diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BaseViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BaseViewManager.java
index ba4055eae..f1d1413d0 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BaseViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BaseViewManager.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewParent;
-
 import com.facebook.react.R;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ public abstract class BaseViewManager<T extends View, C extends LayoutShadowNode
 
   private static final String PROP_BACKGROUND_COLOR = ViewProps.BACKGROUND_COLOR;
   private static final String PROP_TRANSFORM = "transform";
-  private static final String PROP_OPACITY = "opacity";
   private static final String PROP_ELEVATION = "elevation";
   private static final String PROP_Z_INDEX = "zIndex";
   private static final String PROP_RENDER_TO_HARDWARE_TEXTURE = "renderToHardwareTextureAndroid";
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ public abstract class BaseViewManager<T extends View, C extends LayoutShadowNode
     }
   }
 
-  @ReactProp(name = PROP_OPACITY, defaultFloat = 1.f)
+  @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.OPACITY, defaultFloat = 1.f)
   public void setOpacity(T view, float opacity) {
     view.setAlpha(opacity);
   }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyOptimizer.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyOptimizer.java
index 52c549b74..f1ab0472b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyOptimizer.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyOptimizer.java
@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
 import android.util.SparseBooleanArray;
-
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMapKeySetIterator;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * Class responsible for optimizing the native view hierarchy while still respecting the final UI
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 fe71f1d2d..964e41084 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
 
+import android.graphics.Color;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
-
 /**
  * Keys for props that need to be shared across multiple classes.
  */
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public class ViewProps {
   public static final String TEXT_ALIGN_VERTICAL = "textAlignVertical";
   public static final String TEXT_DECORATION_LINE = "textDecorationLine";
   public static final String TEXT_BREAK_STRATEGY = "textBreakStrategy";
+  public static final String OPACITY = "opacity";
 
   public static final String ALLOW_FONT_SCALING = "allowFontScaling";
   public static final String INCLUDE_FONT_PADDING = "includeFontPadding";
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ public class ViewProps {
   public static final String BORDER_TOP_RIGHT_RADIUS = "borderTopRightRadius";
   public static final String BORDER_BOTTOM_LEFT_RADIUS = "borderBottomLeftRadius";
   public static final String BORDER_BOTTOM_RIGHT_RADIUS = "borderBottomRightRadius";
+  public static final String BORDER_COLOR = "borderColor";
+  public static final String BORDER_LEFT_COLOR = "borderLeftColor";
+  public static final String BORDER_RIGHT_COLOR = "borderRightColor";
+  public static final String BORDER_TOP_COLOR = "borderTopColor";
+  public static final String BORDER_BOTTOM_COLOR = "borderBottomColor";
   public static final int[] BORDER_SPACING_TYPES = {
       Spacing.ALL, Spacing.START, Spacing.END, Spacing.TOP, Spacing.BOTTOM
   };
@@ -164,14 +170,59 @@ public class ViewProps {
             PADDING_TOP,
             PADDING_BOTTOM));
 
+  public static boolean sIsOptimizationsEnabled;
+
   public static boolean isLayoutOnly(ReadableMap map, String prop) {
     if (LAYOUT_ONLY_PROPS.contains(prop)) {
       return true;
     } else if (POINTER_EVENTS.equals(prop)) {
       String value = map.getString(prop);
-      return "auto".equals(value) || "box-none".equals(value);
-    } else {
-      return false;
+      return "auto".equals(value);
     }
+
+    if (sIsOptimizationsEnabled) {
+      switch (prop) {
+        case OPACITY:
+          return map.getDouble(OPACITY) == 1d; // Ignore if explicitly set to default opacity.
+        case BACKGROUND_COLOR:
+          return map.getInt(BACKGROUND_COLOR) == Color.TRANSPARENT;
+        case BORDER_RADIUS: // Without a background color or border width set, a border won't show.
+          if (map.hasKey(BACKGROUND_COLOR) && map.getInt(BACKGROUND_COLOR) != Color.TRANSPARENT) {
+            return false;
+          }
+          if (map.hasKey(BORDER_WIDTH) && map.getDouble(BORDER_WIDTH) != 0d) {
+            return false;
+          }
+          return true;
+        case BORDER_COLOR:
+          return map.getInt(BORDER_COLOR) == Color.TRANSPARENT;
+        case BORDER_LEFT_COLOR:
+          return map.getInt(BORDER_LEFT_COLOR) == Color.TRANSPARENT;
+        case BORDER_RIGHT_COLOR:
+          return map.getInt(BORDER_RIGHT_COLOR) == Color.TRANSPARENT;
+        case BORDER_TOP_COLOR:
+          return map.getInt(BORDER_TOP_COLOR) == Color.TRANSPARENT;
+        case BORDER_BOTTOM_COLOR:
+          return map.getInt(BORDER_BOTTOM_COLOR) == Color.TRANSPARENT;
+        case BORDER_WIDTH:
+          return map.getDouble(BORDER_WIDTH) == 0d;
+        case BORDER_LEFT_WIDTH:
+          return map.getDouble(BORDER_LEFT_WIDTH) == 0d;
+        case BORDER_TOP_WIDTH:
+          return map.getDouble(BORDER_TOP_WIDTH) == 0d;
+        case BORDER_RIGHT_WIDTH:
+          return map.getDouble(BORDER_RIGHT_WIDTH) == 0d;
+        case BORDER_BOTTOM_WIDTH:
+          return map.getDouble(BORDER_BOTTOM_WIDTH) == 0d;
+        case "onLayout":
+          return true;
+        case "overflow": // We do nothing with this right now.
+          return true;
+        default:
+          return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
   }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java
index 3700d201a..59404c672 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java
@@ -9,17 +9,10 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.views.view;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.Map;
-
 import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.view.View;
-
-import com.facebook.yoga.YogaConstants;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
@@ -34,6 +27,10 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewGroupManager;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewProps;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactPropGroup;
+import com.facebook.yoga.YogaConstants;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * View manager for AndroidViews (plain React Views).
@@ -144,9 +141,16 @@ public class ReactViewManager extends ViewGroupManager<ReactViewGroup> {
     view.setBorderWidth(SPACING_TYPES[index], width);
   }
 
-  @ReactPropGroup(names = {
-      "borderColor", "borderLeftColor", "borderRightColor", "borderTopColor", "borderBottomColor"
-  }, customType = "Color")
+  @ReactPropGroup(
+    names = {
+      ViewProps.BORDER_COLOR,
+      ViewProps.BORDER_LEFT_COLOR,
+      ViewProps.BORDER_RIGHT_COLOR,
+      ViewProps.BORDER_TOP_COLOR,
+      ViewProps.BORDER_BOTTOM_COLOR
+    },
+    customType = "Color"
+  )
   public void setBorderColor(ReactViewGroup view, int index, Integer color) {
     float rgbComponent = color == null ? YogaConstants.UNDEFINED : (float) ((int)color & 0x00FFFFFF);
     float alphaComponent = color == null ? YogaConstants.UNDEFINED : (float) ((int)color >>> 24);