diff --git a/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests-common.ts b/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests-common.ts
index 002eea5b2..d27638dd4 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests-common.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests-common.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ export var test_domId_IsUnique = function () {
     TKUnit.assert(btn._domId !== topframe.currentPage._domId);
 }
 
+export var test_Id_WillNotCrash_WhenSetToNumber = function () {
+    var btn = new button.Button();
+    btn.id = "1";
+    TKUnit.assert(btn.id === "1");
+}
+
 export var test_event_LoadedUnloaded_IsRaised = function () {
     var test = function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
         var i;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.android.ts
index f14c88a48..2e8b9720d 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.android.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function onAutomationTextPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChan
 
 function onIdPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
     var view = <View>data.object;
-    view._nativeView.setTag(data.newValue);
+    view._nativeView.setTag(data.newValue + "");
 }
 (<proxy.PropertyMetadata>viewCommon.View.idProperty.metadata).onSetNativeValue = onIdPropertyChanged;