diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view-common.ts
index 5f282702b..64bd0f162 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view-common.ts
@@ -1 +1,12 @@
-
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+import { HtmlView as HtmlViewDefinition } from "ui/html-view";
+import { View, Property } from "ui/core/view";
+
+export * from "ui/core/view";
+
+export class HtmlViewBase extends View implements HtmlViewDefinition {
+    public html: string;
+}
+
+// TODO: Can we use Label.ios optimization for affectsLayout???
+export const htmlProperty = new Property<HtmlViewBase, string>({ name: "html", defaultValue: "", affectsLayout: true });
+htmlProperty.register(HtmlViewBase);
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diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.android.ts
index 74b29d29b..984f30198 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.android.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-import { HtmlView as HtmlViewDefinition } from "ui/html-view";
-import { View, Property } from "ui/core/view";
+import {
+    HtmlViewBase, htmlProperty
+} from "./html-view-common";
 
-export * from "ui/core/view";
+export * from "./html-view-common";
 
-export class HtmlView extends View implements HtmlViewDefinition {
+export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
     private _android: android.widget.TextView;
 
     get android(): android.widget.TextView {
         return this._android;
     }
 
-    public html: string;
-
     public _createUI() {
         this._android = new android.widget.TextView(this._context);
         // This makes the html <a href...> work
@@ -33,8 +32,4 @@ export class HtmlView extends View implements HtmlViewDefinition {
         this._android.setAutoLinkMask(mask);
         this._android.setText(<any>android.text.Html.fromHtml(value));
     }
-}
-
-// TODO: Can we use Label.ios optimization for affectsLayout???
-export const htmlProperty = new Property<HtmlView, string>({ name: "html", defaultValue: "", affectsLayout: true });
-htmlProperty.register(HtmlView);
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+}
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diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts
index 243bcb686..ff7c63888 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-import { HtmlView as HtmlViewDefinition } from "ui/html-view";
-import { View, layout, Property } from "ui/core/view";
+import {
+    HtmlViewBase, View, layout,  htmlProperty
+} from "./html-view-common";
 
-export * from "ui/core/view";
+export * from "./html-view-common";
 
-// TODO: Can we use Label.ios optimization for affectsLayout???
-export const htmlProperty = new Property<HtmlView, string>({ name: "html", defaultValue: "", affectsLayout: true });
-
-export class HtmlView extends View implements HtmlViewDefinition {
+export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
     private _ios: UITextView;
 
     constructor() {
@@ -20,8 +18,6 @@ export class HtmlView extends View implements HtmlViewDefinition {
         this._ios.dataDetectorTypes = UIDataDetectorTypes.All;
     }
 
-    public html: string;
-
     get ios(): UITextView {
         return this._ios;
     }