diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/page/page-status-bar-css.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/page/page-status-bar-css.xml
index e79655855..9ce3ac84e 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/page/page-status-bar-css.xml
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/page/page-status-bar-css.xml
@@ -16,19 +16,19 @@
             <Button text="22" tap="applyTapOnStyledActionBar" tag="status-bar-style: dark;" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40"  automationText="dark-abb-ruby" />
 
             <!-- status-bar-style - page - background -->
-            <Button text="51" tap="applyTap" tag="status-bar-style: light;background-color: #E0115F;" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40"  automationText="light-bckg-ruby" />
+            <Button text="51" tap="applyTap" tag="status-bar-style: light; background-color: #E0115F;" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40"  automationText="light-bckg-ruby" />
             <Button text="52" tap="applyTap" tag="status-bar-style: dark; background-color: #E0115F;" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40"  automationText="dark-bckg-ruby" />
 
             <!-- status-bar-style - page - and - action-bar - background -->
             <Button text="61" tap="applyTapOnStyledActionBar" tag="status-bar-style: light;background-color: #E0115F;" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40"  automationText="light-bckg-yellow-abbckg-ruby" />
-            <Button text="62" tap="applyTapOnStyledActionBar" tag="status-bar-style: dark; ;background-color: #E0115F;" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40"  automationText="dark-bckg-yellow-abbckg-ruby" />
+            <Button text="62" tap="applyTapOnStyledActionBar" tag="status-bar-style: dark;background-color: #E0115F;" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40"  automationText="dark-bckg-yellow-abbckg-ruby" />
 
             <!-- status-bar-style - action-bar - hidden - and - backgroundSpanUnderStatusBar -->
             <Button text="71" tap="applyTapWithSpan" tag="status-bar-style: light;background-color: yellow" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40"  automationText="dark-bckg-yellow-bckgsusb-true" />
-            <Button text="72" tap="applyTapOnStyledActionBarAndSpan" tag="status-bar-style: light;background-color: yellow;" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40" automationText="light-bckg-yellow-abbck-ruby-bckgsusb-true" />
+            <Button text="72" tap="applyTapOnStyledActionBarAndSpan" tag="status-bar-style: light; background-color: yellow;" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40" automationText="light-bckg-yellow-abbck-ruby-bckgsusb-true" />
 
             <Button text="73" tap="applyTapWithSpan" tag="status-bar-style: dark;background-color: yellow;" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40"  automationText="light-ab-hidden-bckgsusb-true" />
-            <Button text="74" tap="applyTapWithActionBarHiddenAndSpan" tag="status-bar-style: dark;background-color: yellow;" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40"  automationText="dark-ab-hidden-bckgsusb-true" />
+            <Button text="74" tap="applyTapWithActionBarHiddenAndSpan" tag="status-bar-style: dark; background-color: yellow;" style.fontSize="8" width="40" height="40"  automationText="dark-ab-hidden-bckgsusb-true" />
 
         </WrapLayout>
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.ios.ts
index 374d6fe97..47a4a37f9 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.ios.ts
@@ -323,15 +323,13 @@ export class ActionBar extends ActionBarBase {
     }
 
     get [backgroundColorProperty.native](): UIColor {
-        let navBar = this.navBar;
-        if (navBar) {
-            return navBar.barTintColor;
-        }
+        // This getter is never called.
+        // CssAnimationProperty use default value form their constructor.
         return null;
     }
     set [backgroundColorProperty.native](value: UIColor | Color) {
         let navBar = this.navBar;
-        if (navBar && value) {
+        if (navBar) {
             let color = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
             navBar.barTintColor = color;
         }