diff --git a/api-reports/NativeScript.api.md b/api-reports/NativeScript.api.md
index d2d7d93604..3c1d17ad55 100644
--- a/api-reports/NativeScript.api.md
+++ b/api-reports/NativeScript.api.md
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ export class Color {
     public b: number;
     public equals(value: Color): boolean;
     public static equals(value1: Color, value2: Color): boolean;
+    public static fromIosColor(value: any /* UIColor */): Color;
     public g: number;
     public hex: string;
     ios: any /* UIColor */;
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/css/all-non-uniform-border-page.css b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/css/all-non-uniform-border-page.css
index 3529e9d294..a0f54831f2 100644
--- a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/css/all-non-uniform-border-page.css
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/css/all-non-uniform-border-page.css
@@ -5,3 +5,10 @@
     height: 80;
     font-size: 6;
 }
+
+.html-view {
+    font-size: 10;
+    link-color: red;
+    color: green;
+    font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
+}
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/css/all-non-uniform-border-page.xml b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/css/all-non-uniform-border-page.xml
index 64efc27d91..ed2837afdf 100644
--- a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/css/all-non-uniform-border-page.xml
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/css/all-non-uniform-border-page.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <ActivityIndicator class="s0" row="2" col="2" busy="false"/>
         <Image class="s0" row="3" col="0" src="~/resources/images/gravatar.png" stretch="fill"/>
         <ListView class="s0" row="3" col="1" items="ListView"/>
-        <HtmlView class="s0" row="3" col="2" html="<h1>HtmlView</h1>"/>
+        <HtmlView class="s0 html-view" row="3" col="2" html="<h1>HtmlView</h1><a href='http://www.nativescript.org'>{N} Site</a>"/>
         <WebView class="s0" row="4" col="0" src="~/web-view/test.html"/>
         <SegmentedBar class="s0" row="4" col="1">
             <SegmentedBar.items>
diff --git a/nativescript-core/color/color-common.ts b/nativescript-core/color/color-common.ts
index 0a8e12fb42..d929e50558 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/color/color-common.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/color/color-common.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ export class Color implements definition.Color {
     public toString(): string {
         return this.hex;
     }
+
+    public static fromIosColor(value: UIColor): Color {
+        return undefined;
+    }
 }
 
 function isRgbOrRgba(value: string): boolean {
diff --git a/nativescript-core/color/color.d.ts b/nativescript-core/color/color.d.ts
index ee75d7941a..cb6712cf38 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/color/color.d.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/color/color.d.ts
@@ -75,4 +75,9 @@ export class Color {
      * @param value Input string.
      */
     public static isValid(value: any): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates color from iOS-specific UIColor value representation.
+     */
+    public static fromIosColor(value: any /* UIColor */): Color;
 }
diff --git a/nativescript-core/color/color.ios.ts b/nativescript-core/color/color.ios.ts
index a0aad04377..648a3759f9 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/color/color.ios.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/color/color.ios.ts
@@ -11,4 +11,15 @@ export class Color extends common.Color {
 
         return this._ios;
     }
+
+    public static fromIosColor(value: UIColor): Color {
+        const rgba = CGColorGetComponents(value.CGColor);
+
+        return new Color(
+            Math.round(rgba[3] * 255),
+            Math.round(rgba[0] * 255),
+            Math.round(rgba[1] * 255),
+            Math.round(rgba[2] * 255),
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/html-view/html-view-common.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/html-view/html-view-common.ts
index e6c564e865..9c7df2d504 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/html-view/html-view-common.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/html-view/html-view-common.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import { HtmlView as HtmlViewDefinition } from ".";
+import { Color } from "../../color";
+import { Style, CssProperty } from "../core/properties";
 import { View, Property, CSSType } from "../core/view";
+import { HtmlView as HtmlViewDefinition } from ".";
 
 export * from "../core/view";
 
@@ -13,3 +15,11 @@ HtmlViewBase.prototype.recycleNativeView = "auto";
 // TODO: Can we use Label.ios optimization for affectsLayout???
 export const htmlProperty = new Property<HtmlViewBase, string>({ name: "html", defaultValue: "", affectsLayout: true });
 htmlProperty.register(HtmlViewBase);
+
+export const linkColorProperty = new CssProperty<Style, Color>({
+    name: "linkColor",
+    cssName: "link-color",
+    equalityComparer: Color.equals,
+    valueConverter: (value) => new Color(value),
+});
+linkColorProperty.register(Style);
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/html-view/html-view.android.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/html-view/html-view.android.ts
index 139735bb66..67379dc807 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/html-view/html-view.android.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/html-view/html-view.android.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
-import {
-    HtmlViewBase, htmlProperty
+import { Color } from "../../color";
+import { Font } from "../styling/font";
+import {
+    colorProperty,
+    fontSizeProperty,
+    fontInternalProperty,
+} from "../styling/style-properties";
+import {
+    HtmlViewBase, htmlProperty,
+    linkColorProperty,
 } from "./html-view-common";
 
 export * from "./html-view-common";
@@ -15,6 +23,9 @@ export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
         super.initNativeView();
         const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
 
+        // Allow text selection
+        nativeView.setTextIsSelectable(true);
+
         // This makes the html <a href...> work
         nativeView.setLinksClickable(true);
         nativeView.setMovementMethod(android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
@@ -39,4 +50,46 @@ export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
         this.nativeViewProtected.setAutoLinkMask(mask);
         this.nativeViewProtected.setText(<any>android.text.Html.fromHtml(value));
     }
+
+    [colorProperty.getDefault](): android.content.res.ColorStateList {
+        return this.nativeViewProtected.getTextColors();
+    }
+    [colorProperty.setNative](value: Color | android.content.res.ColorStateList) {
+        if (value instanceof Color) {
+            this.nativeViewProtected.setTextColor(value.android);
+        } else {
+            this.nativeViewProtected.setTextColor(value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [linkColorProperty.getDefault](): android.content.res.ColorStateList {
+        return this.nativeViewProtected.getLinkTextColors();
+    }
+    [linkColorProperty.setNative](value: Color | android.content.res.ColorStateList) {
+        const color = value instanceof Color ? value.android : value;
+        if (value instanceof Color) {
+            this.nativeViewProtected.setLinkTextColor(value.android);
+        } else {
+            this.nativeViewProtected.setLinkTextColor(value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [fontInternalProperty.getDefault](): android.graphics.Typeface {
+        return this.nativeViewProtected.getTypeface();
+    }
+    [fontInternalProperty.setNative](value: Font | android.graphics.Typeface) {
+        const font = value instanceof Font ? value.getAndroidTypeface() : value;
+        this.nativeViewProtected.setTypeface(font);
+    }
+
+    [fontSizeProperty.getDefault](): {nativeSize: number} {
+        return {nativeSize: this.nativeViewProtected.getTextSize()};
+    }
+    [fontSizeProperty.setNative](value: number | {nativeSize: number}) {
+        if (typeof value === "number") {
+            this.nativeViewProtected.setTextSize(value);
+        } else {
+            this.nativeViewProtected.setTextSize(android.util.TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, value.nativeSize);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts
index d5c1d5b6e7..89156326fd 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
+import { Color } from "../../color";
+import { Font } from "../styling/font";
 import {
-    HtmlViewBase, View, layout, htmlProperty
+    colorProperty,
+    fontInternalProperty,
+} from "../styling/style-properties";
+import {
+    HtmlViewBase, View, layout, htmlProperty, fontSizeProperty,
+    linkColorProperty,
 } from "./html-view-common";
 import { ios } from "../../utils/utils";
 
@@ -9,6 +16,7 @@ const majorVersion = ios.MajorVersion;
 
 export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
     nativeViewProtected: UITextView;
+    private currentHtml: string;
 
     public createNativeView() {
         const view = UITextView.new();
@@ -21,6 +29,14 @@ export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
         return view;
     }
 
+    public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
+
+        // Remove extra padding
+        this.nativeViewProtected.textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0;
+        this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset = (UIEdgeInsets as any).zero;
+    }
+
     get ios(): UITextView {
         return this.nativeViewProtected;
     }
@@ -50,8 +66,22 @@ export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
     [htmlProperty.getDefault](): string {
         return "";
     }
-    [htmlProperty.setNative](value: string) {
-        const htmlString = NSString.stringWithString(value + "");
+
+    private renderWithStyles() {
+        let html = this.currentHtml;
+        const styles = [];
+        if (this.nativeViewProtected.font) {
+            styles.push(`font-family: '${this.nativeViewProtected.font.fontName}';`);
+            styles.push(`font-size: ${this.nativeViewProtected.font.pointSize}px;`);
+        }
+        if (this.nativeViewProtected.textColor) {
+            const textColor = Color.fromIosColor(this.nativeViewProtected.textColor);
+            styles.push(`color: ${textColor.hex};`);
+        }
+        if (styles.length > 0) {
+            html += `<style>body {${styles.join("")}}</style>`;
+        }
+        const htmlString = NSString.stringWithString(html + "");
         const nsData = htmlString.dataUsingEncoding(NSUnicodeStringEncoding);
         this.nativeViewProtected.attributedText = NSAttributedString.alloc().initWithDataOptionsDocumentAttributesError(
             nsData,
@@ -63,4 +93,38 @@ export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
             this.nativeViewProtected.textColor = UIColor.labelColor;
         }
     }
+
+    [htmlProperty.setNative](value: string) {
+        this.currentHtml = value;
+        this.renderWithStyles();
+    }
+
+    [colorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
+        return this.nativeViewProtected.textColor;
+    }
+    [colorProperty.setNative](value: Color | UIColor) {
+        const color = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
+        this.nativeViewProtected.textColor = color;
+        this.renderWithStyles();
+    }
+
+    [linkColorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
+        return this.nativeViewProtected.linkTextAttributes[NSForegroundColorAttributeName];
+    }
+    [linkColorProperty.setNative](value: Color | UIColor) {
+        const color = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
+        const linkTextAttributes = NSDictionary.dictionaryWithObjectForKey(
+            color,
+            NSForegroundColorAttributeName,
+        );
+        this.nativeViewProtected.linkTextAttributes = linkTextAttributes;
+    }
+    [fontInternalProperty.getDefault](): UIFont {
+        return this.nativeViewProtected.font;
+    }
+    [fontInternalProperty.setNative](value: Font | UIFont) {
+        const font = value instanceof Font ? value.getUIFont(this.nativeViewProtected.font) : value;
+        this.nativeViewProtected.font = font;
+        this.renderWithStyles();
+    }
 }