diff --git a/src/components/CoreComponent/index.js b/src/components/CoreComponent/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 64d7048a..00000000
--- a/src/components/CoreComponent/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-import NativeMethodsDecorator from '../../modules/NativeMethodsDecorator'
-import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react'
-import StyleSheet from '../../apis/StyleSheet'
-
-const roleComponents = {
-  article: 'article',
-  banner: 'header',
-  button: 'button',
-  complementary: 'aside',
-  contentinfo: 'footer',
-  form: 'form',
-  heading: 'h1',
-  link: 'a',
-  list: 'ul',
-  listitem: 'li',
-  main: 'main',
-  navigation: 'nav',
-  region: 'section'
-}
-
-@NativeMethodsDecorator
-class CoreComponent extends Component {
-  static propTypes = {
-    accessibilityLabel: PropTypes.string,
-    accessibilityLiveRegion: PropTypes.oneOf([ 'assertive', 'off', 'polite' ]),
-    accessibilityRole: PropTypes.string,
-    accessible: PropTypes.bool,
-    component: PropTypes.oneOfType([ PropTypes.func, PropTypes.string ]),
-    style: PropTypes.oneOfType([ PropTypes.array, PropTypes.object ]),
-    testID: PropTypes.string,
-    type: PropTypes.string
-  };
-
-  static defaultProps = {
-    accessible: true,
-    component: 'div'
-  };
-
-  render() {
-    const {
-      accessibilityLabel,
-      accessibilityLiveRegion,
-      accessibilityRole,
-      accessible,
-      component,
-      testID,
-      type,
-      ...other
-    } = this.props
-
-    const Component = roleComponents[accessibilityRole] || component
-
-    return (
-      <Component
-        {...other}
-        {...StyleSheet.resolve(other)}
-        aria-hidden={accessible ? null : true}
-        aria-label={accessibilityLabel}
-        aria-live={accessibilityLiveRegion}
-        data-testid={testID}
-        role={accessibilityRole}
-        type={accessibilityRole === 'button' ? 'button' : type}
-      />
-    )
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = CoreComponent
diff --git a/src/components/Image/index.js b/src/components/Image/index.js
index f804e3ee..66a11533 100644
--- a/src/components/Image/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Image/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* global window */
-import NativeMethodsDecorator from '../../modules/NativeMethodsDecorator'
-import resolveAssetSource from './resolveAssetSource'
-import CoreComponent from '../CoreComponent'
+import createNativeComponent from '../../modules/createNativeComponent'
 import ImageResizeMode from './ImageResizeMode'
 import ImageStylePropTypes from './ImageStylePropTypes'
+import NativeMethodsDecorator from '../../modules/NativeMethodsDecorator'
+import resolveAssetSource from './resolveAssetSource'
 import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react'
 import StyleSheet from '../../apis/StyleSheet'
 import StyleSheetPropType from '../../apis/StyleSheet/StyleSheetPropType'
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ const ImageSourcePropType = PropTypes.oneOfType([
 @NativeMethodsDecorator
 class Image extends Component {
   static propTypes = {
-    accessibilityLabel: CoreComponent.propTypes.accessibilityLabel,
-    accessible: CoreComponent.propTypes.accessible,
+    accessibilityLabel: createNativeComponent.propTypes.accessibilityLabel,
+    accessible: createNativeComponent.propTypes.accessible,
     children: PropTypes.any,
     defaultSource: ImageSourcePropType,
     onError: PropTypes.func,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Image extends Component {
     resizeMode: PropTypes.oneOf(['contain', 'cover', 'none', 'stretch']),
     source: ImageSourcePropType,
     style: StyleSheetPropType(ImageStylePropTypes),
-    testID: CoreComponent.propTypes.testID
+    testID: createNativeComponent.propTypes.testID
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class Image extends Component {
         ]}
         testID={testID}
       >
-        <img src={displayImage} style={styles.img} />
+        {createNativeComponent({ component: 'img', src: displayImage, style: styles.img })}
         {children ? (
           <View children={children} pointerEvents='box-none' style={styles.children} />
         ) : null}
diff --git a/src/components/Text/__tests__/index-test.js b/src/components/Text/__tests__/index-test.js
index b455af05..b8d29ae8 100644
--- a/src/components/Text/__tests__/index-test.js
+++ b/src/components/Text/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -8,24 +8,6 @@ import ReactTestUtils from 'react-addons-test-utils'
 import Text from '../'
 
 suite('components/Text', () => {
-  test('prop "accessibilityLabel"', () => {
-    const accessibilityLabel = 'accessibilityLabel'
-    const result = utils.shallowRender(<Text accessibilityLabel={accessibilityLabel} />)
-    assert.equal(result.props.accessibilityLabel, accessibilityLabel)
-  })
-
-  test('prop "accessibilityRole"', () => {
-    const accessibilityRole = 'accessibilityRole'
-    const result = utils.shallowRender(<Text accessibilityRole={accessibilityRole} />)
-    assert.equal(result.props.accessibilityRole, accessibilityRole)
-  })
-
-  test('prop "accessible"', () => {
-    const accessible = false
-    const result = utils.shallowRender(<Text accessible={accessible} />)
-    assert.equal(result.props.accessible, accessible)
-  })
-
   test('prop "children"', () => {
     const children = 'children'
     const result = utils.shallowRender(<Text>{children}</Text>)
@@ -42,10 +24,4 @@ suite('components/Text', () => {
       done()
     }
   })
-
-  test('prop "testID"', () => {
-    const testID = 'testID'
-    const result = utils.shallowRender(<Text testID={testID} />)
-    assert.equal(result.props.testID, testID)
-  })
 })
diff --git a/src/components/Text/index.js b/src/components/Text/index.js
index 389b1390..54738ce0 100644
--- a/src/components/Text/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Text/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import createNativeComponent from '../../modules/createNativeComponent'
 import NativeMethodsDecorator from '../../modules/NativeMethodsDecorator'
-import CoreComponent from '../CoreComponent'
-import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react'
+import { Component, PropTypes } from 'react'
 import StyleSheet from '../../apis/StyleSheet'
 import StyleSheetPropType from '../../apis/StyleSheet/StyleSheetPropType'
 import TextStylePropTypes from './TextStylePropTypes'
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ import TextStylePropTypes from './TextStylePropTypes'
 @NativeMethodsDecorator
 class Text extends Component {
   static propTypes = {
-    accessibilityLabel: CoreComponent.propTypes.accessibilityLabel,
-    accessibilityRole: CoreComponent.propTypes.accessibilityRole,
-    accessible: CoreComponent.propTypes.accessible,
+    accessibilityLabel: createNativeComponent.propTypes.accessibilityLabel,
+    accessibilityRole: createNativeComponent.propTypes.accessibilityRole,
+    accessible: createNativeComponent.propTypes.accessible,
     children: PropTypes.any,
     numberOfLines: PropTypes.number,
     onPress: PropTypes.func,
     style: StyleSheetPropType(TextStylePropTypes),
-    testID: CoreComponent.propTypes.testID
+    testID: createNativeComponent.propTypes.testID
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
@@ -36,18 +36,16 @@ class Text extends Component {
       ...other
     } = this.props
 
-    return (
-      <CoreComponent
-        {...other}
-        component='span'
-        onClick={this._onPress}
-        style={[
-          styles.initial,
-          style,
-          numberOfLines === 1 && styles.singleLineStyle
-        ]}
-      />
-    )
+    return createNativeComponent({
+      ...other,
+      component: 'span',
+      onClick: this._onPress,
+      style: [
+        styles.initial,
+        style,
+        numberOfLines === 1 && styles.singleLineStyle
+      ]
+    })
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/TextInput/__tests__/index-test.js b/src/components/TextInput/__tests__/index-test.js
index 03184f5f..919bae7b 100644
--- a/src/components/TextInput/__tests__/index-test.js
+++ b/src/components/TextInput/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ const findShallowInput = (vdom) => vdom.props.children.props.children[0]
 const findShallowPlaceholder = (vdom) => vdom.props.children.props.children[1]
 
 suite('components/TextInput', () => {
-  test('prop "accessibilityLabel"', () => {
-    const accessibilityLabel = 'accessibilityLabel'
-    const result = utils.shallowRender(<TextInput accessibilityLabel={accessibilityLabel} />)
-    assert.equal(result.props.accessibilityLabel, accessibilityLabel)
-  })
-
   test('prop "autoComplete"', () => {
     // off
     let input = findInput(utils.renderToDOM(<TextInput />))
@@ -221,12 +215,6 @@ suite('components/TextInput', () => {
     assert.equal(input.selectionStart, 0)
   })
 
-  test('prop "testID"', () => {
-    const testID = 'testID'
-    const result = utils.shallowRender(<TextInput testID={testID} />)
-    assert.equal(result.props.testID, testID)
-  })
-
   test('prop "value"', () => {
     const value = 'value'
     const input = findShallowInput(utils.shallowRender(<TextInput value={value} />))
diff --git a/src/components/TextInput/index.js b/src/components/TextInput/index.js
index 97fccc57..3d8d8cb5 100644
--- a/src/components/TextInput/index.js
+++ b/src/components/TextInput/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import createNativeComponent from '../../modules/createNativeComponent'
 import NativeMethodsDecorator from '../../modules/NativeMethodsDecorator'
-import CoreComponent from '../CoreComponent'
 import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react'
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
 import StyleSheet from '../../apis/StyleSheet'
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class TextInput extends Component {
     secureTextEntry: PropTypes.bool,
     selectTextOnFocus: PropTypes.bool,
     style: Text.propTypes.style,
-    testID: CoreComponent.propTypes.testID,
+    testID: Text.propTypes.testID,
     value: PropTypes.string
   };
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class TextInput extends Component {
         testID={testID}
       >
         <View style={styles.wrapper}>
-          <CoreComponent {...props} ref='input' />
+          {createNativeComponent({ ...props, ref: 'input' })}
           {placeholder && this.state.showPlaceholder && <Text
             pointerEvents='none'
             style={[
diff --git a/src/components/View/__tests__/index-test.js b/src/components/View/__tests__/index-test.js
index a30fb45b..c3adfb0e 100644
--- a/src/components/View/__tests__/index-test.js
+++ b/src/components/View/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -3,35 +3,10 @@
 import * as utils from '../../../modules/specHelpers'
 import assert from 'assert'
 import React from 'react'
-import StyleSheet from '../../../apis/StyleSheet'
 
 import View from '../'
 
 suite('components/View', () => {
-  test('prop "accessibilityLabel"', () => {
-    const accessibilityLabel = 'accessibilityLabel'
-    const result = utils.shallowRender(<View accessibilityLabel={accessibilityLabel} />)
-    assert.equal(result.props.accessibilityLabel, accessibilityLabel)
-  })
-
-  test('prop "accessibilityLiveRegion"', () => {
-    const accessibilityLiveRegion = 'polite'
-    const result = utils.shallowRender(<View accessibilityLiveRegion={accessibilityLiveRegion} />)
-    assert.equal(result.props.accessibilityLiveRegion, accessibilityLiveRegion)
-  })
-
-  test('prop "accessibilityRole"', () => {
-    const accessibilityRole = 'accessibilityRole'
-    const result = utils.shallowRender(<View accessibilityRole={accessibilityRole} />)
-    assert.equal(result.props.accessibilityRole, accessibilityRole)
-  })
-
-  test('prop "accessible"', () => {
-    const accessible = false
-    const result = utils.shallowRender(<View accessible={accessible} />)
-    assert.equal(result.props.accessible, accessible)
-  })
-
   test('prop "children"', () => {
     const children = 'children'
     const result = utils.shallowRender(<View>{children}</View>)
@@ -40,12 +15,20 @@ suite('components/View', () => {
 
   test('prop "pointerEvents"', () => {
     const result = utils.shallowRender(<View pointerEvents='box-only' />)
-    assert.equal(StyleSheet.flatten(result.props.style).pointerEvents, 'box-only')
+    assert.equal(result.props.className, '__style_pebo')
   })
 
-  test('prop "testID"', () => {
-    const testID = 'testID'
-    const result = utils.shallowRender(<View testID={testID} />)
-    assert.equal(result.props.testID, testID)
+  test('prop "style"', () => {
+    const noFlex = utils.shallowRender(<View />)
+    assert.equal(noFlex.props.style.flexShrink, 0)
+
+    const flex = utils.shallowRender(<View style={{ flex: 1 }} />)
+    assert.equal(flex.props.style.flexShrink, 1)
+
+    const flexShrink = utils.shallowRender(<View style={{ flexShrink: 1 }} />)
+    assert.equal(flexShrink.props.style.flexShrink, 1)
+
+    const flexAndShrink = utils.shallowRender(<View style={{ flex: 1, flexShrink: 2 }} />)
+    assert.equal(flexAndShrink.props.style.flexShrink, 2)
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/components/View/index.js b/src/components/View/index.js
index 4f95cba5..a17c8e56 100644
--- a/src/components/View/index.js
+++ b/src/components/View/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import createNativeComponent from '../../modules/createNativeComponent'
 import NativeMethodsDecorator from '../../modules/NativeMethodsDecorator'
 import normalizeNativeEvent from '../../apis/PanResponder/normalizeNativeEvent'
-import CoreComponent from '../CoreComponent'
-import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react'
+import { Component, PropTypes } from 'react'
 import StyleSheet from '../../apis/StyleSheet'
 import StyleSheetPropType from '../../apis/StyleSheet/StyleSheetPropType'
 import ViewStylePropTypes from './ViewStylePropTypes'
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import ViewStylePropTypes from './ViewStylePropTypes'
 @NativeMethodsDecorator
 class View extends Component {
   static propTypes = {
-    accessibilityLabel: CoreComponent.propTypes.accessibilityLabel,
-    accessibilityLiveRegion: CoreComponent.propTypes.accessibilityLiveRegion,
-    accessibilityRole: CoreComponent.propTypes.accessibilityRole,
-    accessible: CoreComponent.propTypes.accessible,
+    accessibilityLabel: createNativeComponent.propTypes.accessibilityLabel,
+    accessibilityLiveRegion: createNativeComponent.propTypes.accessibilityLiveRegion,
+    accessibilityRole: createNativeComponent.propTypes.accessibilityRole,
+    accessible: createNativeComponent.propTypes.accessible,
     children: PropTypes.any,
     onClick: PropTypes.func,
     onClickCapture: PropTypes.func,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class View extends Component {
     onTouchStartCapture: PropTypes.func,
     pointerEvents: PropTypes.oneOf(['auto', 'box-none', 'box-only', 'none']),
     style: StyleSheetPropType(ViewStylePropTypes),
-    testID: CoreComponent.propTypes.testID
+    testID: createNativeComponent.propTypes.testID
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
@@ -59,28 +59,28 @@ class View extends Component {
     const flattenedStyle = StyleSheet.flatten(style)
     const pointerEventsStyle = pointerEvents && { pointerEvents }
 
-    return (
-      <CoreComponent
-        {...other}
-        onClick={this._handleClick}
-        onClickCapture={this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onClickCapture)}
-        onTouchCancel={this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchCancel)}
-        onTouchCancelCapture={this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchCancelCapture)}
-        onTouchEnd={this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchEnd)}
-        onTouchEndCapture={this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchEndCapture)}
-        onTouchMove={this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchMove)}
-        onTouchMoveCapture={this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchMoveCapture)}
-        onTouchStart={this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchStart)}
-        onTouchStartCapture={this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchStartCapture)}
-        style={[
-          styles.initial,
-          style,
-          // 'View' needs to use 'flexShrink' in its reset when there is no 'flex' style provided
-          flattenedStyle.flex == null && styles.flexReset,
-          pointerEventsStyle
-        ]}
-      />
-    )
+    const props = {
+      ...other,
+      onClick: this._handleClick,
+      onClickCapture: this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onClickCapture),
+      onTouchCancel: this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchCancel),
+      onTouchCancelCapture: this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchCancelCapture),
+      onTouchEnd: this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchEnd),
+      onTouchEndCapture: this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchEndCapture),
+      onTouchMove: this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchMove),
+      onTouchMoveCapture: this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchMoveCapture),
+      onTouchStart: this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchStart),
+      onTouchStartCapture: this._normalizeEventForHandler(this.props.onTouchStartCapture),
+      style: [
+        styles.initial,
+        style,
+        // 'View' needs to use 'flexShrink' in its reset when there is no 'flex' style provided
+        (flattenedStyle.flex == null && flattenedStyle.flexShrink == null) && styles.flexReset,
+        pointerEventsStyle
+      ]
+    }
+
+    return createNativeComponent(props)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/components/CoreComponent/__tests__/index-test.js b/src/modules/createNativeComponent/__tests__/index-test.js
similarity index 61%
rename from src/components/CoreComponent/__tests__/index-test.js
rename to src/modules/createNativeComponent/__tests__/index-test.js
index 3f1995c9..c2d1d310 100644
--- a/src/components/CoreComponent/__tests__/index-test.js
+++ b/src/modules/createNativeComponent/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -1,62 +1,61 @@
 /* eslint-env mocha */
 
-import * as utils from '../../../modules/specHelpers'
+import * as utils from '../../specHelpers'
 import assert from 'assert'
-import React from 'react'
 
-import CoreComponent from '../'
+import createNativeComponent from '../'
 
-suite('components/CoreComponent', () => {
+suite('modules/createNativeComponent', () => {
   test('prop "accessibilityLabel"', () => {
     const accessibilityLabel = 'accessibilityLabel'
-    const dom = utils.renderToDOM(<CoreComponent accessibilityLabel={accessibilityLabel} />)
+    const dom = utils.renderToDOM(createNativeComponent({ accessibilityLabel }))
     assert.equal(dom.getAttribute('aria-label'), accessibilityLabel)
   })
 
   test('prop "accessibilityLiveRegion"', () => {
     const accessibilityLiveRegion = 'polite'
-    const dom = utils.renderToDOM(<CoreComponent accessibilityLiveRegion={accessibilityLiveRegion} />)
+    const dom = utils.renderToDOM(createNativeComponent({ accessibilityLiveRegion }))
     assert.equal(dom.getAttribute('aria-live'), accessibilityLiveRegion)
   })
 
   test('prop "accessibilityRole"', () => {
     const accessibilityRole = 'banner'
-    let dom = utils.renderToDOM(<CoreComponent accessibilityRole={accessibilityRole} />)
+    let dom = utils.renderToDOM(createNativeComponent({ accessibilityRole }))
     assert.equal(dom.getAttribute('role'), accessibilityRole)
     assert.equal((dom.tagName).toLowerCase(), 'header')
 
     const button = 'button'
-    dom = utils.renderToDOM(<CoreComponent accessibilityRole={button} />)
+    dom = utils.renderToDOM(createNativeComponent({ accessibilityRole: 'button' }))
     assert.equal(dom.getAttribute('type'), button)
     assert.equal((dom.tagName).toLowerCase(), button)
   })
 
   test('prop "accessible"', () => {
     // accessible (implicit)
-    let dom = utils.renderToDOM(<CoreComponent />)
+    let dom = utils.renderToDOM(createNativeComponent({}))
     assert.equal(dom.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), null)
     // accessible (explicit)
-    dom = utils.renderToDOM(<CoreComponent accessible />)
+    dom = utils.renderToDOM(createNativeComponent({ accessible: true }))
     assert.equal(dom.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), null)
     // not accessible
-    dom = utils.renderToDOM(<CoreComponent accessible={false} />)
+    dom = utils.renderToDOM(createNativeComponent({ accessible: false }))
     assert.equal(dom.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), 'true')
   })
 
   test('prop "component"', () => {
     const component = 'main'
-    const dom = utils.renderToDOM(<CoreComponent component={component} />)
+    const dom = utils.renderToDOM(createNativeComponent({ component }))
     const tagName = (dom.tagName).toLowerCase()
     assert.equal(tagName, component)
   })
 
   test('prop "testID"', () => {
     // no testID
-    let dom = utils.renderToDOM(<CoreComponent />)
+    let dom = utils.renderToDOM(createNativeComponent({}))
     assert.equal(dom.getAttribute('data-testid'), null)
     // with testID
     const testID = 'Example.testID'
-    dom = utils.renderToDOM(<CoreComponent testID={testID} />)
+    dom = utils.renderToDOM(createNativeComponent({ testID }))
     assert.equal(dom.getAttribute('data-testid'), testID)
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/modules/createNativeComponent/index.js b/src/modules/createNativeComponent/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a37756f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/createNativeComponent/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import React, { PropTypes } from 'react'
+import StyleSheet from '../../apis/StyleSheet'
+
+const roleComponents = {
+  article: 'article',
+  banner: 'header',
+  button: 'button',
+  complementary: 'aside',
+  contentinfo: 'footer',
+  form: 'form',
+  heading: 'h1',
+  link: 'a',
+  list: 'ul',
+  listitem: 'li',
+  main: 'main',
+  navigation: 'nav',
+  region: 'section'
+}
+
+const createNativeComponent = ({
+  accessibilityLabel,
+  accessibilityLiveRegion,
+  accessibilityRole,
+  accessible = true,
+  component = 'div',
+  testID,
+  type,
+  ...other
+}) => {
+  const Component = accessibilityRole && roleComponents[accessibilityRole] ? roleComponents[accessibilityRole] : component
+
+  return (
+    <Component
+      {...other}
+      {...StyleSheet.resolve(other)}
+      aria-hidden={accessible ? null : true}
+      aria-label={accessibilityLabel}
+      aria-live={accessibilityLiveRegion}
+      data-testid={testID}
+      role={accessibilityRole}
+      type={accessibilityRole === 'button' ? 'button' : type}
+    />
+  )
+}
+
+createNativeComponent.propTypes = {
+  accessibilityLabel: PropTypes.string,
+  accessibilityLiveRegion: PropTypes.oneOf([ 'assertive', 'off', 'polite' ]),
+  accessibilityRole: PropTypes.string,
+  accessible: PropTypes.bool,
+  component: PropTypes.oneOfType([ PropTypes.func, PropTypes.string ]),
+  style: PropTypes.oneOfType([ PropTypes.array, PropTypes.object ]),
+  testID: PropTypes.string,
+  type: PropTypes.string
+}
+
+module.exports = createNativeComponent