diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/widget/TextView.java b/src/api-impl/android/widget/TextView.java
index ed215f67..e36c689a 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/widget/TextView.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/widget/TextView.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public class TextView extends View {
 
 		if (text instanceof android.text.Spanned)
 			native_set_markup(1);
+		requestLayout();
 	}
 
 	public void setText(int resId) {