diff --git a/ui/core/view.ios.ts b/ui/core/view.ios.ts
index 54fdb1b14..608dfac9a 100644
--- a/ui/core/view.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/core/view.ios.ts
@@ -274,10 +274,7 @@ export class View extends viewCommon.View {
     }
 
     private _onBoundsChanged() {
-        var bgColor = background.ios.createBackgroundUIColor(this);
-        if (bgColor) {
-            this._nativeView.backgroundColor = bgColor;
-        }
+        this.style._boundsChanged();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/styling/style.d.ts b/ui/styling/style.d.ts
index 7695725b8..256cabe7e 100644
--- a/ui/styling/style.d.ts
+++ b/ui/styling/style.d.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ declare module "ui/styling/style" {
         public _syncNativeProperties(): void;
         public _inheritStyleProperty(property: Property): void;
         public _inheritStyleProperties(): void;
+        public _boundsChanged(): void;
     }
 
     export function registerHandler(property: Property, handler: styling.stylers.StylePropertyChangedHandler, className?: string);
diff --git a/ui/styling/style.ts b/ui/styling/style.ts
index ceaf34822..78b7c3ce4 100644
--- a/ui/styling/style.ts
+++ b/ui/styling/style.ts
@@ -599,6 +599,10 @@ export class Style extends DependencyObservable implements styling.Style {
         });
     }
 
+    public _boundsChanged() {
+        this._applyProperty(backgroundInternalProperty, this._getValue(backgroundInternalProperty));
+    }
+
     private _applyProperty(property: Property, newValue: any) {
         this._applyStyleProperty(property, newValue);