diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/css/decoration-transform-formattedtext.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/css/decoration-transform-formattedtext.xml
index d8eb2c6bf..907492a0b 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/css/decoration-transform-formattedtext.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/css/decoration-transform-formattedtext.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@
           </FormattedString>
         </Label.formattedText>
       </Label>
+      <Label>
+        <Label.formattedText>
+          <FormattedString>
+            <FormattedString.spans>
+              <Span text="label" fontAttributes="Bold" foregroundColor="#0000ff" />
+              <Span text="Label" fontAttributes="Italic" foregroundColor="#00ff00" />
+            </FormattedString.spans>
+          </FormattedString>
+        </Label.formattedText>
+      </Label>
 
       <Button text="buttonButton" style="text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: underline line-through;" />
       <Button style="text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: underline line-through;">
@@ -24,6 +34,16 @@
           </FormattedString>
         </Button.formattedText>
       </Button>
+      <Button>
+        <Button.formattedText>
+          <FormattedString>
+            <FormattedString.spans>
+              <Span text="button" fontAttributes="Bold" foregroundColor="#0000ff" />
+              <Span text="Button" fontAttributes="Italic" foregroundColor="#00ff00" />
+            </FormattedString.spans>
+          </FormattedString>
+        </Button.formattedText>
+      </Button>
 
       <TextField text="textField" style="text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: underline line-through;" />
       <TextField style="text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: underline line-through;">
@@ -36,6 +56,16 @@
           </FormattedString>
         </TextField.formattedText>
       </TextField>
+      <TextField>
+        <TextField.formattedText>
+          <FormattedString>
+            <FormattedString.spans>
+              <Span text="text" fontAttributes="Bold" foregroundColor="#0000ff" />
+              <Span text="Field" fontAttributes="Italic" foregroundColor="#00ff00" />
+            </FormattedString.spans>
+          </FormattedString>
+        </TextField.formattedText>
+      </TextField>
 
       <TextView text="textView" style="text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: underline line-through;" />
       <TextView style="text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: underline line-through;">
@@ -48,6 +78,16 @@
           </FormattedString>
         </TextView.formattedText>
       </TextView>
+      <TextView>
+        <TextView.formattedText>
+          <FormattedString>
+            <FormattedString.spans>
+              <Span text="text" fontAttributes="Bold" foregroundColor="#0000ff" />
+              <Span text="View" fontAttributes="Italic" foregroundColor="#00ff00" />
+            </FormattedString.spans>
+          </FormattedString>
+        </TextView.formattedText>
+      </TextView>
 
     </StackLayout>
 </Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/button/button.android.ts b/ui/button/button.android.ts
index d80a2d163..fbe2593da 100644
--- a/ui/button/button.android.ts
+++ b/ui/button/button.android.ts
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ export class Button extends common.Button {
 
         this._android.setOnClickListener(new android.view.View.OnClickListener(
             <utils.Owned & android.view.View.IOnClickListener>{
-            get owner() {
-                return that.get();
-            },
+                get owner() {
+                    return that.get();
+                },
 
-            onClick: function (v) {
-                if (this.owner) {
-                    this.owner._emit(common.Button.tapEvent);
+                onClick: function(v) {
+                    if (this.owner) {
+                        this.owner._emit(common.Button.tapEvent);
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-        }));
+            }));
     }
 
     public _onTextPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
@@ -44,9 +44,21 @@ export class Button extends common.Button {
         }
     }
 
+    private _transformationMethod;
     public _setFormattedTextPropertyToNative(value) {
         var newText = value ? value._formattedText : null;
         if (this.android) {
+            if (newText) {
+                if (!this._transformationMethod) {
+                    this._transformationMethod = this.android.getTransformationMethod();
+                }
+                this.android.setTransformationMethod(null);
+            } else {
+                if (this._transformationMethod && !this.android.getTransformationMethod()) {
+                    this.android.setTransformationMethod(this._transformationMethod);
+                }
+            }
+
             this.android.setText(newText);
         }
     }