diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/list-picker/list-picker.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/list-picker/list-picker.ts
index 78606aca1..0e564e8fb 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/list-picker/list-picker.ts
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/list-picker/list-picker.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+import { ListPicker } from "tns-core-modules/ui/list-picker";
+import { Page } from "tns-core-modules/ui/page";
+
 export function loaded(args) {
-    var items = [];
+    const items = [];
     for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
         items.push("name" + i);
     }
-    args.object.bindingContext = { items: items };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    
+    const target = (<Page>args.object.page).getViewById<ListPicker>("target");
+    target.items = items;
+    target.selectedIndex = 3;
+}
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/list-picker/list-picker.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/list-picker/list-picker.xml
index 9849ff1c2..7a6f99f14 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/list-picker/list-picker.xml
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/list-picker/list-picker.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <Page loaded="loaded">
 	<StackLayout>
-		<ListPicker items="{{ items }}" style="color: deeppink; background-color:lightskyblue" />
+		<ListPicker id="target" items="{{ items }}" style="color: deeppink; background-color:lightskyblue" />
 	</StackLayout>
 </Page>