diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-2942.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-2942.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4394d4bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-2942.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export function onButtonLoaded(args){
+    if (args.object.android){
+        args.object.android.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
+        args.object.android.setFocusable(true);
+        args.object.android.setClickable(true);
+    }
+}
+
+export function onListViewLoaded(args){
+    args.object.items = [1];
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-2942.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-2942.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5d1f256e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-2942.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd">
+<StackLayout>
+  <Button height="100" width="100" loaded="onButtonLoaded" text="Click me 3rd (Android)" style.fontSize="8"/>
+  <ListView loaded="onListViewLoaded">
+      <ListView.itemTemplate>
+        <StackLayout>
+              <TextField text="Click me 1st"/>
+              <TextField text="Click me 2nd" keyboardType="number"/>
+        </StackLayout>
+      </ListView.itemTemplate>
+  </ListView>
+</StackLayout>
+</Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/main-page.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/main-page.ts
index 78c40b104..72dfaa9d6 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/main-page.ts
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/main-page.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export function pageLoaded(args: EventData) {
     
     examples.set("2911", "issues/issue-2911");
     examples.set("2674", "issues/issue-2674");
+    examples.set("2942", "issues/issue-2942");
 
     let viewModel = new SubMianPageViewModel(wrapLayout, examples);
     page.bindingContext = viewModel;
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/helper.ts b/tests/app/ui/helper.ts
index c2bdfdcf0..d434ffabd 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/helper.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/helper.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ export function buildUIWithWeakRefAndInteract<T extends view.View>(createFunc: (
             }
 
             sp.removeChild(weakRef.get());
+            
+            TKUnit.wait(1); // Wait for the TextField/TextView to close its keyboard so it can be released.
+            
             if (newPage.ios) {
                 /* tslint:disable:no-unused-expression */
                 // Could cause GC on the next call.
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts
index e57c12fd3..9dcfc63a1 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import enums = require("ui/enums");
 import utils = require("utils/utils");
 import types = require("utils/types");
 
+//https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/2942
+let dismissKeyboardTimeoutId: number;
+
 export class EditableTextBase extends common.EditableTextBase {
     private _android: android.widget.EditText;
     private _textWatcher: android.text.TextWatcher;
@@ -69,13 +72,26 @@ export class EditableTextBase extends common.EditableTextBase {
                     return;
                 }
 
-                if (!hasFocus) {
+                if (hasFocus) {
+                    if (dismissKeyboardTimeoutId){
+                        // https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/2942
+                        // Don't hide the keyboard since another (or the same) EditText has gained focus.
+                        clearTimeout(dismissKeyboardTimeoutId);
+                        dismissKeyboardTimeoutId = undefined;
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
                     if (owner._dirtyTextAccumulator) {
                         owner._onPropertyChangedFromNative(EditableTextBase.textProperty, owner._dirtyTextAccumulator);
                         owner._dirtyTextAccumulator = undefined;
                     }
 
-                    owner.dismissSoftInput();
+                    dismissKeyboardTimeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+                        // https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/2942
+                        // Dismiss the keyboard if focus goes to something different from EditText.
+                        owner.dismissSoftInput();
+                        dismissKeyboardTimeoutId = null;
+                    }, 1);
                 }
             }
         });
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts
index cb199765d..edd90c61c 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export class ListView extends common.ListView {
 
     public _createUI() {
         this._android = new android.widget.ListView(this._context);
+        this._android.setDescendantFocusability(android.view.ViewGroup.FOCUS_AFTER_DESCENDANTS);
 
         // Fixes issue with black random black items when scrolling
         this._android.setCacheColorHint(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT);
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ function ensureListViewAdapterClass() {
         }
 
         public getCount() {
-            return this._listView && this._listView.items ? this._listView.items.length : 0;
+            return this._listView && this._listView.items && this._listView.items.length ? this._listView.items.length : 0;
         }
 
         public getItem(i: number) {