diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.ts b/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.ts
index 379db6b91..9815bc6e2 100644
--- a/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.ts
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,17 @@ export class BoxShadowModel extends Observable {
 	private _selectedBackgroundType: string;
 	private _selectedBorderType: string;
 	private _selectedAnimation: string;
-	private _boxShadow: string;
+	private _boxShadow: string = '5 5 1 1 rgba(255, 0, 0, .9)';
 
 	background: string;
 	borderWidth: number;
 	borderRadius: number;
 	appliedBoxShadow: string;
 
+	get boxShadow(): string {
+		return this._boxShadow;
+	}
+
 	constructor() {
 		super();
 	}
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.xml b/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.xml
index 64fee8d49..d1d373a95 100644
--- a/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.xml
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/box-shadow.xml
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
             <!-- layouts -->
             <ScrollView height="100%" visibility="{{ selectedComponentType === 'layouts' ? 'visible' : 'collapsed' }}">
                 <StackLayout>
-                    <StackLayout
+									<StackLayout
                         width="300"
                         height="100"
                         class="demo-component"
                         boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
                         borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
                         borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
-                        backgroundColor="{{ background }}"
+                        background="{{ background }}"
                         tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
                     >
                         <Label text="StackLayout"></Label>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                         boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
                         borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
                         borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
-                        backgroundColor="{{ background }}"
+                        background="{{ background }}"
                         tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
                     >
                         <Label text="GridLayout"></Label>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
                         boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
                         borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
                         borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
-                        backgroundColor="{{ background }}"
+                        background="{{ background }}"
                         tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
                     >
                         <Label text="AbsoluteLayout"></Label>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                         boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
                         borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
                         borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
-                        backgroundColor="{{ background }}"
+                        background="{{ background }}"
                         tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
                     >
                         <Label text="DockLayout"></Label>
@@ -68,17 +68,33 @@
                         boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
                         borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
                         borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
-                        backgroundColor="{{ background }}"
+                        background="{{ background }}"
                         tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
                     >
                         <Label text="FlexboxLayout"></Label>
                     </FlexboxLayout>
 
+										<GridLayout
+											width="300"
+											height="100"
+											padding="4"
+											boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
+											tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
+										>
+											<StackLayout
+												borderWidth="4"
+												borderRadius="20"
+												backgroundColor="white"
+											>
+												<Label text="BorderRadius + BoxShadow on parent container"></Label>
+											</StackLayout>
+										</GridLayout>
+
                 </StackLayout>
             </ScrollView>
 
             <!-- labels -->
-            <GridLayout 
+            <GridLayout
                 rows="*"
                 height="100%"
                 visibility="{{ selectedComponentType === 'labels' ? 'visible' : 'collapsed' }}">
@@ -90,32 +106,53 @@
                     boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
                     borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
                     borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
-                    backgroundColor="{{ background }}"
+                    background="{{ background }}"
                     tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
                     text="Label"></Label>
 
             </GridLayout>
 
             <!-- buttons -->
-            <GridLayout 
+            <GridLayout
                 rows="*"
                 height="100%"
                 visibility="{{ selectedComponentType === 'buttons' ? 'visible' : 'collapsed' }}">
 
-                <Button 
+                <Button
                     horizontalAlignment="center"
                     verticalAlignment="center"
                     class="demo-component"
                     boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
                     borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
                     borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
-                    backgroundColor="{{ background }}"
+                    background="{{ background }}"
                     tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}"
                     text="button"
                 ></Button>
 
             </GridLayout>
 
+						<!-- images -->
+						<GridLayout
+							rows="*"
+							height="100%"
+							visibility="{{ selectedComponentType === 'images' ? 'visible' : 'collapsed' }}">
+
+							<ContentView width="100"
+													 height="100"
+													 horizontalAlignment="center"
+													 verticalAlignment="center"
+													 class="demo-component"
+													 boxShadow="{{ appliedBoxShadow }}"
+													 borderWidth="{{ borderWidth }}"
+													 borderRadius="{{ borderRadius }}"
+													 tap="{{ toggleAnimation }}">
+								<Image src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NativeScript/artwork/main/logo/export/NativeScript_Logo_Blue_Transparent.png"></Image>
+							</ContentView>
+
+
+						</GridLayout>
+
         </StackLayout>
 
         <GridLayout
@@ -130,6 +167,7 @@
             <TextField
                 col="1"
                 placeholder="box-shadow"
+								text="{{ boxShadow }}"
                 textChange="{{ textChange }}"
             >
             </TextField>
@@ -146,6 +184,7 @@
                     <Button text="Layouts" componentType="layouts" tap="{{ selectComponentType }}"></Button>
                     <Button text="Labels" componentType="labels" selectedAttr="{{ selectedComponentType }}" tap="{{ selectComponentType }}"></Button>
                     <Button text="Buttons" componentType="buttons" selectedAttr="{{ selectedComponentType == 'buttons' }}" tap="{{ selectComponentType }}"></Button>
+                    <Button text="Images" componentType="images" selectedAttr="{{ selectedComponentType == 'images' }}" tap="{{ selectComponentType }}"></Button>
                 </FlexboxLayout>
 
                 <Label text="Background"></Label>
@@ -172,7 +211,7 @@
                     <Button text="Scale" animationType="scale" tap="{{ selectAnimationType }}"></Button>
                     <Button text="Rotate" animationType="rotate" tap="{{ selectAnimationType }}"></Button>
                 </FlexboxLayout>
-                
+
             </StackLayout>
         </ScrollView>
     </GridLayout>
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
index 82f22183d..4ab83ff6b 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ function unsubscribeFromScrollNotifications(view: View) {
 		view.off('scroll', onScroll);
 	}
 }
+
 function subscribeForScrollNotifications(view: View) {
 	if (view.nativeViewProtected instanceof UIScrollView) {
 		view.on('scroll', onScroll);
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ function clearNonUniformBorders(nativeView: NativeView): void {
 }
 
 const pattern = /url\(('|")(.*?)\1\)/;
+
 function setUIColorFromImage(view: View, nativeView: UIView, callback: (uiColor: UIColor) => void, flip?: boolean): void {
 	const frame = nativeView.frame;
 	const boundsWidth = view.scaleX ? frame.size.width / view.scaleX : frame.size.width;
@@ -733,15 +735,24 @@ function drawBoxShadow(nativeView: NativeView, view: View, boxShadow: CSSShadow,
 	}
 	// shadow opacity is handled on the shadow's color instance
 	layer.shadowOpacity = boxShadow.color?.a ? boxShadow.color?.a / 255 : 1;
-	layer.shadowRadius = Length.toDevicePixels(boxShadow.blurRadius);
+	layer.shadowRadius = Length.toDevicePixels(boxShadow.blurRadius, 0.0);
 	layer.shadowColor = boxShadow.color.ios.CGColor;
-	layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(Length.toDevicePixels(boxShadow.offsetX), Length.toDevicePixels(boxShadow.offsetY));
+
+	// prettier-ignore
+	layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(
+		Length.toDevicePixels(boxShadow.offsetX, 0.0),
+		Length.toDevicePixels(boxShadow.offsetY, 0.0)
+	);
 
 	// this should match the view's border radius
-	const cornerRadius = Length.toDevicePixels(<LengthType>view.style.borderRadius);
+	const cornerRadius = Length.toDevicePixels(<LengthType>view.style.borderRadius, 0.0);
 
 	// apply spreadRadius by expanding shadow layer bounds
-	const bounds = boxShadow.spreadRadius ? CGRectInset(nativeView.bounds, -Length.toDevicePixels(boxShadow.spreadRadius), -Length.toDevicePixels(boxShadow.spreadRadius)) : nativeView.bounds;
+	// prettier-ignore
+	const bounds = CGRectInset(nativeView.bounds,
+		-Length.toDevicePixels(boxShadow.spreadRadius, 0.0),
+		-Length.toDevicePixels(boxShadow.spreadRadius, 0.0)
+	);
 
 	// This has the nice glow with box shadow of 0,0
 	layer.shadowPath = UIBezierPath.bezierPathWithRoundedRectCornerRadius(bounds, cornerRadius).CGPath;
@@ -749,7 +760,10 @@ function drawBoxShadow(nativeView: NativeView, view: View, boxShadow: CSSShadow,
 
 function clearBoxShadow(nativeView: NativeView) {
 	nativeView.clipsToBounds = true;
-	const layer: CALayer = iOSNativeHelper.getShadowLayer(nativeView, 'ns-box-shadow');
+	const layer: CALayer = iOSNativeHelper.getShadowLayer(nativeView, 'ns-box-shadow', false);
+	if (!layer) {
+		return;
+	}
 	layer.masksToBounds = true;
 	layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, 0);
 	layer.shadowColor = UIColor.clearColor.CGColor;
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/styling/css-shadow.ts b/packages/core/ui/styling/css-shadow.ts
index 645d87913..515b31a1e 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/styling/css-shadow.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/styling/css-shadow.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const isLength = (v) => v === '0' || LENGTH_RE.test(v);
  * @param value
  */
 export function parseCSSShadow(value: string): CSSShadow {
-	const parts = value.split(PARTS_RE);
+	const parts = value.trim().split(PARTS_RE);
 	const inset = parts.includes('inset');
 	const first = parts[0];
 	const last = parts[parts.length - 1];
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/native-helper.d.ts b/packages/core/utils/native-helper.d.ts
index ddf3e1e4f..1f9becfff 100644
--- a/packages/core/utils/native-helper.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/utils/native-helper.d.ts
@@ -171,8 +171,9 @@ export namespace iOSNativeHelper {
 	/**
 	 * @param nativeView UIView to find shadow layer with
 	 * @param name Name of the shadow layer if looking for specifically named layer
+	 * @param create should we create a new layer if not found
 	 */
-	export function getShadowLayer(nativeView: any /* UIView */, name?: string): any; /* CALayer */
+	export function getShadowLayer(nativeView: any /* UIView */, name?: string, create?: boolean): any; /* CALayer */
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegate implementation for use with UIDocumentInteractionController
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/native-helper.ios.ts b/packages/core/utils/native-helper.ios.ts
index 2e47e33a2..b7d93f398 100644
--- a/packages/core/utils/native-helper.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/utils/native-helper.ios.ts
@@ -120,44 +120,86 @@ export namespace iOSNativeHelper {
 		return transform;
 	}
 
-	export function getShadowLayer(nativeView: UIView, name?: string): CALayer {
-		let layer: CALayer;
-		name = name || 'ns-shadow-layer';
-		if (nativeView) {
-			if (nativeView.layer) {
-				if (nativeView.layer.name === name) {
-					console.log('- found shadow layer - reusing.');
-					return nativeView.layer;
-				} else {
-					if (nativeView.layer.sublayers && nativeView.layer.sublayers.count) {
-						console.log('nativeView.layer.sublayers.count:', nativeView.layer.sublayers.count);
-						for (let i = 0; i < nativeView.layer.sublayers.count; i++) {
-							console.log(`layer ${i}:`, nativeView.layer.sublayers.objectAtIndex(i));
-							console.log(`layer ${i} name:`, nativeView.layer.sublayers.objectAtIndex(i).name);
-							if (nativeView.layer.sublayers.objectAtIndex(i).name === name) {
-								return nativeView.layer.sublayers.objectAtIndex(i);
-							}
-						}
-						if (nativeView instanceof UITextView) {
-							layer = nativeView.layer.sublayers.objectAtIndex(1);
-						} else {
-							layer = nativeView.layer.sublayers.objectAtIndex(nativeView.layer.sublayers.count - 1);
-						}
-					} else {
-						layer = nativeView.layer;
-					}
+	export function getShadowLayer(nativeView: UIView, name: string = 'ns-shadow-layer', create: boolean = true): CALayer {
+		return nativeView.layer;
+
+		console.log(`--- ${create ? 'CREATE' : 'READ'}`);
+
+		/**
+		 * UIView
+		 *  -> Shadow
+		 *
+		 *
+		 *  UIView
+		 *   -> UIView
+		 *   -> Shadow
+		 */
+
+		if (!nativeView) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		if (!nativeView.layer) {
+			// should never hit this?
+			console.log('- no layer! -');
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		// if the nativeView's layer is the shadow layer?
+		if (nativeView.layer.name === name) {
+			console.log('- found shadow layer - reusing.');
+			return nativeView.layer;
+		}
+
+		console.log('>> layer                :', nativeView.layer);
+		if (nativeView.layer.sublayers?.count) {
+			const count = nativeView.layer.sublayers.count;
+			for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+				const subLayer = nativeView.layer.sublayers.objectAtIndex(i);
+
+				console.log(`>> subLayer ${i + 1}/${count}         :`, subLayer);
+				console.log(`>> subLayer ${i + 1}/${count} name    :`, subLayer.name);
+
+				if (subLayer.name === name) {
+					console.log('- found shadow sublayer - reusing.');
+					return subLayer;
 				}
-			} else {
-				// could this occur?
-				console.log('no layer!');
 			}
+			// if (nativeView instanceof UITextView) {
+			// 	return nativeView.layer.sublayers.objectAtIndex(1);
+			// } else {
+			// 	return nativeView.layer.sublayers.objectAtIndex(nativeView.layer.sublayers.count - 1);
+			// }
 		}
-		console.log('layer.name:', layer.name);
-		if (!layer.name) {
-			// only explicitly name if the developer had not named it themselves and/or some other integration
-			layer.name = name;
+		// else {
+		// 		layer = nativeView.layer;
+		// }
+
+		// we're not interested in creating a new layer
+		if (!create) {
+			return null;
 		}
-		return layer;
+
+		console.log(`- adding a new layer for - ${name}`);
+
+		const viewLayer = nativeView.layer;
+		const newLayer = CALayer.layer();
+
+		newLayer.name = name;
+		newLayer.zPosition = 0.0;
+		// nativeView.layer.insertSublayerBelow(newLayer, nativeView.layer)
+		// newLayer.insertSublayerAtIndex(nativeView.layer, 0)
+		// nativeView.layer.zPosition = 1.0;
+		// nativeView.layer.addSublayer(newLayer);
+
+		// nativeView.layer = CALayer.layer()
+
+		nativeView.layer.insertSublayerAtIndex(newLayer, 0);
+		// nativeView.layer.insertSublayerAtIndex(viewLayer, 1)
+
+		// nativeView.layer.replaceSublayerWith(newLayer, nativeView.layer);
+
+		return newLayer;
 	}
 
 	export function createUIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegate(): NSObject {