diff --git a/examples/androidlcl/android/src/com/pascal/lcltest/LCLActivity.java b/examples/androidlcl/android/src/com/pascal/lcltest/LCLActivity.java
index 0a033c5da1..ac1f05e740 100755
--- a/examples/androidlcl/android/src/com/pascal/lcltest/LCLActivity.java
+++ b/examples/androidlcl/android/src/com/pascal/lcltest/LCLActivity.java
@@ -302,12 +302,12 @@ public class LCLActivity extends Activity implements SensorEventListener, Locati
 
   // input: String lcltext, int lclwidth, int lclheight
   // output: lclbitmap
-  public void LCLDoDrawText()
+  public void LCLDoDrawText(int ATextColor)
   {
     lclbitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(lclwidth, lclheight, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
     Canvas localcanvas = new Canvas(lclbitmap);
     Paint localpaint = new Paint();
-    localpaint.setColor(Color.BLACK);
+    localpaint.setColor(ATextColor);
     localpaint.setTextSize(lcltextsize);
     localpaint.setFlags(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
     localcanvas.drawColor(Color.TRANSPARENT); // TRANSPARENT
diff --git a/examples/androidlcl/mainform.lfm b/examples/androidlcl/mainform.lfm
index c4f0113d04..58d230d195 100644
--- a/examples/androidlcl/mainform.lfm
+++ b/examples/androidlcl/mainform.lfm
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ object Form1: TForm1
     Top = 223
     Width = 43
     Caption = 'Label1'
+    Font.Color = clBlue
     ParentColor = False
+    ParentFont = False
   end
 end
diff --git a/lcl/interfaces/customdrawn/customdrawn_androidproc.pas b/lcl/interfaces/customdrawn/customdrawn_androidproc.pas
index e5aae7ddc9..1f4913e995 100644
--- a/lcl/interfaces/customdrawn/customdrawn_androidproc.pas
+++ b/lcl/interfaces/customdrawn/customdrawn_androidproc.pas
@@ -8,13 +8,25 @@ uses
   // rtl+ftl
   Types, Classes, SysUtils,
   fpimage, fpcanvas, ctypes,
+  // Android headers
+  jni,
   // Custom Drawn Canvas
   IntfGraphics, lazcanvas,
   //
-  GraphType, Controls, LCLMessageGlue, WSControls, LCLType, LCLProc,
+  GraphType, Controls, Graphics, LCLMessageGlue, WSControls, LCLType, LCLProc,
   customdrawnproc;
 
+function FPColorToAndroidColor(AValue: TFPColor): jint;
+
 implementation
 
+// Android color is in the format: Alpha-Red-Green-Blue
+function FPColorToAndroidColor(AValue: TFPColor): jint;
+begin
+  Result:= $FF000000 or ((AValue.Blue shr 8) and $ff)
+       or (AValue.Green and $ff00)
+       or ((AValue.Red shl 8) and $ff0000);
+end;
+
 end.
 
diff --git a/lcl/interfaces/customdrawn/customdrawnobject_android.inc b/lcl/interfaces/customdrawn/customdrawnobject_android.inc
index d167447cf3..2a607ab0ae 100644
--- a/lcl/interfaces/customdrawn/customdrawnobject_android.inc
+++ b/lcl/interfaces/customdrawn/customdrawnobject_android.inc
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ begin
   // Read all method IDs
   javaMethod_LCLDoGetTextBounds := javaEnvRef^^.GetMethodID(javaEnvRef, javaActivityClass, 'LCLDoGetTextBounds', '()V');
   javaMethod_LCLDoGetTextPartialWidths := javaEnvRef^^.GetMethodID(javaEnvRef, javaActivityClass, 'LCLDoGetTextPartialWidths', '()V');
-  javaMethod_LCLDoDrawText := javaEnvRef^^.GetMethodID(javaEnvRef, javaActivityClass, 'LCLDoDrawText', '()V');
+  javaMethod_LCLDoDrawText := javaEnvRef^^.GetMethodID(javaEnvRef, javaActivityClass, 'LCLDoDrawText', '(I)V');
   javaMethod_LCLDoShowMessageBox := javaEnvRef^^.GetMethodID(javaEnvRef, javaActivityClass, 'LCLDoShowMessageBox', '()V');
   javaMethod_LCLDoCreateTimer := javaEnvRef^^.GetMethodID(javaEnvRef, javaActivityClass, 'LCLDoCreateTimer', '()V');
   javaMethod_LCLDoDestroyTimer := javaEnvRef^^.GetMethodID(javaEnvRef, javaActivityClass, 'LCLDoDestroyTimer', '()V');
diff --git a/lcl/interfaces/customdrawn/customdrawnwinapi_android.inc b/lcl/interfaces/customdrawn/customdrawnwinapi_android.inc
index b6fd413611..abe394a56c 100644
--- a/lcl/interfaces/customdrawn/customdrawnwinapi_android.inc
+++ b/lcl/interfaces/customdrawn/customdrawnwinapi_android.inc
@@ -2187,6 +2187,8 @@ var
   lWidth, lHeight: jint;
   lDestCanvas: TLazCanvas;
   lFontSize: Integer;
+  // array for the parameters
+  lParams: array[0..0] of JValue;
 begin
   {$ifdef VerboseCDText}
     DebugLn(Format(':>[WinAPI ExtTextOut] DC=%x javaEnvRef=%x Str=%s X=%d Y=%d',
@@ -2217,7 +2219,8 @@ begin
   javaEnvRef^^.CallVoidMethod(javaEnvRef, javaActivityObject, javaMethod_LCLDoGetTextBounds);
 
   // Call the method to draw the text
-  javaEnvRef^^.CallVoidMethod(javaEnvRef, javaActivityObject, javaMethod_LCLDoDrawText);
+  lParams[0].i := FPColorToAndroidColor(lDestCanvas.Font.FPColor);
+  javaEnvRef^^.CallVoidMethodA(javaEnvRef, javaActivityObject, javaMethod_LCLDoDrawText, @lParams[0]);
 
   // Get the bitmap with the text
   lJavaBitmap := javaEnvRef^^.GetObjectField(javaEnvRef, javaActivityObject, javaField_lclbitmap);