diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml b/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml
index 152bbd68f..667e9e9a5 100644
--- a/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@
   <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"/>
-        <Button text="a11y" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo"/>
-        <Button text="css-playground" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo"/>
-        <Button text="visibility-vs-hidden" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo"/>
-        <Button text="image-async" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo"/>
-        <Button text="vector-image" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo"/>
+        <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" />
+        <Button text="a11y" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
+        <Button text="css-playground" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
+        <Button text="visibility-vs-hidden" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
+        <Button text="image-async" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
+        <Button text="vector-image" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
+        <Button text="touch-animations" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
       </StackLayout>
     </ScrollView>
   </StackLayout>
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/pages/touch-animations.ts b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/touch-animations.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..259b91ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/touch-animations.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+import { Observable, EventData, Page, CoreTypes, TouchManager, TouchAnimationOptions, Color, View } from '@nativescript/core';
+
+let page: Page;
+
+export function navigatingTo(args: EventData) {
+	page = <Page>args.object;
+	page.bindingContext = new TouchAnimationsModel(page);
+}
+
+export class TouchAnimationsModel extends Observable {
+	touchAnimation: TouchAnimationOptions = {
+		down: {
+			scale: { x: 0.95, y: 0.95 },
+			backgroundColor: new Color('purple'),
+			duration: 250,
+			curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.easeInOut,
+		},
+		up: {
+			scale: { x: 1, y: 1 },
+			backgroundColor: new Color('#30bcff'),
+			duration: 250,
+			curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.easeInOut,
+		},
+	};
+
+	touchAnimationLabel: TouchAnimationOptions = {
+		down: {
+			scale: { x: 0.85, y: 0.85 },
+			duration: 150,
+			curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.easeInOut,
+		},
+		up: {
+			scale: { x: 1, y: 1 },
+			duration: 150,
+			curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.easeInOut,
+		},
+	};
+
+	touchAnimationLayout: TouchAnimationOptions = {
+		down: {
+			scale: { x: 0.85, y: 0.85 },
+			opacity: 0.7,
+			duration: 250,
+			curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.easeInOut,
+		},
+		up: {
+			scale: { x: 1, y: 1 },
+			opacity: 1,
+			duration: 250,
+			curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.easeInOut,
+		},
+	};
+
+	touchAnimationNative: TouchAnimationOptions = {
+		down: (view: View) => {
+			const shakeIt = () => {
+				// shake when all the way down
+				view
+					.animate({ translate: { x: -20, y: 0 }, scale: { x: 0.95, y: 0.95 }, duration: 60, curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.linear })
+					.then(function () {
+						return view.animate({ translate: { x: 20, y: 0 }, duration: 60, curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.linear });
+					})
+					.then(function () {
+						return view.animate({ translate: { x: -20, y: 0 }, duration: 60, curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.linear });
+					})
+					.then(function () {
+						return view.animate({ translate: { x: 20, y: 0 }, duration: 60, curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.linear });
+					})
+					.then(function () {
+						return view.animate({ translate: { x: -10, y: 0 }, duration: 60, curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.linear });
+					})
+					.then(function () {
+						return view.animate({ translate: { x: 10, y: 0 }, duration: 60, curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.linear });
+					})
+					.then(function () {
+						return view.animate({ translate: { x: -5, y: 0 }, duration: 60, curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.linear });
+					})
+					.then(function () {
+						return view.animate({ translate: { x: 5, y: 0 }, duration: 60, curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.linear });
+					})
+					.then(function () {
+						return view.animate({ translate: { x: 0, y: 0 }, duration: 60, curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.linear });
+					})
+					.then(function () {});
+			};
+			if (global.isIOS) {
+				UIView.animateWithDurationDelayUsingSpringWithDampingInitialSpringVelocityOptionsAnimationsCompletion(
+					0.4,
+					0,
+					0.5,
+					3,
+					UIViewAnimationOptions.CurveEaseInOut,
+					() => {
+						view.ios.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(0.95, 0.95);
+						view.opacity = 0.5;
+						view.ios.backgroundColor = new Color('red').ios;
+						view.color = new Color('white');
+					},
+					() => {
+						shakeIt();
+					}
+				);
+			} else {
+				view
+					.animate({
+						scale: { x: 0.95, y: 0.95 },
+						opacity: 0.5,
+						backgroundColor: new Color('red'),
+						duration: 400,
+					})
+					.then(() => {
+						view.color = new Color('white');
+						shakeIt();
+					})
+					.catch(() => {});
+			}
+		},
+		up: (view: View) => {
+			if (global.isIOS) {
+				UIView.animateWithDurationDelayUsingSpringWithDampingInitialSpringVelocityOptionsAnimationsCompletion(
+					0.4,
+					0,
+					0.5,
+					3,
+					UIViewAnimationOptions.CurveEaseInOut,
+					() => {
+						view.ios.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(1.2, 1.2);
+					},
+					() => {
+						UIView.animateWithDurationDelayUsingSpringWithDampingInitialSpringVelocityOptionsAnimationsCompletion(
+							0.2,
+							0,
+							0.5,
+							3,
+							UIViewAnimationOptions.CurveEaseInOut,
+							() => {
+								view.ios.transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
+								view.opacity = 1;
+								view.ios.backgroundColor = new Color('#aee406').ios;
+								view.color = new Color('black');
+							},
+							() => {
+								// complete
+							}
+						);
+					}
+				);
+			} else {
+				view
+					.animate({
+						scale: { x: 1.2, y: 1.2 },
+						duration: 400,
+					})
+					.then(() => {
+						view.color = new Color('black');
+						view
+							.animate({
+								scale: { x: 1, y: 1 },
+								opacity: 1,
+								backgroundColor: new Color('#aee406'),
+								duration: 200,
+							})
+							.then(() => {})
+							.catch(() => {});
+					})
+					.catch(() => {});
+			}
+		},
+	};
+
+	touchAnimationRotate: TouchAnimationOptions = {
+		down: {
+			scale: { x: 0.85, y: 0.85 },
+			rotate: 6,
+			opacity: 0.7,
+			duration: 250,
+			curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.easeInOut,
+		},
+		up: {
+			scale: { x: 1, y: 1 },
+			rotate: 0,
+			opacity: 1,
+			duration: 250,
+			curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.easeInOut,
+		},
+	};
+
+	touchAnimationGrow: TouchAnimationOptions = {
+		down: {
+			scale: { x: 1.2, y: 1.2 },
+			backgroundColor: new Color('#325279'),
+			rotate: -4,
+			duration: 250,
+			curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.easeInOut,
+		},
+		up: {
+			scale: { x: 1, y: 1 },
+			backgroundColor: new Color('#006968'),
+			rotate: 0,
+			duration: 900,
+			curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.easeInOut,
+		},
+	};
+
+	touchAnimationBlowAway: TouchAnimationOptions = {
+		down: (view: View) => {
+			let rotate = 3;
+			const shiftAway = (viewInstance: View, delay = 0) => {
+				setTimeout(() => {
+					viewInstance.animate({ translate: { x: 0, y: -10 }, scale: { x: 1.1, y: 1.1 }, opacity: 0.8, rotate, duration: 200, curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.easeInOut }).catch(function () {});
+					rotate = rotate * -1;
+				}, delay);
+			};
+			let cnt = 0;
+			for (const id of this.elementIds) {
+				shiftAway(this.page.getViewById(id), cnt);
+				cnt += 10;
+			}
+			if (global.isIOS) {
+				UIView.animateWithDurationDelayUsingSpringWithDampingInitialSpringVelocityOptionsAnimationsCompletion(
+					0.4,
+					0,
+					0.5,
+					3,
+					UIViewAnimationOptions.CurveEaseInOut,
+					() => {
+						view.ios.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(0.95, 0.95);
+						view.opacity = 0.5;
+					},
+					() => {}
+				);
+			} else {
+				view
+					.animate({
+						scale: { x: 0.95, y: 0.95 },
+						opacity: 0.5,
+						duration: 400,
+					})
+					.catch(() => {});
+			}
+		},
+		up: (view: View) => {
+			const shiftBack = (viewInstance: View, delay = 0) => {
+				setTimeout(() => {
+					viewInstance.animate({ translate: { x: 0, y: 0 }, scale: { x: 1, y: 1 }, opacity: 1, rotate: 0, duration: 200, curve: CoreTypes.AnimationCurve.easeInOut }).catch(function () {});
+				}, delay);
+			};
+			let cnt = 0;
+			for (const id of this.elementIds) {
+				shiftBack(this.page.getViewById(id), cnt);
+				cnt += 10;
+			}
+			if (global.isIOS) {
+				UIView.animateWithDurationDelayUsingSpringWithDampingInitialSpringVelocityOptionsAnimationsCompletion(
+					0.3,
+					0,
+					0.5,
+					3,
+					UIViewAnimationOptions.CurveEaseInOut,
+					() => {
+						view.ios.transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
+					},
+					() => {}
+				);
+			} else {
+				view
+					.animate({
+						scale: { x: 1, y: 1 },
+						opacity: 1,
+						duration: 300,
+					})
+					.catch(() => {});
+			}
+		},
+	};
+
+	elementIds = ['label', 'buttonTop', 'grid1', 'buttonShake', 'stack1', 'button2', 'button3', 'button4', 'button5'];
+
+	constructor(private page: Page) {
+		super();
+		TouchManager.enableGlobalTapAnimations = true;
+		this.page.on('navigatingFrom', () => {
+			TouchManager.enableGlobalTapAnimations = false;
+		});
+
+		// reuse instance level animations but customize to ensure they are different
+		TouchManager.animations = {
+			down: {
+				...this.touchAnimation.down,
+				backgroundColor: new Color('rgba(48, 188, 255, .7)'),
+				duration: 150,
+			},
+			up: {
+				...this.touchAnimation.up,
+				duration: 150,
+			},
+		};
+	}
+
+	loadedContainer(args) {
+		if (global.isAndroid) {
+			if (args.object.android.setClipToPadding) {
+				args.object.android.setClipToPadding(false);
+			}
+			if (args.object.android.setClipChildren) {
+				args.object.android.setClipChildren(false);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	onTapAnything() {
+		console.log('onTapAnything');
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/pages/touch-animations.xml b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/touch-animations.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd82af16f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/touch-animations.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatingTo="navigatingTo" class="page">
+    <Page.actionBar>
+        <ActionBar title="Touch Animations" class="action-bar">
+        </ActionBar>
+    </Page.actionBar>
+
+    <!-- <ScrollView> -->
+    
+      <StackLayout class="p-x-20" loaded="{{ loadedContainer }}">
+          <Label id="label" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" text="Touchable label" class="t-18 c-black text-center m-t-5" touchAnimation="{{ touchAnimationLabel }}" />
+          <Button id="buttonTop" text="Touch me for puple vibes" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" touchAnimation="{{ touchAnimation }}" />
+          <GridLayout id="grid1" rows="auto" columns="*,auto,auto,*" class="p-10 m-y-10" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" touchAnimation="{{ touchAnimationLayout }}" borderRadius="8" borderWidth="1" borderColor="#999">
+              <ContentView col="1" backgroundColor="gray" borderRadius="15" width="30" height="30" verticalAlignment="middle" />
+              <Label col="2" text="Touchable GridLayout" class="t-18 m-l-10" verticalAlignment="middle" />
+          </GridLayout>
+
+          <Button id="buttonShake" text="Tap to shake, rattle n' pop" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo btn-lime" touchAnimation="{{ touchAnimationNative }}" />
+          <StackLayout id="stack1" rows="auto" columns="*,auto,auto,*" class="p-10 m-y-10" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" touchAnimation="{{ touchAnimationLayout }}" borderRadius="8" borderWidth="1" borderColor="#999">
+              <ContentView col="1" backgroundColor="orange" borderRadius="10" width="20" height="20" verticalAlignment="middle" />
+              <Label col="2" text="Touchable StackLayout" class="t-18 text-center" verticalAlignment="middle" />
+          </StackLayout>
+          <Button id="button2" text="Auto animation w/ TouchManager" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" touchAnimation="true" />
+          <Button id="button3" text="Touch animation ignored" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" ignoreTouchAnimation="true" isEnabled="false" />
+          <Button id="button4" text="Touch rotate" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo btn-ruby" touchAnimation="{{ touchAnimationRotate }}" />
+          <Button id="button5" text="Touch grow, slow return" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo btn-forest" touchAnimation="{{ touchAnimationGrow }}" />
+          <Button id="button6" text="Touch me, I'm a lil' shifty!" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo btn-orange" touchAnimation="{{ touchAnimationBlowAway }}" />
+
+          <!-- uncomment the following along with ScrollView to test behavior in ScrollView -->
+          <!-- <Button text="TAP" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" touchAnimation="true" />
+          <Button text="TAP" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" touchAnimation="true" />
+          <Button text="TAP" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" touchAnimation="true" />
+          <Button text="TAP" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" touchAnimation="true" />
+          <Button text="TAP" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" touchAnimation="true" />
+          <Button text="TAP" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" touchAnimation="true" />
+          <Button text="TAP" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" touchAnimation="true" />
+          <Button text="TAP" tap="{{ onTapAnything }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" touchAnimation="true" /> -->
+          
+      </StackLayout>
+    <!-- </ScrollView> -->
+</Page>
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/gestures/touch-manager.ts b/packages/core/ui/gestures/touch-manager.ts
index 8ebcd2afa..4c1f1e7c5 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/gestures/touch-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/gestures/touch-manager.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ export class TouchManager {
 	/**
 	 * Define reusable touch animations to use on views with touchAnimation defined or with enableGlobalTapAnimations on.
 	 */
+	// Note: In the future, we may expand this to allow an Array of "named" animations to collect an entire suite of custom app animations. Combined with a new 'touch-action' CSS property which could indicate them by name, for example:
+	// .touch-grow {
+	//   touch-action: down-grow up-grow
+	// }
+	// TouchManager.animations = {
+	//   down: [
+	//      { name: grow, (view: View) => { /* animations */ } },
+	//      { name: pop, (view: View) => { /* animations */ } }
+	//   ],
+	//   up: [
+	//      { name: grow, (view: View) => { /* animations */ } },
+	//      { name: pop, (view: View) => { /* animations */ } }
+	//   ]
+	// }
 	static animations: TouchAnimationOptions;
 	/**
 	 * Native Touch handlers (iOS only) registered with the view through the TouchManager.