diff --git a/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.android.ts
index e2e082bd4..c7a5933e0 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.android.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ import { EventData } from '../../../data/observable';
 import { perspectiveProperty, visibilityProperty, opacityProperty, horizontalAlignmentProperty, verticalAlignmentProperty, minWidthProperty, minHeightProperty, widthProperty, heightProperty, marginLeftProperty, marginTopProperty, marginRightProperty, marginBottomProperty, rotateProperty, rotateXProperty, rotateYProperty, scaleXProperty, scaleYProperty, translateXProperty, translateYProperty, zIndexProperty, backgroundInternalProperty, androidElevationProperty, androidDynamicElevationOffsetProperty } from '../../styling/style-properties';
 import { CoreTypes } from '../../../core-types';
 
-import { Background, ad as androidBackground } from '../../styling/background';
-import { BackgroundClearFlags, refreshBorderDrawable } from '../../styling/background.android';
+import { Background, BackgroundClearFlags, refreshBorderDrawable } from '../../styling/background';
 import { profile } from '../../../profiling';
 import { topmost } from '../../frame/frame-stack';
 import { Screen } from '../../../platform';
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/styling/background-common.ts b/packages/core/ui/styling/background-common.ts
index c06598818..10929e553 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/styling/background-common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/styling/background-common.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Deifinitions.
-import { Background as BackgroundDefinition } from './background';
 import { CoreTypes } from '../../core-types';
 import { LinearGradient } from './linear-gradient';
 // Types.
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ export const enum BackgroundClearFlags {
 	CLEAR_BOX_SHADOW = 2 << 0,
 }
 
-export class Background implements BackgroundDefinition {
+export class Background {
 	public static default = new Background();
 
 	public color: Color;
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.android.ts
index b6345951c..c0d9237d0 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.android.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function fromGradient(gradient: LinearGradient): org.nativescript.widgets.Linear
 }
 
 const pattern = /url\(('|")(.*?)\1\)/;
-function refreshBorderDrawable(this: void, view: View, borderDrawable: org.nativescript.widgets.BorderDrawable) {
+export function refreshBorderDrawable(view: View, borderDrawable: org.nativescript.widgets.BorderDrawable) {
 	const nativeView = <android.view.View>view.nativeViewProtected;
 	const context = nativeView.getContext();
 
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.d.ts b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.d.ts
index e5ebe0df3..797a2dc14 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.d.ts
@@ -4,72 +4,74 @@ import { BackgroundRepeat } from '../../css/parser';
 import { LinearGradient } from '../styling/linear-gradient';
 import { CSSShadow } from './css-shadow';
 
+export * from './background-common';
+
 export enum CacheMode {
 	none,
 	memory,
 	diskAndMemory,
 }
 
-export declare class Background {
-	public static default: Background;
-	public color: Color;
-	public image: string | LinearGradient;
-	public repeat: BackgroundRepeat;
-	public position: string;
-	public size: string;
-	public borderTopColor: Color;
-	public borderRightColor: Color;
-	public borderBottomColor: Color;
-	public borderLeftColor: Color;
-	public borderTopWidth: number;
-	public borderRightWidth: number;
-	public borderBottomWidth: number;
-	public borderLeftWidth: number;
-	public borderTopLeftRadius: number;
-	public borderTopRightRadius: number;
-	public borderBottomRightRadius: number;
-	public borderBottomLeftRadius: number;
-	public clipPath: string;
-	public boxShadow: string | CSSShadow;
-	public clearFlags: number;
+// export declare class Background {
+// 	public static default: Background;
+// 	public color: Color;
+// 	public image: string | LinearGradient;
+// 	public repeat: BackgroundRepeat;
+// 	public position: string;
+// 	public size: string;
+// 	public borderTopColor: Color;
+// 	public borderRightColor: Color;
+// 	public borderBottomColor: Color;
+// 	public borderLeftColor: Color;
+// 	public borderTopWidth: number;
+// 	public borderRightWidth: number;
+// 	public borderBottomWidth: number;
+// 	public borderLeftWidth: number;
+// 	public borderTopLeftRadius: number;
+// 	public borderTopRightRadius: number;
+// 	public borderBottomRightRadius: number;
+// 	public borderBottomLeftRadius: number;
+// 	public clipPath: string;
+// 	public boxShadow: string | CSSShadow;
+// 	public clearFlags: number;
 
-	public withColor(value: Color): Background;
-	public withImage(value: string | LinearGradient): Background;
-	public withRepeat(value: BackgroundRepeat): Background;
-	public withPosition(value: string): Background;
-	public withSize(value: string): Background;
-	public withBorderTopColor(value: Color): Background;
-	public withBorderRightColor(value: Color): Background;
-	public withBorderBottomColor(value: Color): Background;
-	public withBorderLeftColor(value: Color): Background;
-	public withBorderTopWidth(value: number): Background;
-	public withBorderRightWidth(value: number): Background;
-	public withBorderBottomWidth(value: number): Background;
-	public withBorderLeftWidth(value: number): Background;
-	public withBorderTopLeftRadius(value: number): Background;
-	public withBorderTopRightRadius(value: number): Background;
-	public withBorderBottomRightRadius(value: number): Background;
-	public withBorderBottomLeftRadius(value: number): Background;
-	public withClipPath(value: string): Background;
-	public withBoxShadow(value: CSSShadow): Background;
+// 	public withColor(value: Color): Background;
+// 	public withImage(value: string | LinearGradient): Background;
+// 	public withRepeat(value: BackgroundRepeat): Background;
+// 	public withPosition(value: string): Background;
+// 	public withSize(value: string): Background;
+// 	public withBorderTopColor(value: Color): Background;
+// 	public withBorderRightColor(value: Color): Background;
+// 	public withBorderBottomColor(value: Color): Background;
+// 	public withBorderLeftColor(value: Color): Background;
+// 	public withBorderTopWidth(value: number): Background;
+// 	public withBorderRightWidth(value: number): Background;
+// 	public withBorderBottomWidth(value: number): Background;
+// 	public withBorderLeftWidth(value: number): Background;
+// 	public withBorderTopLeftRadius(value: number): Background;
+// 	public withBorderTopRightRadius(value: number): Background;
+// 	public withBorderBottomRightRadius(value: number): Background;
+// 	public withBorderBottomLeftRadius(value: number): Background;
+// 	public withClipPath(value: string): Background;
+// 	public withBoxShadow(value: CSSShadow): Background;
 
-	public isEmpty(): boolean;
+// 	public isEmpty(): boolean;
 
-	public static equals(value1: Background, value2: Background): boolean;
+// 	public static equals(value1: Background, value2: Background): boolean;
 
-	public hasBorderColor(): boolean;
-	public hasBorderWidth(): boolean;
-	public hasBorderRadius(): boolean;
-	public hasUniformBorderColor(): boolean;
-	public hasUniformBorderWidth(): boolean;
-	public hasUniformBorderRadius(): boolean;
-	public hasUniformBorder(): boolean;
-	public getUniformBorderColor(): Color;
-	public getUniformBorderWidth(): number;
-	public getUniformBorderRadius(): number;
-	public hasBoxShadow(): boolean;
-	public getBoxShadow(): CSSShadow;
-}
+// 	public hasBorderColor(): boolean;
+// 	public hasBorderWidth(): boolean;
+// 	public hasBorderRadius(): boolean;
+// 	public hasUniformBorderColor(): boolean;
+// 	public hasUniformBorderWidth(): boolean;
+// 	public hasUniformBorderRadius(): boolean;
+// 	public hasUniformBorder(): boolean;
+// 	public getUniformBorderColor(): Color;
+// 	public getUniformBorderWidth(): number;
+// 	public getUniformBorderRadius(): number;
+// 	public hasBoxShadow(): boolean;
+// 	public getBoxShadow(): CSSShadow;
+// }
 
 export namespace ios {
 	export function createBackgroundUIColor(view: View, callback: (uiColor: any /* UIColor */) => void, flip?: boolean): void;
@@ -78,3 +80,5 @@ export namespace ios {
 export namespace ad {
 	export function onBackgroundOrBorderPropertyChanged(v: View);
 }
+
+export function refreshBorderDrawable(view: View, borderDrawable: any /* org.nativescript.widgets.BorderDrawable */): void;