diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
index f85236d48..11f09b0b6 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ public class ViewProps {
   public static final String MIN_HEIGHT = "minHeight";
   public static final String MAX_HEIGHT = "maxHeight";
 
+  public static final String HIDDEN = "hidden";
+  public static final String VISIBLE = "visible";
+
   public static final String ASPECT_RATIO = "aspectRatio";
 
   // Props that sometimes may prevent us from collapsing views
@@ -254,8 +257,6 @@ public class ViewProps {
           return map.isNull(BORDER_RIGHT_WIDTH) || map.getDouble(BORDER_RIGHT_WIDTH) == 0d;
         case BORDER_BOTTOM_WIDTH:
           return map.isNull(BORDER_BOTTOM_WIDTH) || map.getDouble(BORDER_BOTTOM_WIDTH) == 0d;
-        case OVERFLOW: // We do nothing with this right now.
-          return true;
         default:
           return false;
       }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
index 1915b6eb4..8d6a2abea 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactZIndexedViewGroup;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.RootView;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.RootViewUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewGroupDrawingOrderHelper;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewProps;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaConstants;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -682,12 +683,12 @@ public class ReactViewGroup extends ViewGroup implements
   private void dispatchOverflowDraw(Canvas canvas) {
     if (mOverflow != null) {
       switch (mOverflow) {
-        case "visible":
+        case ViewProps.VISIBLE:
           if (mPath != null) {
             mPath.rewind();
           }
           break;
-        case "hidden":
+        case ViewProps.HIDDEN:
           if (mReactBackgroundDrawable != null) {
             float left = 0f;
             float top = 0f;