@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<LabelModule.Label> {
         const span = new Span();
         span.text = "long label";
         span.fontWeight = "bold";
-    
+
         const span2 = new Span();
         span2.text = "long label";
-    
+
         const formattedString = new FormattedString();
         formattedString.spans.push(span);
         formattedString.spans.push(span2);
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<LabelModule.Label> {
         const span3 = new Span();
         span3.text = "short label";
         span3.fontWeight = "bold";
-    
+
         const formattedString2 = new FormattedString();
         formattedString2.spans.push(span3);
         label.formattedText = formattedString2;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<LabelModule.Label> {
         const span = new Span();
         span.text = "short label";
         span.fontWeight = "bold";
-    
+
         const formattedString = new FormattedString();
         formattedString.spans.push(span);
         label.formattedText = formattedString;
@@ -220,10 +220,10 @@ export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<LabelModule.Label> {
         const span2 = new Span();
         span2.text = "long label";
         span2.fontWeight = "bold";
-    
+
         const span3 = new Span();
         span3.text = "long label";
-    
+
         const formattedString2 = new FormattedString();
         formattedString2.spans.push(span2);
         formattedString2.spans.push(span3);
@@ -733,6 +733,21 @@ export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<LabelModule.Label> {
             return host;
         });
     }
+    
+    public test_FormattedText_ShouldNotCrash_WheRemovedFromSpan() {
+        const label = this.testView;
+        label.color = new colorModule.Color("red");
+        this.waitUntilTestElementIsLoaded();
+
+        const span = new Span();
+        span.text = "test";
+        
+        const formattedString = new FormattedString();
+        formattedString.spans.push(span);
+
+        label._addChildFromBuilder("FormattedString", formattedString);
+        label._removeView(formattedString);
+    };
 }
 
 export function createTestCase(): LabelTest {
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { isString } from "../../utils/types";
 export * from "./text-base-common";
 
 interface TextTransformation {
-    new (owner: TextBase): android.text.method.TransformationMethod;
+    new(owner: TextBase): android.text.method.TransformationMethod;
 }
 
 let TextTransformation: TextTransformation;
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ export function getTransformedText(text: string, textTransform: TextTransform):
 }
 
 function createSpannableStringBuilder(formattedString: FormattedString): android.text.SpannableStringBuilder {
-    if (!formattedString) {
+    if (!formattedString || !formattedString.parent) {
         return null;
     }
 
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
 
     createNSMutableAttributedString(formattedString: FormattedString): NSMutableAttributedString {
         let mas = NSMutableAttributedString.alloc().init();
-        if (formattedString) {
+        if (formattedString && formattedString.parent) {
             for (let i = 0, spanStart = 0, length = formattedString.spans.length; i < length; i++) {
                 const span = formattedString.spans.getItem(i);
                 const text = span.text;
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { isString } from "../../utils/types";`
`12`	`12`	`export * from "./text-base-common";`
`13`	`13`
`14`	`14`	`interface TextTransformation {`
`15`		`- new (owner: TextBase): android.text.method.TransformationMethod;`
	`15`	`+ new(owner: TextBase): android.text.method.TransformationMethod;`
`16`	`16`	`}`
`17`	`17`
`18`	`18`	`let TextTransformation: TextTransformation;`
`@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ export function getTransformedText(text: string, textTransform: TextTransform):`
`344`	`344`	`}`
`345`	`345`
`346`	`346`	`function createSpannableStringBuilder(formattedString: FormattedString): android.text.SpannableStringBuilder {`
`347`		`- if (!formattedString) {`
	`347`	`+ if (!formattedString \|\| !formattedString.parent) {`
`348`	`348`	`return null;`
`349`	`349`	`}`
`350`	`350`