diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-3354.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-3354.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41ba4b2af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-3354.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export function clear(args) {
+    const tv = args.object.page.getViewById("tv");
+    tv.text= "";
+}
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-3354.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-3354.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fca8a4091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-3354.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd">
+    <StackLayout class="p-20">
+        <TextView id="tv" text="" hint="the hint" ></TextView>
+        <Button text="clear text" tap="clear"></Button>
+    </StackLayout>
+</Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/main-page.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/main-page.ts
index 50b9be657..db49f3b93 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/main-page.ts
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/main-page.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export function pageLoaded(args: EventData) {
     examples.set("1639", "issues/issue-1639");
     examples.set("1657-ios", "issues/issue-1657-ios");
     examples.set("tabview-with-scrollview_4022","issues/tabview-with-scrollview_4022");
+    examples.set("3354-ios", "issues/issue-3354");
 
     let viewModel = new SubMainPageViewModel(wrapLayout, examples);
     page.bindingContext = viewModel;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
index 0f64d55c1..08a7c254f 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class TextView extends EditableTextBase implements TextViewDefinition {
     private _ios: UITextView;
     private _delegate: UITextViewDelegateImpl;
     private _isShowingHint: boolean;
-    public _isEditing: boolean = false;
+    public _isEditing: boolean;
 
     constructor() {
         super();