diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-field/text-field.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-field/text-field.android.ts
index 72342b117..3aac761db 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-field/text-field.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-field/text-field.android.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export * from "./text-field-common";
 
 export class TextField extends TextFieldBase {
     public _configureEditText() {
-        let nativeView = this.nativeView;
+        let nativeView = this.android;
         nativeView.setInputType(android.text.InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_NORMAL | android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES);
         nativeView.setLines(1);
         nativeView.setMaxLines(1);