diff --git a/components/ionHeaderBar/ionHeaderBar.js b/components/ionHeaderBar/ionHeaderBar.js
index 5a6b1b7..f16e3cd 100644
--- a/components/ionHeaderBar/ionHeaderBar.js
+++ b/components/ionHeaderBar/ionHeaderBar.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ IonHeaderBar = {
     var align = this.alignTitle || 'center';
     var $title = this.$('.title');
 
-    if (align === 'center' && Platform.isAndroid()) {
+    if (Platform.isAndroid() && !this.alignTitle) {
       $title.addClass('title-left');
       return;
     }
@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@ IonHeaderBar = {
       rightButtonWidth = $rightButton.outerWidth();
     }
 
-    var margin = Math.max(leftButtonWidth, rightButtonWidth);
+    // If we're on Android, we only care about the left button
+    var margin;
+    if (Platform.isAndroid()) {
+      margin = leftButtonWidth;
+    } else {
+      margin = Math.max(leftButtonWidth, rightButtonWidth);
+    }
     $title.css('left', margin);
     $title.css('right', margin);
   }
diff --git a/components/ionNavBar/ionNavBar.js b/components/ionNavBar/ionNavBar.js
index c0d6563..55825b7 100644
--- a/components/ionNavBar/ionNavBar.js
+++ b/components/ionNavBar/ionNavBar.js
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Template.ionNavBar.rendered = function () {
 
       if (!$node.hasClass('title') && !$node.hasClass('button') || IonNavigation.skipTransitions) {
         $node.insertBefore(next);
+        // Changing tabs skips transition animations, but we still want to update the position of the title
+        IonHeaderBar.alignTitle.call(template);
+        IonHeaderBar.positionTitle.call(template);
         return;
       }