diff --git a/ui/core/view.d.ts b/ui/core/view.d.ts
index 1ef026def..5e26b640d 100644
--- a/ui/core/view.d.ts
+++ b/ui/core/view.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import proxy = require("ui/core/proxy");
 
 export declare class View extends proxy.ProxyObject {
-    addToParent: (parent: any) => void;
+    public addToParent(parent: any);
     android: any;
     ios: any;
 }
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diff --git a/ui/core/view.ios.ts b/ui/core/view.ios.ts
index 19a76f130..75dc1b331 100644
--- a/ui/core/view.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/core/view.ios.ts
@@ -1 +1,11 @@
- 
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+import proxy = require("ui/core/proxy");
+
+export class View extends proxy.ProxyObject {
+    public addToParent(parent: UIKit.UIView) {
+        var nativeInstance: UIKit.UIView = this["ios"];
+        if (nativeInstance) {
+            // TODO: Check for existing parent
+            parent.addSubview(nativeInstance);
+        }
+    }
+} 
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diff --git a/ui/label/label.ios.ts b/ui/label/label.ios.ts
index 1f056b0e9..a9e998eb2 100644
--- a/ui/label/label.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/label/label.ios.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,50 @@
-import view = require("ui/core/view");
+import observable = require("ui/core/observable");
+import view = require("ui/core/view");
+import application = require("application");
 
 export class Label extends view.View {
+    private static textProperty = "text";
+    private _ios: UIKit.UILabel;
+    private changedHandler: Foundation.NSObject;
 
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+
+        this._ios = new UIKit.UILabel();
+
+        //var extendsBody = Foundation.NSObject.extends(
+        //    {
+        //        onTextChanged: function (path, sender, change, context) {
+        //        }
+        //    },
+        //    {
+        //        exposedMethods: { "tick:": "v@:@" }
+        //    });
+
+        //this.changedHandler = new extendsBody();
+    }
+
+    get ios(): UIKit.UILabel {
+        return this._ios;
+    }
+
+    get text(): string {
+        return this._ios.text;
+    }
+    set text(value: string) {
+        this.setProperty(Label.textProperty, value);
+    }
+
+    public setNativeProperty(data: observable.PropertyChangeData) {
+        // TODO: Will this be a gigantic if-else switch?
+        if (data.propertyName === Label.textProperty) {
+            this._ios.text = data.value;
+        } else if (true) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    public addToParent(parent: UIKit.UIView) {
+        super.addToParent(parent);
+        this._ios.sizeToFit();
+    }
 } 
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