diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/views/android_view_View.c b/src/api-impl-jni/views/android_view_View.c
index 412ea602..7621a849 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/views/android_view_View.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/views/android_view_View.c
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_android_view_View_native_1constructor(JNIEnv *env,
 {
 	GtkWidget *wrapper = g_object_ref(wrapper_widget_new());
 	GtkWidget *widget = g_object_new(java_widget_get_type(), NULL);
+	gtk_widget_set_layout_manager(widget, android_layout_new(_REF(this)));
 	wrapper_widget_set_child(WRAPPER_WIDGET(wrapper), widget);
 	wrapper_widget_set_jobject(WRAPPER_WIDGET(wrapper), env, this);
 
@@ -373,12 +374,6 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_android_view_View_native_1constructor(JNIEnv *env,
 	/* this should better match default android behavior */
 	gtk_widget_set_overflow(wrapper, GTK_OVERFLOW_VISIBLE);
 
-	jmethodID measure_method = _METHOD(class, "onMeasure", "(II)V");
-	jmethodID layout_method = _METHOD(class, "onLayout", "(ZIIII)V");
-	if (measure_method != handle_cache.view.onMeasure || layout_method != handle_cache.view.onLayout) {
-		gtk_widget_set_layout_manager(widget, android_layout_new(_REF(this)));
-	}
-
 	if (_METHOD(_CLASS(this), "onGenericMotionEvent", "(Landroid/view/MotionEvent;)Z") != handle_cache.view.onGenericMotionEvent) {
 		GtkEventController *controller = gtk_event_controller_scroll_new(GTK_EVENT_CONTROLLER_SCROLL_VERTICAL);
 
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/view/ViewStub.java b/src/api-impl/android/view/ViewStub.java
index 626ae197..b7c640aa 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/view/ViewStub.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/view/ViewStub.java
@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@ public class ViewStub extends View {
 
 	public ViewStub(Context context) {
 		this(context, null, 0);
-		haveCustomMeasure = false;
 	}
 
 	public ViewStub(Context context, AttributeSet attributeSet) {
 		this(context, attributeSet, 0);
-		haveCustomMeasure = false;
 	}
 
 	public ViewStub(Context context, AttributeSet attributeSet, int defStyle) {
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/widget/Space.java b/src/api-impl/android/widget/Space.java
index 5c76becb..bfd66e91 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/widget/Space.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/widget/Space.java
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ public class Space extends View {
 
 	public Space(Context context) {
 		super(context);
-		haveCustomMeasure = false;
 	}
 
 	public Space(Context context, AttributeSet attributeSet) {
 		super(context, attributeSet);
-		haveCustomMeasure = false;
 	}
 
 }
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