diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base-common.ts
index 0911ea533..0ea05c3e7 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base-common.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends TextBase implements EditableTextB
     public editable: boolean;
     public autocorrect: boolean;
     public hint: string;
+    public maxLength: number;
 
     public abstract dismissSoftInput();
     public abstract _setInputType(inputType: number): void;
@@ -49,4 +50,6 @@ export const autocorrectProperty = new Property<EditableTextBase, boolean>({ nam
 autocorrectProperty.register(EditableTextBase);
 
 export const hintProperty = new Property<EditableTextBase, string>({ name: "hint", defaultValue: "" });
-hintProperty.register(EditableTextBase);
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+
+export const maxLengthProperty = new Property<EditableTextBase, number>({ name: "maxLength", defaultValue: -1 });
+maxLengthProperty.register(EditableTextBase);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts
index d1f946d89..aa6747ebc 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     EditableTextBase as EditableTextBaseCommon, keyboardTypeProperty,
     returnKeyTypeProperty, editableProperty,
     autocapitalizationTypeProperty, autocorrectProperty, hintProperty,
-    textProperty, placeholderColorProperty, Color, textTransformProperty
+    textProperty, placeholderColorProperty, Color, textTransformProperty, maxLengthProperty
 } from "./editable-text-base-common";
 
 import { ad } from "../../utils/utils";
@@ -429,4 +429,8 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
     [textTransformProperty.setNative](value: "default") {
         //
     }
-}
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+
+    [maxLengthProperty.setNative](value: number) {
+        this.nativeView.setFilters([new android.text.InputFilter.LengthFilter(+value)]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.d.ts
index eaf6ad152..d4da01d11 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.d.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ export class EditableTextBase extends TextBase {
      */
     hint: string;
 
+    /**
+     * Limits input to a certain number of characters.
+     */
+    maxLength: number;
+
     /**
      * Hides the soft input method, ususally a soft keyboard.
      */
@@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ export const autocapitalizationTypeProperty: Property<EditableTextBase, Autocapi
 export const autocorrectProperty: Property<EditableTextBase, boolean>;
 export const hintProperty: Property<EditableTextBase, string>;
 export const placeholderColorProperty: CssProperty<Style, Color>;
+export const maxLengthProperty: Property<EditableTextBase, number>;
 
 //@private
 /**
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts
index 76e24ac83..c2d13367f 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { 
-    TextFieldBase, secureProperty, textProperty, hintProperty, colorProperty, placeholderColorProperty, 
+    TextFieldBase, secureProperty, textProperty, hintProperty, colorProperty, placeholderColorProperty, maxLengthProperty,
     Length, paddingTopProperty, paddingRightProperty, paddingBottomProperty, paddingLeftProperty, _updateCharactersInRangeReplacementString, Color, layout
 } from "./text-field-common";
 
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ class UITextFieldDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UITextFieldDelegate {
     public textFieldShouldChangeCharactersInRangeReplacementString(textField: UITextField, range: NSRange, replacementString: string): boolean {
         const owner = this._owner.get();
         if (owner) {
+            if (owner.maxLength > -1 && owner.maxLength <= textField.text.length && replacementString.length > range.length) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
             if (owner.updateTextTrigger === "textChanged") {
                 if (textField.secureTextEntry && this.firstEdit) {
                     textProperty.nativeValueChange(owner, replacementString);
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@ class UITextFieldImpl extends UITextField {
 export class TextField extends TextFieldBase {
     private _ios: UITextField;
     private _delegate: UITextFieldDelegateImpl;
+    private _maxLength: number = -1;
     nativeView: UITextField;
 
     constructor() {
@@ -234,4 +239,11 @@ export class TextField extends TextFieldBase {
     [paddingLeftProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
         // Padding is realized via UITextFieldImpl.textRectForBounds method
     }
+
+    [maxLengthProperty.getDefault](): number {
+        return this._maxLength;
+    }
+    [maxLengthProperty.setNative](value: number) {
+        this._maxLength = +value;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
index f2e22efa8..f2b4f3bb7 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import {
     EditableTextBase, editableProperty, hintProperty, textProperty, colorProperty, placeholderColorProperty,
     borderTopWidthProperty, borderRightWidthProperty, borderBottomWidthProperty, borderLeftWidthProperty,
-    paddingTopProperty, paddingRightProperty, paddingBottomProperty, paddingLeftProperty, 
+    paddingTopProperty, paddingRightProperty, paddingBottomProperty, paddingLeftProperty, maxLengthProperty,
     Length, _updateCharactersInRangeReplacementString, Color, layout
 } from "../editable-text-base";
 
@@ -51,8 +51,14 @@ class UITextViewDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UITextViewDelegate {
 
     public textViewShouldChangeTextInRangeReplacementText(textView: UITextView, range: NSRange, replacementString: string): boolean {
         const owner = this._owner.get();
-        if (owner && owner.formattedText) {
-            _updateCharactersInRangeReplacementString(owner.formattedText, range.location, range.length, replacementString);
+        if (owner) {
+            if (owner.maxLength > -1 && owner.maxLength <= textView.text.length && replacementString.length > range.length) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (owner.formattedText) {
+                _updateCharactersInRangeReplacementString(owner.formattedText, range.location, range.length, replacementString);
+            }
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -63,6 +69,7 @@ export class TextView extends EditableTextBase implements TextViewDefinition {
     private _ios: UITextView;
     private _delegate: UITextViewDelegateImpl;
     private _isShowingHint: boolean;
+    private _maxLength: number = -1;
 
     constructor() {
         super();
@@ -268,6 +275,13 @@ export class TextView extends EditableTextBase implements TextViewDefinition {
         let left = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this.effectivePaddingLeft + this.effectiveBorderLeftWidth);
         this.nativeView.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: inset.right };
     }
+
+    [maxLengthProperty.getDefault](): number {
+        return this._maxLength;
+    }
+    [maxLengthProperty.setNative](value: number) {
+        this._maxLength = +value;
+    }
 }
 
 // TextView.prototype.recycleNativeView = true;
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