diff --git a/apps/app/cuteness.io/details-page.xml b/apps/app/cuteness.io/details-page.xml
index 7a45ae201..e07ab4e1d 100644
--- a/apps/app/cuteness.io/details-page.xml
+++ b/apps/app/cuteness.io/details-page.xml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
     <StackLayout orientation="horizontal" row="1">
       <Label margin="2">
         <Label.formattedText>
-          <FormattedString fontSize="20" foregroundColor="#C6C6C6">
+          <FormattedString fontSize="20" color="#C6C6C6">
             <FormattedString.spans>
               <Span text="{{ author ? 'by ' + author : '' }}"/>
               <Span text="{{ num_comments ? ' | ' : '' }}" />
-              <Span text="{{ num_comments ? num_comments + ' comments' : '' }}" foregroundColor="#10C2B0"/>
+              <Span text="{{ num_comments ? num_comments + ' comments' : '' }}" color="#10C2B0"/>
             </FormattedString.spans>
           </FormattedString>
         </Label.formattedText>
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/decoration-transform-formattedtext.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/decoration-transform-formattedtext.xml
index 907492a0b..0e3b44f0e 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/decoration-transform-formattedtext.xml
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/decoration-transform-formattedtext.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
         <Label.formattedText>
           <FormattedString>
             <FormattedString.spans>
-              <Span text="label" fontAttributes="Bold" foregroundColor="#0000ff" />
-              <Span text="Label" fontAttributes="Italic" foregroundColor="#00ff00" />
+              <Span text="label" fontWeight="bold" color="#0000ff" />
+              <Span text="Label" fontStyle="italic" color="#00ff00" />
             </FormattedString.spans>
           </FormattedString>
         </Label.formattedText>
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
         <Label.formattedText>
           <FormattedString>
             <FormattedString.spans>
-              <Span text="label" fontAttributes="Bold" foregroundColor="#0000ff" />
-              <Span text="Label" fontAttributes="Italic" foregroundColor="#00ff00" />
+              <Span text="label" fontWeight="bold" color="#0000ff" />
+              <Span text="Label" fontStyle="italic" color="#00ff00" />
             </FormattedString.spans>
           </FormattedString>
         </Label.formattedText>
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
         <Button.formattedText>
           <FormattedString>
             <FormattedString.spans>
-              <Span text="button" fontAttributes="Bold" foregroundColor="#0000ff" />
-              <Span text="Button" fontAttributes="Italic" foregroundColor="#00ff00" />
+              <Span text="button" fontWeight="bold" color="#0000ff" />
+              <Span text="Button" fontStyle="italic" color="#00ff00" />
             </FormattedString.spans>
           </FormattedString>
         </Button.formattedText>
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
         <Button.formattedText>
           <FormattedString>
             <FormattedString.spans>
-              <Span text="button" fontAttributes="Bold" foregroundColor="#0000ff" />
-              <Span text="Button" fontAttributes="Italic" foregroundColor="#00ff00" />
+              <Span text="button" fontWeight="bold" color="#0000ff" />
+              <Span text="Button" fontStyle="italic" color="#00ff00" />
             </FormattedString.spans>
           </FormattedString>
         </Button.formattedText>
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
         <TextField.formattedText>
           <FormattedString>
             <FormattedString.spans>
-              <Span text="text" fontAttributes="Bold" foregroundColor="#0000ff" />
-              <Span text="Field" fontAttributes="Italic" foregroundColor="#00ff00" />
+              <Span text="text" fontWeight="bold" color="#0000ff" />
+              <Span text="Field" fontStyle="italic" color="#00ff00" />
             </FormattedString.spans>
           </FormattedString>
         </TextField.formattedText>
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
         <TextField.formattedText>
           <FormattedString>
             <FormattedString.spans>
-              <Span text="text" fontAttributes="Bold" foregroundColor="#0000ff" />
-              <Span text="Field" fontAttributes="Italic" foregroundColor="#00ff00" />
+              <Span text="text" fontWeight="bold" color="#0000ff" />
+              <Span text="Field" fontStyle="italic" color="#00ff00" />
             </FormattedString.spans>
           </FormattedString>
         </TextField.formattedText>
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
         <TextView.formattedText>
           <FormattedString>
             <FormattedString.spans>
-              <Span text="text" fontAttributes="Bold" foregroundColor="#0000ff" />
-              <Span text="View" fontAttributes="Italic" foregroundColor="#00ff00" />
+              <Span text="text" fontWeight="bold" color="#0000ff" />
+              <Span text="View" fontStyle="italic" color="#00ff00" />
             </FormattedString.spans>
           </FormattedString>
         </TextView.formattedText>
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
         <TextView.formattedText>
           <FormattedString>
             <FormattedString.spans>
-              <Span text="text" fontAttributes="Bold" foregroundColor="#0000ff" />
-              <Span text="View" fontAttributes="Italic" foregroundColor="#00ff00" />
+              <Span text="text" fontWeight="bold" color="#0000ff" />
+              <Span text="View" fontStyle="italic" color="#00ff00" />
             </FormattedString.spans>
           </FormattedString>
         </TextView.formattedText>
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/pages/i86.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/pages/i86.xml
index 32033f2e7..8318c4f72 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/pages/i86.xml
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/pages/i86.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <StackLayout>
     <Label margin="2">
       <Label.formattedText>
-        <FormattedString foregroundColor="White">
+        <FormattedString color="White">
           <FormattedString.spans>
             <Span text="FormattedString foregroundColor cannot be set to named color" />
             <Span text="https://github.com/NativeScript/cross-platform-modules/issues/86"/>
diff --git a/tests/app/xml-declaration/xml-declaration-tests.ts b/tests/app/xml-declaration/xml-declaration-tests.ts
index 13a194f54..f34755fe3 100644
--- a/tests/app/xml-declaration/xml-declaration-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/xml-declaration/xml-declaration-tests.ts
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ export function test_parse_NestedRepeaters() {
 }
 
 export function test_parseSpansDirectlyOnLabel() {
-    var p = <Page>builder.parse('<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatedTo="pageNavigated"><StackLayout><Label id="testLabel"><Span text="We are" fontSize="10"/><Span text="Awesome" fontAttributes="Bold"/></Label></StackLayout></Page>');
+    var p = <Page>builder.parse('<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatedTo="pageNavigated"><StackLayout><Label id="testLabel"><Span text="We are" fontSize="10"/><Span text="Awesome" fontWeight="bold"/></Label></StackLayout></Page>');
     function testAction(views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
         var page = <Page>views[0];
         var testLabel = <Label>page.getViewById("testLabel");
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ export function test_parseSpansDirectlyOnLabel() {
 }
 
 export function test_parseSpansDirectlyOnButton() {
-    var p = <Page>builder.parse('<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatedTo="pageNavigated"><StackLayout><Button id="testButton"><Span text="We are" fontSize="10"/><Span text="Awesome" fontAttributes="Bold"/></Button></StackLayout></Page>');
+    var p = <Page>builder.parse('<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatedTo="pageNavigated"><StackLayout><Button id="testButton"><Span text="We are" fontSize="10"/><Span text="Awesome" fontWeight="bold"/></Button></StackLayout></Page>');
     function testAction(views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
         var page = <Page>views[0];
         var testButton = <Button>page.getViewById("testButton");
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.d.ts
index 791d670ca..24767673a 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.d.ts
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ declare module "ui/core/view" {
      */
     export interface ApplyXmlAttributes {
         /**
-         * Called for every attribute in xml declaration. <... fontAttributes="bold" ../>
+         * Called for every attribute in xml declaration. <... fontWeight="bold" ../>
          * @param attributeName - the name of the attribute (fontAttributes)
          * @param attrValue - the value of the attribute (bold)
          * Should return true if this attribute is handled and there is no need default handler to process it.