diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/button/button-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/button/button-tests.ts
index ac2a39811..127a9bb4f 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/button/button-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/button/button-tests.ts
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ export var test_WhenFormattedTextPropertyChanges_TextIsUpdated_Button = function
         view.formattedText = formattedString2;
         TKUnit.assertEqual(view.text, "SecondThird");
 
-        formattedString2.spans[0].text = "Mecond";
+        formattedString2.spans.getItem(0).text = "Mecond";
         TKUnit.assertEqual(view.text, "MecondThird");
 
         view.formattedText = null;
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts
index 4e7b25b4d..b2e780d18 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ export var test_WhenFormattedTextPropertyChanges_TextIsUpdated_TextBase = functi
         view.formattedText = formattedString2;
         TKUnit.assertEqual(view.text, "SecondThird");
 
-        formattedString2.spans[0].text = "Mecond";
+        formattedString2.spans.getItem(0).text = "Mecond";
         TKUnit.assertEqual(view.text, "MecondThird");
 
         view.formattedText = null;
diff --git a/ui/button/button.android.ts b/ui/button/button.android.ts
index a32a7edee..d80a2d163 100644
--- a/ui/button/button.android.ts
+++ b/ui/button/button.android.ts
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ export class Button extends common.Button {
     }
 
     public _setFormattedTextPropertyToNative(value) {
+        var newText = value ? value._formattedText : null;
         if (this.android) {
-            this.android.setText(value._formattedText);
+            this.android.setText(newText);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ui/button/button.ios.ts b/ui/button/button.ios.ts
index 7fa02376e..d93ce2eff 100644
--- a/ui/button/button.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/button/button.ios.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ export class Button extends common.Button {
         // the UIControlStateNormal value. If the value for UIControlStateNormal is not set, 
         // then the property defaults to a system value. Therefore, at a minimum, you should 
         // set the value for the normal state.
-        this.ios.setAttributedTitleForState(value._formattedText, UIControlState.UIControlStateNormal);
+        var newText = value ? value._formattedText : null;
+        this.ios.setAttributedTitleForState(newText, UIControlState.UIControlStateNormal);
         this.style._updateTextDecoration();
     }
 } 
diff --git a/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts b/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
index 76593efec..e06054bc7 100644
--- a/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
+++ b/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ export class TextBase extends common.TextBase {
         }
     }
     public _setFormattedTextPropertyToNative(value) {
+        var newText = value ? value._formattedText : null;
         if (this.android) {
-            this.android.setText(value._formattedText);
+            this.android.setText(newText);
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts b/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
index f0a845646..bf18342e6 100644
--- a/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ export class TextBase extends common.TextBase {
     }
 
     public _setFormattedTextPropertyToNative(value) {
-        this.ios.attributedText = value._formattedText;
+        var newText = value ? value._formattedText : null;
+        this.ios.attributedText = newText;
         this.style._updateTextDecoration();
         this.style._updateTextTransform();
         this.requestLayout();