diff --git a/apps/app/perf-app/main-page.ts b/apps/app/perf-app/main-page.ts
index 1abb7a54b..02e329997 100644
--- a/apps/app/perf-app/main-page.ts
+++ b/apps/app/perf-app/main-page.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export function pageLoaded(args: EventData) {
     let examples: Map<string, string> = new Map<string, string>();
     examples.set("properties", "properties/main-page");
     examples.set("flexbox", "flexbox/main-page");
+    examples.set("recycling", "recycling/main-page");
 
     let viewModel = new MainPageViewModel(wrapLayout, examples);
     page.bindingContext = viewModel;
diff --git a/apps/app/perf-app/recycling/main-page.ts b/apps/app/perf-app/recycling/main-page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c95470c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/perf-app/recycling/main-page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { StackLayout } from "tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/stack-layout";
+import { TextView } from "tns-core-modules/ui/text-view";
+import { Button } from "tns-core-modules/ui/button";
+
+import * as tests from "./tests";
+
+let runner;
+
+function getStack(stack: StackLayout): StackLayout {
+    let p = new StackLayout();
+    stack.removeChildren();
+    stack.addChild(p);
+    return p;
+}
+
+export function onNavigatingFrom() {
+    clearInterval(runner);
+}
+
+export function onTap(args) {
+    let btn = <Button>args.object;
+    const p = btn.page.getViewById<StackLayout>("placeholder");
+    btn.text = "Start tests...";
+
+    let result = btn.page.getViewById<TextView>("result");
+
+    result.text = "";
+
+    function track(line: string) {
+        console.log(line);
+        result.fontSize = 10;
+        result.text += line + "\n";
+    }
+
+    let text = '';//"Count";
+    // c.forEach(e => {
+    //     text += `\t${e}`;
+    // });
+    track(text);
+
+    let tasks = [
+        () => track(tests.testAll(p)),
+        () => track("Complete!")
+    ];
+    let i = 0;
+    runner = setInterval(nextTask, 1);
+    function nextTask() {
+        if (i < tasks.length) {
+            tasks[i]();
+            i++;
+        } else {
+            clearInterval(runner);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/apps/app/perf-app/recycling/main-page.xml b/apps/app/perf-app/recycling/main-page.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e85e30f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/perf-app/recycling/main-page.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatingFrom="onNavigatingFrom">
+    <GridLayout rows="30,100,*">
+        <Button text="Start test..." tap="onTap" style="font-size:8" />
+        <StackLayout id="placeholder" row="1"/>
+        <TextView id="result" row="2" />
+    </GridLayout>
+</Page>
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diff --git a/apps/app/perf-app/recycling/tests.ts b/apps/app/perf-app/recycling/tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c30fa4e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/perf-app/recycling/tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,405 @@
+import { time } from 'tns-core-modules/profiling';
+import { ActionBar } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar';
+import { ActivityIndicator } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/activity-indicator';
+import { Border } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/border';
+import { Button } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/button';
+import { ContentView } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/content-view';
+import { DatePicker } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker';
+import { HtmlView } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/html-view';
+import { Image } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/image';
+import { Label } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/label';
+import { AbsoluteLayout } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/absolute-layout';
+import { DockLayout } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/dock-layout';
+import { FlexboxLayout } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout';
+import { GridLayout } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout';
+import { StackLayout } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/stack-layout';
+import { WrapLayout } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/wrap-layout';
+import { ListPicker } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/list-picker';
+import { ListView } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/list-view';
+import { Page } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/page';
+import { Progress } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/progress';
+import { Repeater } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/repeater';
+import { SegmentedBar } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar';
+import { Switch } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/switch';
+import { TabView } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view';
+import { TextField } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/text-field';
+import { TextView } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/text-view';
+import { TimePicker } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker';
+import { View } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/core/view';
+import { FormattedString, Span } from "tns-core-modules/text/formatted-string";
+
+export function testAll(layout: StackLayout): string {
+    setupSetters();
+    const count = 100;
+    let result = '';
+    // result += test(layout, () => new FlexboxLayout(), count);    
+    // result += test(layout, () => new ActionBar(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new ActivityIndicator(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new Border(), count);
+    result += test(layout, () => new Button(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new ContentView(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new DatePicker(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new HtmlView(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new Image(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new Label(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new AbsoluteLayout(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new DockLayout(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new GridLayout(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new StackLayout(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new WrapLayout(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new ListPicker(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new ListView(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new Page(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new Progress(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new Repeater(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new Switch(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new TextField(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new TextView(), count);
+    
+    // Throws
+    // result += test(layout, () => new TabView(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new SegmentedBar(), count);
+    // result += test(layout, () => new TimePicker(), count);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+function test(layout: StackLayout, createView: () => View, count: number): string {
+    const viewMap1 = new Map<string, any>();
+    const cssMap1 = new Map<string, any>();
+    
+    viewMap1.set('isEnabled', false);
+    let result = execute(layout, createView, count, viewMap1, cssMap1) + ', ';
+
+    viewMap1.set('text', 'text');
+    viewMap1.set('automationText', "automationText");
+    cssMap1.set('width', 100);
+    cssMap1.set('height', 100);
+    cssMap1.set('rotate', '90');
+    result += execute(layout, createView, count, viewMap1, cssMap1) + ', ';
+
+    viewMap1.set('clipToBounds', false);
+    viewMap1.set('left', '20');
+    viewMap1.set('top', '20');
+    viewMap1.set('dock', 'top');
+    viewMap1.set('stretchLastChild', false);
+
+    cssMap1.set('paddingLeft', '30px');
+    cssMap1.set('paddingTop', '30px');
+    cssMap1.set('paddingRight', '30px');
+    cssMap1.set('paddingBottom', '30px');
+    cssMap1.set('horizontalAlignment', 'center');
+    cssMap1.set('verticalAlignment', 'center');
+
+    result += execute(layout, createView, count, viewMap1, cssMap1) + ', ';
+
+    viewMap1.set('row', '1');
+    viewMap1.set('rowSpan', '2');
+    viewMap1.set('col', '1');
+    viewMap1.set('colSpan', '2');
+
+    cssMap1.set('rotate', '90');
+    cssMap1.set('scaleX', 2);
+    cssMap1.set('scaleY', 2);
+    cssMap1.set('translateX', 20);
+    cssMap1.set('translateY', 20);
+    cssMap1.set('clipPath', 'inset(100px 50px)');
+    cssMap1.set('color', 'red');
+    cssMap1.set('tintColor', 'green');
+    cssMap1.set('placeholderColor', 'green');
+    cssMap1.set('backgroundColor', 'red');
+    cssMap1.set('backgroundImage', '~/logo.png');
+
+    result += execute(layout, createView, count, viewMap1, cssMap1) + ', ';
+    result += execute(layout, createView, count, setters, cssSetters);
+
+    return `${createView().typeName}: ${result}\n`;
+}
+
+function execute(layout: StackLayout, createView: () => View, count: number,
+    viewProps: Map<string, any>, cssProps: Map<string, any>): string {
+    const not = profile(layout, createView, count, false, viewProps, cssProps);
+    const recycled = profile(layout, createView, count, true, viewProps, cssProps);
+
+    const improved = ((not - recycled) / not) * 100;
+    console.log(`recycled time: ${recycled}`);
+    console.log(`not recycled time: ${not}`);
+    const propCount = viewProps.size + cssProps.size;
+    return `${propCount}: ${improved.toFixed(0)}%`;
+}
+
+function profile(layout: StackLayout, createView: () => View, count: number, recycle: boolean,
+    viewProps: Map<string, any>, cssProps: Map<string, any>): number {
+
+    const view = createView();
+    view.recycleNativeView = recycle ? 'always' : 'never';
+    const style = view.style;
+
+    viewProps.forEach((v, k) => view[k] = v);
+    cssProps.forEach((v, k) => style[k] = v);
+
+    gc();
+    java.lang.System.gc();
+    const start = time();
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+        layout.addChild(view);
+        layout.removeChild(view);
+    }
+
+    const end = time() - start;
+    return end;
+}
+
+let setters: Map<string, any>;
+let cssSetters: Map<string, any>;
+
+function setupSetters(): void {
+    if (setters) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    setters = new Map<string, any>();
+    // view-base
+    setters.set('id', "someId");
+    setters.set('className', "someClassName");
+    setters.set('bindingContext', "someBindingContext");
+
+    // view
+    setters.set('automationText', "automationText");
+    setters.set('originX', 0.2);
+    setters.set('originY', 0.2);
+    setters.set('isEnabled', false);
+    setters.set('isUserInteractionEnabled', false);
+
+    // action-bar
+    setters.set('title', 'title');
+    setters.set('text', 'text');
+    setters.set('icon', '~/logo.png');
+    setters.set('visibility', 'collapse');
+
+    // activity-indicator
+    setters.set('busy', true);
+
+    // date-picker
+    setters.set('year', '2010');
+    setters.set('month', '2');
+    setters.set('day', '2');
+    setters.set('maxDate', '2100');
+    setters.set('minDate', '2000');
+    setters.set('date', new Date(2011, 3, 3));
+
+    // editable-text
+    setters.set('keyboardType', 'datetime');
+    setters.set('returnKeyType', 'done');
+    setters.set('editable', false);
+    setters.set('updateTextTrigger', 'focusLost');
+    setters.set('autocapitalizationType', 'words');
+    setters.set('autocorrect', true);
+    setters.set('hint', 'hint');
+    setters.set('maxLength', '10');
+
+    // html-view
+    setters.set('html', '<a></a>');
+
+    // image-view
+    setters.set('imageSource', '');
+    setters.set('src', '');
+    setters.set('loadMode', 'async');
+    setters.set('isLoading', true);
+    setters.set('stretch', 'none');
+
+    // layout-base
+    setters.set('clipToBounds', false);
+
+    // absolute-layout
+    setters.set('left', '20');
+    setters.set('top', '20');
+
+    // dock-layout
+    setters.set('dock', 'top');
+    setters.set('stretchLastChild', false);
+
+    // grid-layout props
+    setters.set('row', '1');
+    setters.set('rowSpan', '2');
+    setters.set('col', '1');
+    setters.set('colSpan', '2');
+
+    // stack-layout
+    setters.set('orientation', 'horizontal');
+
+    // wrap-layout
+    // custom orientation value
+    // setters.set('orientation', 'vertical');
+    setters.set('itemWidth', '50');
+    setters.set('itemHeight', '50');
+
+    // list-picker
+    setters.set('items', ['1', '2', '3']);
+    setters.set('selectedIndex', '1');
+
+    // list-view
+    setters.set('items', ['1', '2', '3']);
+    setters.set('itemTemplate', '<Label text="{{ $value }}" />');
+    setters.set('itemTemplates', '<template key="green"><Label text="{{ $value }}" style.backgroundColor="green" /></template><template key="red"><Label text="{{ $value }}" style.backgroundColor="red" /></template>');
+    setters.set('rowHeight', '50');
+
+    // page
+    setters.set('actionBarHidden', 'true');
+    setters.set('backgroundSpanUnderStatusBar', 'true');
+    setters.set('enableSwipeBackNavigation', 'false');
+
+    // progress
+    setters.set('value', '1');
+    setters.set('maxValue', '99');
+
+    // repeater
+    setters.set('items', ['1', '2', '3']);
+    setters.set('itemTemplate', '<Label text="{{ $value }}" />');
+    // setters.set('itemsLayout', new StackLayout());
+    setters.set('rowHeight', '50');
+
+    // scroll-view
+    // custom orientation value
+    //setters.set('orientation', 'horizontal');
+
+    // search-bar
+    setters.set('textFieldHintColor', 'red');
+    setters.set('textFieldBackgroundColor', 'red');
+
+    // segmented-bar
+    // custom items property
+
+    // slider
+    setters.set('minValue', '5');
+
+    // switch
+    setters.set('checked', 'true');
+
+    // tab-view
+    // custom items property
+    setters.set('androidOffscreenTabLimit', '2');
+
+    // text-base
+    const formattedText = new FormattedString();
+    const span = new Span();
+    span.text = 'span';
+    formattedText.spans.push(span);
+    setters.set('formattedText', formattedText);
+
+    // text-base
+    setters.set('secure', 'true');
+
+    // time-picker
+    setters.set('minHour', 1);
+    setters.set('hour', 2);
+    setters.set('maxHour', 11);
+    setters.set('minMinute', 1);
+    setters.set('minute', 2);
+    setters.set('maxMinute', 11);
+    setters.set('minuteInterval', 2);
+    setters.set('time', new Date(2011, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3));
+
+    cssSetters = new Map<string, any>();
+
+    // style
+    cssSetters.set('rotate', '90');
+    cssSetters.set('scaleX', 2);
+    cssSetters.set('scaleY', 2);
+    cssSetters.set('translateX', 20);
+    cssSetters.set('translateY', 20);
+
+    cssSetters.set('clipPath', 'inset(100px 50px)');
+    cssSetters.set('color', 'red');
+    cssSetters.set('tintColor', 'green');
+    cssSetters.set('placeholderColor', 'green');
+
+    cssSetters.set('backgroundColor', 'red');
+    cssSetters.set('backgroundImage', '~/logo.png');
+    cssSetters.set('backgroundRepeat', 'repeat');
+    cssSetters.set('backgroundSize', '60px 120px');
+    cssSetters.set('backgroundPosition', 'center');
+    cssSetters.set('borderColor', 'blue');
+    cssSetters.set('borderTopColor', 'green');
+    cssSetters.set('borderRightColor', 'green');
+    cssSetters.set('borderBottomColor', 'green');
+    cssSetters.set('borderLeftColor', 'green');
+    cssSetters.set('borderWidth', '10px');
+    cssSetters.set('borderTopWidth', '5px');
+    cssSetters.set('borderRightWidth', '5px');
+    cssSetters.set('borderBottomWidth', '5px');
+    cssSetters.set('borderLeftWidth', '5px');
+    cssSetters.set('borderRadius', '10px');
+    cssSetters.set('borderTopLeftRadius', '5px');
+    cssSetters.set('borderTopRightRadius', '5px');
+    cssSetters.set('borderBottomRightRadius', '5px');
+    cssSetters.set('borderBottomLeftRadius', '5px');
+
+    cssSetters.set('fontSize', '20');
+    cssSetters.set('fontFamily', 'monospace');
+    cssSetters.set('fontStyle', 'italic');
+    cssSetters.set('fontWeight', '100');
+    cssSetters.set('font', 'italic 2 "Open Sans", sans-serif');
+
+    // zIndex on android is not what you think...
+    // cssSetters.set('zIndex', '2');
+    cssSetters.set('opacity', '0.5');
+    // already set through view properties.
+    // cssSetters.set('visibility', 'collapse');
+
+    cssSetters.set('letterSpacing', '2');
+    cssSetters.set('textAlignment', 'center');
+    cssSetters.set('textDecoration', 'underline');
+    cssSetters.set('textTransform', 'capitalize');
+    cssSetters.set('whiteSpace', 'normal');
+
+    cssSetters.set('minWidth', 50);
+    cssSetters.set('minHeight', 50);
+    cssSetters.set('width', 100);
+    cssSetters.set('height', 100);
+    cssSetters.set('margin', '25');
+    cssSetters.set('marginLeft', '30px');
+    cssSetters.set('marginTop', '30px');
+    cssSetters.set('marginRight', '30px');
+    cssSetters.set('marginBottom', '30px');
+    cssSetters.set('padding', '25');
+    cssSetters.set('paddingLeft', '30px');
+    cssSetters.set('paddingTop', '30px');
+    cssSetters.set('paddingRight', '30px');
+    cssSetters.set('paddingBottom', '30px');
+    cssSetters.set('horizontalAlignment', 'center');
+    cssSetters.set('verticalAlignment', 'center');
+
+    cssSetters.set('transform', 'translate(5, 10), scale(1.2, 1.2), rotate(45)');
+
+    // TabView-specific props
+    cssSetters.set('tabTextColor', 'red');
+    cssSetters.set('tabBackgroundColor', 'red');
+    cssSetters.set('selectedTabTextColor', 'red');
+    cssSetters.set('androidSelectedTabHighlightColor', 'red');
+
+    // ListView-specific props 
+    cssSetters.set('separatorColor', 'red');
+
+    // SegmentedBar-specific props
+    cssSetters.set('selectedBackgroundColor', 'red');
+
+    // Page-specific props 
+    cssSetters.set('statusBarStyle', 'light');
+    cssSetters.set('androidStatusBarBackground', 'red');
+
+    // Flexbox-layout props
+    // cssSetters.set('flexDirection', 'column');
+    // cssSetters.set('flexWrap', 'wrap');
+    // cssSetters.set('justifyContent', 'center');
+    // cssSetters.set('alignItems', 'center');
+    // cssSetters.set('alignContent', 'center');
+    // cssSetters.set('order', '2');
+    // cssSetters.set('flexGrow', '1');
+    // cssSetters.set('flexShrink', '0');
+    // cssSetters.set('flexWrapBefore', 'true');
+    // cssSetters.set('alignSelf', 'center');
+    // cssSetters.set('flexFlow', 'row-reverse wrap');
+    // cssSetters.set('flex', '2 0.2');
+}
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diff --git a/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.ios.ts
index 6955e0333..b27f28b49 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.ios.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export class ImageSource implements ImageSourceDefinition {
 
         const data = getImageData(this.ios, format, quality);
         if (data) {
-            return data.writeToFileAtomically(path, true);
+            return NSFileManager.defaultManager.createFileAtPathContentsAttributes(path, data, null);
         }
 
         return false;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
index 2c7574110..50c225a58 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     private _maxLines: number;
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
+        initializeTextTransformation();
         const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
         this._defaultTransformationMethod = nativeView.getTransformationMethod();
         this._minHeight = nativeView.getMinHeight();
@@ -123,8 +124,6 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
             return;
         }
 
-        initializeTextTransformation();
-
         const spannableStringBuilder = createSpannableStringBuilder(value);
         nativeView.setText(<any>spannableStringBuilder);
 
@@ -150,7 +149,6 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
             return;
         }
 
-        initializeTextTransformation();
         this.nativeViewProtected.setTransformationMethod(new TextTransformation(this));
     }