diff --git a/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecManager.java b/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecManager.java
index 1944be7c131ff..1724e4a8c831c 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecManager.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.text.Editable;
 import android.text.TextWatcher;
-import android.view.View;
 import android.util.Log;
+import android.view.View;
 
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
@@ -173,12 +173,14 @@ public void receiveCommand(final ReactAztecText parent, int commandType, @Nullab
         Assertions.assertNotNull(parent);
         Assertions.assertNotNull(args);
         switch (commandType) {
-        case COMMAND_NOTIFY_APPLY_FORMAT: {
-            final String format = args.getString(0);            
-            Log.d(TAG, String.format("Apply format: %s", format)); 
-            parent.applyFormat(format);           
-            return;
-        }
+            case COMMAND_NOTIFY_APPLY_FORMAT: {
+                final String format = args.getString(0);
+                Log.d(TAG, String.format("Apply format: %s", format));
+                parent.applyFormat(format);
+                return;
+            }
+            default:
+                super.receiveCommand(parent, commandType, args);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecText.java b/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecText.java
index 512a5dc579fd3..b8fa473ff2478 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecText.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeAztec/ReactAztecText.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import com.facebook.react.views.textinput.ScrollWatcher;
 
 import org.wordpress.aztec.AztecText;
+import org.wordpress.aztec.AztecTextFormat;
+import org.wordpress.aztec.ITextFormat;
 import org.wordpress.aztec.glideloader.GlideImageLoader;
 import org.wordpress.aztec.glideloader.GlideVideoThumbnailLoader;
 import org.wordpress.aztec.plugins.CssUnderlinePlugin;
@@ -147,14 +149,49 @@ public void setIsSettingTextFromJS(boolean mIsSettingTextFromJS) {
     }
 
     public void applyFormat(String format) {
+        ArrayList<ITextFormat> newFormats = new ArrayList<>();
         switch (format) {
             case ("bold"):
+                newFormats.add(AztecTextFormat.FORMAT_STRONG);
+                newFormats.add(AztecTextFormat.FORMAT_BOLD);
             break;
             case ("italic"):
+                newFormats.add(AztecTextFormat.FORMAT_ITALIC);
+                newFormats.add(AztecTextFormat.FORMAT_CITE);
             break;
             case ("strikethrough"):
+                newFormats.add(AztecTextFormat.FORMAT_STRIKETHROUGH);
             break;
         }
+
+        if (newFormats.size() == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!isTextSelected()) {
+            setSelectedStyles(getNewStylesList(newFormats));
+        } else {
+            toggleFormatting(newFormats.get(0));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Removes all formats in the list but if none found, applies the first one
+    private ArrayList<ITextFormat> getNewStylesList(ArrayList<ITextFormat> newFormats) {
+        ArrayList<ITextFormat> textFormats = new ArrayList<>();
+        textFormats.addAll(getSelectedStyles());
+        boolean wasRemoved = false;
+        for (ITextFormat currentFormat : newFormats) {
+            if (textFormats.contains(currentFormat)) {
+                wasRemoved = true;
+                textFormats.remove(currentFormat);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!wasRemoved) {
+            textFormats.add(newFormats.get(0));
+        }
+
+        return textFormats;
     }
 
     /**