diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/block-outline.native.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/block-outline.native.js
index 8f0c0015fa35cf..753b16f94a7557 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/block-outline.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/block-outline.native.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { usePreferredColorSchemeStyle } from '@wordpress/compose';
  */
 import styles from './block.scss';
 
-const TEXT_BLOCKS_WITH_OUTLINE = [ 'core/missing' ];
+const BLOCKS_WITH_OUTLINE = [ 'core/social-link', 'core/missing' ];
 
 function BlockOutline( {
 	blockCategory,
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function BlockOutline( {
 	isSelected,
 	name,
 } ) {
-	const textBlockWithOutline = TEXT_BLOCKS_WITH_OUTLINE.includes( name );
+	const textBlockWithOutline = BLOCKS_WITH_OUTLINE.includes( name );
 	const hasBlockTextCategory =
 		blockCategory === 'text' && ! textBlockWithOutline;
 	const hasBlockMediaCategory =
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/social-link/edit.native.js b/packages/block-library/src/social-link/edit.native.js
index bc3d2e47db9619..856c6aa704a4e6 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/social-link/edit.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/social-link/edit.native.js
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ const SocialLinkEdit = ( {
 				toValue: 1,
 				duration: ANIMATION_DURATION,
 				easing: Easing.circle,
+				useNativeDriver: false,
 			} ),
 		] ).start( () => setHasUrl( true ) );
 	}
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ const SocialLinkEdit = ( {
 		  );
 
 	return (
-		<View>
+		<View style={ styles.container }>
 			{ isSelected && (
 				<>
 					<BlockControls>
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/social-link/editor.native.scss b/packages/block-library/src/social-link/editor.native.scss
index be0919d2c33fb6..f54d3aa4847755 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/social-link/editor.native.scss
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/social-link/editor.native.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 @import "./socials-with-bg.scss";
 
+.container {
+	margin: $block-selected-margin;
+}
+
 .linkSettingsPanel {
 	padding-left: 0;
 	padding-right: 0;
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/social-links/edit.native.js b/packages/block-library/src/social-links/edit.native.js
index 9a3b1bdc8694ba..8236eef0814775 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/social-links/edit.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/social-links/edit.native.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function SocialLinksEdit( {
 	}, [ shouldRenderFooterAppender ] );
 
 	const renderFooterAppender = useRef( () => (
-		<View>
+		<View style={ styles.footerAppenderContainer }>
 			<InnerBlocks.ButtonBlockAppender isFloating={ true } />
 		</View>
 	) );
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/social-links/editor.native.scss b/packages/block-library/src/social-links/editor.native.scss
index cfba35769c7190..23030419f8891d 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/social-links/editor.native.scss
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/social-links/editor.native.scss
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@
 	flex-direction: row;
 	flex-wrap: wrap;
 }
+
+.footerAppenderContainer {
+	margin: $block-selected-margin 0;
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b483873048dfe..366c4250256462 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ For each user feature we should also add a importance categorization label  to i
 
 ## Unreleased
 -   [*] Display custom color value in mobile Cover Block color picker [#51414]
+-   [**] Display outline around selected Social Link block [#51414]
 
 ## 1.101.0
 -   [*] Remove visual gap in mobile toolbar when a Gallery block is selected [#52966]