diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image-common.ts
index 779f34f3c8..95374b55a0 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image-common.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { ImageSource, fromAsset, fromNativeSource, fromUrl } from "../../image-s
 import { isDataURI, isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX } from "../../utils/utils";
 
 export * from "../core/view";
-export { ImageSource, fromAsset, fromNativeSource, fromUrl, isDataURI, isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX };
+export { ImageSource, ImageAsset, fromAsset, fromNativeSource, fromUrl, isDataURI, isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX };
 
 export abstract class ImageBase extends View implements ImageDefinition {
     public imageSource: ImageSource;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export abstract class ImageBase extends View implements ImageDefinition {
     /**
      * @internal
      */
-    public _createImageSourceFromSrc(value: string | ImageSource): void {
+    public _createImageSourceFromSrc(value: string | ImageSource | ImageAsset): void {
         const originalValue = value;
         const sync = this.loadMode === "sync";
         if (typeof value === "string" || value instanceof String) {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
index 444e7417f5..fb03c78251 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {
-    ImageSource, ImageBase, stretchProperty, imageSourceProperty, srcProperty, tintColorProperty, Color,
+    ImageSource, ImageAsset, ImageBase, stretchProperty, imageSourceProperty, srcProperty, tintColorProperty, Color,
     isDataURI, isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX
 } from "./image-common";
 import { knownFolders } from "../../file-system";
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class Image extends ImageBase {
         this.nativeViewProtected.setImageMatrix(new android.graphics.Matrix());        
     }
 
-    public _createImageSourceFromSrc(value: string | ImageSource) {
+    public _createImageSourceFromSrc(value: string | ImageSource | ImageAsset) {
         const imageView = this.nativeViewProtected;
         if (!imageView) {
             return;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-properties.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-properties.ts
index 9e4ba90184..7165ab0c94 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-properties.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-properties.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Types
-import { 
+import {
     Transformation,
     TransformationValue,
     TransformFunctionsInfo,
@@ -456,13 +456,13 @@ const TRANSFORMATIONS = Object.freeze([
 const STYLE_TRANSFORMATION_MAP = Object.freeze({
     "scale": value => ({ property: "scale", value }),
     "scale3d": value => ({ property: "scale", value }),
-    "scaleX": ({x}) => ({ property: "scale", value: { x, y: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.scale.y } }),
-    "scaleY": ({y}) => ({ property: "scale", value: { y, x: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.scale.x } }),
+    "scaleX": ({ x }) => ({ property: "scale", value: { x, y: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.scale.y } }),
+    "scaleY": ({ y }) => ({ property: "scale", value: { y, x: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.scale.x } }),
 
     "translate": value => ({ property: "translate", value }),
     "translate3d": value => ({ property: "translate", value }),
-    "translateX": ({x}) => ({ property: "translate", value: { x, y: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.translate.y } }),
-    "translateY": ({y}) => ({ property: "translate", value: { y, x: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.translate.x } }),
+    "translateX": ({ x }) => ({ property: "translate", value: { x, y: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.translate.y } }),
+    "translateY": ({ y }) => ({ property: "translate", value: { y, x: IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION.translate.x } }),
 
     "rotate": value => ({ property: "rotate", value }),
 });
@@ -501,12 +501,12 @@ export function transformConverter(text: string): TransformFunctionsInfo {
         return fullTransformations;
     }
 
-   const affineMatrix = transformations
+    const affineMatrix = transformations
         .map(getTransformMatrix)
         .reduce(multiplyAffine2d)
-   const cssMatrix = matrixArrayToCssMatrix(affineMatrix)
+    const cssMatrix = matrixArrayToCssMatrix(affineMatrix)
 
-   return decompose2DTransformMatrix(cssMatrix);
+    return decompose2DTransformMatrix(cssMatrix);
 }
 
 // using general regex and manually checking the matched
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ function parseTransformString(text: string): Transformation[] {
     return matches;
 }
 
-function normalizeTransformation({ property, value }: Transformation) { 
-    return STYLE_TRANSFORMATION_MAP[property](value);
+function normalizeTransformation({ property, value }: Transformation): Transformation {
+    return <any>STYLE_TRANSFORMATION_MAP[property](value);
 }
 
 function convertTransformValue(property: string, stringValue: string)