Changing view properties directly instead of calling applyProperties:

app.js

/**
Issue Description: Changing view properties directly instead of calling applyProperties 
(e.g. someProperty = value instead of applyProperties({someProperty: value}) ) results in a crash on Android.  

**/

I have tested the issue and unable to reproduce the issue using SDK 6.3.0.GA with the sample code provided below. 


Test Environment:

Appcelerator Command-Line Interface, version 6.3.0
Mac OS X 10.13.1
 Architecture 64bit
 CPUs  4
 Memory 8589934592
Axway Appcelerator Studio, build: 4.10.0.201709271713
Appcelerator Command-Line Interface, version 6.2.4,
SDK Version = SDK 6.3.0.GA 
Node.js Version             = 4.7.0
 npm Version                 = 2.15.11
 Android Device: HUAWEI GR3 2017

Test Code:

var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({

	backgroundColor: 'pink',
	
});


var view = Titanium.UI.createView({
  width:300,
});

win.add(view);
view.height=400; // use properties directly instead of calling applyProperties 
view.applyProperties({   //  calling applyProperties for making backgroundGradient of the view
	backgroundGradient: {

        type: 'linear',
        startPoint: { x: '0%', y: '50%' },
        endPoint: { x: '100%', y: '50%' },
        colors: [ 

        	{ color: 'red', offset: 0.0}, 

        	{ color: 'blue', offset: 0.25 }, 

        	{ color: 'red', offset: 1.0 } 

        ],

    }

});


win.open();

Test Steps:

1. Open Studio and create a classic project
2. Run the project.
3. After running,we will see that the displayed view which has height 400,is using view properties directly instead of calling applyProperties and 
   and the Gradient background color of the view is using applyProperties method.Both methods are working as expected.

Output:  https://s18.postimg.org/txh9acdh5/Screenshot_20171121-130250.png

Helpful Ticket: https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/TIMOB-14285