diff --git a/apps/.vscode/launch.json b/apps/.vscode/launch.json
index abcaa7450..a04635572 100644
--- a/apps/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/apps/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
             "platform": "ios",
             "appRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
             "sourceMaps": true,
-            "watch": true
+            "watch": true,
+            "tnsArgs": [
+                "--sync-all-files"
+            ]
         },
         {
             "name": "Attach on iOS",
@@ -26,7 +29,10 @@
             "platform": "android",
             "appRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
             "sourceMaps": true,
-            "watch": true
+            "watch": true,
+            "tnsArgs": [
+                "--sync-all-files"
+            ]
         },
         {
             "name": "Attach on Android",
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
index 8861a607a..a246ffbaf 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ selectedIndexProperty.register(TabViewBase);
 export const itemsProperty = new Property<TabViewBase, TabViewItemDefinition[]>({
     name: "items", valueChanged: (target, oldValue, newValue) => {
         target.onItemsChanged(oldValue, newValue);
-        selectedIndexProperty.coerce(target);
     }
 });
 itemsProperty.register(TabViewBase);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
index 9ccd8e675..915fb32c3 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
@@ -327,25 +327,21 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView() {
-        // this._tabLayout.setItems(null, null);
         this._pagerAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
         (<any>this._pagerAdapter).owner = null;
         this._pagerAdapter = null;
 
-        // this._viewPager.setAdapter(null);
         this._tabLayout = null;
         (<any>this._viewPager).listener.owner = null;
         this._viewPager = null;
         super.disposeNativeView();
     }
 
-    private setAdapter(items: Array<TabViewItem>) {
+    private setAdapterItems(items: Array<TabViewItem>) {
         (<any>this._pagerAdapter).items = items;
 
         const length = items ? items.length : 0;
         if (length === 0) {
-            // this._viewPager.setAdapter(null);
-            // this._pagerAdapter = null;
             this._tabLayout.setItems(null, null);
             return;
         }
@@ -393,7 +389,8 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
         return null;
     }
     [itemsProperty.setNative](value: TabViewItem[]) {
-        this.setAdapter(value);
+        this.setAdapterItems(value);
+        selectedIndexProperty.coerce(this);
     }
 
     [tabBackgroundColorProperty.getDefault](): android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.ConstantState {
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 a847e7a7f..dcec88431 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
     }
     [itemsProperty.setNative](value: TabViewItem[]) {
         this.setViewControllers(value);
+        selectedIndexProperty.coerce(this);
     }
 
     [tabTextColorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
index be0c822e7..a84c5c7bd 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
@@ -42,13 +42,12 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     }
     [colorProperty.setNative](value: Color | UIColor) {
         const color = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
-        if (!this.formattedText) {
-            let nativeView = this.nativeView;
-            if (nativeView instanceof UIButton) {
-                nativeView.setTitleColorForState(color, UIControlState.Normal);
-            } else {
-                nativeView.textColor = color;
-            }
+        const nativeView = this.nativeView;
+        if (nativeView instanceof UIButton) {
+            nativeView.setTitleColorForState(color, UIControlState.Normal);
+            nativeView.titleLabel.textColor = color;
+        } else {
+            nativeView.textColor = color;
         }
     }
 
@@ -58,10 +57,10 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
         return nativeView.font;
     }
     [fontInternalProperty.setNative](value: Font | UIFont) {
-        if (!this.formattedText) {
+        if (!(value instanceof Font) || !this.formattedText) {
             let nativeView = this.nativeView;
             nativeView = nativeView instanceof UIButton ? nativeView.titleLabel : nativeView;
-            let font = value instanceof Font ? value.getUIFont(nativeView.font) : value;
+            const font = value instanceof Font ? value.getUIFont(nativeView.font) : value;
             nativeView.font = font;
         }
     }
@@ -170,14 +169,14 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
             dict.set(NSKernAttributeName, style.letterSpacing * this.nativeView.font.pointSize);
         }
 
-        if (style.color) {
+        const isTextView = this.nativeView instanceof UITextView;
+        if (style.color && (dict.size > 0 || isTextView)) {
             dict.set(NSForegroundColorAttributeName, style.color.ios);
         }
 
         const text = this.text;
         const string = (text === undefined || text === null) ? '' : text.toString();
         const source = getTransformedText(string, this.textTransform);
-        const isTextView = this.nativeView instanceof UITextView;
         if (dict.size > 0 || isTextView) {
             if (isTextView) {
                 // UITextView's font seems to change inside.