diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/helper.ts b/apps/tests/ui/helper.ts
index 04cff1d1b..bfda9c74e 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/helper.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/helper.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import styling = require("ui/styling");
 var DELTA = 0.1;
 
 export var ASYNC = 0.2;
+export var MEMORY_ASYNC = 2;
 
 export function do_PageTest(test: (views: Array<view.View>) => void, content: view.View, secondView: view.View, thirdView: view.View) {
     var newPage: page.Page;
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ export function do_PageTest(test: (views: Array<view.View>) => void, content: vi
 export function do_PageTest_WithButton(test: (views: Array<view.View>) => void) {
     var newPage: page.Page;
     var btn: button.Button;
-    var pageFactory = function(): page.Page {
+    var pageFactory = function (): page.Page {
         newPage = new page.Page();
         btn = new button.Button();
         newPage.content = btn;
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ export function do_PageTest_WithStackLayout_AndButton(test: (views: Array<view.V
 
 export function do_PageTest_WithStackLayout_AndButton_NavigatedBack(test: (views: Array<view.View>) => void,
     assert: (views: Array<view.View>) => void) {
-    
+
     var newPage: page.Page;
     var stackLayout;
     var btn;
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ export function buildUIWithWeakRefAndInteract<T extends view.View>(createFunc: (
 
     try {
         navigate(pageFactory);
-        TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return testFinished; });
+        TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return testFinished; }, MEMORY_ASYNC);
     }
     finally {
         goBack();
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts
index 5522104d9..c8562b228 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts
@@ -430,28 +430,28 @@ export function test_loadMoreItems_not_raised_when_showing_many_items() {
 }
 
 export function test_usingAppLevelConvertersInListViewItems() {
-	var listView = new listViewModule.ListView();
+    var listView = new listViewModule.ListView();
 
-	var dateConverter = function (value, format) {
-		var result = format;
-		var day = value.getDate();
-		result = result.replace("DD", month < 10 ? "0" + day : day);
-		var month = value.getMonth() + 1;
-		result = result.replace("MM", month < 10 ? "0" + month : month);
-		result = result.replace("YYYY", value.getFullYear());
-		return result;
-	};
+    var dateConverter = function (value, format) {
+        var result = format;
+        var day = value.getDate();
+        result = result.replace("DD", month < 10 ? "0" + day : day);
+        var month = value.getMonth() + 1;
+        result = result.replace("MM", month < 10 ? "0" + month : month);
+        result = result.replace("YYYY", value.getFullYear());
+        return result;
+    };
 
-	app.resources["dateConverter"] = dateConverter;
+    app.resources["dateConverter"] = dateConverter;
 
     var data = new observableArray.ObservableArray();
 
-	data.push({date: new Date()});
+    data.push({ date: new Date() });
 
     function testAction(views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
-		listView.itemTemplate = "<Label id=\"testLabel\" text=\"{{ date, date | dateConverter('DD.MM.YYYY') }}\" />";
+        listView.itemTemplate = "<Label id=\"testLabel\" text=\"{{ date, date | dateConverter('DD.MM.YYYY') }}\" />";
         listView.items = data;
-		
+
         TKUnit.wait(ASYNC);
         var nativeElementText = getTextFromNativeElementAt(listView, 0);
 
@@ -501,6 +501,33 @@ export function test_BindingListViewToASimpleArrayWithExpression() {
     helper.buildUIAndRunTest(listView, testAction);
 }
 
+export function test_no_memory_leak_when_items_is_regular_array() {
+    var createFunc = function (): listViewModule.ListView {
+        var listView = new listViewModule.ListView();
+        listView.items = FEW_ITEMS;
+        return listView;
+    };
+
+    helper.buildUIWithWeakRefAndInteract(createFunc, (list) => {
+        TKUnit.assert(list.isLoaded, "ListView should be loaded here");
+    });
+}
+
+export function test_no_memory_leak_when_items_is_observable_array() {
+    // Keep the reference to the observable array to test the weakEventListener 
+    var colors = new observableArray.ObservableArray(["red", "green", "blue"]);
+
+    var createFunc = function (): listViewModule.ListView {
+        var listView = new listViewModule.ListView();
+        listView.items = colors;
+        return listView;
+    };
+
+    helper.buildUIWithWeakRefAndInteract(createFunc, (list) => {
+        TKUnit.assert(list.isLoaded, "ListView should be loaded here");
+    });
+}
+
 function loadViewWithItemNumber(args: listViewModule.ItemEventData) {
     if (!args.view) {
         args.view = new labelModule.Label();
@@ -509,16 +536,16 @@ function loadViewWithItemNumber(args: listViewModule.ItemEventData) {
 }
 
 function getTextFromNativeElementAt(listView: listViewModule.ListView, index: number): any {
-	if (listView.android) {
-		var nativeElement = listView.android.getChildAt(index);
-		if (nativeElement instanceof android.view.ViewGroup) {
-			return (<android.widget.TextView>(<any>nativeElement.getChildAt(0))).getText();
-		}
+    if (listView.android) {
+        var nativeElement = listView.android.getChildAt(index);
+        if (nativeElement instanceof android.view.ViewGroup) {
+            return (<android.widget.TextView>((<any>nativeElement).getChildAt(0))).getText();
+        }
         return (<android.widget.TextView>nativeElement).getText();
-	}
-	else if (listView.ios) {
-		return listView.ios.visibleCells()[index].contentView.subviews[0].text;
-	}
+    }
+    else if (listView.ios) {
+        return listView.ios.visibleCells()[index].contentView.subviews[0].text;
+    }
 }
 
 function getNativeViewCount(listView: listViewModule.ListView): number {