diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts
index 20825b368..a6d78c6db 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,24 @@ export var testSetText = function () {
         TKUnit.assert(actualValue === expectedValue, "Actual: " + actualValue + "; Expected: " + expectedValue);
     });    
 }
+/* tslint:disable */
+export var testSetHintToNumber = function () {
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createTextFieldFunc(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+        var textField = <textFieldModule.TextField>views[0];
+        var expectedValue = 1;
 
+        // <snippet module="ui/text-field" title="TextField">
+        // ### Setting the text of a TextField
+        // ``` JavaScript
+        textField.hint = <any>expectedValue;
+        // ```
+        // </snippet>
+
+        var actualValue = textFieldTestsNative.getNativeHint(textField);
+        TKUnit.assert(<any>actualValue == expectedValue, "Actual: " + actualValue + "; Expected: " + expectedValue);
+    });
+}
+/* tslint:enable */
 export var testBindTextDirectlyToModel = function () {
     helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createTextFieldFunc(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
         var textField = <textFieldModule.TextField>views[0];
diff --git a/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts b/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts
index 184615b60..09b629d4a 100644
--- a/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts
+++ b/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,6 @@ export class EditableTextBase extends common.EditableTextBase {
             return;
         }
 
-        editableTextBase.android.setHint(data.newValue);
+        editableTextBase.android.setHint(data.newValue + "");
     }
 }  
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diff --git a/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts b/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts
index 77ecbfcc7..09264e5d1 100644
--- a/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,6 @@ export class TextField extends common.TextField {
 
     public _onHintPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
         var textField = <TextField>data.object;
-        textField.ios.placeholder = data.newValue;
+        textField.ios.placeholder = data.newValue + "";
     }
 } 
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