diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/view/ViewGroup.java b/src/api-impl/android/view/ViewGroup.java
index a97b0109..63882f61 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/view/ViewGroup.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/view/ViewGroup.java
@@ -41,11 +41,15 @@ public class ViewGroup extends View implements ViewParent, ViewManager {
 	}
 
 	public void addView(View child) {
-		addView(child, -1, null);
+		addView(child, -1);
 	}
 
 	public void addView(View child, int index) {
-		addView(child, index, null);
+		LayoutParams params = child.getLayoutParams();
+		if (params == null) {
+			params = generateDefaultLayoutParams();
+		}
+		addView(child, index, params);
 	}
 
 	public void addView(View child, LayoutParams params) {
@@ -53,20 +57,25 @@ public class ViewGroup extends View implements ViewParent, ViewManager {
 	}
 
 	public void addView(View child, int width, int height) {
-		addView(child, new LayoutParams(width, height));
+		final LayoutParams params = generateDefaultLayoutParams();
+		params.width = width;
+		params.height = height;
+		addView(child, params);
 	}
 
 	private void addViewInternal(View child, int index, LayoutParams params) {
 		if (child.parent == this)
 			return;
-		if (params != null) {
-			child.setLayoutParams(params);
+		if (!checkLayoutParams(params)) {
+			params = generateLayoutParams(params);
 		}
+		child.setLayoutParams(params);
 		child.parent = this;
 		if (index < 0)
 			index = children.size();
 		children.add(index, child);
 		native_addView(widget, child.widget, index, params);
+		requestLayout();
 	}
 
 	public void addView(View child, int index, LayoutParams params) {
@@ -312,6 +321,12 @@ public class ViewGroup extends View implements ViewParent, ViewManager {
 			super();
 		}
 
+		public MarginLayoutParams(LayoutParams params) {
+			super();
+			width = params.width;
+			height = params.height;
+		}
+
 		public MarginLayoutParams(int width, int height) {
 			super(width, height);
 		}
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/widget/FrameLayout.java b/src/api-impl/android/widget/FrameLayout.java
index 40fa868e..e77135c6 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/widget/FrameLayout.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/widget/FrameLayout.java
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ public class FrameLayout extends ViewGroup {
 	@Override
 	protected native void native_removeView(long widget, long child);
 
-	public void addView(View child, int index) {
-		addView(child, index, null);
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public LayoutParams generateLayoutParams(AttributeSet attrs) {
 		return new LayoutParams(getContext(), attrs);