diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/modal-view/modal-view.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/modal-view/modal-view.xml
index 0ce8f81fa..0f0aaab57 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/modal-view/modal-view.xml
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/modal-view/modal-view.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" loaded="pageLoaded" backgroundColor="Red">
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" loaded="pageLoaded" backgroundColor="white">
   <StackLayout backgroundColor="PaleGreen">
     <Button text="Login (pop-up)" tap="onTap" />
     <Button text="Login (full-screen)" tap="onTap" />
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/content-view/content-view.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/content-view/content-view.ts
index 85357ec43..baa518790 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/content-view/content-view.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/content-view/content-view.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ export class ContentView extends CustomLayoutView implements ContentViewDefiniti
         }
 
         this._onContentChanged(oldView, value);
+        if (oldView !== value) {
+            this.requestLayout();
+        }
     }
 
     get layoutView(): View {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
index 9434481b3..3d611689e 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
@@ -40,16 +40,6 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
      */
     _nativeBackgroundState: "unset" | "invalid" | "drawn";
 
-    public _addViewCore(view: ViewCommon, atIndex?: number) {
-        super._addViewCore(view, atIndex);
-        this.requestLayout();
-    }
-
-    public _removeViewCore(view: ViewCommon) {
-        super._removeViewCore(view);
-        this.requestLayout();
-    }
-
     get isLayoutRequired(): boolean {
         return (this._privateFlags & PFLAG_LAYOUT_REQUIRED) === PFLAG_LAYOUT_REQUIRED;
     }
@@ -255,7 +245,7 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
         }
 
         const background = this.style.backgroundInternal;
-        const backgroundDependsOnSize = background.image 
+        const backgroundDependsOnSize = background.image
             || !background.hasUniformBorder()
             || background.hasBorderRadius();
 
@@ -630,9 +620,9 @@ export namespace ios {
         if (extendedController.scrollable !== scrollable
             || extendedController.navBarHidden !== navBarHidden
             || extendedController.hasChildControllers !== hasChildControllers) {
-                extendedController.scrollable = scrollable;
-                extendedController.navBarHidden = navBarHidden;
-                extendedController.hasChildControllers = hasChildControllers;
+            extendedController.scrollable = scrollable;
+            extendedController.navBarHidden = navBarHidden;
+            extendedController.hasChildControllers = hasChildControllers;
             constrainView(extendedController, owner);
         }
     }
@@ -643,7 +633,7 @@ export namespace ios {
             return;
         }
 
-        const frame = controller.beingPresented ? owner.nativeView.superview.frame : controller.view.subviews[0].bounds;
+        const frame = controller.view.subviews[0].bounds;
         const origin = frame.origin;
         const size = frame.size;
         const width = layout.toDevicePixels(size.width);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
index 3ce3be176..13c53119f 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
@@ -252,28 +252,6 @@ export class Frame extends FrameBase {
     public _onNavigatingTo(backstackEntry: BackstackEntry, isBack: boolean) {
         //
     }
-
-    _handleHigherInCallStatusBarIfNeeded() {
-        let statusBarHeight = uiUtils.ios.getStatusBarHeight();
-        if (!this._ios ||
-            !this._ios.controller ||
-            !this._ios.controller.navigationBar ||
-            this._ios.controller.navigationBar.hidden ||
-            utils.layout.toDevicePixels(this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame.origin.y) === statusBarHeight) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (traceEnabled()) {
-            traceWrite(`Forcing navigationBar.frame.origin.y to ${statusBarHeight} due to a higher in-call status-bar`, traceCategories.Layout);
-        }
-
-        this._ios.controller.navigationBar.removeConstraints((<any>this)._ios.controller.navigationBar.constraints);
-        this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame = CGRectMake(
-            this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame.origin.x,
-            utils.layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(statusBarHeight),
-            this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame.size.width,
-            this._ios.controller.navigationBar.frame.size.height);
-    }
 }
 
 let transitionDelegates = new Array<TransitionDelegate>();
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.ios.ts
index b6c6faece..e0ff79080 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.ios.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
-import { LayoutBaseCommon, clipToBoundsProperty } from "./layout-base-common";
+import { LayoutBaseCommon, clipToBoundsProperty, View } from "./layout-base-common";
 
 export * from "./layout-base-common";
 
 export class LayoutBase extends LayoutBaseCommon {
     nativeViewProtected: UIView;
     
-    [clipToBoundsProperty.getDefault](): boolean {
-        return false;
+    public addChild(child: View): void {
+        super.addChild(child);
+        this.requestLayout();
     }
-    [clipToBoundsProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
-        this._setNativeClipToBounds();
+
+    public insertChild(child: View, atIndex: number): void {
+        super.insertChild(child, atIndex);
+        this.requestLayout();
+    }
+
+    public removeChild(child: View): void {
+        super.removeChild(child);
+        this.requestLayout();
     }
 
     _setNativeClipToBounds() {
@@ -19,4 +27,11 @@ export class LayoutBase extends LayoutBaseCommon {
             super._setNativeClipToBounds();
         }
     }
+    
+    [clipToBoundsProperty.getDefault](): boolean {
+        return false;
+    }
+    [clipToBoundsProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
+        this._setNativeClipToBounds();
+    }
 }
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