diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.android.ts
index e15437296..0397c1ee0 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.android.ts
@@ -552,11 +552,11 @@ function createNativePercentLengthProperty(options: NativePercentLengthPropertyO
             if (length == "auto") { // tslint:disable-line
                 setPixels(this.nativeView, auto);
             } else if (typeof length === "number") {
-                setPixels(this.nativeView, length * layout.getDisplayDensity());
+                setPixels(this.nativeView, Math.ceil(length * layout.getDisplayDensity()));
             } else if (length.unit == "dip") { // tslint:disable-line
-                setPixels(this.nativeView, length.value * layout.getDisplayDensity());
+                setPixels(this.nativeView, Math.ceil(length.value * layout.getDisplayDensity()));
             } else if (length.unit == "px") { // tslint:disable-line
-                setPixels(this.nativeView, length.value);
+                setPixels(this.nativeView, Math.ceil(length.value));
             } else if (length.unit == "%") { // tslint:disable-line
                 setPercent(this.nativeView, length.value);
             } else {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.android.ts
index d026a02cc..1f5e3f0c1 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.android.ts
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ export module ad {
 
         // TODO: Can we move BorderWidths as separate native setter?
         // This way we could skip setPadding if borderWidth is not changed.
-        let leftPadding = Math.round(view.effectiveBorderLeftWidth + view.effectivePaddingLeft);
-        let topPadding = Math.round(view.effectiveBorderTopWidth + view.effectivePaddingTop);
-        let rightPadding = Math.round(view.effectiveBorderRightWidth + view.effectivePaddingRight);
-        let bottomPadding = Math.round(view.effectiveBorderBottomWidth + view.effectivePaddingBottom);
+        let leftPadding = Math.ceil(view.effectiveBorderLeftWidth + view.effectivePaddingLeft);
+        let topPadding = Math.ceil(view.effectiveBorderTopWidth + view.effectivePaddingTop);
+        let rightPadding = Math.ceil(view.effectiveBorderRightWidth + view.effectivePaddingRight);
+        let bottomPadding = Math.ceil(view.effectiveBorderBottomWidth + view.effectivePaddingBottom);
 
         nativeView.setPadding(
             leftPadding,
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-properties.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-properties.ts
index cedb843e6..8e9e8614c 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-properties.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-properties.ts
@@ -59,16 +59,16 @@ function toDevicePixelsCommon(length: PercentLength, auto: number, parentAvailab
         return auto;
     }
     if (typeof length === "number") {
-        return Math.round(layout.getDisplayDensity() * length);
+        return Math.ceil(layout.getDisplayDensity() * length);
     }
     switch (length.unit) {
         case "px":
-            return Math.round(length.value);
-        default:
-        case "dip":
-            return Math.round(layout.getDisplayDensity() * length.value);
+            return Math.ceil(length.value);
         case "%":
             return Math.round(parentAvailableWidth * length.value);
+        case "dip":
+        default:
+            return Math.ceil(layout.getDisplayDensity() * length.value);
     }
 }