diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/app.css b/apps/toolbox/src/app.css
index 47446618d..cec187db5 100644
--- a/apps/toolbox/src/app.css
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/app.css
@@ -5,17 +5,79 @@
 The following CSS rule changes the font size of all UI
 components that have the btn class name.
 */
-.btn {
+.btn-view-demo {
   font-size: 18;
-  /* box-shadow: -5 -5 10 10 navy; */
-  box-shadow: -5 -5 rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
-  background-color: #add8e6;
-  color: navy;
-  /* TODO: adding border radius breaks shadow */
-  /* border-radius: 10; */
+  background-color: #65ADF1;
+  border-radius: 5;
+  font-size: 17;
+  padding: 15;
+  font-weight: bold;
 }
 
 .bold{
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+.controls Label {
+    font-size: 20;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: #333;
+    margin-top: 10;
+}
+
+.controls Button {
+    padding: 10 15;
+    margin: 5;
+    font-size: 17;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: #65ADF1;
+    border-radius: 5;
+    border-width: 1;
+    border-color: #65ADF1;
+}
+
+.box-shadow-demo .demo-component {
+    font-size: 20;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: #555;
+    border-color: #555;
+    margin: 10;
+    padding: 20 25;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+.box-shadow-demo .box-shadow-prop-controls {
+    padding: 10;
+    color: #333;
+    font-size: 17;
+}
+
+.box-shadow-demo .box-shadow-prop-controls TextField{
+    margin-left: 10;
+    padding: 5;
+    border-bottom-width: 1;
+    border-color: #65ADF1;
+}
+
+.box-shadow-demo .controls .description {
+    font-size: 15;
+    font-weight: normal;
+    color: #333;
+    margin-bottom: 10;
+}
+
+.box-shadow-demo .controls Button[selectedAttr=true] {
+    background-color: #65ADF1;
+    color: #fff;
+}
+
+.box-shadow-prop-controls .btn-apply {
+    background-color: #65ADF1;
+    color: #fff;
+    padding: 10 15;
+    border-radius: 4;
+    margin-left: 10;
+    font-size: 17;
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.ts b/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c45824314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+import { Observable } from '@nativescript/core';
+import { EventData, Page } from '@nativescript/core';
+
+export function navigatingTo(args: EventData) {
+	const page = <Page>args.object;
+	page.bindingContext = new BoxShadowModel();
+}
+
+export class BoxShadowModel extends Observable {
+	private _selectedComponentType: string;
+	private _selectedBackgroundType: string;
+	private _selectedBorderType: string;
+	private _selectedAnimation: string;
+	private _boxShadow: string;
+
+	background: string;
+	borderWidth: number;
+	borderRadius: number;
+	appliedBoxShadow: string;
+
+	constructor() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	get selectedComponentType(): string {
+		return this._selectedComponentType;
+	}
+
+	set selectedComponentType(value: string) {
+		if (this._selectedComponentType !== value) {
+			this._selectedComponentType = value;
+			this.notifyPropertyChange('selectedComponentType', value);
+		}
+	}
+
+	get selectedBackgroundType(): string {
+		return this._selectedBackgroundType;
+	}
+
+	set selectedBackgroundType(value: string) {
+		if (this._selectedBackgroundType !== value) {
+			this._selectedBackgroundType = value;
+			this.notifyPropertyChange('selectedBackgroundType', value);
+			switch (value) {
+				case 'solid':
+					this.background = '#65ADF1';
+					break;
+				case 'gradient':
+					this.background = 'linear-gradient(to top, #65ADF1, white)';
+					break;
+				case 'transparent':
+					this.background = 'transparent';
+					break;
+				default:
+					break;
+			}
+			this.notifyPropertyChange('background', this.background);
+		}
+	}
+
+	get selectedBorderType(): string {
+		return this._selectedBorderType;
+	}
+
+	set selectedBorderType(value: string) {
+		this._selectedBorderType = value;
+		this.notifyPropertyChange('selectedBorderType', value);
+		switch (value) {
+			case 'solid':
+				this.borderWidth = this.borderWidth ? 0 : 2;
+				break;
+			case 'rounded':
+				this.borderRadius = this.borderRadius ? 0 : 10;
+				break;
+			case 'none':
+				this.borderRadius = 0;
+				this.borderWidth = 0;
+				break;
+			default:
+				break;
+		}
+		this.notifyPropertyChange('borderRadius', this.borderRadius);
+		this.notifyPropertyChange('borderWidth', this.borderWidth);
+	}
+
+	selectComponentType(args): void {
+		this.selectedComponentType = args.object.componentType;
+	}
+
+	selectBackgroundType(args): void {
+		this.selectedBackgroundType = args.object.backgroundType;
+	}
+
+	selectBorderType(args): void {
+		this.selectedBorderType = args.object.borderType;
+	}
+
+	selectAnimationType(args): void {
+		this._selectedAnimation = args.object.animationType;
+	}
+
+	applyBoxShadow(): void {
+		if (!this._boxShadow) {
+			this._boxShadow = '';
+		}
+		this.appliedBoxShadow = this._boxShadow;
+		this.notifyPropertyChange('appliedBoxShadow', this.appliedBoxShadow);
+
+		// TODO: this is a workaround to apply shadow immediately,
+		// since the box-shadow logic is currently inside background.ts
+		this.notifyPropertyChange('background', '');
+		this.notifyPropertyChange('background', this.background);
+	}
+
+	textChange(args): void {
+		this._boxShadow = args.object.text;
+	}
+
+	toggleAnimation(args) {
+		const view = args.object;
+		const animationDuration = 500;
+		if (this._selectedAnimation === 'width') {
+			const originalWidth = args.object.getActualSize().width;
+			view
+				.animate({
+					width: originalWidth / 2,
+					duration: animationDuration,
+				})
+				.then(() =>
+					view.animate({
+						width: originalWidth,
+						duration: animationDuration,
+					})
+				)
+				.catch((err) => {
+					console.error('animation error', err);
+				});
+		} else if (this._selectedAnimation === 'height') {
+			const originalHeight = args.object.getActualSize().height;
+			view
+				.animate({
+					height: originalHeight / 2,
+					duration: animationDuration,
+				})
+				.then(() =>
+					view.animate({
+						height: originalHeight,
+						duration: animationDuration,
+					})
+				)
+				.catch((err) => {
+					console.error('animation error', err);
+				});
+		} else {
+			view
+				.animate({
+					opacity: this._selectedAnimation === 'opacity' ? 0 : 1,
+					scale: this._selectedAnimation === 'scale' ? { x: 0.5, y: 0.6 } : { x: 1, y: 1 },
+					rotate: this._selectedAnimation === 'rotate' ? 180 : 0,
+					translate: this._selectedAnimation === 'translate' ? { x: 100, y: 100 } : { x: 0, y: 0 },
+					duration: 500,
+				})
+				.then(() =>
+					view.animate({
+						opacity: 1,
+						scale: { x: 1, y: 1 },
+						rotate: 0,
+						translate: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+						duration: 500,
+					})
+				)
+				.catch((err) => {
+					console.error('animation error', err);
+				});
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.xml b/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19bf5963d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatingTo="navigatingTo" class="page">
+    <Page.actionBar>
+        <ActionBar title="Dev Toolbox" icon="" class="action-bar">
+        </ActionBar>
+    </Page.actionBar>
+
+    <GridLayout rows="*, auto, *" class="box-shadow-demo">
+        <StackLayout backgroundColor="#ededed" row="0" padding="20" id="boxShadowDemo">
+            <!-- layouts -->
+            <ScrollView height="100%" visibility="{{ selectedComponentType === 'layouts' ? 'visible' : 'collapsed' }}">
+                <StackLayout>
+                    <StackLayout
+                        width="300"
+                        height="100"
+                        class="demo-component"
+                        boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
+                        borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
+                        borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
+                        background="{{ background }}"
+                        tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
+                    >
+                        <Label text="StackLayout"></Label>
+                    </StackLayout>
+
+                    <GridLayout
+                        width="300"
+                        height="100"
+                        class="demo-component"
+                        boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
+                        borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
+                        borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
+                        background="{{ background }}"
+                        tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
+                    >
+                        <Label text="GridLayout"></Label>
+                    </GridLayout>
+
+                    <AbsoluteLayout
+                        width="300"
+                        height="100"
+                        class="demo-component"
+                        boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
+                        borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
+                        borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
+                        background="{{ background }}"
+                        tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
+                    >
+                        <Label text="AbsoluteLayout"></Label>
+                    </AbsoluteLayout>
+
+                    <DockLayout
+                        width="300"
+                        height="100"
+                        class="demo-component"
+                        boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
+                        borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
+                        borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
+                        background="{{ background }}"
+                        tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
+                    >
+                        <Label text="DockLayout"></Label>
+                    </DockLayout>
+
+                    <FlexboxLayout
+                        width="300"
+                        height="100"
+                        class="demo-component"
+                        boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
+                        borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
+                        borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
+                        background="{{ background }}"
+                        tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
+                    >
+                        <Label text="FlexboxLayout"></Label>
+                    </FlexboxLayout>
+
+                </StackLayout>
+            </ScrollView>
+
+            <!-- labels -->
+            <GridLayout 
+                rows="*"
+                height="100%"
+                visibility="{{ selectedComponentType === 'labels' ? 'visible' : 'collapsed' }}">
+
+                <Label
+                    horizontalAlignment="center"
+                    verticalAlignment="center"
+                    class="demo-component"
+                    boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
+                    borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
+                    borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
+                    background="{{ background }}"
+                    tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
+                    text="Label"></Label>
+
+            </GridLayout>
+
+            <!-- buttons -->
+            <GridLayout 
+                rows="*"
+                height="100%"
+                visibility="{{ selectedComponentType === 'buttons' ? 'visible' : 'collapsed' }}">
+
+                <Button 
+                    horizontalAlignment="center"
+                    verticalAlignment="center"
+                    class="demo-component"
+                    boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
+                    borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
+                    borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
+                    background="{{ background }}"
+                    tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
+                    text="button"
+                ></Button>
+
+            </GridLayout>
+
+        </StackLayout>
+
+        <GridLayout
+            row="1"
+            rows="auto"
+            columns="auto, *, auto"
+            class="box-shadow-prop-controls">
+            <Label
+                col="0"
+                verticalAlignment="center"
+                text="box-shadow:"></Label>
+            <TextField
+                col="1"
+                placeholder="box-shadow"
+                textChange="{{ textChange }}"
+            >
+            </TextField>
+            <Button
+                col="2"
+                text="APPLY"
+                class="btn-apply"
+                tap="{{ applyBoxShadow }}"></Button>
+        </GridLayout>
+        <ScrollView row="2">
+            <StackLayout padding="10" class="controls">
+                <Label text="Components"></Label>
+                <FlexboxLayout flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap">
+                    <Button text="Layouts" componentType="layouts" tap="{{ selectComponentType }}"></Button>
+                    <Button text="Labels" componentType="labels" selectedAttr="{{ selectedComponentType }}" tap="{{ selectComponentType }}"></Button>
+                    <Button text="Buttons" componentType="buttons" selectedAttr="{{ selectedComponentType == 'buttons' }}" tap="{{ selectComponentType }}"></Button>
+                </FlexboxLayout>
+
+                <Label text="Background"></Label>
+                <FlexboxLayout flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap">
+                    <Button text="Solid" backgroundType="solid" tap="{{ selectBackgroundType }}"></Button>
+                    <Button text="Transparent" backgroundType="transparent" tap="{{ selectBackgroundType }}"></Button>
+                    <Button text="Gradient" backgroundType="gradient" tap="{{ selectBackgroundType }}"></Button>
+                </FlexboxLayout>
+
+                <Label text="Borders"></Label>
+                <FlexboxLayout flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap">
+                    <Button text="Solid" borderType="solid" tap="{{ selectBorderType }}"></Button>
+                    <Button text="Rounded" borderType="rounded" tap="{{ selectBorderType }}"></Button>
+                    <Button text="None" borderType="none" tap="{{ selectBorderType }}"></Button>
+                </FlexboxLayout>
+
+                <Label text="Animations"></Label>
+                <Label text="Tap on the component to start and stop animation" class="description"></Label>
+                <FlexboxLayout flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap">
+                    <Button text="Width" animationType="width" tap="{{ selectAnimationType }}"></Button>
+                    <Button text="Height" animationType="height" tap="{{ selectAnimationType }}"></Button>
+                    <Button text="Opacity" animationType="opacity" tap="{{ selectAnimationType }}"></Button>
+                    <Button text="Translate" animationType="translate" tap="{{ selectAnimationType }}"></Button>
+                    <Button text="Scale" animationType="scale" tap="{{ selectAnimationType }}"></Button>
+                    <Button text="Rotate" animationType="rotate" tap="{{ selectAnimationType }}"></Button>
+                </FlexboxLayout>
+                
+            </StackLayout>
+        </ScrollView>
+    </GridLayout>
+</Page>
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml b/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml
index 71af63541..580accecb 100644
--- a/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml
@@ -1,86 +1,15 @@
 <Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatingTo="navigatingTo" class="page">
-    <Page.actionBar>
-        <ActionBar title="Dev Toolbox" icon="" class="action-bar">
-        </ActionBar>
-    </Page.actionBar>
-    
-    <GridLayout rows="2*, *">
-      <!-- background color transparent here to hide children overflow -->
-      <AbsoluteLayout row="0" backgroundColor="transparent">
-      <!-- Root layout demo -->
-      <RootLayout height="100%" width="100%">
-        <GridLayout height="100%" backgroundColor="#232652">
-          <Label verticalAlignment="center" textAlignment="center" fontWeight="bold" color="#fff" text="ROOT LAYOUT CONTENT"></Label>
-        </GridLayout>
-      </RootLayout>
-      </AbsoluteLayout>
-
-      <!-- Root layout controls -->
-      <StackLayout row="1">
-        <ScrollView height="100%">
-          <StackLayout class="p-15">
-            <Label color="#b4b6b9" fontSize="25" fontWeight="bold" text="ORANGE"></Label>
-            <FlexboxLayout flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between">
-              <Button flexGrow="1" text="open" tap="{{ open }}" popupIndex="0" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>
-              <Button flexGrow="1" text="front" tap="{{ bringToFront }}" popupIndex="0" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>
-              <Button flexGrow="1" text="close" tap="{{ close }}" popupIndex="0" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>
-            </FlexboxLayout>
-
-            <Label color="#b4b6b9" fontSize="25" fontWeight="bold" text="NAVY"></Label>
-            <FlexboxLayout flexDirection="row">
-              <Button flexGrow="1" text="open" tap="{{ open }}" popupIndex="1" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>
-              <Button flexGrow="1" text="front" tap="{{ bringToFront }}" popupIndex="1" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>
-              <Button flexGrow="1" text="close" tap="{{ close }}" popupIndex="1" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>
-            </FlexboxLayout>
-
-            <Label color="#b4b6b9" fontSize="25" fontWeight="bold" text="GRAY"></Label>
-            <FlexboxLayout flexDirection="row">
-              <Button flexGrow="1" text="open" tap="{{ open }}" popupIndex="2" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>
-              <Button flexGrow="1" text="front" tap="{{ bringToFront }}" popupIndex="2" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>
-              <Button flexGrow="1" text="close" tap="{{ close }}" popupIndex="2" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>
-            </FlexboxLayout>
-            
-            <!-- <Button text="Button with html boxShadow" tap="{{ onTap }}" height="50" class="btn btn-primary btn-active" boxShadow="5 5 10 navy"/>  
-
-            <Button text="Button with css boxShadow (rgba)" tap="{{ onTap }}" height="50" marginTop="50" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>  
-
-            <Button text="Button with boxShadow 3 props" tap="{{ onTap }}" height="50" marginTop="50" boxShadow="5 5 navy" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>  
-            <Button text="Button with boxShadow 4 props" tap="{{ onTap }}" height="50" marginTop="50" boxShadow="5 5 10 navy" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>  
-            <Button text="Button with boxShadow 5 props" tap="{{ onTap }}" height="50" marginTop="50" boxShadow="5 5 10 10 navy" class="btn btn-primary btn-active"/>  
-
-            <StackLayout boxShadow="10 10 rgba(0,0,0,1)" marginTop="50">
-              <Button text="Button with css boxShadow" tap="{{ onTap }}" height="50" borderRadius="10"/>
-            </StackLayout> -->
-
-            <!-- TODO: if backgroundColor is not set, it won't call background.ios.ts hence not applying the boxShadow -->
-            <!-- <StackLayout boxShadow="5 5 10 10 red" height="100" backgroundColor="transparent" padding="10" margin="20">
-                <Label text="StackLayout with transparent background"></Label>
-            </StackLayout> -->
-
-            <GridLayout boxShadow="10 -10 10 10 rgba(0,0,0,0.5)" height="100" backgroundColor="lightblue" padding="10" margin="20" tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}">
-                <Label text="GridLayout"></Label>
-            </GridLayout>
-
-            <StackLayout boxShadow="5 10 10 20 #000" height="100" backgroundColor="lightblue" padding="10" margin="20" tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}">
-                <Label text="StackLayout"></Label>
-            </StackLayout>
-
-            <AbsoluteLayout boxShadow="5 15 10 20 green" height="100" backgroundColor="lightblue" padding="10" margin="20" tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}">
-                <Label text="AbsoluteLayout"></Label>
-            </AbsoluteLayout>
-
-            <!-- note: the 3rd number in box shadow is currently being ignored, only the 1st, 2nd, and 4th, and color are being used-->
-            <FlexboxLayout boxShadow="0 0 10 25 red" height="100" backgroundColor="lightblue" padding="10" margin="20" tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}">
-                <Label text="FlexboxLayout"></Label>
-            </FlexboxLayout>
-
-            <FlexboxLayout boxShadow="15 10 10 20 #000" height="100" backgroundColor="transparent" padding="10" margin="20" tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}">
-                <Label text="FlexboxLayout (transparent background)"></Label>
-            </FlexboxLayout>
-
-            <Button marginTop="30" boxShadow="0 0 10 8 #000" backgroundColor="transparent" text="button" padding="20"></Button>
-          </StackLayout>
-        </ScrollView>
+  <Page.actionBar>
+    <ActionBar title="Dev Toolbox" icon="" class="action-bar">
+    </ActionBar>
+  </Page.actionBar>
+  <StackLayout class="p-20">
+    <ScrollView class="h-full">
+      <StackLayout>
+        <Button text="list-page" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo"/>
+        <Button text="box-shadow" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo"/>
+        <Button text="root-layout" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo"/>
       </StackLayout>
-    </GridLayout>
+    </ScrollView>
+  </StackLayout>
 </Page>
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/main-view-model.ts b/apps/toolbox/src/main-view-model.ts
index c7dc150e3..195ca882a 100644
--- a/apps/toolbox/src/main-view-model.ts
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/main-view-model.ts
@@ -1,171 +1,9 @@
-import { Observable, Frame, View, StackLayout, getRootLayout, EventData, RootLayout, RootLayoutOptions } from '@nativescript/core';
-import { AnimationCurve } from '@nativescript/core/ui/enums';
+import { Observable, Frame } from '@nativescript/core';
 
 export class HelloWorldModel extends Observable {
-	private _counter: number;
-	private _message: string;
-
-	constructor() {
-		super();
-
-		// Initialize default values.
-		this._counter = 42;
-		this.updateMessage();
-	}
-
-	get message(): string {
-		return this._message;
-	}
-
-	set message(value: string) {
-		if (this._message !== value) {
-			this._message = value;
-			this.notifyPropertyChange('message', value);
-		}
-	}
-
-	toggleAnimation(args) {
-		const layout = args.object as StackLayout;
-		if (!layout.className) {
-			layout.className = 'sample-animation';
-		} else {
-			layout.className = undefined;
-		}
-	}
-
-	onTap() {
-		this._counter--;
-		this.updateMessage();
-	}
-
-	popupViews: { view: View; options: RootLayoutOptions; extra?: any }[] = [
-		{
-			view: this.getPopup('#EA5936', 110, -30),
-			options: {
-				shadeCover: {
-					color: '#FFF',
-					opacity: 0.7,
-					tapToClose: true,
-				},
-				animation: {
-					enterFrom: {
-						opacity: 0,
-						translateY: 500,
-						duration: 500,
-					},
-					exitTo: {
-						opacity: 0,
-						duration: 300,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			extra: {
-				customExitAnimation: {
-					opacity: 0,
-					translate: { x: 0, y: -500 },
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			view: this.getPopup('#232652', 110, 0),
-			options: {
-				shadeCover: {
-					color: 'pink',
-					opacity: 0.7,
-					tapToClose: false,
-					animation: {
-						exitTo: {
-							scaleX: 0,
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			view: this.getPopup('#E1E4E8', 110, 30),
-			options: {
-				shadeCover: {
-					color: '#ffffdd',
-					opacity: 0.5,
-					tapToClose: true,
-					ignoreShadeRestore: true,
-					animation: {
-						enterFrom: {
-							translateX: -1000,
-							duration: 500,
-						},
-						exitTo: {
-							rotate: -180,
-							duration: 500,
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				animation: {
-					enterFrom: {
-						rotate: 180,
-						duration: 300,
-					},
-					exitTo: {
-						rotate: 180,
-						opacity: 0,
-						duration: 300,
-						curve: AnimationCurve.spring,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	];
-
-	open(args: EventData): void {
-		getRootLayout()
-			.open(this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex].view, this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex].options)
-			.then(() => console.log('opened'))
-			.catch((ex) => console.error(ex));
-	}
-
-	bringToFront(args: EventData): void {
-		getRootLayout()
-			.bringToFront(this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex].view, true)
-			.then(() => console.log('brought to front'))
-			.catch((ex) => console.error(ex));
-	}
-
-	close(args: EventData): void {
-		if (this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex]?.extra?.customExitAnimation) {
-			getRootLayout()
-				.close(this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex].view, this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex].extra.customExitAnimation)
-				.then(() => console.log('closed with custom exit animation'))
-				.catch((ex) => console.error(ex));
-		} else {
-			getRootLayout()
-				.close(this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex].view)
-				.then(() => console.log('closed'))
-				.catch((ex) => console.error(ex));
-		}
-	}
-
-	getPopup(color: string, size: number, offset: number): View {
-		const layout = new StackLayout();
-		layout.height = size;
-		layout.width = size;
-		layout.marginTop = offset;
-		layout.marginLeft = offset;
-		layout.backgroundColor = color;
-		layout.borderRadius = 10;
-		return layout;
-	}
-
-	viewList() {
+	viewDemo(args) {
 		Frame.topmost().navigate({
-			moduleName: 'list-page',
+			moduleName: `${args.object.text}`,
 		});
 	}
-
-	private updateMessage() {
-		if (this._counter <= 0) {
-			this.message = 'Hoorraaay! You unlocked the NativeScript clicker achievement!';
-		} else {
-			this.message = `${this._counter} taps left`;
-		}
-	}
 }
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/root-layout.ts b/apps/toolbox/src/root-layout.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fb9539fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/root-layout.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import { EventData, Page, Observable, RootLayoutOptions, getRootLayout, StackLayout, View } from '@nativescript/core';
+import { AnimationCurve } from '@nativescript/core/ui/enums';
+
+export function navigatingTo(args: EventData) {
+	const page = <Page>args.object;
+	page.bindingContext = new BoxShadowModel();
+}
+
+export class BoxShadowModel extends Observable {
+	popupViews: { view: View; options: RootLayoutOptions; extra?: any }[] = [
+		{
+			view: this.getPopup('#EA5936', 110, -30),
+			options: {
+				shadeCover: {
+					color: '#FFF',
+					opacity: 0.7,
+					tapToClose: true,
+				},
+				animation: {
+					enterFrom: {
+						opacity: 0,
+						translateY: 500,
+						duration: 500,
+					},
+					exitTo: {
+						opacity: 0,
+						duration: 300,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			extra: {
+				customExitAnimation: {
+					opacity: 0,
+					translate: { x: 0, y: -500 },
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			view: this.getPopup('#232652', 110, 0),
+			options: {
+				shadeCover: {
+					color: 'pink',
+					opacity: 0.7,
+					tapToClose: false,
+					animation: {
+						exitTo: {
+							scaleX: 0,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			view: this.getPopup('#E1E4E8', 110, 30),
+			options: {
+				shadeCover: {
+					color: '#ffffdd',
+					opacity: 0.5,
+					tapToClose: true,
+					ignoreShadeRestore: true,
+					animation: {
+						enterFrom: {
+							translateX: -1000,
+							duration: 500,
+						},
+						exitTo: {
+							rotate: -180,
+							duration: 500,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				animation: {
+					enterFrom: {
+						rotate: 180,
+						duration: 300,
+					},
+					exitTo: {
+						rotate: 180,
+						opacity: 0,
+						duration: 300,
+						curve: AnimationCurve.spring,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	];
+
+	open(args: EventData): void {
+		getRootLayout()
+			.open(this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex].view, this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex].options)
+			.catch((ex) => console.error(ex));
+	}
+
+	bringToFront(args: EventData): void {
+		getRootLayout()
+			.bringToFront(this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex].view, true)
+			.catch((ex) => console.error(ex));
+	}
+
+	close(args: EventData): void {
+		if (this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex]?.extra?.customExitAnimation) {
+			getRootLayout()
+				.close(this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex].view, this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex].extra.customExitAnimation)
+				.catch((ex) => console.error(ex));
+		} else {
+			getRootLayout()
+				.close(this.popupViews[(<any>args.object).popupIndex].view)
+				.catch((ex) => console.error(ex));
+		}
+	}
+
+	getPopup(color: string, size: number, offset: number): View {
+		const layout = new StackLayout();
+		layout.height = size;
+		layout.width = size;
+		layout.marginTop = offset;
+		layout.marginLeft = offset;
+		layout.backgroundColor = color;
+		layout.borderRadius = 10;
+		return layout;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/root-layout.xml b/apps/toolbox/src/root-layout.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06e44f955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/root-layout.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatingTo="navigatingTo" class="page">
+    <Page.actionBar>
+        <ActionBar title="Dev Toolbox" icon="" class="action-bar">
+        </ActionBar>
+    </Page.actionBar>
+    
+    <GridLayout rows="2*, *">
+      <!-- background color transparent here to hide children overflow -->
+      <AbsoluteLayout row="0" backgroundColor="transparent">
+      <!-- Root layout demo -->
+      <RootLayout height="100%" width="100%">
+        <GridLayout height="100%" backgroundColor="#ededed">
+          <Label verticalAlignment="center" textAlignment="center" fontWeight="bold" color="#333" text="ROOT LAYOUT CONTENT"></Label>
+        </GridLayout>
+      </RootLayout>
+      </AbsoluteLayout>
+
+      <!-- Root layout controls -->
+      <StackLayout row="1">
+        <ScrollView height="100%">
+          <StackLayout padding="20" class="controls">
+            <Label text="ORANGE"></Label>
+            <FlexboxLayout flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between">
+              <Button flexGrow="1" text="open" tap="{{ open }}" popupIndex="0"/>
+              <Button flexGrow="1" text="front" tap="{{ bringToFront }}" popupIndex="0"/>
+              <Button flexGrow="1" text="close" tap="{{ close }}" popupIndex="0"/>
+            </FlexboxLayout>
+
+            <Label text="NAVY"></Label>
+            <FlexboxLayout flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between">
+              <Button flexGrow="1" text="open" tap="{{ open }}" popupIndex="1"/>
+              <Button flexGrow="1" text="front" tap="{{ bringToFront }}" popupIndex="1"/>
+              <Button flexGrow="1" text="close" tap="{{ close }}" popupIndex="1"/>
+            </FlexboxLayout>
+
+            <Label text="GRAY"></Label>
+            <FlexboxLayout flexDirection="row" justifyContent="space-between">
+              <Button flexGrow="1" text="open" tap="{{ open }}" popupIndex="2"/>
+              <Button flexGrow="1" text="front" tap="{{ bringToFront }}" popupIndex="2"/>
+              <Button flexGrow="1" text="close" tap="{{ close }}" popupIndex="2"/>
+            </FlexboxLayout>
+
+          </StackLayout>
+        </ScrollView>
+      </StackLayout>
+    </GridLayout>
+</Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.android.ts
index 67cbbc5dc..8556fb9e9 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.android.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export namespace ad {
 
 		const boxShadow = view.style.boxShadow;
 		if (boxShadow) {
-			drawBoxShadow(nativeView, boxShadow);
+			drawBoxShadow(nativeView, view, boxShadow);
 		}
 
 		// TODO: Can we move BorderWidths as separate native setter?
@@ -226,15 +226,14 @@ function createNativeCSSValueArray(css: string): native.Array<org.nativescript.w
 	return nativeArray;
 }
 
-function drawBoxShadow(nativeView: android.view.View, boxShadow: BoxShadow) {
+function drawBoxShadow(nativeView: android.view.View, view: View, boxShadow: BoxShadow) {
 	const color = boxShadow.color;
 	const shadowOpacity = color.a;
 	const shadowColor = new Color(shadowOpacity, color.r, color.g, color.b);
-	// TODO: corner radius here should reflect the view's corner radius
-	const cornerRadius = 0; // this should be applied to the main view as well (try 20 with a transparent background on the xml to see the effect)
+	const cornerRadius = view.borderRadius; // this should be applied to the main view as well (try 20 with a transparent background on the xml to see the effect)
 	const config = {
 		shadowColor: shadowColor.android,
-		cornerRadius,
+		cornerRadius: cornerRadius,
 		spreadRadius: boxShadow.spreadRadius,
 		blurRadius: boxShadow.blurRadius,
 		offsetX: boxShadow.offsetX,
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
index 1c9003960..9d0a52e45 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import { isDataURI, isFileOrResourcePath, layout } from '../../utils';
 import { ImageSource } from '../../image-source';
 import { CSSValue, parse as cssParse } from '../../css-value';
 import { BoxShadow } from './box-shadow';
-import { Screen } from '../../platform';
-import { StackLayout } from '../layouts/stack-layout';
 
 export * from './background-common';
 
@@ -92,11 +90,10 @@ export namespace ios {
 
 		const boxShadow = view.style.boxShadow;
 		if (boxShadow) {
-
 			// this is required (if not, shadow will get cutoff at parent's dimensions)
 			// nativeView.clipsToBounds doesn't work
 			view.setProperty('clipToBounds', false);
-			drawBoxShadow(nativeView, boxShadow, background);
+			drawBoxShadow(nativeView, view, boxShadow, background);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -720,40 +717,29 @@ function drawNoRadiusNonUniformBorders(nativeView: NativeView, background: Backg
 }
 
 // TODO: use sublayer if its applied to a layout
-function drawBoxShadow(nativeView: NativeView, boxShadow: BoxShadow, background: BackgroundDefinition, useSubLayer: boolean = false) {
+function drawBoxShadow(nativeView: NativeView, view: View, boxShadow: BoxShadow, background: BackgroundDefinition, useSubLayer: boolean = false) {
 	const layer: CALayer = nativeView.layer;
 
 	layer.masksToBounds = false;
 	nativeView.clipsToBounds = false;
 
-	if (!background.color.a) {
+	if (!background.color?.a) {
 		// add white background if view has a transparent background
 		layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor.CGColor;
 	}
 	// shadow opacity is handled on the shadow's color instance
 	layer.shadowOpacity = 1;
-	layer.shadowRadius = boxShadow.spreadRadius;
+	layer.shadowRadius = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(boxShadow.spreadRadius);
 	layer.shadowColor = boxShadow.color.ios.CGColor;
 
-	// / 2 here since ios's shadow offset is bigger than android
-	// TODO: this is just for experimenting with the amount of offset,
-	// need to use some real calculation here to gain parity with android's
-	// implementation
 	const adjustedShadowOffset = {
-		x: boxShadow.offsetX / 2,
-		y: boxShadow.offsetY / 2,
+		x: layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(boxShadow.offsetX),
+		y: layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(boxShadow.offsetY),
 	};
 	layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(adjustedShadowOffset.x, adjustedShadowOffset.y);
 
 	// this should match the view's border radius
-	const cornerRadius = 0;
-	// This doesn't handle the offsets properly
-	// factor in shadowRadius and the offsets so shadow don't spread too far
-	// layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath.bezierPathWithRoundedRectCornerRadius(CGRectMake(
-	// 	nativeView.bounds.origin.x + boxShadow.spreadRadius + adjustedShadowOffset.x,
-	// 	nativeView.bounds.origin.y + boxShadow.spreadRadius + adjustedShadowOffset.y,
-	// 	nativeView.bounds.size.width - boxShadow.spreadRadius - adjustedShadowOffset.x,
-	// 	nativeView.bounds.size.height - boxShadow.spreadRadius - adjustedShadowOffset.y), cornerRadius).CGPath;
+	const cornerRadius = 0; // layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(view.style.borderRadius);
 
 	// This has the nice glow with box shadow of 0,0
 	layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath.bezierPathWithRoundedRectCornerRadius(nativeView.bounds, cornerRadius).CGPath;