaxWidth } from './composed-message-width.js';
+import { dummyNodeForMultimediaMessageHeightMeasurement } from './inner-multimedia-message.react.js';
 import { dummyNodeForRobotextMessageHeightMeasurement } from './inner-robotext-message.react.js';
 import { dummyNodeForTextMessageHeightMeasurement } from './inner-text-message.react.js';
 import type { NativeChatMessageItem } from './message-data.react.js';
@@ -51,8 +52,12 @@
       sidebar: getInlineEngagementSidebarText(threadCreatedFromMessage),
       reactions: reactionsToRawString(reactions),
     });
+  } else {
+    return JSON.stringify({
+      sidebar: getInlineEngagementSidebarText(threadCreatedFromMessage),
+      reactions: reactionsToRawString(reactions),
+    });
   }
-  return null;
 };
 
 // ESLint doesn't recognize that invariant always throws
@@ -78,8 +83,12 @@
       item.threadCreatedFromMessage,
       item.reactions,
     );
+  } else {
+    return dummyNodeForMultimediaMessageHeightMeasurement(
+      item.threadCreatedFromMessage,
+      item.reactions,
+    );
   }
-  invariant(false, 'NodeHeightMeasurer asked for dummy for non-text message');
 };
 
 function ChatItemHeightMeasurer(props: Props) {
@@ -101,6 +110,10 @@
         messageType !== messageTypes.SIDEBAR_SOURCE,
         'Sidebar source messages should be replaced by sourceMessage before being measured',
       );
+      invariant(
+        height !== null && height !== undefined,
+        'height should be set',
+      );
 
       if (
         messageInfo.type === messageTypes.IMAGES ||
@@ -130,14 +143,11 @@
           reactions: item.reactions,
           hasBeenEdited: item.hasBeenEdited,
           isPinned: item.isPinned,
+          inlineEngagementHeight: height,
           ...sizes,
         };
       }
 
-      invariant(
-        height !== null && height !== undefined,
-        'height should be set',
-      );
       if (messageInfo.type === messageTypes.TEXT) {
         // Conditional due to Flow...
         const localMessageInfo = item.localMessageInfo
diff --git a/native/chat/inner-multimedia-message.react.js b/native/chat/inner-multimedia-message.react.js
--- a/native/chat/inner-multimedia-message.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/inner-multimedia-message.react.js
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { StyleSheet, TouchableWithoutFeedback, View } from 'react-native';
 
+import type { ReactionInfo } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import type { Corners, Media, MediaInfo } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
+import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 
+import { DummyInlineEngagementNode } from './inline-engagement.react.js';
 import MultimediaMessageMultimedia from './multimedia-message-multimedia.react.js';
 import {
   getMediaPerRow,
@@ -24,6 +27,20 @@
 
 const borderRadius = 16;
 
+function dummyNodeForMultimediaMessageHeightMeasurement(
+  sidebarInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
+  reactions: ReactionInfo,
+): React.Element<typeof View> {
+  return (
+    <View>
+      <DummyInlineEngagementNode
+        sidebarInfo={sidebarInfo}
+        reactions={reactions}
+      />
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+
 type Props = {
   +item: ChatMultimediaMessageInfoItem,
   +verticalBounds: ?VerticalBounds,
@@ -163,4 +180,5 @@
 export {
   InnerMultimediaMessage,
   borderRadius as multimediaMessageBorderRadius,
+  dummyNodeForMultimediaMessageHeightMeasurement,
 };
diff --git a/native/chat/multimedia-message-utils.js b/native/chat/multimedia-message-utils.js
--- a/native/chat/multimedia-message-utils.js
+++ b/native/chat/multimedia-message-utils.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import type { MediaInfo } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import type { MultimediaMessageInfo } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 
-import { inlineEngagementStyle, clusterEndHeight } from './chat-constants.js';
+import { clusterEndHeight } from './chat-constants.js';
 import { failedSendHeight } from './failed-send.react.js';
 import { authorNameHeight } from './message-header.react.js';
 import type {
@@ -104,10 +104,19 @@
 function multimediaMessageItemHeight(
   item: ChatMultimediaMessageInfoItem,
 ): number {
-  const { messageInfo, contentHeight, startsCluster, endsCluster } = item;
+  const {
+    messageInfo,
+    contentHeight,
+    startsCluster,
+    endsCluster,
+    inlineEngagementHeight,
+  } = item;
+
   const { creator } = messageInfo;
   const { isViewer } = creator;
-  let height = 5 + contentHeight; // 5 from marginBottom in ComposedMessage
+
+  // 5 from marginBottom in ComposedMessage
+  let height = 5 + contentHeight + inlineEngagementHeight;
   if (!isViewer && startsCluster) {
     height += authorNameHeight;
   }
@@ -117,12 +126,6 @@
   if (multimediaMessageSendFailed(item)) {
     height += failedSendHeight;
   }
-  if (item.threadCreatedFromMessage || Object.keys(item.reactions).length > 0) {
-    height +=
-      inlineEngagementStyle.height +
-      inlineEngagementStyle.marginTop +
-      inlineEngagementStyle.marginBottom;
-  }
   return height;
 }
 
diff --git a/native/types/chat-types.js b/native/types/chat-types.js
--- a/native/types/chat-types.js
+++ b/native/types/chat-types.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
   +reactions: ReactionInfo,
   +hasBeenEdited: ?boolean,
   +isPinned: ?boolean,
+  +inlineEngagementHeight: number,
 };
 
 export type ChatMessageInfoItemWithHeight =