From e8f5ac8522954b4433fa8932032d9fc03d33819e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Pendergast <ryan.pendergast@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 04:59:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Add 3D rotation to view - takeover of PR# 5950 (#8136)

* feat: add 3d rotation

* chore: fix build errors

* chore: fix tslint errors

* chore: add @types/chai dev dep

* chore: unused import cleanup

* chore: update tests for x,y rotation

* chore: rebase upstream/master

* fix: iOS Affine Transform test verification

* feat(css): Added optional css-tree parser (#8076)

* feat(css): Added optional css-tree parser

* test: css-tree parser compat tests

* test: more css-tree compat tests

* feat(dialogs): Setting the size of popup dialog thru dialog options (#8041)

* Added iOS specific height and width attributes to ShowModalOptions

* Set the height and width of the popup dialog to the presenting controller

* dialog options ios attributes presentationStyle, height & width are made optional

* Updated NativeScript.api.md for public API changes

* Update with git properties

* Public API

* CLA update

* fix: use iOS native-helper for 3d-rotate

* test: Fix tests using _getTransformMismatchError

* fix: view.__hasTransfrom not set updating properly

* test: fix css-animations test page

Co-authored-by: Alexander Vakrilov <alexander.vakrilov@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Darin Dimitrov <darin.dimitrov@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Shailesh Lolam <slolam@live.com>
Co-authored-by: Dimitar Topuzov <dtopuzov@gmail.com>
---
 api-reports/NativeScript.api.md               |  12 +-
 e2e/animation/app/3d-rotate/page.ts           |  40 ++++
 e2e/animation/app/3d-rotate/page.xml          |  24 ++
 .../app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.css     |  75 ++++++
 .../app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.ts      |  35 +++
 .../app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.xml     |  22 ++
 e2e/animation/app/css-animations/page.ts      |   2 +-
 e2e/animation/app/css-animations/page.xml     |   1 +
 e2e/animation/app/home/home-page.xml          |   3 +-
 nativescript-core/matrix/matrix.ts            |  16 +-
 nativescript-core/package.json                |   3 +-
 .../ui/animation/animation-common.ts          |  47 ++--
 .../ui/animation/animation.android.ts         | 126 +++++-----
 nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.d.ts |  18 +-
 .../ui/animation/animation.ios.ts             | 223 ++++++++++++------
 .../ui/animation/keyframe-animation.ts        |   8 +-
 nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view-common.ts |  21 ++
 .../ui/core/view/view.android.ts              |  19 +-
 nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.d.ts      |  23 +-
 nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts    |  59 +++--
 .../ui/styling/style-properties.ts            |  52 +++-
 nativescript-core/ui/styling/style-scope.ts   |   2 +
 nativescript-core/ui/styling/style/style.d.ts |   3 +
 nativescript-core/ui/styling/style/style.ts   |   4 +
 nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.d.ts    |  11 +-
 nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.ios.ts  |  28 ++-
 nativescript-core/utils/utils.d.ts            |   1 +
 nativescript-core/utils/utils.ios.ts          |   4 +-
 tests/app/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts     |   1 +
 tests/app/ui/animation/css-animation-tests.ts |  10 +-
 .../android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts     |   8 +
 31 files changed, 709 insertions(+), 192 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 e2e/animation/app/3d-rotate/page.ts
 create mode 100644 e2e/animation/app/3d-rotate/page.xml
 create mode 100644 e2e/animation/app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.css
 create mode 100644 e2e/animation/app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.ts
 create mode 100644 e2e/animation/app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.xml

diff --git a/api-reports/NativeScript.api.md b/api-reports/NativeScript.api.md
index 3c1d17ad5..f6f2c8e68 100644
--- a/api-reports/NativeScript.api.md
+++ b/api-reports/NativeScript.api.md
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ export interface AnimationDefinition {
 
     opacity?: number;
 
-    rotate?: number;
+    // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "Point3D" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+    rotate?: number | Point3D;
 
     scale?: Pair;
 
@@ -2086,6 +2087,8 @@ export class Style extends Observable {
     // (undocumented)
     public paddingTop: Length;
     // (undocumented)
+    public perspective: number;
+    // (undocumented)
     public placeholderColor: Color;
     // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "PropertyBagClass" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
     public readonly PropertyBag: PropertyBagClass;
@@ -2094,6 +2097,10 @@ export class Style extends Observable {
     // (undocumented)
     public rotate: number;
     // (undocumented)
+    public rotateX: number;
+    // (undocumented)
+    public rotateY: number;
+    // (undocumented)
     public scaleX: number;
     // (undocumented)
     public scaleY: number;
@@ -2702,12 +2709,15 @@ export abstract class View extends ViewBase {
     opacity: number;
     originX: number;
     originY: number;
+    perspective: number;
     // (undocumented)
     _redrawNativeBackground(value: any): void;
     // (undocumented)
     _removeAnimation(animation: Animation): boolean;
     public static resolveSizeAndState(size: number, specSize: number, specMode: number, childMeasuredState: number): number;
     rotate: number;
+    rotateX: number;
+    rotateY: number;
     scaleX: number;
     scaleY: number;
     _setCurrentLayoutBounds(left: number, top: number, right: number, bottom: number): { boundsChanged: boolean, sizeChanged: boolean };
diff --git a/e2e/animation/app/3d-rotate/page.ts b/e2e/animation/app/3d-rotate/page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9f473cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/animation/app/3d-rotate/page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { EventData, Page } from "tns-core-modules/ui/page";
+import { View } from "tns-core-modules/ui/core/view";
+import { Point3D } from "tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation";
+
+let view: View;
+
+export function pageLoaded(args: EventData) {
+    const page = <Page>args.object;
+    view = page.getViewById<View>("view");
+}
+
+export function onAnimateX(args: EventData) {
+    rotate({ x: 360, y: 0, z: 0 });
+}
+
+export function onAnimateY(args: EventData) {
+    rotate({ x: 0, y: 360, z: 0 });
+}
+
+export function onAnimateZ(args: EventData) {
+    rotate({ x: 0, y: 0, z: 360 });
+}
+
+export function onAnimateXYZ(args: EventData) {
+    rotate({ x: 360, y: 360, z: 360 });
+}
+
+async function rotate(rotate: Point3D) {
+    await view.animate({
+        rotate,
+        duration: 1000
+    });
+    reset();
+}
+
+function reset() {
+    view.rotate = 0;
+    view.rotateX = 0;
+    view.rotateY = 0;
+}
diff --git a/e2e/animation/app/3d-rotate/page.xml b/e2e/animation/app/3d-rotate/page.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c56b6a9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/animation/app/3d-rotate/page.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" loaded="pageLoaded">
+  <ActionBar title="Rotate" />
+
+  <GridLayout rows="auto auto auto auto *" columns="* * *">
+    <Image src="~/res/icon_100x100.png" width="30" height="30" col="0" row="0" rotateX="60"/>
+    <Image src="~/res/icon_100x100.png" width="30" height="30" col="1" row="0" rotateY="60"/>
+    <Image src="~/res/icon_100x100.png" width="30" height="30" col="2" row="0" rotate="60"/>
+
+    <Button text="X" tap="onAnimateX" col="0" row="1"/>
+    <Button text="Y" tap="onAnimateY" col="1" row="1"/>
+    <Button text="Z" tap="onAnimateZ" col="2" row="1"/>
+
+    <Image src="~/res/icon_100x100.png" width="60" height="60" horizontalAlignment="center"
+           colSpan="3" row="2" rotate="60" rotateX="60" rotateY="60"/>
+
+    <Button text="XYZ" tap="onAnimateXYZ" row="3" colSpan="3"/>
+
+    <AbsoluteLayout width="300" height="300" clipToBounds="true" backgroundColor="LightGray" row="4" colSpan="3">
+      <Image id="view" src="~/res/icon_100x100.png" 
+          width="100" height="100" 
+          left="100" top="100"/>
+    </AbsoluteLayout>
+  </GridLayout>
+</Page>
diff --git a/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.css b/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbe8476d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.css
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+.rotate-x {
+    rotateX: 60;
+}
+
+.rotate-y {
+    rotateY: 60;
+}
+
+.rotate-z {
+    rotate: 60;
+}
+
+.original {
+    transform: none;
+}
+ 
+.animate-x {
+    animation-name: rotateX;
+    animation-duration: 2s;
+    animation-fill-mode: forwards;
+}
+
+.animate-y {
+    animation-name: rotateY;
+    animation-duration: 2s;
+    animation-fill-mode: forwards;
+}
+
+.animate-z {
+    animation-name: rotateZ;
+    animation-duration: 2s;
+    animation-fill-mode: forwards;
+}
+
+.animate-xyz-3d {
+    animation-name: rotateXYZ3D;
+    animation-duration: 2s;
+    animation-fill-mode: forwards;
+}
+
+.animate-xyz {
+    animation-name: rotateXYZ;
+    animation-duration: 2s;
+    animation-fill-mode: forwards;
+}
+
+@keyframes rotateX {
+    from { transform: none; }
+    50%  { transform: rotateX(60) }
+    to  { transform: none; }
+}
+
+@keyframes rotateY {
+    from { transform: none; }
+    50%  { transform: rotateY(60) }
+    to  { transform: none; }
+}
+
+@keyframes rotateZ {
+    from { transform: none; }
+    50%  { transform: rotate(60) }
+    to  { transform: none; }
+}
+
+@keyframes rotateXYZ3D {
+    from { transform: none; }
+    50%  { transform: rotate3d(60, 60, 60) }
+    to  { transform: none; }
+}
+
+@keyframes rotateXYZ {
+    from { transform: none; }
+    50%  { transform: rotateX(60) rotateY(60) rotate(60) }
+    to  { transform: none; }
+}
diff --git a/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.ts b/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01c683f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { EventData, Page } from "tns-core-modules/ui/page";
+import { View } from "tns-core-modules/ui/core/view";
+import { Point3D } from "tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation";
+
+let view: View;
+
+export function pageLoaded(args: EventData) {
+    const page = <Page>args.object;
+    view = page.getViewById<View>("view");
+}
+
+export function onAnimateX(args: EventData) {
+    view.className = "original";
+    view.className = "animate-x";
+}
+
+export function onAnimateY(args: EventData) {
+    view.className = "original";
+    view.className = "animate-y";
+}
+
+export function onAnimateZ(args: EventData) {
+    view.className = "original";
+    view.className = "animate-z";
+}
+
+export function onAnimateXYZ3D(args: EventData) {
+    view.className = "original";
+    view.className = "animate-xyz-3d";
+}
+
+export function onAnimateXYZ(args: EventData) {
+    view.className = "original";
+    view.className = "animate-xyz";
+}
diff --git a/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.xml b/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26599ce16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/3d-rotate/page.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" loaded="pageLoaded">
+  <ActionBar title="Rotate" />
+
+  <GridLayout rows="auto auto auto *" columns="* * *">
+    <Image src="~/res/icon_100x100.png" width="30" height="30" col="0" row="0" class="rotate-x"/>
+    <Image src="~/res/icon_100x100.png" width="30" height="30" col="1" row="0" class="rotate-y"/>
+    <Image src="~/res/icon_100x100.png" width="30" height="30" col="2" row="0" class="rotate-z"/>
+
+    <Button text="X" tap="onAnimateX" col="0" row="1"/>
+    <Button text="Y" tap="onAnimateY" col="1" row="1"/>
+    <Button text="Z" tap="onAnimateZ" col="2" row="1"/>
+
+    <Button text="XYZ" tap="onAnimateXYZ" row="2" col="0"/>
+    <Button text="XYZ-3D" tap="onAnimateXYZ3D" row="2" col="1"/>
+
+    <AbsoluteLayout width="300" height="300" clipToBounds="true" backgroundColor="LightGray" row="3" colSpan="3">
+      <Image id="view" src="~/res/icon_100x100.png" 
+          width="100" height="100" 
+          left="100" top="100" />
+    </AbsoluteLayout>
+  </GridLayout>
+</Page>
diff --git a/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/page.ts b/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/page.ts
index b882e6415..753051841 100644
--- a/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/page.ts
+++ b/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/page.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ export function pageLoaded(args: EventData) {
 export function onButtonTap(args: EventData) {
     const clickedButton = <Button>args.object;
 
-    const destination =  clickedButton.text + "/page";
+    const destination =  "css-animations/" + clickedButton.text + "/page";
     currentFrame.navigate(destination);
 }
diff --git a/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/page.xml b/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/page.xml
index 4f64448e3..aecee8df2 100644
--- a/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/page.xml
+++ b/e2e/animation/app/css-animations/page.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
       <Button text="settings" tap="onButtonTap"/>
       <Button text="visual-states" tap="onButtonTap"/>
       <Button text="initial-animation" tap="onButtonTap"/>
+      <Button text="3d-rotate" tap="onButtonTap"/>
     </StackLayout>
   </ScrollView>
 </Page>
diff --git a/e2e/animation/app/home/home-page.xml b/e2e/animation/app/home/home-page.xml
index 611e58d9a..40b5ae0e7 100644
--- a/e2e/animation/app/home/home-page.xml
+++ b/e2e/animation/app/home/home-page.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
             <Button text="slide-in-effect" tap="onButtonTap" />
             <Button text="infinite" tap="onButtonTap" />
             <Button text="animation-curves" tap="onButtonTap" />
-            <Button text="css-animations" tap="onButtonTap" /> 
+            <Button text="css-animations" tap="onButtonTap" />
+            <Button text="3d-rotate" tap="onButtonTap" />
         </StackLayout>
     </ScrollView>
 
diff --git a/nativescript-core/matrix/matrix.ts b/nativescript-core/matrix/matrix.ts
index d110743dc..4494d3d7d 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/matrix/matrix.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/matrix/matrix.ts
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ const TRANSFORM_MATRIXES = {
         0, 1, y,
         0, 0, 1,
     ],
-    "rotate": angleInDeg => {
-        const angleInRad = degreesToRadians(angleInDeg);
+    "rotate": ({ x, y, z }) => {
+        // TODO: Handle rotations over X and Y axis
+        const radZ = degreesToRadians(z);
+        const cosZ = Math.cos(radZ);
+        const sinZ = Math.sin(radZ);
 
         return [
-            Math.cos(angleInRad), -Math.sin(angleInRad), 0,
-            Math.sin(angleInRad), Math.cos(angleInRad), 0,
+            cosZ, -sinZ, 0,
+            sinZ, cosZ, 0,
             0, 0, 1,
         ];
     },
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ export function multiplyAffine2d(m1: number[], m2: number[]): number[] {
     ];
 }
 
+// TODO: Decompose rotations over X and Y axis
 export function decompose2DTransformMatrix(matrix: number[])
     : TransformFunctionsInfo {
 
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ export function decompose2DTransformMatrix(matrix: number[])
     const determinant = A * D - B * C;
     const translate = { x: E || 0, y: F || 0 };
 
-    // rewrite with obj desctructuring using the identity matrix
+    // rewrite with obj destructuring using the identity matrix
     let rotate = 0;
     let scale = { x: 1, y: 1 };
     if (A || B) {
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ export function decompose2DTransformMatrix(matrix: number[])
 
     rotate = radiansToDegrees(rotate);
 
-    return { translate, rotate, scale };
+    return { translate, rotate: { x: 0, y: 0, z: rotate }, scale };
 }
 
 function verifyTransformMatrix(matrix: number[]) {
diff --git a/nativescript-core/package.json b/nativescript-core/package.json
index 5ff92805f..49eeb4d5f 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/package.json
+++ b/nativescript-core/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "tslib": "1.10.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/chai": "~4.2.5",
     "@types/node": "~10.12.18",
     "tns-platform-declarations": "next"
   },
@@ -58,4 +59,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation-common.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation-common.ts
index 9a7ace2ef..31344c33d 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation-common.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation-common.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 // Types.
 import {
     CubicBezierAnimationCurve as CubicBezierAnimationCurveDefinition,
-    Animation as AnimationBaseDefinition
+    Animation as AnimationBaseDefinition,
+    Point3D
 } from ".";
-import { 
-    AnimationDefinition, AnimationPromise as AnimationPromiseDefinition, 
-    Pair, PropertyAnimation 
+import {
+    AnimationDefinition, AnimationPromise as AnimationPromiseDefinition,
+    Pair, PropertyAnimation
 } from "./animation-interfaces";
 
 // Requires.
 import { Color } from "../../color";
-import { 
-    isEnabled as traceEnabled, write as traceWrite, 
-    categories as traceCategories, messageType as traceType 
+import {
+    isEnabled as traceEnabled, write as traceWrite,
+    categories as traceCategories, messageType as traceType
 } from "../../trace";
 import { PercentLength } from "../styling/style-properties";
 
@@ -150,24 +151,30 @@ export abstract class AnimationBase implements AnimationBaseDefinition {
         }
 
         for (let item in animationDefinition) {
-            if (animationDefinition[item] === undefined) {
+            const value = animationDefinition[item];
+            if (value === undefined) {
                 continue;
             }
 
             if ((item === Properties.opacity ||
-                item === Properties.rotate ||
                 item === "duration" ||
                 item === "delay" ||
-                item === "iterations") && typeof animationDefinition[item] !== "number") {
-                throw new Error(`Property ${item} must be valid number. Value: ${animationDefinition[item]}`);
+                item === "iterations") && typeof value !== "number") {
+                throw new Error(`Property ${item} must be valid number. Value: ${value}`);
             } else if ((item === Properties.scale || item === Properties.translate) &&
-                (typeof (<Pair>animationDefinition[item]).x !== "number" || typeof (<Pair>animationDefinition[item]).y !== "number")) {
-                throw new Error(`Property ${item} must be valid Pair. Value: ${animationDefinition[item]}`);
+                (typeof (<Pair>value).x !== "number" || typeof (<Pair>value).y !== "number")) {
+                throw new Error(`Property ${item} must be valid Pair. Value: ${value}`);
             } else if (item === Properties.backgroundColor && !Color.isValid(animationDefinition.backgroundColor)) {
-                throw new Error(`Property ${item} must be valid color. Value: ${animationDefinition[item]}`);
+                throw new Error(`Property ${item} must be valid color. Value: ${value}`);
             } else if (item === Properties.width || item === Properties.height) {
                 // Coerce input into a PercentLength object in case it's a string.
-                animationDefinition[item] = PercentLength.parse(<any>animationDefinition[item]);
+                animationDefinition[item] = PercentLength.parse(<any>value);
+            } else if (item === Properties.rotate) {
+                const rotate: number | Point3D = value;
+                if ((typeof rotate !== "number") &&
+                    !(typeof rotate.x === "number" && typeof rotate.y === "number" && typeof rotate.z === "number")) {
+                    throw new Error(`Property ${rotate} must be valid number or Point3D. Value: ${value}`);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -228,10 +235,18 @@ export abstract class AnimationBase implements AnimationBaseDefinition {
 
         // rotate
         if (animationDefinition.rotate !== undefined) {
+            // Make sure the value of the rotation property is always Point3D
+            let rotationValue: Point3D;
+            if (typeof animationDefinition.rotate === "number") {
+                rotationValue = { x: 0, y: 0, z: animationDefinition.rotate };
+            } else {
+                rotationValue = animationDefinition.rotate;
+            }
+
             propertyAnimations.push({
                 target: animationDefinition.target,
                 property: Properties.rotate,
-                value: animationDefinition.rotate,
+                value: rotationValue,
                 duration: animationDefinition.duration,
                 delay: animationDefinition.delay,
                 iterations: animationDefinition.iterations,
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.android.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.android.ts
index ee4097b29..d9cff4378 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.android.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.android.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
     traceEnabled, traceCategories, traceType 
 } from "./animation-common";
 import {
-    opacityProperty, backgroundColorProperty, rotateProperty,
+    opacityProperty, backgroundColorProperty, rotateProperty, rotateXProperty, rotateYProperty,
     translateXProperty, translateYProperty, scaleXProperty, scaleYProperty,
     heightProperty, widthProperty, PercentLength
 } from "../styling/style-properties";
@@ -91,6 +91,36 @@ export function _resolveAnimationCurve(curve: string | CubicBezierAnimationCurve
     }
 }
 
+function getAndroidRepeatCount(iterations: number): number {
+    return (iterations === Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY) ? android.view.animation.Animation.INFINITE : iterations - 1;
+}
+
+function createObjectAnimator(nativeView: android.view.View, propertyName: string, value: number): android.animation.ObjectAnimator {
+    let arr = Array.create("float", 1);
+    arr[0] = value;
+
+    return android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, propertyName, arr);
+}
+
+function createAnimationSet(animators: android.animation.ObjectAnimator[], iterations: number): android.animation.AnimatorSet {
+    iterations = getAndroidRepeatCount(iterations);
+
+    const animatorSet = new android.animation.AnimatorSet();
+    const animatorsArray = Array.create(android.animation.Animator, animators.length);
+
+    animators.forEach((animator, index) => {
+        animatorsArray[index] = animator;
+
+        //TODO: not sure if we have to do that for each animator
+        animatorsArray[index].setRepeatCount(iterations);
+    });
+
+    animatorSet.playTogether(animatorsArray);
+    animatorSet.setupStartValues();
+
+    return animatorSet;
+}
+
 export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
     private _animatorListener: android.animation.Animator.AnimatorListener;
     private _nativeAnimatorsArray: any;
@@ -264,16 +294,14 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
 
         this._target = propertyAnimation.target;
 
-        let nativeArray;
         const nativeView = <android.view.View>propertyAnimation.target.nativeViewProtected;
         const animators = new Array<android.animation.Animator>();
         const propertyUpdateCallbacks = new Array<Function>();
         const propertyResetCallbacks = new Array<Function>();
         let originalValue1;
         let originalValue2;
+        let originalValue3;
         const density = layout.getDisplayDensity();
-        let xyObjectAnimators: any;
-        let animatorSet: android.animation.AnimatorSet;
 
         let key = propertyKeys[propertyAnimation.property];
         if (key) {
@@ -295,8 +323,6 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                 opacityProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
 
                 originalValue1 = nativeView.getAlpha();
-                nativeArray = Array.create("float", 1);
-                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value;
                 propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(checkAnimation(() => {
                     propertyAnimation.target.style[setLocal ? opacityProperty.name : opacityProperty.keyframe] = propertyAnimation.value;
                 }));
@@ -310,7 +336,7 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                         propertyAnimation.target[opacityProperty.setNative](propertyAnimation.target.style.opacity);
                     }
                 }));
-                animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "alpha", nativeArray));
+                animators.push(createObjectAnimator(nativeView, "alpha", propertyAnimation.value));
                 break;
 
             case Properties.backgroundColor:
@@ -318,7 +344,7 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
 
                 ensureArgbEvaluator();
                 originalValue1 = propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor;
-                nativeArray = Array.create(java.lang.Object, 2);
+                const nativeArray = Array.create(java.lang.Object, 2);
                 nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor ? java.lang.Integer.valueOf((<Color>propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor).argb) : java.lang.Integer.valueOf(-1);
                 nativeArray[1] = java.lang.Integer.valueOf((<Color>propertyAnimation.value).argb);
                 let animator = android.animation.ValueAnimator.ofObject(argbEvaluator, nativeArray);
@@ -350,18 +376,6 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                 translateXProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
                 translateYProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
 
-                xyObjectAnimators = Array.create(android.animation.Animator, 2);
-
-                nativeArray = Array.create("float", 1);
-                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value.x * density;
-                xyObjectAnimators[0] = android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "translationX", nativeArray);
-                xyObjectAnimators[0].setRepeatCount(Animation._getAndroidRepeatCount(propertyAnimation.iterations));
-
-                nativeArray = Array.create("float", 1);
-                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value.y * density;
-                xyObjectAnimators[1] = android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "translationY", nativeArray);
-                xyObjectAnimators[1].setRepeatCount(Animation._getAndroidRepeatCount(propertyAnimation.iterations));
-
                 originalValue1 = nativeView.getTranslationX() / density;
                 originalValue2 = nativeView.getTranslationY() / density;
 
@@ -385,28 +399,17 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                     }
                 }));
 
-                animatorSet = new android.animation.AnimatorSet();
-                animatorSet.playTogether(xyObjectAnimators);
-                animatorSet.setupStartValues();
-                animators.push(animatorSet);
+                animators.push(
+                    createAnimationSet([
+                        createObjectAnimator(nativeView, "translationX", propertyAnimation.value.x * density),
+                        createObjectAnimator(nativeView, "translationY", propertyAnimation.value.y * density)
+                    ], propertyAnimation.iterations));
                 break;
 
             case Properties.scale:
                 scaleXProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
                 scaleYProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
 
-                xyObjectAnimators = Array.create(android.animation.Animator, 2);
-
-                nativeArray = Array.create("float", 1);
-                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value.x;
-                xyObjectAnimators[0] = android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "scaleX", nativeArray);
-                xyObjectAnimators[0].setRepeatCount(Animation._getAndroidRepeatCount(propertyAnimation.iterations));
-
-                nativeArray = Array.create("float", 1);
-                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value.y;
-                xyObjectAnimators[1] = android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "scaleY", nativeArray);
-                xyObjectAnimators[1].setRepeatCount(Animation._getAndroidRepeatCount(propertyAnimation.iterations));
-
                 originalValue1 = nativeView.getScaleX();
                 originalValue2 = nativeView.getScaleY();
 
@@ -430,34 +433,53 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                     }
                 }));
 
-                animatorSet = new android.animation.AnimatorSet();
-                animatorSet.playTogether(xyObjectAnimators);
-                animatorSet.setupStartValues();
-                animators.push(animatorSet);
+                animators.push(
+                    createAnimationSet([
+                        createObjectAnimator(nativeView, "scaleX", propertyAnimation.value.x),
+                        createObjectAnimator(nativeView, "scaleY", propertyAnimation.value.y)
+                    ], propertyAnimation.iterations));
                 break;
 
             case Properties.rotate:
                 rotateProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
+                rotateXProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
+                rotateYProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
+
+                originalValue1 = nativeView.getRotationX();
+                originalValue2 = nativeView.getRotationY();
+                originalValue3 = nativeView.getRotation();
 
-                originalValue1 = nativeView.getRotation();
-                nativeArray = Array.create("float", 1);
-                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value;
                 propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(checkAnimation(() => {
-                    propertyAnimation.target.style[setLocal ? rotateProperty.name : rotateProperty.keyframe] = propertyAnimation.value;
+                    propertyAnimation.target.style[setLocal ? rotateXProperty.name : rotateXProperty.keyframe] = propertyAnimation.value.x;
+                    propertyAnimation.target.style[setLocal ? rotateYProperty.name : rotateYProperty.keyframe] = propertyAnimation.value.y;
+                    propertyAnimation.target.style[setLocal ? rotateProperty.name : rotateProperty.keyframe] = propertyAnimation.value.z;
                 }));
                 propertyResetCallbacks.push(checkAnimation(() => {
                     if (setLocal) {
-                        propertyAnimation.target.style[rotateProperty.name] = originalValue1;
+                        propertyAnimation.target.style[rotateXProperty.name] = originalValue1;
+                        propertyAnimation.target.style[rotateYProperty.name] = originalValue2;
+                        propertyAnimation.target.style[rotateProperty.name] = originalValue3;
                     } else {
-                        propertyAnimation.target.style[rotateProperty.keyframe] = originalValue1;
+                        propertyAnimation.target.style[rotateXProperty.keyframe] = originalValue1;
+                        propertyAnimation.target.style[rotateYProperty.keyframe] = originalValue2;
+                        propertyAnimation.target.style[rotateProperty.keyframe] = originalValue3;
                     }
 
                     if (propertyAnimation.target.nativeViewProtected) {
                         propertyAnimation.target[rotateProperty.setNative](propertyAnimation.target.style.rotate);
+                        propertyAnimation.target[rotateXProperty.setNative](propertyAnimation.target.style.rotateX);
+                        propertyAnimation.target[rotateYProperty.setNative](propertyAnimation.target.style.rotateY);
                     }
                 }));
-                animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "rotation", nativeArray));
+
+                animators.push(
+                    createAnimationSet([
+                        createObjectAnimator(nativeView, "rotationX", propertyAnimation.value.x),
+                        createObjectAnimator(nativeView, "rotationY", propertyAnimation.value.y),
+                        createObjectAnimator(nativeView, "rotation", propertyAnimation.value.z)
+                    ], propertyAnimation.iterations));
                 break;
+
             case Properties.width:
             case Properties.height: {
 
@@ -465,7 +487,7 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                 const extentProperty = isVertical ? heightProperty : widthProperty;
 
                 extentProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
-                nativeArray = Array.create("float", 2);
+                const nativeArray = Array.create("float", 2);
                 let toValue = propertyAnimation.value;
                 let parent = propertyAnimation.target.parent as View;
                 if (!parent) {
@@ -473,7 +495,7 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                 }
                 const parentExtent: number = isVertical ? parent.getMeasuredHeight() : parent.getMeasuredWidth();
                 toValue = PercentLength.toDevicePixels(toValue, parentExtent, parentExtent) / screen.mainScreen.scale;
-                const nativeHeight: number = isVertical ? nativeView.getHeight() : nativeView.getWidth();
+                let nativeHeight: number = isVertical ? nativeView.getHeight() : nativeView.getWidth();
                 const targetStyle: string = setLocal ? extentProperty.name : extentProperty.keyframe;
                 originalValue1 = nativeHeight / screen.mainScreen.scale;
                 nativeArray[0] = originalValue1;
@@ -516,7 +538,7 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
 
             // Repeat Count
             if (propertyAnimation.iterations !== undefined && animators[i] instanceof android.animation.ValueAnimator) {
-                (<android.animation.ValueAnimator>animators[i]).setRepeatCount(Animation._getAndroidRepeatCount(propertyAnimation.iterations));
+                (<android.animation.ValueAnimator>animators[i]).setRepeatCount(getAndroidRepeatCount(propertyAnimation.iterations));
             }
 
             // Interpolator
@@ -533,8 +555,4 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
         this._propertyUpdateCallbacks = this._propertyUpdateCallbacks.concat(propertyUpdateCallbacks);
         this._propertyResetCallbacks = this._propertyResetCallbacks.concat(propertyResetCallbacks);
     }
-
-    private static _getAndroidRepeatCount(iterations: number): number {
-        return (iterations === Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY) ? android.view.animation.Animation.INFINITE : iterations - 1;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.d.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.d.ts
index 06f8acd25..cffda757f 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.d.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.d.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export interface AnimationDefinition {
     /**
      * Animates the rotate affine transform of the view. Value should be a number specifying the rotation amount in degrees.
      */
-    rotate?: number;
+    rotate?: number | Point3D;
 
     /**
      * The length of the animation in milliseconds. The default duration is 300 milliseconds.
@@ -97,14 +97,24 @@ export type Transformation = {
 /**
  * Defines possible css transformations
  */
-export type TransformationType = "rotate" |
+export type TransformationType =
+    "rotate" | "rotateX" | "rotateY" |
     "translate" | "translateX" | "translateY" |
     "scale" | "scaleX" | "scaleY";
 
 /**
  * Defines possible css transformation values
  */
-export type TransformationValue = Pair | number;
+export type TransformationValue = Point3D | Pair | number;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a point in 3d space (x, y and z) for rotation in 3d animations.
+ */
+export interface Point3D {
+    x: number;
+    y: number;
+    z: number;
+}
 
 /**
  * Defines a pair of values (horizontal and vertical) for translate and scale animations.
@@ -119,7 +129,7 @@ export interface Pair {
  */
 export type TransformFunctionsInfo = {
     translate: Pair,
-    rotate: number,
+    rotate: Point3D,
     scale: Pair,
 }
 
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
index 2cf0c31cb..b1f816aa2 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 // Types
-import { 
+import {
     AnimationDefinitionInternal, AnimationPromise, IOSView,
     PropertyAnimation, PropertyAnimationInfo
 } from "./animation-common";
 import { View } from "../core/view";
 
 // Requires
-import { 
-    AnimationBase, Properties, CubicBezierAnimationCurve, 
-    traceWrite, traceEnabled, traceCategories, traceType 
+import {
+    AnimationBase, Properties, CubicBezierAnimationCurve,
+    traceWrite, traceEnabled, traceCategories, traceType
 } from "./animation-common";
 import {
-    opacityProperty, backgroundColorProperty, rotateProperty,
+    opacityProperty, backgroundColorProperty, rotateProperty, rotateXProperty, rotateYProperty,
     translateXProperty, translateYProperty, scaleXProperty, scaleYProperty,
     heightProperty, widthProperty, PercentLength
 } from "../styling/style-properties";
 
+import { ios as iosNativeHelper } from "../../utils/native-helper";
+
 import { screen } from "../../platform";
 
 export * from "./animation-common";
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ let FLT_MAX = 340282346638528859811704183484516925440.000000;
 
 class AnimationInfo {
     public propertyNameToAnimate: string;
+    public subPropertiesToAnimate?: string[];
     public fromValue: any;
     public toValue: any;
     public duration: number;
@@ -69,7 +72,9 @@ class AnimationDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements CAAnimationDelegate {
                 targetStyle[setLocal ? opacityProperty.name : opacityProperty.keyframe] = value;
                 break;
             case Properties.rotate:
-                targetStyle[setLocal ? rotateProperty.name : rotateProperty.keyframe] = value;
+                targetStyle[setLocal ? rotateXProperty.name : rotateXProperty.keyframe] = value.x;
+                targetStyle[setLocal ? rotateYProperty.name : rotateYProperty.keyframe] = value.y;
+                targetStyle[setLocal ? rotateProperty.name : rotateProperty.keyframe] = value.z;
                 break;
             case Properties.translate:
                 targetStyle[setLocal ? translateXProperty.name : translateXProperty.keyframe] = value.x;
@@ -90,6 +95,11 @@ class AnimationDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements CAAnimationDelegate {
                     targetStyle[setLocal ? translateXProperty.name : translateXProperty.keyframe] = value[Properties.translate].x;
                     targetStyle[setLocal ? translateYProperty.name : translateYProperty.keyframe] = value[Properties.translate].y;
                 }
+                if (value[Properties.rotate] !== undefined) {
+                    targetStyle[setLocal ? rotateXProperty.name : rotateXProperty.keyframe] = value[Properties.rotate].x;
+                    targetStyle[setLocal ? rotateYProperty.name : rotateYProperty.keyframe] = value[Properties.rotate].y;
+                    targetStyle[setLocal ? rotateProperty.name : rotateProperty.keyframe] = value[Properties.rotate].z;
+                }
                 if (value[Properties.scale] !== undefined) {
                     let x = value[Properties.scale].x;
                     let y = value[Properties.scale].y;
@@ -267,24 +277,23 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
     }
 
     private static _getNativeAnimationArguments(animation: PropertyAnimationInfo, valueSource: "animation" | "keyframe"): AnimationInfo {
-
-        let nativeView = <UIView>animation.target.nativeViewProtected;
-        let propertyNameToAnimate = animation.property;
-        let toValue = animation.value;
-        let fromValue;
-        const parent = animation.target.parent as View;
+        const view = animation.target;
+        const style = view.style;
+        const nativeView = <UIView>view.nativeViewProtected;
+        const parent = view.parent as View;
         const screenScale: number = screen.mainScreen.scale;
 
-        let tempRotate = (animation.target.rotate || 0) * Math.PI / 180;
-        let abs;
-
+        let propertyNameToAnimate = animation.property;
+        let subPropertyNameToAnimate;
+        let toValue = animation.value;
+        let fromValue;
         let setLocal = valueSource === "animation";
 
         switch (animation.property) {
             case Properties.backgroundColor:
-                animation._originalValue = animation.target.backgroundColor;
+                animation._originalValue = view.backgroundColor;
                 animation._propertyResetCallback = (value, valueSource) => {
-                    animation.target.style[setLocal ? backgroundColorProperty.name : backgroundColorProperty.keyframe] = value;
+                    style[setLocal ? backgroundColorProperty.name : backgroundColorProperty.keyframe] = value;
                 };
                 fromValue = nativeView.layer.backgroundColor;
                 if (nativeView instanceof UILabel) {
@@ -293,33 +302,50 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                 toValue = toValue.CGColor;
                 break;
             case Properties.opacity:
-                animation._originalValue = animation.target.opacity;
+                animation._originalValue = view.opacity;
                 animation._propertyResetCallback = (value, valueSource) => {
-                    animation.target.style[setLocal ? opacityProperty.name : opacityProperty.keyframe] = value;
+                    style[setLocal ? opacityProperty.name : opacityProperty.keyframe] = value;
                 };
                 fromValue = nativeView.layer.opacity;
                 break;
             case Properties.rotate:
-                animation._originalValue = animation.target.rotate !== undefined ? animation.target.rotate : 0;
+                animation._originalValue = { x: view.rotateX, y: view.rotateY, z: view.rotate };
                 animation._propertyResetCallback = (value, valueSource) => {
-                    animation.target.style[setLocal ? rotateProperty.name : rotateProperty.keyframe] = value;
+                    style[setLocal ? rotateProperty.name : rotateProperty.keyframe] = value.z;
+                    style[setLocal ? rotateXProperty.name : rotateXProperty.keyframe] = value.x;
+                    style[setLocal ? rotateYProperty.name : rotateYProperty.keyframe] = value.y;
                 };
+
                 propertyNameToAnimate = "transform.rotation";
-                fromValue = nativeView.layer.valueForKeyPath("transform.rotation");
+                subPropertyNameToAnimate = ["x", "y", "z"];
+                fromValue = {
+                    x: nativeView.layer.valueForKeyPath("transform.rotation.x"),
+                    y: nativeView.layer.valueForKeyPath("transform.rotation.y"),
+                    z: nativeView.layer.valueForKeyPath("transform.rotation.z")
+                };
+
+                if (animation.target.rotateX !== undefined && animation.target.rotateX !== 0 && Math.floor(toValue / 360) - toValue / 360 === 0) {
+                    fromValue.x = animation.target.rotateX * Math.PI / 180;
+                }
+                if (animation.target.rotateY !== undefined && animation.target.rotateY !== 0 && Math.floor(toValue / 360) - toValue / 360 === 0) {
+                    fromValue.y = animation.target.rotateY * Math.PI / 180;
+                }
                 if (animation.target.rotate !== undefined && animation.target.rotate !== 0 && Math.floor(toValue / 360) - toValue / 360 === 0) {
-                    fromValue = animation.target.rotate * Math.PI / 180;
-                }
-                toValue = toValue * Math.PI / 180;
-                abs = fabs(fromValue - toValue);
-                if (abs < 0.001 && fromValue !== tempRotate) {
-                    fromValue = tempRotate;
+                    fromValue.z = animation.target.rotate * Math.PI / 180;
                 }
+
+                // Respect only value.z for back-compat until 3D rotations are implemented
+                toValue = {
+                    x: toValue.x * Math.PI / 180,
+                    y: toValue.y * Math.PI / 180,
+                    z: toValue.z * Math.PI / 180
+                };
                 break;
             case Properties.translate:
-                animation._originalValue = { x: animation.target.translateX, y: animation.target.translateY };
+                animation._originalValue = { x: view.translateX, y: view.translateY };
                 animation._propertyResetCallback = (value, valueSource) => {
-                    animation.target.style[setLocal ? translateXProperty.name : translateXProperty.keyframe] = value.x;
-                    animation.target.style[setLocal ? translateYProperty.name : translateYProperty.keyframe] = value.y;
+                    style[setLocal ? translateXProperty.name : translateXProperty.keyframe] = value.x;
+                    style[setLocal ? translateYProperty.name : translateYProperty.keyframe] = value.y;
                 };
                 propertyNameToAnimate = "transform";
                 fromValue = NSValue.valueWithCATransform3D(nativeView.layer.transform);
@@ -332,10 +358,10 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                 if (toValue.y === 0) {
                     toValue.y = 0.001;
                 }
-                animation._originalValue = { x: animation.target.scaleX, y: animation.target.scaleY };
+                animation._originalValue = { x: view.scaleX, y: view.scaleY };
                 animation._propertyResetCallback = (value, valueSource) => {
-                    animation.target.style[setLocal ? scaleXProperty.name : scaleXProperty.keyframe] = value.x;
-                    animation.target.style[setLocal ? scaleYProperty.name : scaleYProperty.keyframe] = value.y;
+                    style[setLocal ? scaleXProperty.name : scaleXProperty.keyframe] = value.x;
+                    style[setLocal ? scaleYProperty.name : scaleYProperty.keyframe] = value.y;
                 };
                 propertyNameToAnimate = "transform";
                 fromValue = NSValue.valueWithCATransform3D(nativeView.layer.transform);
@@ -344,14 +370,18 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
             case _transform:
                 fromValue = NSValue.valueWithCATransform3D(nativeView.layer.transform);
                 animation._originalValue = {
-                    xs: animation.target.scaleX, ys: animation.target.scaleY,
-                    xt: animation.target.translateX, yt: animation.target.translateY
+                    xs: view.scaleX, ys: view.scaleY,
+                    xt: view.translateX, yt: view.translateY,
+                    rx: view.rotateX, ry: view.rotateY, rz: view.rotate
                 };
                 animation._propertyResetCallback = (value, valueSource) => {
-                    animation.target.style[setLocal ? translateXProperty.name : translateXProperty.keyframe] = value.xt;
-                    animation.target.style[setLocal ? translateYProperty.name : translateYProperty.keyframe] = value.yt;
-                    animation.target.style[setLocal ? scaleXProperty.name : scaleXProperty.keyframe] = value.xs;
-                    animation.target.style[setLocal ? scaleYProperty.name : scaleYProperty.keyframe] = value.ys;
+                    style[setLocal ? translateXProperty.name : translateXProperty.keyframe] = value.xt;
+                    style[setLocal ? translateYProperty.name : translateYProperty.keyframe] = value.yt;
+                    style[setLocal ? scaleXProperty.name : scaleXProperty.keyframe] = value.xs;
+                    style[setLocal ? scaleYProperty.name : scaleYProperty.keyframe] = value.ys;
+                    style[setLocal ? rotateXProperty.name : rotateXProperty.keyframe] = value.rx;
+                    style[setLocal ? rotateYProperty.name : rotateYProperty.keyframe] = value.ry;
+                    style[setLocal ? rotateProperty.name : rotateProperty.keyframe] = value.rz;
                 };
                 propertyNameToAnimate = "transform";
                 toValue = NSValue.valueWithCATransform3D(Animation._createNativeAffineTransform(animation));
@@ -373,10 +403,10 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                 toValue = NSValue.valueWithCGRect(
                     CGRectMake(currentBounds.origin.x, currentBounds.origin.y, extentX, extentY)
                 );
-                animation._originalValue = animation.target.height;
+                animation._originalValue = view.height;
                 animation._propertyResetCallback = (value, valueSource) => {
                     const prop = isHeight ? heightProperty : widthProperty;
-                    animation.target.style[setLocal ? prop.name : prop.keyframe] = value;
+                    style[setLocal ? prop.name : prop.keyframe] = value;
                 };
                 break;
             default:
@@ -406,6 +436,7 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
         return {
             propertyNameToAnimate: propertyNameToAnimate,
             fromValue: fromValue,
+            subPropertiesToAnimate: subPropertyNameToAnimate,
             toValue: toValue,
             duration: duration,
             repeatCount: repeatCount,
@@ -416,18 +447,12 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
     private static _createNativeAnimation(propertyAnimations: Array<PropertyAnimation>, index: number, playSequentially: boolean, args: AnimationInfo, animation: PropertyAnimation, valueSource: "animation" | "keyframe", finishedCallback: (cancelled?: boolean) => void) {
 
         let nativeView = <UIView>animation.target.nativeViewProtected;
-        let nativeAnimation = CABasicAnimation.animationWithKeyPath(args.propertyNameToAnimate);
-        nativeAnimation.fromValue = args.fromValue;
-        nativeAnimation.toValue = args.toValue;
-        nativeAnimation.duration = args.duration;
-        if (args.repeatCount !== undefined) {
-            nativeAnimation.repeatCount = args.repeatCount;
-        }
-        if (args.delay !== undefined) {
-            nativeAnimation.beginTime = CACurrentMediaTime() + args.delay;
-        }
-        if (animation.curve !== undefined) {
-            nativeAnimation.timingFunction = animation.curve;
+        let nativeAnimation;
+
+        if (args.subPropertiesToAnimate) {
+            nativeAnimation = this._createGroupAnimation(args, animation);
+        } else {
+            nativeAnimation = this._createBasicAnimation(args, animation);
         }
 
         let animationDelegate = AnimationDelegateImpl.initWithFinishedCallback(finishedCallback, animation, valueSource);
@@ -447,6 +472,44 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
         }
     }
 
+    private static _createGroupAnimation(args: AnimationInfo, animation: PropertyAnimation) {
+        let groupAnimation = CAAnimationGroup.new();
+        groupAnimation.duration = args.duration;
+        const animations = NSMutableArray.alloc<CAAnimation>().initWithCapacity(3);
+
+        args.subPropertiesToAnimate.forEach(property => {
+            const basicAnimationArgs = { ...args };
+            basicAnimationArgs.propertyNameToAnimate = `${args.propertyNameToAnimate}.${property}`;
+            basicAnimationArgs.fromValue = args.fromValue[property];
+            basicAnimationArgs.toValue = args.toValue[property];
+
+            const basicAnimation = this._createBasicAnimation(basicAnimationArgs, animation);
+            animations.addObject(basicAnimation);
+        });
+
+        groupAnimation.animations = animations;
+
+        return groupAnimation;
+    }
+
+    private static _createBasicAnimation(args: AnimationInfo, animation: PropertyAnimation) {
+        let basicAnimation = CABasicAnimation.animationWithKeyPath(args.propertyNameToAnimate);
+        basicAnimation.fromValue = args.fromValue;
+        basicAnimation.toValue = args.toValue;
+        basicAnimation.duration = args.duration;
+        if (args.repeatCount !== undefined) {
+            basicAnimation.repeatCount = args.repeatCount;
+        }
+        if (args.delay !== undefined) {
+            basicAnimation.beginTime = CACurrentMediaTime() + args.delay;
+        }
+        if (animation.curve !== undefined) {
+            basicAnimation.timingFunction = animation.curve;
+        }
+
+        return basicAnimation;
+    }
+
     private static _createNativeSpringAnimation(propertyAnimations: Array<PropertyAnimationInfo>, index: number, playSequentially: boolean, args: AnimationInfo, animation: PropertyAnimationInfo, valueSource: "animation" | "keyframe", finishedCallback: (cancelled?: boolean) => void) {
 
         let nativeView = <UIView>animation.target.nativeViewProtected;
@@ -490,9 +553,6 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                             animation.target[animation.property] = value;
                         };
                         break;
-                    case Properties.rotate:
-                        nativeView.layer.setValueForKey(args.toValue, args.propertyNameToAnimate);
-                        break;
                     case _transform:
                         animation._originalValue = nativeView.layer.transform;
                         nativeView.layer.setValueForKey(args.toValue, args.propertyNameToAnimate);
@@ -508,6 +568,11 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                             animation.target.translateX = animation.value[Properties.translate].x;
                             animation.target.translateY = animation.value[Properties.translate].y;
                         }
+                        if (animation.value[Properties.rotate] !== undefined) {
+                            animation.target.rotateX = animation.value[Properties.rotate].x;
+                            animation.target.rotateY = animation.value[Properties.rotate].y;
+                            animation.target.rotate = animation.value[Properties.rotate].z;
+                        }
                         if (animation.value[Properties.scale] !== undefined) {
                             animation.target.scaleX = animation.value[Properties.scale].x;
                             animation.target.scaleY = animation.value[Properties.scale].y;
@@ -631,19 +696,41 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
 }
 
 export function _getTransformMismatchErrorMessage(view: View): string {
-    // Order is important: translate, rotate, scale
-    let result: CGAffineTransform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
-    const tx = view.translateX;
-    const ty = view.translateY;
-    result = CGAffineTransformTranslate(result, tx, ty);
-    result = CGAffineTransformRotate(result, (view.rotate || 0) * Math.PI / 180);
-    result = CGAffineTransformScale(result, view.scaleX || 1, view.scaleY || 1);
-    let viewTransform = NSStringFromCGAffineTransform(result);
-    let nativeTransform = NSStringFromCGAffineTransform(view.nativeViewProtected.transform);
+    const expectedTransform = calculateTransform(view);
+    const expectedTransformString = getCATransform3DString(expectedTransform);
+    const actualTransformString = getCATransform3DString(view.nativeViewProtected.layer.transform);
 
-    if (viewTransform !== nativeTransform) {
-        return "View and Native transforms do not match. View: " + viewTransform + "; Native: " + nativeTransform;
+    if (actualTransformString !== expectedTransformString) {
+        return "View and Native transforms do not match.\nActual: " + actualTransformString + ";\nExpected: " + expectedTransformString;
     }
 
     return undefined;
 }
+
+function calculateTransform(view: View): CATransform3D {
+    const scaleX = view.scaleX || 1e-6;
+    const scaleY = view.scaleY || 1e-6;
+    const perspective = view.perspective || 300;
+
+    // Order is important: translate, rotate, scale
+    let expectedTransform = new CATransform3D(CATransform3DIdentity);
+
+    // Only set perspective if there is 3D rotation
+    if (view.rotateX || view.rotateY) {
+        expectedTransform.m34 = -1 / perspective;
+    }
+
+    expectedTransform = CATransform3DTranslate(expectedTransform, view.translateX, view.translateY, 0);
+    expectedTransform = iosNativeHelper.applyRotateTransform(expectedTransform, view.rotateX, view.rotateY, view.rotate);
+    expectedTransform = CATransform3DScale(expectedTransform, scaleX, scaleY, 1);
+    
+    return expectedTransform;
+}
+
+function getCATransform3DString(t: CATransform3D) {
+    return `[
+    ${t.m11}, ${t.m12}, ${t.m13}, ${t.m14},
+    ${t.m21}, ${t.m22}, ${t.m23}, ${t.m24},
+    ${t.m31}, ${t.m32}, ${t.m33}, ${t.m34},
+    ${t.m41}, ${t.m42}, ${t.m43}, ${t.m44}]`;
+}
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/animation/keyframe-animation.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/animation/keyframe-animation.ts
index f7cbbcb92..f500d6f10 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/animation/keyframe-animation.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/animation/keyframe-animation.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
     backgroundColorProperty,
     scaleXProperty, scaleYProperty,
     translateXProperty, translateYProperty,
-    rotateProperty, opacityProperty,
+    rotateProperty, opacityProperty, rotateXProperty, rotateYProperty,
     widthProperty, heightProperty, PercentLength
 } from "../styling/style-properties";
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ interface Keyframe {
     backgroundColor?: Color;
     scale?: { x: number, y: number };
     translate?: { x: number, y: number };
-    rotate?: number;
+    rotate?: { x: number, y: number, z: number };
     opacity?: number;
     width?: PercentLength;
     height?: PercentLength;
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ export class KeyframeAnimation implements KeyframeAnimationDefinition {
                 view.style[translateYProperty.keyframe] = animation.translate.y;
             }
             if ("rotate" in animation) {
-                view.style[rotateProperty.keyframe] = animation.rotate;
+                view.style[rotateXProperty.keyframe] = animation.rotate.x;
+                view.style[rotateYProperty.keyframe] = animation.rotate.y;
+                view.style[rotateProperty.keyframe] = animation.rotate.z;
             }
             if ("opacity" in animation) {
                 view.style[opacityProperty.keyframe] = animation.opacity;
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view-common.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
index e304a3aac..d81d27ee2 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
@@ -697,6 +697,27 @@ export abstract class ViewCommon extends ViewBase implements ViewDefinition {
         this.style.rotate = value;
     }
 
+    get rotateX(): number {
+        return this.style.rotateX;
+    }
+    set rotateX(value: number) {
+        this.style.rotateX = value;
+    }
+
+    get rotateY(): number {
+        return this.style.rotateY;
+    }
+    set rotateY(value: number) {
+        this.style.rotateY = value;
+    }
+
+    get perspective(): number {
+        return this.style.perspective;
+    }
+    set perspective(value: number) {
+        this.style.perspective = value;
+    }
+
     get translateX(): dip {
         return this.style.translateX;
     }
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.android.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.android.ts
index c6a3132f2..e1f2187ba 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.android.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.android.ts
@@ -10,17 +10,18 @@ import {
 } from "./view-common";
 
 import {
-    Length, PercentLength, Visibility, HorizontalAlignment, VerticalAlignment,
+    perspectiveProperty, Length, PercentLength, Visibility, HorizontalAlignment, VerticalAlignment,
     visibilityProperty, opacityProperty, horizontalAlignmentProperty, verticalAlignmentProperty,
     minWidthProperty, minHeightProperty, widthProperty, heightProperty,
     marginLeftProperty, marginTopProperty, marginRightProperty, marginBottomProperty,
-    rotateProperty, scaleXProperty, scaleYProperty, translateXProperty, translateYProperty,
+    rotateProperty, rotateXProperty, rotateYProperty, scaleXProperty, scaleYProperty, translateXProperty, translateYProperty,
     zIndexProperty, backgroundInternalProperty, androidElevationProperty, androidDynamicElevationOffsetProperty
 } from "../../styling/style-properties";
 
 import { Background, ad as androidBackground } from "../../styling/background";
 import { profile } from "../../../profiling";
 import { topmost } from "../../frame/frame-stack";
+import { screen } from "../../../platform";
 import { AndroidActivityBackPressedEventData, android as androidApp } from "../../../application";
 import { device } from "../../../platform";
 import lazy from "../../../utils/lazy";
@@ -911,6 +912,20 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
         org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setRotate(this.nativeViewProtected, float(value));
     }
 
+    [rotateXProperty.setNative](value: number) {
+        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setRotateX(this.nativeViewProtected, float(value));
+    }
+
+    [rotateYProperty.setNative](value: number) {
+        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setRotateY(this.nativeViewProtected, float(value));
+    }
+
+    [perspectiveProperty.setNative](value: number) {
+        const scale = screen.mainScreen.scale;
+        const distance = value * scale;
+        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setPerspective(this.nativeViewProtected, float(distance));
+    }
+
     [scaleXProperty.setNative](value: number) {
         org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setScaleX(this.nativeViewProtected, float(value));
     }
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.d.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.d.ts
index fd34cb310..41ca87b94 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.d.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.d.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ export interface Point {
      * Represents the y coordinate of the location.
      */
     y: number;
+
+    /**
+     * Represents the z coordinate of the location.
+     */
+    z?: number;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -315,10 +320,26 @@ export abstract class View extends ViewBase {
     opacity: number;
 
     /**
-     * Gets or sets the rotate affine transform of the view.
+     * Gets or sets the rotate affine transform of the view along the Z axis.
      */
     rotate: number;
 
+    /**
+    * Gets or sets the rotate affine transform of the view along the X axis.
+    */
+    rotateX: number;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets or sets the rotate affine transform of the view along the Y axis.
+     */
+    rotateY: number;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets or sets the distance of the camera form the view perspective.
+     * Usually needed when rotating the view over the X or Y axis.
+     */
+    perspective: number;
+
     /**
      * Gets or sets the translateX affine transform of the view in device independent pixels.
      */
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
index d02aa6447..18ab564a6 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import {
 import { ios } from "./view-helper";
 import { ios as iosBackground, Background } from "../../styling/background";
 import { ios as iosUtils } from "../../../utils/utils";
+import { ios as iosNativeHelper } from "../../../utils/native-helper";
 import {
-    Visibility,
+    perspectiveProperty, Visibility,
     visibilityProperty, opacityProperty,
-    rotateProperty, scaleXProperty, scaleYProperty,
+    rotateProperty, rotateXProperty, rotateYProperty,
+    scaleXProperty, scaleYProperty,
     translateXProperty, translateYProperty, zIndexProperty,
     backgroundInternalProperty, clipPathProperty
 } from "../../styling/style-properties";
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon implements ViewDefinition {
     }
 
     public _setNativeViewFrame(nativeView: UIView, frame: CGRect): void {
+
         let oldFrame = this._cachedFrame || nativeView.frame;
         if (!CGRectEqualToRect(oldFrame, frame)) {
             if (traceEnabled()) {
@@ -166,8 +169,8 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon implements ViewDefinition {
             let transform = null;
             if (this._hasTransfrom) {
                 // Always set identity transform before setting frame;
-                transform = nativeView.transform;
-                nativeView.transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
+                transform = nativeView.layer.transform;
+                nativeView.layer.transform = CATransform3DIdentity;
                 nativeView.frame = frame;
             } else {
                 nativeView.frame = frame;
@@ -177,10 +180,10 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon implements ViewDefinition {
             if (adjustedFrame) {
                 nativeView.frame = adjustedFrame;
             }
-
+            
             if (this._hasTransfrom) {
                 // re-apply the transform after the frame is adjusted
-                nativeView.transform = transform;
+                nativeView.layer.transform = transform;
             }
 
             const boundsOrigin = nativeView.bounds.origin;
@@ -348,18 +351,25 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon implements ViewDefinition {
     public updateNativeTransform() {
         const scaleX = this.scaleX || 1e-6;
         const scaleY = this.scaleY || 1e-6;
-        const rotate = this.rotate || 0;
-        let newTransform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
-        newTransform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(newTransform, this.translateX, this.translateY);
-        newTransform = CGAffineTransformRotate(newTransform, rotate * Math.PI / 180);
-        newTransform = CGAffineTransformScale(newTransform, scaleX, scaleY);
-        if (!CGAffineTransformEqualToTransform(this.nativeViewProtected.transform, newTransform)) {
+        const perspective = this.perspective || 300;
+
+        let transform = new CATransform3D(CATransform3DIdentity);
+
+        // Only set perspective if there is 3D rotation
+        if (this.rotateX || this.rotateY) {
+            transform.m34 = -1 / perspective;
+        }
+        
+        transform = CATransform3DTranslate(transform, this.translateX, this.translateY, 0);
+        transform = iosNativeHelper.applyRotateTransform(transform, this.rotateX, this.rotateY, this.rotate);
+        transform = CATransform3DScale(transform, scaleX, scaleY, 1);
+        if (!CATransform3DEqualToTransform(this.nativeViewProtected.layer.transform, transform)) {
             const updateSuspended = this._isPresentationLayerUpdateSuspeneded();
             if (!updateSuspended) {
                 CATransaction.begin();
             }
-            this.nativeViewProtected.transform = newTransform;
-            this._hasTransfrom = this.nativeViewProtected && !CGAffineTransformEqualToTransform(this.nativeViewProtected.transform, CGAffineTransformIdentity);
+            this.nativeViewProtected.layer.transform = transform;
+            this._hasTransfrom = this.nativeViewProtected && !CATransform3DEqualToTransform(this.nativeViewProtected.transform3D, CATransform3DIdentity);
             if (!updateSuspended) {
                 CATransaction.commit();
             }
@@ -579,6 +589,27 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon implements ViewDefinition {
         this.updateNativeTransform();
     }
 
+    [rotateXProperty.getDefault](): number {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    [rotateXProperty.setNative](value: number) {
+        this.updateNativeTransform();
+    }
+
+    [rotateYProperty.getDefault](): number {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    [rotateYProperty.setNative](value: number) {
+        this.updateNativeTransform();
+    }
+
+    [perspectiveProperty.getDefault](): number {
+        return 300;
+    }
+    [perspectiveProperty.setNative](value: number) {
+        this.updateNativeTransform();
+    }
+
     [scaleXProperty.getDefault](): number {
         return 1;
     }
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style-properties.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style-properties.ts
index 4efd53eba..8ee732be0 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style-properties.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style-properties.ts
@@ -472,6 +472,15 @@ function convertToPaddings(this: void, value: string | Length): [CssProperty<any
 export const rotateProperty = new CssAnimationProperty<Style, number>({ name: "rotate", cssName: "rotate", defaultValue: 0, valueConverter: parseFloat });
 rotateProperty.register(Style);
 
+export const rotateXProperty = new CssAnimationProperty<Style, number>({ name: "rotateX", cssName: "rotatex", defaultValue: 0, valueConverter: parseFloat });
+rotateXProperty.register(Style);
+
+export const rotateYProperty = new CssAnimationProperty<Style, number>({ name: "rotateY", cssName: "rotatey", defaultValue: 0, valueConverter: parseFloat });
+rotateYProperty.register(Style);
+
+export const perspectiveProperty = new CssAnimationProperty<Style, number>({ name: "perspective", cssName: "perspective", defaultValue: 1000, valueConverter: parseFloat });
+perspectiveProperty.register(Style);
+
 export const scaleXProperty = new CssAnimationProperty<Style, number>({ name: "scaleX", cssName: "scaleX", defaultValue: 1, valueConverter: parseFloat });
 scaleXProperty.register(Style);
 
@@ -500,6 +509,8 @@ const transformProperty = new ShorthandProperty<Style, string>({
         let translateX = this.translateX;
         let translateY = this.translateY;
         let rotate = this.rotate;
+        let rotateX = this.rotateX;
+        let rotateY = this.rotateY;
         let result = "";
         if (translateX !== 0 || translateY !== 0) {
             result += `translate(${translateX}, ${translateY}) `;
@@ -507,7 +518,8 @@ const transformProperty = new ShorthandProperty<Style, string>({
         if (scaleX !== 1 || scaleY !== 1) {
             result += `scale(${scaleX}, ${scaleY}) `;
         }
-        if (rotate !== 0) {
+        if (rotateX !== 0 || rotateY !== 0 || rotate !== 0) {
+            result += `rotate(${rotateX}, ${rotateY}, ${rotate}) `;
             result += `rotate (${rotate})`;
         }
 
@@ -519,13 +531,16 @@ transformProperty.register(Style);
 
 const IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION = {
     translate: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-    rotate: 0,
+    rotate: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 },
     scale: { x: 1, y: 1 },
 };
 
 const TRANSFORM_SPLITTER = new RegExp(/\s*(.+?)\((.*?)\)/g);
 const TRANSFORMATIONS = Object.freeze([
     "rotate",
+    "rotateX",
+    "rotateY",
+    "rotate3d",
     "translate",
     "translate3d",
     "translateX",
@@ -547,7 +562,28 @@ const STYLE_TRANSFORMATION_MAP = Object.freeze({
     "translateX": ({ x }) => ({ property: "translate", value: { x, y: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.translate.y } }),
     "translateY": ({ y }) => ({ property: "translate", value: { y, x: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.translate.x } }),
 
-    "rotate": value => ({ property: "rotate", value }),
+    "rotate3d": value => ({ property: "rotate", value }),
+    "rotateX": (x) => ({
+        property: "rotate", value: {
+            x,
+            y: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.rotate.y,
+            z: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.rotate.z
+        }
+    }),
+    "rotateY": (y) => ({
+        property: "rotate", value: {
+            x: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.rotate.x,
+            y,
+            z: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.rotate.z
+        }
+    }),
+    "rotate": (z) => ({
+        property: "rotate", value: {
+            x: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.rotate.x,
+            y: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.rotate.y,
+            z
+        }
+    }),
 });
 
 function convertToTransform(value: string): [CssProperty<any, any>, any][] {
@@ -564,7 +600,9 @@ function convertToTransform(value: string): [CssProperty<any, any>, any][] {
         [scaleXProperty, scale.x],
         [scaleYProperty, scale.y],
 
-        [rotateProperty, rotate],
+        [rotateProperty, rotate.z],
+        [rotateXProperty, rotate.x],
+        [rotateYProperty, rotate.y],
     ];
 }
 
@@ -619,13 +657,13 @@ function normalizeTransformation({ property, value }: Transformation): Transform
 function convertTransformValue(property: string, stringValue: string)
     : TransformationValue {
 
-    const [x, y = x] = stringValue.split(",").map(parseFloat);
+    const [x, y = x, z = y] = stringValue.split(",").map(parseFloat);
 
-    if (property === "rotate") {
+    if (property === "rotate" || property === "rotateX" || property === "rotateY") {
         return stringValue.slice(-3) === "rad" ? radiansToDegrees(x) : x;
     }
 
-    return { x, y };
+    return { x, y, z };
 }
 
 // Background properties.
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style-scope.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style-scope.ts
index 06c0e8000..0f1a219ab 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style-scope.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style-scope.ts
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@ export class CssState {
         const view = this.viewRef.get();
         if (view) {
             view.style["keyframe:rotate"] = unsetValue;
+            view.style["keyframe:rotateX"] = unsetValue;
+            view.style["keyframe:rotateY"] = unsetValue;
             view.style["keyframe:scaleX"] = unsetValue;
             view.style["keyframe:scaleY"] = unsetValue;
             view.style["keyframe:translateX"] = unsetValue;
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style/style.d.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style/style.d.ts
index 12d147b68..e8711846a 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style/style.d.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style/style.d.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ export class Style extends Observable {
     public backgroundInternal: Background;
 
     public rotate: number;
+    public rotateX: number;
+    public rotateY: number;
+    public perspective: number;
     public scaleX: number;
     public scaleY: number;
     public translateX: dip;
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style/style.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style/style.ts
index fd24dc3c6..751ba2f2b 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style/style.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/styling/style/style.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ export class Style extends Observable implements StyleDefinition {
     public backgroundInternal: Background;
 
     public rotate: number;
+    public rotateX: number;
+    public rotateY: number;
+    public perspective: number;
+
     public scaleX: number;
     public scaleY: number;
     public translateX: dip;
diff --git a/nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.d.ts b/nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.d.ts
index 3dc4ff457..c5c04f275 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.d.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.d.ts
@@ -155,5 +155,14 @@ export module ios {
      */
     export function getVisibleViewController(rootViewController: any/* UIViewController*/): any/* UIViewController*/;
 
-    export class UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegateImpl {}
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param transform Applies a rotation transform over X,Y and Z axis
+     * @param x Rotation over X axis in degrees
+     * @param y Rotation over Y axis in degrees
+     * @param z Rotation over Z axis in degrees
+     */
+    export function applyRotateTransform(transform: any /* CATransform3D*/, x: number, y: number, z: number): any /* CATransform3D*/;
+
+    export class UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegateImpl { }
 }
diff --git a/nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.ios.ts b/nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.ios.ts
index 219f7c3db..091e3d8f8 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.ios.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.ios.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import {
     write as traceWrite
 } from "../trace";
 
+const radToDeg = Math.PI / 180;
+
 function isOrientationLandscape(orientation: number) {
     return orientation === UIDeviceOrientation.LandscapeLeft /* 3 */ ||
         orientation === UIDeviceOrientation.LandscapeRight /* 4 */;
@@ -114,23 +116,39 @@ export module ios {
 
     }
 
+    export function applyRotateTransform(transform: CATransform3D, x: number, y: number, z: number): CATransform3D {
+        if (x) {
+            transform = CATransform3DRotate(transform, x * radToDeg, 1, 0, 0);
+        }
+
+        if (y) {
+            transform = CATransform3DRotate(transform, y * radToDeg, 0, 1, 0);
+        }
+
+        if (z) {
+            transform = CATransform3DRotate(transform, z * radToDeg, 0, 0, 1);
+        }
+
+        return transform;
+    }
+
     export class UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegate {
         public static ObjCProtocols = [UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegate];
-    
+
         public getViewController(): UIViewController {
             const app = UIApplication.sharedApplication;
-    
+
             return app.keyWindow.rootViewController;
         }
-    
+
         public documentInteractionControllerViewControllerForPreview(controller: UIDocumentInteractionController) {
             return this.getViewController();
         }
-    
+
         public documentInteractionControllerViewForPreview(controller: UIDocumentInteractionController) {
             return this.getViewController().view;
         }
-    
+
         public documentInteractionControllerRectForPreview(controller: UIDocumentInteractionController): CGRect {
             return this.getViewController().view.frame;
         }
diff --git a/nativescript-core/utils/utils.d.ts b/nativescript-core/utils/utils.d.ts
index 4be944cb0..ef5d4216e 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/utils/utils.d.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/utils/utils.d.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ export module ios {
      * Returns the visible UIViewController.
      */
     export function getVisibleViewController(rootViewController: any/* UIViewController*/): any/* UIViewController*/;
+
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/nativescript-core/utils/utils.ios.ts b/nativescript-core/utils/utils.ios.ts
index 17474fd8d..012308919 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/utils/utils.ios.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/utils/utils.ios.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function openFile(filePath: string): boolean {
         const path = filePath.replace("~", appPath);
 
         const controller = UIDocumentInteractionController.interactionControllerWithURL(NSURL.fileURLWithPath(path));
-        controller.delegate = <UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegate> new ios.UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegateImpl();
+        controller.delegate = <UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegate>new ios.UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegateImpl();
 
         return controller.presentPreviewAnimated(true);
     }
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ export function openUrl(location: string): boolean {
     return false;
 }
 
-mainScreenScale = UIScreen.mainScreen.scale;
+mainScreenScale = UIScreen.mainScreen.scale;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts
index faf7f883d..91e1c6d7c 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ function animateExtentAndAssertExpected(along: "height" | "width", value: Percen
             expectedNumber,
             `PercentLength.toDevicePixels(${inputString}) should be "${expectedNumber}" but is "${observedNumber}"`
         );
+
         assertIOSNativeTransformIsCorrect(label);
     });
 }
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/animation/css-animation-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/animation/css-animation-tests.ts
index 33c9a32ef..e8294294f 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/animation/css-animation-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/animation/css-animation-tests.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export function test_ReadTransformAllSet() {
     const animation = createAnimationFromCSS(css, "test");
     const { rotate, scale, translate } = getTransformsValues(animation.keyframes[0].declarations);
 
-    TKUnit.assertAreClose(rotate, 10, DELTA);
+    TKUnit.assertAreClose(rotate.z, 10, DELTA);
 
     TKUnit.assertAreClose(scale.x, 5, SCALE_DELTA);
     TKUnit.assertAreClose(scale.y, 1, SCALE_DELTA);
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export function test_ReadTransformNone() {
     const animation = createAnimationFromCSS(css, "test");
     const { rotate, scale, translate } = getTransformsValues(animation.keyframes[0].declarations);
 
-    TKUnit.assertEqual(rotate, 0);
+    TKUnit.assertEqual(rotate.z, 0);
 
     TKUnit.assertEqual(scale.x, 1);
     TKUnit.assertEqual(scale.y, 1);
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export function test_ReadRotate() {
     const { rotate } = getTransforms(animation.keyframes[0].declarations);
 
     TKUnit.assertEqual(rotate.property, "rotate");
-    TKUnit.assertAreClose(rotate.value, 5, DELTA);
+    TKUnit.assertAreClose(rotate.value.z, 5, DELTA);
 }
 
 export function test_ReadRotateDeg() {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ export function test_ReadRotateDeg() {
     const { rotate } = getTransforms(animation.keyframes[0].declarations);
 
     TKUnit.assertEqual(rotate.property, "rotate");
-    TKUnit.assertAreClose(rotate.value, 45, DELTA);
+    TKUnit.assertAreClose(rotate.value.z, 45, DELTA);
 }
 
 export function test_ReadRotateRad() {
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export function test_ReadRotateRad() {
     const { rotate } = getTransforms(animation.keyframes[0].declarations);
 
     TKUnit.assertEqual(rotate.property, "rotate");
-    TKUnit.assertAreClose(rotate.value, 45, DELTA);
+    TKUnit.assertAreClose(rotate.value.z, 45, DELTA);
 }
 
 export function test_ReadAnimationWithUnsortedKeyframes() {
diff --git a/tns-platform-declarations/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts b/tns-platform-declarations/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts
index cf6873c3e..a2e74984d 100644
--- a/tns-platform-declarations/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts
+++ b/tns-platform-declarations/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts
@@ -576,6 +576,14 @@
                 public static getRotate(view: android.view.View): number;
                 public static setRotate(view: android.view.View, value: number): void;
 
+                public static getRotateX(view: android.view.View): number;
+                public static setRotateX(view: android.view.View, value: number): void;
+
+                public static getRotateY(view: android.view.View): number;
+                public static setRotateY(view: android.view.View, value: number): void;
+
+                public static setPerspective(view: android.view.View, value: number): void;
+
                 public static getScaleX(view: android.view.View): number;
                 public static setScaleX(view: android.view.View, value: number): void;