diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/views/android_view_View.c b/src/api-impl-jni/views/android_view_View.c
index da3b542c..c2015814 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/views/android_view_View.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/views/android_view_View.c
@@ -406,11 +406,11 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_view_View_setBackgroundColor(JNIEnv *env, jo
 
 	GtkCssProvider *css_provider = gtk_css_provider_new();
 
-	char *css_string = g_markup_printf_escaped("* { background-color: #%06x%02x; }", color & 0xFFFFFF, (color >> 24) & 0xFF);
+	char *css_string = g_markup_printf_escaped("* { background-image: none; background-color: #%06x%02x; }", color & 0xFFFFFF, (color >> 24) & 0xFF);
 	gtk_css_provider_load_from_string(css_provider, css_string);
 	g_free(css_string);
 
-	gtk_style_context_add_provider(gtk_widget_get_style_context(gtk_widget_get_parent(widget)), GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER(css_provider), GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION);
+	gtk_style_context_add_provider(gtk_widget_get_style_context(widget), GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER(css_provider), GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION);
 }
 
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_view_View_native_1setBackgroundDrawable(JNIEnv *env, jobject this, jlong widget_ptr, jlong paintable_ptr) {
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/ColorDrawable.java b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/ColorDrawable.java
index c804e166..3a3bff49 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/ColorDrawable.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/ColorDrawable.java
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ public class ColorDrawable extends Drawable {
 	public int getColor() {
 		return color;
 	}
-	
+
 }
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.java b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.java
index 5a4eb77f..e5337ba2 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class Drawable {
 	public ConstantState getConstantState() {
 		return null;
 	}
-	
+
 	public abstract class ConstantState {
 
 		public abstract Drawable newDrawable(Resources res);
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ public class Drawable {
 			return drawable;
 		} else if ("transition".equals(parser.getName())) {
 			return new Drawable();
+		} else if ("ripple".equals(parser.getName())) {
+			// FIXME: the non-pressed state of RippleDrawable should be equivalent to this
+			return new ColorDrawable(0);
 		}
 		return null;
 	}
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java
index f3fdd2d4..b4b0fcfd 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ public class RippleDrawable extends Drawable {
 		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unimplemented method 'draw'");
 	}
-	
 }