diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableShadowNode.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableShadowNode.java
index a7ba2e96..99242f51 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableShadowNode.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableShadowNode.java
@@ -204,10 +204,8 @@ abstract public class RenderableShadowNode extends VirtualNode {
         opacity *= mOpacity;
 
         if (opacity > MIN_OPACITY_FOR_DRAW) {
-            if (mPath == null) {
-                mPath = getPath(canvas, paint);
-                mPath.setFillType(mFillRule);
-            }
+            mPath = getPath(canvas, paint);
+            mPath.setFillType(mFillRule);
 
             clip(canvas, paint);
             if (setupFillPaint(paint, opacity * mFillOpacity, null)) {
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgViewShadowNode.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgViewShadowNode.java
index 2b5a7e5b..e9f274a5 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgViewShadowNode.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgViewShadowNode.java
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ public class SvgViewShadowNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
 
         mCanvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
         drawChildren(mCanvas);
-        mCanvas = null;
         return bitmap;
     }
 
@@ -75,8 +74,6 @@ public class SvgViewShadowNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
     }
 
     private void drawChildren(Canvas canvas) {
-        canvas.getClipBounds();
-        canvas.drawColor(Color.TRANSPARENT, PorterDuff.Mode.CLEAR);
         Paint paint = new Paint();
 
         for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanShadowNode.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanShadowNode.java
index 9a96a675..6a9ddc8e 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanShadowNode.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanShadowNode.java
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ public class TSpanShadowNode extends TextShadowNode {
     private Path getLinePath(String line, Paint paint, Path path) {
         float[] widths = new float[line.length()];
         paint.getTextWidths(line, widths);
-
         float glyphPosition = 0f;
 
         for (int index = 0; index < line.length(); index++) {
@@ -133,9 +132,6 @@ public class TSpanShadowNode extends TextShadowNode {
         return path;
     }
 
-    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN)
-
-
     private void applyTextPropertiesToPaint(Paint paint) {
         ReadableMap font = getFontFromContext();
 
diff --git a/lib/extract/extractText.js b/lib/extract/extractText.js
index 90eedcb1..55b0f639 100644
--- a/lib/extract/extractText.js
+++ b/lib/extract/extractText.js
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ export default function(props, container) {
         }
     } else if (Children.count(children) > 1) {
         children = Children.map(children, child => {
-            if (typeof child === 'string') {
-                return <TSpan>{child}</TSpan>;
+            if (typeof child === 'string' || typeof child === 'number') {
+                return <TSpan>{child.toString()}</TSpan>;
             } else {
                 return child;
             }