diff --git a/packages/core/ui/html-view/html-view-common.ts b/packages/core/ui/html-view/html-view-common.ts
index 8b95e922f..032c669a6 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/html-view/html-view-common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/html-view/html-view-common.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { CssProperty } from '../core/properties';
 import { View, CSSType } from '../core/view';
+import { booleanConverter } from '../core/view-base';
 import { Property } from '../core/properties';
 import { Style } from '../styling/style';
 import { Color } from '../../color';
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import { HtmlView as HtmlViewDefinition } from '.';
 @CSSType('HtmlView')
 export class HtmlViewBase extends View implements HtmlViewDefinition {
 	public html: string;
+	public selectable: boolean;
 }
 
 HtmlViewBase.prototype.recycleNativeView = 'auto';
@@ -20,6 +22,13 @@ export const htmlProperty = new Property<HtmlViewBase, string>({
 });
 htmlProperty.register(HtmlViewBase);
 
+export const selectableProperty = new Property<HtmlViewBase, boolean>({
+	name: 'selectable',
+	defaultValue: true,
+	valueConverter: booleanConverter,
+});
+selectableProperty.register(HtmlViewBase);
+
 export const linkColorProperty = new CssProperty<Style, Color>({
 	name: 'linkColor',
 	cssName: 'link-color',
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/html-view/index.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/html-view/index.android.ts
index f9d56ffbd..7a3b273cd 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/html-view/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/html-view/index.android.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Color } from '../../color';
 import { Font } from '../styling/font';
 import { colorProperty, fontSizeProperty, fontInternalProperty } from '../styling/style-properties';
-import { HtmlViewBase, htmlProperty, linkColorProperty } from './html-view-common';
+import { HtmlViewBase, htmlProperty, selectableProperty, linkColorProperty } from './html-view-common';
 
 export * from './html-view-common';
 
@@ -41,7 +41,19 @@ export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
 			mask = 0;
 		}
 		this.nativeViewProtected.setAutoLinkMask(mask);
-		this.nativeViewProtected.setText(<any>android.text.Html.fromHtml(value));
+		const apiLevel = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
+		if (apiLevel >= 24) {
+			this.nativeViewProtected.setText(<any>android.text.Html.fromHtml(value, android.text.Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY));
+		} else {
+			this.nativeViewProtected.setText(<any>android.text.Html.fromHtml(value));
+		}
+	}
+
+	[selectableProperty.getDefault](): boolean {
+		return true;
+	}
+	[selectableProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
+		this.nativeViewProtected.setTextIsSelectable(value);
 	}
 
 	[colorProperty.getDefault](): android.content.res.ColorStateList {
@@ -59,7 +71,6 @@ export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
 		return this.nativeViewProtected.getLinkTextColors();
 	}
 	[linkColorProperty.setNative](value: Color | android.content.res.ColorStateList) {
-		const color = value instanceof Color ? value.android : value;
 		if (value instanceof Color) {
 			this.nativeViewProtected.setLinkTextColor(value.android);
 		} else {
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/html-view/index.d.ts b/packages/core/ui/html-view/index.d.ts
index 9d256c53b..dcc408b44 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/html-view/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/html-view/index.d.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ export class HtmlView extends View {
 	 */
 	ios: any /* UITextView */;
 
-	/**
-	 * Gets or sets html string for the HtmlView.
-	 */
+	/** Gets or sets html string for the HtmlView. */
 	html: string;
+
+	/** Gets or sets a value indicating whether HtmlView is selectable. */
+	selectable: boolean;
 }
 
 export const htmlProperty: Property<HtmlView, string>;
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/html-view/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/html-view/index.ios.ts
index 60be5b9ba..177b0f3b0 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/html-view/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/html-view/index.ios.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Color } from '../../color';
 import { Font } from '../styling/font';
 import { colorProperty, fontInternalProperty } from '../styling/style-properties';
-import { HtmlViewBase, htmlProperty, linkColorProperty } from './html-view-common';
+import { HtmlViewBase, htmlProperty, selectableProperty, linkColorProperty } from './html-view-common';
 import { View } from '../core/view';
 import { iOSNativeHelper, layout } from '../../utils';
 
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	[htmlProperty.getDefault](): string {
-		return '';
-	}
-
 	private renderWithStyles() {
 		let html = this.currentHtml;
 		const styles = [];
@@ -86,11 +82,21 @@ export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
 		}
 	}
 
+	[htmlProperty.getDefault](): string {
+		return '';
+	}
 	[htmlProperty.setNative](value: string) {
 		this.currentHtml = value;
 		this.renderWithStyles();
 	}
 
+	[selectableProperty.getDefault](): boolean {
+		return true;
+	}
+	[selectableProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
+		this.nativeViewProtected.selectable = value;
+	}
+
 	[colorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
 		return this.nativeViewProtected.textColor;
 	}