diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
index d65b84eeb..eb6f1dbe9 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class UITextViewDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UITextViewDelegate {
     public textViewShouldBeginEditing(textView: UITextView): boolean {
         const owner = this._owner.get();
         if (owner) {
-            owner.showText();
+            return owner.textViewShouldBeginEditing(textView);
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -39,47 +39,28 @@ class UITextViewDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UITextViewDelegate {
     public textViewDidBeginEditing(textView: UITextView): void {
         const owner = this._owner.get();
         if (owner) {
-            owner._isEditing = true;
-            owner.notify({ eventName: TextView.focusEvent, object: owner });
+            owner.textViewDidBeginEditing(textView);
         }
     }
 
-    public textViewDidEndEditing(textView: UITextView) {
+    public textViewDidEndEditing(textView: UITextView): void {
         const owner = this._owner.get();
         if (owner) {
-            if (owner.updateTextTrigger === "focusLost") {
-                textProperty.nativeValueChange(owner, textView.text);
-            }
-
-            owner._isEditing = false;
-            owner.dismissSoftInput();
-            owner._refreshHintState(owner.hint, textView.text);
+            owner.textViewDidEndEditing(textView);
         }
     }
 
-    public textViewDidChange(textView: UITextView) {
+    public textViewDidChange(textView: UITextView): void {
         const owner = this._owner.get();
         if (owner) {
-            if (owner.updateTextTrigger === "textChanged") {
-                textProperty.nativeValueChange(owner, textView.text);
-            }
-            owner.requestLayout();
+            owner.textViewDidChange(textView);
         }
     }
 
     public textViewShouldChangeTextInRangeReplacementText(textView: UITextView, range: NSRange, replacementString: string): boolean {
         const owner = this._owner.get();
         if (owner) {
-            const delta = replacementString.length - range.length;
-            if (delta > 0) {
-                if (textView.text.length + delta > owner.maxLength) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (owner.formattedText) {
-                _updateCharactersInRangeReplacementString(owner.formattedText, range.location, range.length, replacementString);
-            }
+            return owner.textViewShouldChangeTextInRangeReplacementText(textView, range, replacementString);
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -88,13 +69,7 @@ class UITextViewDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UITextViewDelegate {
     public scrollViewDidScroll(sv: UIScrollView): void {
         const owner = this._owner.get();
         if (owner) {
-            const contentOffset = owner.nativeViewProtected.contentOffset;
-            owner.notify(<ScrollEventData>{
-                object: owner,
-                eventName: "scroll",
-                scrollX: contentOffset.x,
-                scrollY: contentOffset.y
-            });
+            return owner.scrollViewDidScroll(sv);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -153,6 +128,59 @@ export class TextView extends TextViewBaseCommon {
         return this.nativeViewProtected;
     }
 
+    public textViewShouldBeginEditing(textView: UITextView): boolean {
+        this.showText();
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public textViewDidBeginEditing(textView: UITextView): void {
+        this._isEditing = true;
+        this.notify({ eventName: TextView.focusEvent, object: this });
+    }
+
+    public textViewDidEndEditing(textView: UITextView): void {
+        if (this.updateTextTrigger === "focusLost") {
+            textProperty.nativeValueChange(this, textView.text);
+        }
+
+        this._isEditing = false;
+        this.dismissSoftInput();
+        this._refreshHintState(this.hint, textView.text);
+    }
+
+    public textViewDidChange(textView: UITextView): void {
+        if (this.updateTextTrigger === "textChanged") {
+            textProperty.nativeValueChange(this, textView.text);
+        }
+        this.requestLayout();
+    }
+
+    public textViewShouldChangeTextInRangeReplacementText(textView: UITextView, range: NSRange, replacementString: string): boolean {
+        const delta = replacementString.length - range.length;
+        if (delta > 0) {
+            if (textView.text.length + delta > this.maxLength) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (this.formattedText) {
+            _updateCharactersInRangeReplacementString(this.formattedText, range.location, range.length, replacementString);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public scrollViewDidScroll(sv: UIScrollView): void {
+        const contentOffset = this.nativeViewProtected.contentOffset;
+        this.notify(<ScrollEventData>{
+            object: this,
+            eventName: "scroll",
+            scrollX: contentOffset.x,
+            scrollY: contentOffset.y
+        });
+    }
+
     public _refreshHintState(hint: string, text: string) {
         if (this.formattedText) {
             return;