diff --git a/tests/app/ui/label/label-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/label/label-tests.ts
index b5a608dc7..ef9c6db8f 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/label/label-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/label/label-tests.ts
@@ -139,8 +139,10 @@ export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<LabelModule.Label> {
 
         if (label.ios) {
             this.waitUntilTestElementLayoutIsValid();
-
-            const expectedValue = 3;
+            let expectedValue = NSString.stringWithString("i").sizeWithAttributes(<any>{
+                [NSFontAttributeName]: UIFont.systemFontOfSize(9)
+            }).width;
+            expectedValue = Math.ceil(utils.layout.toDevicePixels(expectedValue));
             const measuredWidth = label.getMeasuredWidth();
             TKUnit.assertEqual(measuredWidth, expectedValue, "measuredWidth should not be rounded down.");
         }
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests.ios.ts b/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests.ios.ts
index 7828bd018..3c5f86dfd 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests.ios.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests.ios.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as color from "color";
 import * as helper from "../helper";
 import * as TKUnit from "../../TKUnit";
 import * as button from "ui/button";
+import * as utils from "utils/utils";
 
 global.moduleMerge(commonTests, exports);
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ class MyGrid extends grid.GridLayout {
 }
 
 export function getUniformNativeBorderWidth(v: view.View): number {
-    return (<UIView>v.ios).layer.borderWidth;
+    return utils.layout.toDevicePixels((<UIView>v.ios).layer.borderWidth);
 }
 
 export function checkUniformNativeBorderColor(v: view.View): boolean {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.ios.ts
index 374d6fe97..1028f90d4 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.ios.ts
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ export class ActionBar extends ActionBarBase {
                 let navBarSize = navBar.sizeThatFits(CGSizeMake(
                     (widthMode === layout.UNSPECIFIED) ? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY : width,
                     (heightMode === layout.UNSPECIFIED) ? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY : height));
-                navBarWidth = navBarSize.width;
-                navBarHeight = navBarSize.height;
+                navBarWidth = layout.toDevicePixels(navBarSize.width);
+                navBarHeight = layout.toDevicePixels(navBarSize.height);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
index a0a550fd3..2a608a620 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
             }
 
             let nativeSize = view.sizeThatFits(CGSizeMake(width, height));
-            nativeWidth = nativeSize.width;
-            nativeHeight = nativeSize.height;
+            nativeWidth = layout.toDevicePixels(nativeSize.width);
+            nativeHeight = layout.toDevicePixels(nativeSize.height);
         }
 
         let measureWidth = Math.max(nativeWidth, this.effectiveMinWidth);
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
 
         let nativeView = this.nativeView;
 
-        let frame = CGRectMake(left, top, right - left, bottom - top);
+        let frame = CGRectMake(layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(left), layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(top), layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(right - left), layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(bottom - top));
         this._setNativeViewFrame(nativeView, frame);
     }
 
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
 
         let pointInWindow = this.nativeView.convertPointToView(this.nativeView.bounds.origin, null);
         return {
-            x: layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(pointInWindow.x),
-            y: layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(pointInWindow.y),
+            x: pointInWindow.x,
+            y: pointInWindow.y
         };
     }
 
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
         let pointInWindow = this.nativeView.convertPointToView(this.nativeView.bounds.origin, null);
         let pointOnScreen = this.nativeView.window.convertPointToWindow(pointInWindow, null);
         return {
-            x: layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(pointOnScreen.x),
-            y: layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(pointOnScreen.y),
+            x: pointOnScreen.x,
+            y: pointOnScreen.y
         };
     }
 
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
         let myPointInWindow = this.nativeView.convertPointToView(this.nativeView.bounds.origin, null);
         let otherPointInWindow = otherView.nativeView.convertPointToView(otherView.nativeView.bounds.origin, null);
         return {
-            x: layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(myPointInWindow.x - otherPointInWindow.x),
-            y: layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(myPointInWindow.y - otherPointInWindow.y),
+            x: myPointInWindow.x - otherPointInWindow.x,
+            y: myPointInWindow.y - otherPointInWindow.y
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
index d958f8c69..324db1933 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Page } from "ui/page";
 import { FrameBase, View, application, layout, traceEnabled, traceWrite, traceCategories, isCategorySet } from "./frame-common";
 import { _createIOSAnimatedTransitioning } from "ui/transition";
 import * as uiUtils from "ui/utils";
+import * as utils from "utils/utils";
 
 export * from "./frame-common";
 
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ export class Frame extends FrameBase {
             !this._ios.controller ||
             !this._ios.controller.navigationBar ||
             this._ios.controller.navigationBar.hidden ||
-            this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame.origin.y === statusBarHeight) {
+            utils.layout.toDevicePixels(this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame.origin.y) === statusBarHeight) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -380,10 +381,10 @@ export class Frame extends FrameBase {
         this._ios.controller.navigationBar.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizing.None;
         this._ios.controller.navigationBar.removeConstraints((<any>this)._ios.controller.navigationBar.constraints);
         this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame = CGRectMake(
-            this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame.origin.x,
-            statusBarHeight,
-            this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame.size.width,
-            this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame.size.height);
+            utils.layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame.origin.x),
+            utils.layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(statusBarHeight),
+            utils.layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame.size.width),
+            utils.layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame.size.height));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts
index f60dddbbf..1f59458bf 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
             }
 
             let nativeSize = nativeView.sizeThatFits(CGSizeMake(width, height));
-            let labelWidth = nativeSize.width;
+            let labelWidth = layout.toDevicePixels(nativeSize.width);
 
             labelWidth = Math.min(labelWidth, width);
             let measureWidth = Math.max(labelWidth, this.effectiveMinWidth);
-            let measureHeight = Math.max(nativeSize.height, this.effectiveMinHeight);
+            let measureHeight = Math.max(layout.toDevicePixels(nativeSize.height), this.effectiveMinHeight);
 
             let widthAndState = View.resolveSizeAndState(measureWidth, width, widthMode, 0);
             let heightAndState = View.resolveSizeAndState(measureHeight, height, heightMode, 0);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.ios.ts
index 8123d35c8..c0eb83349 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.ios.ts
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
                 | (heightMode === layout.EXACTLY ? FixedSize.HEIGHT : FixedSize.NONE);
 
             let nativeSize = nativeView.sizeThatFits(CGSizeMake(width, height));
-            let labelWidth = nativeSize.width;
+            let labelWidth = layout.toDevicePixels(nativeSize.width);
 
             if (this.textWrap) {
                 labelWidth = Math.min(labelWidth, width);
             }
 
             let measureWidth = Math.max(labelWidth, this.effectiveMinWidth);
-            let measureHeight = Math.max(nativeSize.height, this.effectiveMinHeight);
+            let measureHeight = Math.max(layout.toDevicePixels(nativeSize.height), this.effectiveMinHeight);
 
             let widthAndState = View.resolveSizeAndState(measureWidth, width, widthMode, 0);
             let heightAndState = View.resolveSizeAndState(measureHeight, height, heightMode, 0);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout.ios.ts
index fd2a8e088..a7e0907cd 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout.ios.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export class GridLayout extends GridLayoutBase {
 
             actualLength = offset - roundedOffset;
             roundedLength = Math.round(actualLength);
-            columnGroup.rowOrColumn._actualLength = roundedLength;
+            columnGroup.rowOrColumn._actualLength = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(roundedLength);
             roundedOffset += roundedLength;
 
             this.columnOffsets.push(roundedOffset);
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export class GridLayout extends GridLayoutBase {
 
             actualLength = offset - roundedOffset;
             roundedLength = Math.round(actualLength);
-            rowGroup.rowOrColumn._actualLength = roundedLength;
+            rowGroup.rowOrColumn._actualLength = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(roundedLength);
             roundedOffset += roundedLength;
 
             this.rowOffsets.push(roundedOffset);
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class MeasureHelper {
                 measureSpec.starColumnsCount += columnGroup.rowOrColumn.value;
             }
             else if (columnGroup.getIsAbsolute()) {
-                measureSpec.pixelWidth += columnGroup.rowOrColumn.value;
+                measureSpec.pixelWidth += layout.toDevicePixels(columnGroup.rowOrColumn.value);
             }
         }
 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ class MeasureHelper {
                 measureSpec.starRowsCount += rowGroup.rowOrColumn.value;
             }
             else if (rowGroup.getIsAbsolute()) {
-                measureSpec.pixelHeight += rowGroup.rowOrColumn.value;
+                measureSpec.pixelHeight += layout.toDevicePixels(rowGroup.rowOrColumn.value);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.ios.ts
index 60665854a..d19c36993 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.ios.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class UITableViewDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UITableViewDelegate {
             height = owner._prepareCell(cell, indexPath);
         }
 
-        return height;
+        return layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(height);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view.ios.ts
index 1065bfaa0..e769991d1 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view.ios.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ class UIScrollViewDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UIScrollViewDelegate
             owner.notify(<ScrollEventData>{
                 object: owner,
                 eventName: ScrollViewBase.scrollEvent,
-                scrollX: owner.horizontalOffset / layout.getDisplayDensity(),
-                scrollY: owner.verticalOffset / layout.getDisplayDensity()
+                scrollX: owner.horizontalOffset,
+                scrollY: owner.verticalOffset
             });
         }
     }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class ScrollView extends ScrollViewBase {
             return 0;
         }
 
-        return Math.max(0, this.nativeView.contentSize.width - this.nativeView.bounds.size.width) / layout.getDisplayDensity();
+        return Math.max(0, this.nativeView.contentSize.width - this.nativeView.bounds.size.width);
     }
 
     get scrollableHeight(): number {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class ScrollView extends ScrollViewBase {
             return 0;
         }
 
-        return Math.max(0, this.nativeView.contentSize.height - this.nativeView.bounds.size.height) / layout.getDisplayDensity();
+        return Math.max(0, this.nativeView.contentSize.height - this.nativeView.bounds.size.height);
     }
 
     get ios(): UIView {
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ export class ScrollView extends ScrollViewBase {
                 childSize = View.measureChild(this, child, layout.makeMeasureSpec(0, layout.UNSPECIFIED), heightMeasureSpec);
             }
 
-            this.nativeView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(childSize.measuredWidth, childSize.measuredHeight);
+            let w = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(childSize.measuredWidth);
+            let h = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(childSize.measuredHeight);
+            this.nativeView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(w, h);
+
             this._contentMeasuredWidth = Math.max(childSize.measuredWidth, this.effectiveMinWidth * density);
             this._contentMeasuredHeight = Math.max(childSize.measuredHeight, this.effectiveMinHeight * density);
         }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
index a5ff72ae1..119ae9cc4 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export module ios {
             const layer = nativeView.layer;
             const borderColor = background.getUniformBorderColor();
             layer.borderColor = !borderColor ? undefined : borderColor.ios.CGColor;
-            layer.borderWidth = background.getUniformBorderWidth();
+            layer.borderWidth = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(background.getUniformBorderWidth());
             layer.cornerRadius = background.getUniformBorderRadius();
         }
         else {
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ function drawNonUniformBorders(nativeView: NativeView, background: Background) {
         right: layerSize.width
     };
 
-    const top = background.borderTopWidth;
-    const right = background.borderRightWidth;
-    const bottom = background.borderBottomWidth;
-    const left = background.borderLeftWidth;
+    const top = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(background.borderTopWidth);
+    const right = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(background.borderRightWidth);
+    const bottom = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(background.borderBottomWidth);
+    const left = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(background.borderLeftWidth);
 
     const lto: Point = { x: nativeViewLayerBounds.left, y: nativeViewLayerBounds.top };// left-top-outside
     const lti: Point = { x: nativeViewLayerBounds.left + left, y: nativeViewLayerBounds.top + top }; // left-top-inside
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/switch/switch.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/switch/switch.ios.ts
index 91944c765..b5affcf8d 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/switch/switch.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/switch/switch.ios.ts
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ export class Switch extends SwitchBase {
         this.width = nativeSize.width;
         this.height = nativeSize.height;
 
-        let widthAndState = layout.makeMeasureSpec(nativeSize.width, layout.EXACTLY);
-        let heightAndState = layout.makeMeasureSpec(nativeSize.height, layout.EXACTLY);
+        let widthAndState = layout.makeMeasureSpec(layout.toDevicePixels(nativeSize.width), layout.EXACTLY);
+        let heightAndState = layout.makeMeasureSpec(layout.toDevicePixels(nativeSize.height), layout.EXACTLY);
         this.setMeasuredDimension(widthAndState, heightAndState);
     }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
index 2c20bbf54..420fd0f60 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
@@ -347,9 +347,10 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
     }
 
     private static measureHelper(nativeView: UIView, width: number, widthMode: number, height: number, heightMode: number): CGSize {
-        return nativeView.sizeThatFits(CGSizeMake(
+        const size = nativeView.sizeThatFits(CGSizeMake(
             (widthMode === layout.UNSPECIFIED) ? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY : width,
             (heightMode === layout.UNSPECIFIED) ? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY : height));
+        return { width: layout.toDevicePixels(size.width), height: layout.toDevicePixels(size.height) };
     }
 
     private _updateIOSTabBarColorsAndFonts(): void {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/utils.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/utils.ios.ts
index f226e5359..b44c59eb3 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/utils.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/utils.ios.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ export module ios {
         }
 
         var statusFrame = app.statusBarFrame;
-        return Math.min(statusFrame.size.width, statusFrame.size.height);
+        let min = Math.min(statusFrame.size.width, statusFrame.size.height);
+        return utils.layout.toDevicePixels(min);
     }
 
     export function _layoutRootView(rootView: View, parentBounds: CGRect) {
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ export module ios {
         }
 
         let size = parentBounds.size;
-        let width = size.width;
-        let height = size.height;
+        let width = utils.layout.toDevicePixels(size.width);
+        let height = utils.layout.toDevicePixels(size.height);
 
         var superview = (<UIView>rootView._nativeView).superview;
         var superViewRotationRadians;
@@ -36,12 +37,6 @@ export module ios {
             superViewRotationRadians = atan2f(superview.transform.b, superview.transform.a);
         }
 
-        if (utils.ios.MajorVersion < 8 && utils.ios.isLandscape() && !superViewRotationRadians) {
-            // in iOS 7 when in landscape we switch width with height because on device they don't change even when rotated.
-            width = size.height;
-            height = size.width;
-        }
-
         var origin = parentBounds.origin;
         var left = origin.x;
         var top = origin.y;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.ios.ts
index 911f655f3..f50801a52 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.ios.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import {
 
 export * from "./utils-common";
 
+let mainScreenScale;
+
 function isOrientationLandscape(orientation: number) {
     return orientation === UIDeviceOrientation.LandscapeLeft || orientation === UIDeviceOrientation.LandscapeRight;
 }
@@ -18,15 +20,15 @@ export module layout {
     }
 
     export function getDisplayDensity(): number {
-        return 1;
+        return mainScreenScale;
     }
 
     export function toDevicePixels(value: number): number {
-        return value * getDisplayDensity();
+        return value * mainScreenScale;
     }
 
     export function toDeviceIndependentPixels(value: number): number {
-        return value / getDisplayDensity();
+        return value / mainScreenScale;
     }
 }
 
@@ -119,4 +121,6 @@ class UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UI
     public documentInteractionControllerRectForPreview(controller: UIDocumentInteractionController): CGRect {
         return this.getViewController().view.frame;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+mainScreenScale = ios.getter(UIScreen, UIScreen.mainScreen).scale;
\ No newline at end of file