diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/main-page.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/main-page.ts
index 6da225009..4859a803a 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/main-page.ts
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/main-page.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export function pageLoaded(args: EventData) {
     examples.set("tabmore", "tab-view/tab-view-more");
     examples.set("tabViewCss", "tab-view/tab-view-css");
     examples.set("tab-view-icons", "tab-view/tab-view-icon");
+    examples.set("text-transform", "tab-view/text-transform");
 
     let viewModel = new SubMainPageViewModel(wrapLayout, examples);
     page.bindingContext = viewModel;
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/text-transform.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/text-transform.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f83b87ba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/text-transform.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Page } from "tns-core-modules/ui/page";
+
+const CSS = `
+#tab1 { text-transform: none; }
+#tab2 { text-transform: lowercase; }
+#tab3 { text-transform: uppercase; }
+#tab4 { text-transform: capitalize; }
+`
+
+export function applyTap(args) {
+    var page = <Page>args.object.page;
+    page.css = CSS;
+}
+
+export function resetTap(args) {
+    var page = <Page>args.object.page;
+    page.css = "";
+}
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/text-transform.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/text-transform.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9615ba14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/text-transform.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatingTo="onNavigate">
+    <TabView>
+        <TabView.items>
+            <TabViewItem title="tAb ViEw" id="tab1">
+                <TabViewItem.view>
+                    <StackLayout>
+                        <Button text="apply" tap="applyTap"/>
+                        <Button text="reset" tap="resetTap"/>
+                    </StackLayout>
+                </TabViewItem.view>
+            </TabViewItem>
+            <TabViewItem title="tAb ViEw" id="tab2">
+                <TabViewItem.view>
+                    <Label text="empty tab" />
+                </TabViewItem.view>
+            </TabViewItem>
+            <TabViewItem title="tAb ViEw" id="tab3">
+                <TabViewItem.view>
+                    <Label text="empty tab" />
+                </TabViewItem.view>
+            </TabViewItem>
+            <TabViewItem title="tAb ViEw" id="tab4">
+                <TabViewItem.view>
+                    <Label text="empty tab" />
+                </TabViewItem.view>
+            </TabViewItem>
+        </TabView.items>
+    </TabView>
+</Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts
index b12b07858..afd5124c3 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ export function test_IntegrationTest_Transform_Decoration_Spacing_WithoutFormatt
     let view = new textFieldModule.TextField();
     helper.buildUIAndRunTest(view, function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
         TKUnit.assertEqual(view.text, "", "Text");
-        TKUnit.assertEqual(view.style.textTransform, enums.TextTransform.none, "TextTransform default value");
+        TKUnit.assertNull(view.style.textTransform, "TextTransform default value");
         TKUnit.assertEqual(view.style.textDecoration, enums.TextDecoration.none, "TextDecoration default value");
         TKUnit.assertTrue(view.style.letterSpacing === 0, "LetterSpacing default value");
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
index a246ffbaf..92fbe988d 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
 } from "../core/view";
 
 export * from "../core/view";
+import { TextTransform } from "../text-base";
 
 export const traceCategory = "TabView";
 
@@ -13,6 +14,13 @@ export abstract class TabViewItemBase extends ViewBase implements TabViewItemDef
     private _view: View;
     private _iconSource: string;
 
+    get textTransform(): TextTransform {
+        return this.style.textTransform;
+    }
+    set textTransform(value: TextTransform) {
+        this.style.textTransform = value;
+    }
+
     public _addChildFromBuilder(name: string, value: any): void {
         if (value instanceof View) {
             this.view = value;
@@ -76,6 +84,13 @@ export class TabViewBase extends View implements TabViewDefinition, AddChildFrom
     public androidOffscreenTabLimit: number;
     public iosIconRenderingMode: "automatic" | "alwaysOriginal" | "alwaysTemplate";
 
+    get androidSelectedTabHighlightColor(): Color {
+        return this.style.androidSelectedTabHighlightColor;
+    }
+    set androidSelectedTabHighlightColor(value: Color) {
+        this.style.androidSelectedTabHighlightColor = value;
+    }
+
     get tabTextColor(): Color {
         return this.style.tabTextColor;
     }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
index 915fb32c3..426b78b6d 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
@@ -191,6 +191,26 @@ export class TabViewItem extends TabViewItemBase {
     nativeView: android.widget.TextView;
     public tabItemSpec: org.nativescript.widgets.TabItemSpec;
     public index: number;
+    private _defaultTransformationMethod: android.text.method.TransformationMethod;
+
+    public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        if (this.nativeView) {
+            this._defaultTransformationMethod = this.nativeView.getTransformationMethod();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public resetNativeView(): void {
+        super.resetNativeView();
+        if (this.nativeView) {
+            // We reset it here too because this could be changed by multiple properties - whiteSpace, secure, textTransform
+            this.nativeView.setTransformationMethod(this._defaultTransformationMethod);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public createNativeView() {
+        return this.nativeView;
+    }
 
     public setNativeView(textView: android.widget.TextView): void {
         this.nativeView = textView;
@@ -225,13 +245,19 @@ export class TabViewItem extends TabViewItemBase {
         this.nativeView.setTypeface(value instanceof Font ? value.getAndroidTypeface() : value);
     }
 
-    [textTransformProperty.getDefault](): TextTransform {
-        return "none";
+    [textTransformProperty.getDefault](): "default" {
+        return "default";
     }
-    [textTransformProperty.setNative](value: TextTransform) {
+    [textTransformProperty.setNative](value: TextTransform | "default") {
         const tv = this.nativeView;
-        const result = getTransformedText(this.title, value);
-        tv.setText(result);
+        if (value === "default") {
+            tv.setTransformationMethod(this._defaultTransformationMethod);
+            tv.setText(this.title);
+        } else {
+            const result = getTransformedText(this.title, value);
+            tv.setText(result);
+            tv.setTransformationMethod(null);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.d.ts
index 2bf7dff65..920b84514 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.d.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Contains the TabView class, which represents a standard content component with tabs.
  */
 import { View, ViewBase, Property, CssProperty, Style, EventData, Color } from "../core/view";
-
+import { TextTransform } from "../text-base";
 /**
  * Represents a tab view entry.
  */
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ export class TabViewItem extends ViewBase {
      * Gets or sets the icon source of the TabViewItem. This could either be a a file name or resource id.
      */
     public iconSource: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets or sets the text transform of the tab titles. 
+     */
+    textTransform: TextTransform;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -52,6 +57,26 @@ export class TabView extends View {
      */
     selectedIndex: number;
 
+    /**
+     * Gets or sets the text color of the tabs titles.
+     */
+    tabTextColor: Color;
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets or sets the background color of the tabs.
+     */
+    tabBackgroundColor: Color;
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets or sets the text color of the selected tab title.
+     */
+    selectedTabTextColor: Color;
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets or sets the color of the horizontal line drawn below the currently selected tab on Android.
+     */
+    androidSelectedTabHighlightColor: Color;
+
     /**
      * Gets the native [android widget](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/view/ViewPager.html) that represents the user interface for this component. Valid only when running on Android OS.
      */
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
index dcec88431..8ec35e369 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import {
     TabViewBase, TabViewItemBase, itemsProperty, selectedIndexProperty,
     tabTextColorProperty, tabBackgroundColorProperty, selectedTabTextColorProperty, iosIconRenderingModeProperty,
-    View, fontInternalProperty, layout, traceEnabled, traceWrite, traceCategories, Color
+    View, fontInternalProperty, layout, traceEnabled, traceWrite, traceCategories, Color, initNativeView
 } from "./tab-view-common"
 
 import { textTransformProperty, TextTransform, getTransformedText } from "../text-base";
@@ -120,15 +120,28 @@ function updateItemTitlePosition(tabBarItem: UITabBarItem): void {
 }
 
 export class TabViewItem extends TabViewItemBase {
+    private _iosViewController: UIViewController;
+
+    public setViewController(controller: UIViewController) {
+        this._iosViewController = controller;
+        (<any>this)._nativeView = this.nativeView = controller.view;
+        initNativeView(this);
+    }
+    
+    public disposeNativeView() {
+        this._iosViewController = undefined;
+        this.nativeView = undefined;
+    }
 
-    _iosViewController: UIViewController;
     public _update() {
         const parent = <TabView>this.parent;
         let controller = this._iosViewController;
         if (parent && controller) {
             const icon = parent._getIcon(this.iconSource);
             const index = parent.items.indexOf(this);
-            const tabBarItem = UITabBarItem.alloc().initWithTitleImageTag(this.title, icon, index);
+            const title = getTransformedText(this.title, this.style.textTransform);
+
+            const tabBarItem = UITabBarItem.alloc().initWithTitleImageTag(title, icon, index);
             if (!icon) {
                 updateItemTitlePosition(tabBarItem);
             }
@@ -140,6 +153,10 @@ export class TabViewItem extends TabViewItemBase {
             controller.tabBarItem = tabBarItem;
         }
     }
+
+    [textTransformProperty.setNative](value: TextTransform) {
+        this._update();
+    }
 }
 
 export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
@@ -248,7 +265,7 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
                 newController.view.addSubview(item.view.ios);
             }
 
-            item._iosViewController = newController;
+            item.setViewController(newController);
 
             const icon = this._getIcon(item.iconSource);
             const tabBarItem = UITabBarItem.alloc().initWithTitleImageTag((item.title || ""), icon, i);
@@ -356,18 +373,6 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
         }
     }
 
-    private _updateIOSTabBarTextTransform(newValue: TextTransform): void {
-        if (!this.items) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const tabBar = this.ios.tabBar;
-        for (let i = 0, count = tabBar.items.count; i < count; i++) {
-            const item = tabBar.items[i];
-            item.title = getTransformedText(item.title, newValue);
-        }
-    }
-
     [selectedIndexProperty.getDefault](): number {
         return -1;
     }
@@ -411,14 +416,6 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
         this._updateIOSTabBarColorsAndFonts();
     }
 
-    // TODO: Move this to TabViewItem
-    [textTransformProperty.getDefault](): TextTransform {
-        return "none";
-    }
-    [textTransformProperty.setNative](value: TextTransform) {
-        this._updateIOSTabBarTextTransform(value);
-    }
-
     // TODO: Move this to TabViewItem
     [fontInternalProperty.getDefault](): Font {
         return null;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts
index 2f6f8231e..79e0c9025 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ export namespace TextTransform {
 export const textTransformProperty = new CssProperty<Style, TextTransform>({
     name: "textTransform",
     cssName: "text-transform",
-    defaultValue: "none",
     valueConverter: TextTransform.parse
 });
 textTransformProperty.register(Style);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
index b8f4e93fc..6182a3cfe 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
@@ -300,16 +300,15 @@ function getCapitalizedString(str: string): string {
 
 export function getTransformedText(text: string, textTransform: TextTransform): string {
     switch (textTransform) {
-        case "none":
-            return text;
         case "uppercase":
             return text.toUpperCase();
         case "lowercase":
             return text.toLowerCase();
         case "capitalize":
             return getCapitalizedString(text);
+        case "none":
         default:
-            throw new Error(`Invalid text transform value: ${textTransform}. Valid values are: 'none', 'capitalize', 'uppercase', 'lowercase'.`);
+            return text;
     }
 }
 
@@ -324,7 +323,7 @@ function createSpannableStringBuilder(formattedString: FormattedString): android
         const text = span.text;
         const textTransform = (<TextBase>formattedString.parent).textTransform;
         let spanText = (text === null || text === undefined) ? '' : text.toString();
-        if (textTransform !== "none") {
+        if (textTransform && textTransform !== "none") {
             spanText = getTransformedText(spanText, textTransform);
         }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
index a84c5c7bd..f692ba941 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
@@ -281,16 +281,15 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
 
 export function getTransformedText(text: string, textTransform: TextTransform): string {
     switch (textTransform) {
-        case "none":
-            return text;
         case "uppercase":
             return NSStringFromNSAttributedString(text).uppercaseString;
         case "lowercase":
             return NSStringFromNSAttributedString(text).lowercaseString;
         case "capitalize":
             return NSStringFromNSAttributedString(text).capitalizedString;
+        case "none":
         default:
-            throw new Error(`Invalid text transform value: ${textTransform}. Valid values are: 'none', 'capitalize', 'uppercase', 'lowercase'.`);
+            return text;
     }
 }