diff --git a/tests/app/testRunner.ts b/tests/app/testRunner.ts
index bd4c38cc4..5dab96928 100644
--- a/tests/app/testRunner.ts
+++ b/tests/app/testRunner.ts
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ allTests["COLOR"] = require("./color-tests");
 
 allTests["DEPENDENCY-OBSERVABLE"] = require("./ui/dependency-observable-tests");
 // allTests["BINDABLE"] = require("./ui/bindable-tests");
-// allTests["BINDING-EXPRESSIONS"] = require("./ui/binding-expressions-tests");
+allTests["BINDING-EXPRESSIONS"] = require("./ui/binding-expressions-tests");
 allTests["XML-PARSER"] = require("./xml-parser-tests/xml-parser-tests");
-// allTests["FORMATTEDSTRING"] = require("./text/formatted-string-tests");
+allTests["FORMATTEDSTRING"] = require("./text/formatted-string-tests");
 allTests["FILE-SYSTEM-ACCESS"] = require("./file-system-access-tests/file-system-access-tests");
 allTests["FILE-NAME-RESOLVER"] = require("./file-name-resolver-tests/file-name-resolver-tests");
 allTests["WEAK-EVENTS"] = require("./weak-event-listener-tests");
diff --git a/tests/app/text/formatted-string-tests.ts b/tests/app/text/formatted-string-tests.ts
index 9a89d00aa..f7d672bd4 100644
--- a/tests/app/text/formatted-string-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/text/formatted-string-tests.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 // >> formatted-string-require
-import * as formattedStringModule from "text/formatted-string";
-import * as spanModule from "text/span";
+import { FormattedString } from "text/formatted-string";
+import { Span } from "text/span";
 // << formatted-string-require
 
-import * as observable from "data/observable";
+import { Observable } from "data/observable";
+import { Label } from "ui/label";
 import * as TKUnit from "../TKUnit";
-import * as LabelModule from "ui/label";
 
-export var test_FormattedString_RemovesEventListeners_for_spans = function () {
+export function test_FormattedString_RemovesEventListeners_for_spans() {
     // >> formatted-string-set
-    var label = new LabelModule.Label();
-    var formattedString = new formattedStringModule.FormattedString();
-    var firstSpan = new spanModule.Span();
+    const label = new Label();
+    const formattedString = new FormattedString();
+    const firstSpan = new Span();
 
     firstSpan.fontSize = 15;
     firstSpan.text = "LoremIpsum";
@@ -19,37 +19,37 @@ export var test_FormattedString_RemovesEventListeners_for_spans = function () {
     label.formattedText = formattedString;
     // << formatted-string-set
 
-    TKUnit.assert(formattedString.spans.getItem(0).hasListeners(observable.Observable.propertyChangeEvent) === true, "Listener for spans collection change event is not attached!");
-    var removedSpan = formattedString.spans.pop();
-    TKUnit.assert(removedSpan.hasListeners(observable.Observable.propertyChangeEvent) === false, "Listener for spans collection change event is not removed!");
-}
+    TKUnit.assert(formattedString.spans.getItem(0).hasListeners(Observable.propertyChangeEvent) === true, "Listener for spans collection change event is not attached!");
+    const removedSpan = formattedString.spans.pop();
+    TKUnit.assert(removedSpan.hasListeners(Observable.propertyChangeEvent) === false, "Listener for spans collection change event is not removed!");
+};
 
-export var test_FormattedTextProperty_IsChanged_When_SpanIsAdded = function () {
-    var formattedString = new formattedStringModule.FormattedString();
-    var formattedTextChanged = false;
-    formattedString.addEventListener(observable.Observable.propertyChangeEvent, () => {
+export function test_FormattedTextProperty_IsChanged_When_SpanIsAdded() {
+    const formattedString = new FormattedString();
+    let formattedTextChanged = false;
+    formattedString.addEventListener(Observable.propertyChangeEvent, () => {
         formattedTextChanged = true;
     });
 
-    var firstSpan = new spanModule.Span();
+    const firstSpan = new Span();
     firstSpan.fontSize = 15;
     firstSpan.text = "LoremIpsum";
     formattedString.spans.push(firstSpan);
 
     TKUnit.assertTrue(formattedTextChanged, "FormattedText property is not changed.");
-}
+};
 
-export var test_FormattedTextProperty_IsChanged_When_SpanIsChanged = function () {
-    var formattedString = new formattedStringModule.FormattedString();
-    var expectedValue = 17;
+export function test_FormattedTextProperty_IsChanged_When_SpanIsChanged() {
+    const formattedString = new FormattedString();
+    const expectedValue = 17;
 
-    var firstSpan = new spanModule.Span();
+    const firstSpan = new Span();
     firstSpan.fontSize = 15;
     firstSpan.text = "LoremIpsum";
     formattedString.spans.push(firstSpan);
 
-    var formattedTextChanged = false;
-    formattedString.addEventListener(observable.Observable.propertyChangeEvent, () => {
+    let formattedTextChanged = false;
+    formattedString.addEventListener(Observable.propertyChangeEvent, () => {
         formattedTextChanged = true;
     });
 
@@ -59,23 +59,23 @@ export var test_FormattedTextProperty_IsChanged_When_SpanIsChanged = function ()
 
     TKUnit.assertTrue(formattedTextChanged, "FormattedText property is not changed.");
     TKUnit.assert(formattedString.spans.getItem(0).fontSize === expectedValue, "FormattedString internal span is not changed as expected");
-}
+};
 
-export var test_FormattedTextProperty_DoNotCrash_When_KnownColorIsSetForForegroundColor = function () {
-    var formattedString = new formattedStringModule.FormattedString();
-    var expectedValue1 = "red";
-    var expectedValue2 = "blue";
+export function test_FormattedTextProperty_DoNotCrash_When_KnownColorIsSetForForegroundColor() {
+    const formattedString = new FormattedString();
+    const expectedValue1 = "red";
+    const expectedValue2 = "blue";
 
-    var firstSpan = new spanModule.Span();
+    const firstSpan = new Span();
     firstSpan.foregroundColor = <any>expectedValue1;
     firstSpan.text = "LoremIpsum1";
     formattedString.spans.push(firstSpan);
 
-    var secondSpan = new spanModule.Span();
+    const secondSpan = new Span();
     secondSpan.backgroundColor = <any>expectedValue2;
     secondSpan.text = "LoremIpsum2";
     formattedString.spans.push(secondSpan);
 
     TKUnit.assertEqual(formattedString.spans.getItem(0).foregroundColor.name, expectedValue1);
     TKUnit.assertEqual(formattedString.spans.getItem(1).backgroundColor.name, expectedValue2);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.ios.ts
index b4f31f244..e74ee8f09 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.ios.ts
@@ -20,25 +20,25 @@ enum FixedSize {
 const zeroLength: Length = {
     value: 0,
     unit: "px"
-}
+};
 
 export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
-    private _ios: TNSLabel;
+    public nativeView: TNSLabel;
     private _fixedSize: FixedSize;
 
     constructor() {
         super();
 
-        this._ios = TNSLabel.new();
-        this._ios.userInteractionEnabled = true;
+        this.nativeView = TNSLabel.new();
+        this.nativeView.userInteractionEnabled = true;
     }
 
     get ios(): TNSLabel {
-        return this._ios;
+        return this.nativeView;
     }
 
     get _nativeView(): TNSLabel {
-        return this._ios;
+        return this.nativeView;
     }
 
     get textWrap(): boolean {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     }
     set [whiteSpaceProperty.native](value: WhiteSpace) {
         let nativeView = this.nativeView;
-        switch(value){
+        switch (value) {
             case WhiteSpace.NORMAL:
                 nativeView.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakMode.ByWordWrapping;
                 nativeView.numberOfLines = 0;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
                 nativeView.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakMode.ByTruncatingTail;
                 nativeView.numberOfLines = 1;
                 break;
-            default: 
+            default:
                 throw new Error(`Invalid whitespace value: ${value}. Valid values are: "${WhiteSpace.NORMAL}", "${WhiteSpace.NO_WRAP}".`);
         }
     }