diff --git a/android/src/toga_android/libs/android/content.py b/android/src/toga_android/libs/android/content/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from android/src/toga_android/libs/android/content.py
rename to android/src/toga_android/libs/android/content/__init__.py
diff --git a/android/src/toga_android/libs/android/content/res.py b/android/src/toga_android/libs/android/content/res.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..932d7fd4cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/toga_android/libs/android/content/res.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from rubicon.java import JavaClass
+
+ColorStateList = JavaClass("android/content/res/ColorStateList")
diff --git a/android/src/toga_android/libs/android/graphics.py b/android/src/toga_android/libs/android/graphics.py
index 69322e4c82..8ff19da30e 100644
--- a/android/src/toga_android/libs/android/graphics.py
+++ b/android/src/toga_android/libs/android/graphics.py
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@
 Path = JavaClass("android/graphics/Path")
 Path__Direction = JavaClass("android/graphics/Path$Direction")
 Paint__Style = JavaClass("android/graphics/Paint$Style")
-PorterDuff__Mode = JavaClass("android/graphics/PorterDuff$Mode")
 Rect = JavaClass("android/graphics/Rect")
 Typeface = JavaClass("android/graphics/Typeface")
diff --git a/android/src/toga_android/widgets/box.py b/android/src/toga_android/widgets/box.py
index f7f194029d..9727024fd6 100644
--- a/android/src/toga_android/widgets/box.py
+++ b/android/src/toga_android/widgets/box.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def set_child_bounds(self, widget, x, y, width, height):
         self.native.updateViewLayout(widget.native, layout_params)
 
     def set_background_color(self, value):
-        self.native.setBackgroundColor(
-            native_color(TRANSPARENT if (value is None) else value)
-        )
+        if value is None:
+            self.native.setBackgroundColor(native_color(TRANSPARENT))
+        else:
+            self.native.setBackgroundColor(native_color(value))
diff --git a/android/src/toga_android/widgets/button.py b/android/src/toga_android/widgets/button.py
index ab9bfab545..5c1ede821c 100644
--- a/android/src/toga_android/widgets/button.py
+++ b/android/src/toga_android/widgets/button.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from travertino.size import at_least
 
+from toga.colors import TRANSPARENT
 from toga_android.colors import native_color
 
-from ..libs.android.graphics import PorterDuff__Mode
+from ..libs.android.content.res import ColorStateList
 from ..libs.android.util import TypedValue
 from ..libs.android.view import OnClickListener, View__MeasureSpec
 from ..libs.android.widget import Button as A_Button
@@ -42,14 +43,20 @@ def set_on_press(self, handler):
         pass
 
     def set_color(self, value):
-        if value:
+        if value is None:
+            pass
+            # TODO: set to system foreground
+            # self.native.setTextColor(native_color(value))
+        else:
             self.native.setTextColor(native_color(value))
 
     def set_background_color(self, value):
-        if value:
+        if value is None or value == TRANSPARENT:
+            self.native.setBackgroundTintList(None)
+        else:
             # do not use self.native.setBackgroundColor - this messes with the button style!
-            self.native.getBackground().setColorFilter(
-                native_color(value), PorterDuff__Mode.MULTIPLY
+            self.native.setBackgroundTintList(
+                ColorStateList.valueOf(native_color(value))
             )
 
     def rehint(self):
diff --git a/android/src/toga_android/widgets/label.py b/android/src/toga_android/widgets/label.py
index c80f321da1..2d7b46afa3 100644
--- a/android/src/toga_android/widgets/label.py
+++ b/android/src/toga_android/widgets/label.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from travertino.size import at_least
 
+from toga.colors import TRANSPARENT
 from toga_android.colors import native_color
 
 from ..libs.android.util import TypedValue
@@ -16,14 +17,23 @@ def set_text(self, value):
         self.native.setText(value)
 
     def set_font(self, font):
-        if font:
-            self.native.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, font._impl.get_size())
-            self.native.setTypeface(font._impl.get_typeface(), font._impl.get_style())
+        self.native.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, font._impl.get_size())
+        self.native.setTypeface(font._impl.get_typeface(), font._impl.get_style())
 
     def set_color(self, color):
-        if color:
+        if color is None:
+            pass
+            # TODO: set to system foreground
+            # self.native.setTextColor(native_color(value))
+        else:
             self.native.setTextColor(native_color(color))
 
+    def set_background_color(self, value):
+        if value is None:
+            self.native.setBackgroundColor(native_color(TRANSPARENT))
+        else:
+            self.native.setBackgroundColor(native_color(value))
+
     def rehint(self):
         # Refuse to rehint an Android TextView if it has no LayoutParams yet.
         # Calling measure() on an Android TextView w/o LayoutParams raises NullPointerException.
diff --git a/android/tests_backend/widgets/base.py b/android/tests_backend/widgets/base.py
index dc89eb436d..cf9795c2fd 100644
--- a/android/tests_backend/widgets/base.py
+++ b/android/tests_backend/widgets/base.py
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ class SimpleProbe:
     def __init__(self, widget):
         self.widget = widget
         self.native = widget._impl.native
+
+        # Store the device DPI, as it will be needed to scale some values
+        self.dpi = (
+            self.native.getContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics().densityDpi
+        )
+
         assert isinstance(self.native, self.native_class)
 
     def assert_container(self, container):
diff --git a/android/tests_backend/widgets/button.py b/android/tests_backend/widgets/button.py
index d707f8374d..f8580b517f 100644
--- a/android/tests_backend/widgets/button.py
+++ b/android/tests_backend/widgets/button.py
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 from java import jclass
 
+from toga_android.libs.android import R__attr
+
 from .label import LabelProbe
+from .properties import toga_color
 
 
 # On Android, a Button is just a TextView with a state-dependent background image.
 class ButtonProbe(LabelProbe):
     native_class = jclass("android.widget.Button")
+
+    @property
+    def background_color(self):
+        tint_list = self.native.getBackgroundTintList()
+        if tint_list:
+            return toga_color(tint_list.getColorForState([R__attr.state_enabled], 0))
+        else:
+            return None
diff --git a/android/tests_backend/widgets/label.py b/android/tests_backend/widgets/label.py
index 9112abb49e..af662e7969 100644
--- a/android/tests_backend/widgets/label.py
+++ b/android/tests_backend/widgets/label.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from pytest import skip
 
 from .base import SimpleProbe
-from .properties import toga_color
+from .properties import toga_color, toga_font
 
 
 class LabelProbe(SimpleProbe):
@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ class LabelProbe(SimpleProbe):
     def color(self):
         return toga_color(self.native.getCurrentTextColor())
 
+    @property
+    def background_color(self):
+        return toga_color(self.native.getBackgroundColor())
+
     @property
     def text(self):
         return str(self.native.getText())
 
     @property
     def font(self):
-        skip("Font probe not implemented")
+        return toga_font(self.native.getTypeface(), self.native.getTextSize(), self.dpi)
 
     @property
     def alignment(self):
diff --git a/android/tests_backend/widgets/properties.py b/android/tests_backend/widgets/properties.py
index 95a56903dd..cd4002c6a8 100644
--- a/android/tests_backend/widgets/properties.py
+++ b/android/tests_backend/widgets/properties.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from java import jint
+from travertino.fonts import Font
 
-from android.graphics import Color
+from android.graphics import Color, Typeface
 from toga.colors import rgba
+from toga.fonts import BOLD, ITALIC, MONOSPACE, NORMAL, SANS_SERIF, SERIF, SYSTEM
 
 
 def toga_color(color_int):
@@ -13,3 +15,24 @@ def toga_color(color_int):
         Color.blue(color_int),
         Color.alpha(color_int) / 255,
     )
+
+
+def toga_font(typeface, size, dpi):
+    # Android provides font details in pixels; that size needs to be converted
+    # using the ratio between the display DPI and the baseline DPI (160).
+    size_in_points = size / (dpi * 160)
+
+    return Font(
+        family={
+            Typeface.DEFAULT: SYSTEM,
+            Typeface.MONOSPACE: MONOSPACE,
+            Typeface.SANS_SERIF: SANS_SERIF,
+            Typeface.SERIF: SERIF,
+            # : CURSIVE ??
+            # : FANTASY ??
+        }.get(typeface, "Unknown"),
+        size=size_in_points,
+        style=ITALIC if typeface.isItalic() else NORMAL,
+        variant=NORMAL,
+        weight=BOLD if typeface.isBold() else NORMAL,
+    )
diff --git a/iOS/tests_backend/widgets/properties.py b/iOS/tests_backend/widgets/properties.py
index 9fdd70671d..a717fe89e4 100644
--- a/iOS/tests_backend/widgets/properties.py
+++ b/iOS/tests_backend/widgets/properties.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from ctypes import byref
-from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 from rubicon.objc import CGFloat
+from travertino.fonts import Font
 
 from toga.colors import rgba
 from toga.fonts import FANTASY, NORMAL, SYSTEM
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@ def toga_color(color):
         return None
 
 
-@dataclass
-class Font:
-    family: str
-    size: int
-    style: str = NORMAL
-    variant: str = NORMAL
-    weight: str = NORMAL
-
-
 def toga_font(font):
     return Font(
         family={
@@ -44,6 +35,9 @@ def toga_font(font):
             "Papyrus": FANTASY,
         }.get(str(font.familyName), str(font.familyName)),
         size=font.pointSize,
+        style=NORMAL,  # TODO: ITALIC if..., SMALL_CAPS if ...
+        variant=NORMAL,
+        weight=NORMAL,  # TODO: BOLD if ...
     )
 
 
diff --git a/testbed/pyproject.toml b/testbed/pyproject.toml
index 0392c89485..aff4d0a428 100644
--- a/testbed/pyproject.toml
+++ b/testbed/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ requires = [
     "../core",
 ]
 test_requires = [
-    "coverage==7.0.5",
+    "coverage==7.2.0",
     "pytest==7.2.0",
     "pytest-asyncio==0.20.3",
 ]
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ test_sources = [
     "../android/tests_backend",
 ]
 requires = [
-    "../android"
+    "../android",
 ]
 # Coverage requires access to individual .py files.
 build_gradle_extra_content = "android.defaultConfig.python.extractPackages 'toga_android'"
diff --git a/testbed/tests/widgets/properties.py b/testbed/tests/widgets/properties.py
index 06acb3d912..b47ddbd9a7 100644
--- a/testbed/tests/widgets/properties.py
+++ b/testbed/tests/widgets/properties.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-from pytest import mark
-
 from toga.colors import RED, TRANSPARENT, color as named_color
 from toga.fonts import FANTASY
-from toga.platform import current_platform
 
 from ..assertions import assert_color
 from ..data import COLORS, TEXTS
@@ -18,10 +15,6 @@ async def test_text(widget, probe):
         assert probe.text == text
 
 
-@mark.skipif(
-    current_platform in {"android"},
-    reason="text width resizes don't work",
-)
 async def test_text_width_change(widget, probe):
     "If the widget text is changed, the width of the widget changes"
     orig_width = probe.width
@@ -76,10 +69,6 @@ async def test_color(widget, probe):
         assert_color(probe.color, color)
 
 
-@mark.skipif(
-    current_platform in {"android"},
-    reason="color resets don't work",
-)
 async def test_color_reset(widget, probe):
     "The foreground color of a widget can be reset"
     # Get the original color