diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/font/all-fonts.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/font/all-fonts.ts
index 3b4f97260..fd374dae6 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/font/all-fonts.ts
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/font/all-fonts.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { Label } from "tns-core-modules/ui/label";
 import { FontStyle, FontWeight } from "tns-core-modules/ui/enums";
 import * as typeUtils from "tns-core-modules/utils/types";
 import { Color } from "tns-core-modules/color";
-import * as utils from "tns-core-modules/utils/utils";
 import { isIOS } from "tns-core-modules/platform";
 
 const genericFontFamilies = [
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ let compareIgnoreCase = function (a, b) {
 };
 
 if (isIOS) {
-    const nsFontFamilies = utils.ios.getter(UIFont, UIFont.familyNames);
+    const nsFontFamilies = UIFont.familyNames;
     for (let i = 0; i < nsFontFamilies.count; i++) {
         const family = nsFontFamilies.objectAtIndex(i);
         fontFamilies.push(family)
diff --git a/tests/app/TKUnit.ts b/tests/app/TKUnit.ts
index 72e4ea164..f5fda0c8f 100644
--- a/tests/app/TKUnit.ts
+++ b/tests/app/TKUnit.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ import * as timer from "tns-core-modules/timer";
 import * as trace from "tns-core-modules/trace";
 import * as types from "tns-core-modules/utils/types";
 import * as platform from "tns-core-modules/platform";
-import { topmost } from "tns-core-modules/ui/frame";
-
-import * as utils from "tns-core-modules/utils/utils";
 
 const sdkVersion = parseInt(platform.device.sdkVersion);
 
@@ -371,7 +368,7 @@ export function waitUntilReady(isReady: () => boolean, timeoutSec: number = 3, s
         let totalWaitTime = 0;
         while (true) {
             const begin = time();
-            const currentRunLoop = utils.ios.getter(NSRunLoop, NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop);
+            const currentRunLoop = NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop;
             currentRunLoop.limitDateForMode(currentRunLoop.currentMode);
             if (isReady()) {
                 break;
diff --git a/tests/app/application/application-tests.ios.ts b/tests/app/application/application-tests.ios.ts
index 6be1a1073..b019da98f 100644
--- a/tests/app/application/application-tests.ios.ts
+++ b/tests/app/application/application-tests.ios.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 /* tslint:disable:no-unused-variable */
 import * as app from "tns-core-modules/application";
-import * as TKUnit from "../TKUnit";
 import * as commonTests from "./application-tests-common";
 
-import * as utils from "tns-core-modules/utils/utils";
-import getter = utils.ios.getter;
-
 global.moduleMerge(commonTests, exports);
 
 // >> application-ios-observer
@@ -13,7 +9,7 @@ global.moduleMerge(commonTests, exports);
 if (app.ios) {
     var observer = app.ios.addNotificationObserver(UIDeviceBatteryLevelDidChangeNotification,
         function onReceiveCallback(notification: NSNotification) {
-            var percent = getter(UIDevice, UIDevice.currentDevice).batteryLevel * 100;
+            var percent = UIDevice.currentDevice.batteryLevel * 100;
             var message = "Battery: " + percent + "%";
             ////console.log(message);
         });
diff --git a/tests/app/pages/page5.ts b/tests/app/pages/page5.ts
index cd6f17640..b78b881b2 100644
--- a/tests/app/pages/page5.ts
+++ b/tests/app/pages/page5.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import * as buttons from "tns-core-modules/ui/button";
 import * as app from "tns-core-modules/application";
 import * as platform from "tns-core-modules/platform";
 
-import * as utils from "tns-core-modules/utils/utils";
-
 function printDeviceInfoAndroid() {
     console.log("android.os.Build.DEVICE = " + android.os.Build.DEVICE);                     //android.os.Build.DEVICE = hammerhead
     console.log("android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK = " + android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK);         //android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK = 19
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ function printDeviceInfoAndroid() {
 }
 
 function printDeviceInfoIOS() {
-    var device = utils.ios.getter(UIDevice, UIDevice.currentDevice);
+    var device = UIDevice.currentDevice;
     console.log("device.name = " + device.name);                             //device.name = iPhone Simulator
     console.log("device.systemName = " + device.systemName);                 //device.systemName = iPhone OS
     console.log("device.systemVersion = " + device.systemVersion);           //device.systemVersion = 8.1
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ function printDeviceInfoIOS() {
     console.log("device.localizedModel = " + device.localizedModel);         //device.localizedModel = iPhone Simulator
     console.log("device.userInterfaceIdiom = " + device.userInterfaceIdiom); //device.userInterfaceIdiom = 0
     console.log("device.batteryLevel = " + device.batteryLevel);             //device.batteryLevel = -1
-    var screen = utils.ios.getter(UIScreen, UIScreen.mainScreen);
+    var screen = UIScreen.mainScreen;
     console.log("screen = " + screen);
     console.log("screen.nativeBounds = " + screen.nativeBounds.size.width + ", " + screen.nativeBounds.size.height); //screen.nativeBounds = 640, 1136
     console.log("screen.scale = " + screen.scale);                                                                   //screen.scale = 2
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/date-picker/date-picker-tests-native.ios.ts b/tests/app/ui/date-picker/date-picker-tests-native.ios.ts
index 9361d62ef..3a3231eac 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/date-picker/date-picker-tests-native.ios.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/date-picker/date-picker-tests-native.ios.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 import * as datePickerModule from "tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker";
 
-import * as utils from "tns-core-modules/utils/utils";
-
 export function getNativeYear(datePicker: datePickerModule.DatePicker): number {
-    return utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date).year;
+    return NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date).year;
 }
 
 export function getNativeMonth(datePicker: datePickerModule.DatePicker): number {
-    return utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date).month;
+    return NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date).month;
 }
 
 export function getNativeDay(datePicker: datePickerModule.DatePicker): number {
-    return utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date).day;
+    return NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date).day;
 }
 
 export function getNativeMaxDate(datePicker: datePickerModule.DatePicker): Date {
@@ -23,31 +21,31 @@ export function getNativeMinDate(datePicker: datePickerModule.DatePicker): Date
 }
 
 export function setNativeYear(datePicker: datePickerModule.DatePicker, value: number): void {
-    var comps = utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date);
+    var comps = NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date);
     comps.year = value;
-    datePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).dateFromComponents(comps), false);
+    datePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(NSCalendar.currentCalendar.dateFromComponents(comps), false);
     (<any>datePicker)._changeHandler.valueChanged(datePicker.ios);
 }
 
 export function setNativeMonth(datePicker: datePickerModule.DatePicker, value: number): void {
-    var comps = utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date);
+    var comps = NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date);
     comps.month = value;
-    datePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).dateFromComponents(comps), false);
+    datePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(NSCalendar.currentCalendar.dateFromComponents(comps), false);
     (<any>datePicker)._changeHandler.valueChanged(datePicker.ios);
 }
 
 export function setNativeDay(datePicker: datePickerModule.DatePicker, value: number): void {
-    var comps = utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date);
+    var comps = NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date);
     comps.day = value;
-    datePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).dateFromComponents(comps), false);
+    datePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(NSCalendar.currentCalendar.dateFromComponents(comps), false);
     (<any>datePicker)._changeHandler.valueChanged(datePicker.ios);
 }
 
 export function setNativeDate(datePicker: datePickerModule.DatePicker, year: number, month: number, day: number): void {
-    var comps = utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date);
+    var comps = NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, datePicker.ios.date);
     comps.year = year;
     comps.month = month;
     comps.day = day;
-    datePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).dateFromComponents(comps), false);
+    datePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(NSCalendar.currentCalendar.dateFromComponents(comps), false);
     (<any>datePicker)._changeHandler.valueChanged(datePicker.ios);
 }
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/helper.ts b/tests/app/ui/helper.ts
index 74bc6dd4a..6ccd5b490 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/helper.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/helper.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { ActionBar } from "tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar";
 import { Color } from "tns-core-modules/color";
 
 import { LayoutBase } from "tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base";
-import { FlexboxLayout } from "tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout";
 import { FormattedString, Span } from "tns-core-modules/text/formatted-string";
 import { _getProperties, _getStyleProperties } from "tns-core-modules/ui/core/properties";
 import { device } from "tns-core-modules/platform";
@@ -305,11 +304,11 @@ export function _generateFormattedString(): FormattedString {
     return formattedString;
 }
 
-const props = _getProperties();
-const styleProps = _getStyleProperties();
-let setters: Map<string, any>;
-let cssSetters: Map<string, any>;
-let defaultNativeGetters: Map<string, (view) => any>;
+// const props = _getProperties();
+// const styleProps = _getStyleProperties();
+// let setters: Map<string, any>;
+// let cssSetters: Map<string, any>;
+// let defaultNativeGetters: Map<string, (view) => any>;
 
 export function nativeView_recycling_test(createNew: () => View, createLayout?: () => LayoutBase, nativeGetters?: Map<string, (view) => any>, customSetters?: Map<string, any>) {
     return;
@@ -373,490 +372,490 @@ export function nativeView_recycling_test(createNew: () => View, createLayout?:
     // layout.removeChild(first);
 }
 
-function compareUsingReflection(recycledNativeView: View, newNativeView: View): void {
-    const recycled: android.view.View = recycledNativeView.nativeViewProtected;
-    const newer: android.view.View = newNativeView.nativeViewProtected;
-    TKUnit.assertNotEqual(recycled, newer);
-    const methods = newer.getClass().getMethods();
-    for (let i = 0, length = methods.length; i < length; i++) {
-        const method = methods[i];
-        const returnType = method.getReturnType();
-        const name = method.getName();
-        const skip = name.includes("ViewId")
-            || name.includes("Accessibility")
-            || name.includes("hashCode")
-            || name === "getId"
-            || name === "hasFocus"
-            || name === "isDirty"
-            || name === "getLeft"
-            || name === "getTop"
-            || name === "getRight"
-            || name === "getBottom"
-            || name === "getWidth"
-            || name === "getHeight"
-            || name === "getX"
-            || name === "getY"
-            || name.includes("getMeasured")
-            || name === "toString";
-
-        if (skip || method.getParameterTypes().length > 0) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if ((<any>java).lang.Comparable.class.isAssignableFrom(returnType)) {
-            const defValue = method.invoke(newer, null);
-            const currValue = method.invoke(recycled, null);
-            if (defValue !== currValue && defValue.compareTo(currValue) !== 0) {
-                throw new Error(`Actual: ${currValue}, Expected: ${defValue}, for method: ${method.getName()}`);
-            }
-        } else if (java.lang.String.class === returnType ||
-            java.lang.Character.class === returnType ||
-            (<any>java).lang.CharSequence.class === returnType ||
-            returnType === java.lang.Byte.TYPE ||
-            returnType === java.lang.Double.TYPE ||
-            returnType === java.lang.Float.TYPE ||
-            returnType === java.lang.Integer.TYPE ||
-            returnType === java.lang.Long.TYPE ||
-            returnType === java.lang.Short.TYPE ||
-            returnType === java.lang.Boolean.TYPE) {
-
-            const defValue = method.invoke(newer, null);
-            const currValue = method.invoke(recycled, null);
-            if ((currValue + "") !== (defValue + "")) {
-                throw new Error(`Actual: ${currValue}, Expected: ${defValue}, for method: ${method.getName()}`);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-function checkDefaults(newer: View, first: View, props: Array<any>, nativeGetters: Map<string, (view) => any>): void {
-    props.forEach(prop => {
-        const name = (<any>prop).name;
-        if (nativeGetters.has(name)) {
-            const getter = nativeGetters.get(name);
-            TKUnit.assertDeepEqual(getter(newer), getter(first), name);
-        } else if (newer[prop.getDefault]) {
-            TKUnit.assertDeepEqual(newer[prop.getDefault](), first[prop.getDefault](), name);
-        } else if (newer[prop.setNative]) {
-            console.log(`Type: ${newer.typeName} has no getter for ${name} property.`)
-        }
-    });
-}
-
-function setValue(object: Object, setters: Map<string, any>, customSetters?: Map<string, any>): void {
-    setters.forEach((value1, key) => {
-        let value = customSetters && customSetters.has(key) ? customSetters.get(key) : value1;
-        const currentValue = object[key];
-        if (currentValue === value) {
-            if (value === "horizontal" && key === "orientation") {
-                // wrap-layout.orientation default value is 'horizontal'
-                value = "vertical";
-            } else if (value === 2) {
-                value = 3;
-            }
-        }
-
-        object[key] = value;
-        const newValue = object[key];
-        TKUnit.assertNotEqual(newValue, currentValue, `${object} setting ${key} should change current value.`);
-    });
-}
-
-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");
-
-    const nativeGetters = defaultNativeGetters = new Map<string, (view) => any>();
-
-    nativeGetters.set("marginLeft", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof android.view.ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) ? lp.leftMargin : 0;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("marginTop", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof android.view.ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) ? lp.topMargin : 0;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("marginRight", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof android.view.ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) ? lp.rightMargin : 0;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("marginBottom", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof android.view.ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) ? lp.bottomMargin : 0;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("col", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.CommonLayoutParams) ? lp.column : 0;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("colSpan", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.CommonLayoutParams) ? lp.columnSpan : 1;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("row", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.CommonLayoutParams) ? lp.column : 0;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("rowSpan", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.CommonLayoutParams) ? lp.columnSpan : 1;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("width", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const native = v.nativeView;
-        if (native.getParent() instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout) {
-            return -2;
-        }
-        return native.getLayoutParams().width;
-    });
-    nativeGetters.set("height", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const native = v.nativeView;
-        if (native.getParent() instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout) {
-            return -2;
-        }
-        return native.getLayoutParams().height;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("paddingLeft", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getPaddingLeft());
-    nativeGetters.set("paddingTop", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getPaddingTop());
-    nativeGetters.set("paddingRight", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getPaddingRight());
-    nativeGetters.set("paddingBottom", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getPaddingBottom());
-
-    nativeGetters.set("minWidth", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getMinimumWidth());
-    nativeGetters.set("minHeight", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getMinimumHeight());
-
-    nativeGetters.set("scaleX", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getScaleX());
-    nativeGetters.set("scaleY", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getScaleY());
-    nativeGetters.set("translateX", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getTranslationX());
-    nativeGetters.set("translateY", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getTranslationY());
-    nativeGetters.set("isEnabled", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.isEnabled());
-    nativeGetters.set("rotate", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getRotation());
-
-    nativeGetters.set("order", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout.LayoutParams) ? lp.order : 1;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("flexGrow", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout.LayoutParams) ? lp.flexGrow : 0;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("flexShrink", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout.LayoutParams) ? lp.flexShrink : 1;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("flexWrapBefore", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout.LayoutParams) ? lp.wrapBefore : false;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("alignSelf", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
-        return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout.LayoutParams) ? lp.alignSelf : "auto";
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("formattedText", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const nativeView = v.nativeView;
-        return (nativeView instanceof android.widget.TextView) ? nativeView.getText().toString() : undefined;
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("isUserInteractionEnabled", (v) => true);
-
-    nativeGetters.set("orientation", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const nativeView = v.nativeView;
-        if (nativeView instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.StackLayout) {
-            return nativeView.getOrientation();
-        } else if (nativeView instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.WrapLayout) {
-            return nativeView.getOrientation();
-        }
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("textTransform", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const nativeView = v.nativeView;
-        if (nativeView instanceof android.widget.TextView) {
-            return nativeView.getTransformationMethod();
-        }
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("editable", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const nativeView = v.nativeView;
-        if (nativeView instanceof android.widget.TextView) {
-            return nativeView.getKeyListener();
-        }
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("maxLength", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const nativeView = v.nativeView;
-        if (nativeView instanceof android.widget.TextView) {
-            return nativeView.getFilters();
-        }
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("whiteSpace", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const nativeView = v.nativeView;
-        if (nativeView instanceof android.widget.TextView) {
-            return { lineCount: nativeView.getLineCount(), ellipsize: nativeView.getEllipsize() };
-        }
-    });
-
-    nativeGetters.set("text", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
-        const nativeView = v.nativeView;
-        if (nativeView instanceof android.widget.TextView) {
-            const text = nativeView.getText();
-            return text ? text.toString() : text;
-        }
-    });
-}
+// function compareUsingReflection(recycledNativeView: View, newNativeView: View): void {
+//     const recycled: android.view.View = recycledNativeView.nativeViewProtected;
+//     const newer: android.view.View = newNativeView.nativeViewProtected;
+//     TKUnit.assertNotEqual(recycled, newer);
+//     const methods = newer.getClass().getMethods();
+//     for (let i = 0, length = methods.length; i < length; i++) {
+//         const method = methods[i];
+//         const returnType = method.getReturnType();
+//         const name = method.getName();
+//         const skip = name.includes("ViewId")
+//             || name.includes("Accessibility")
+//             || name.includes("hashCode")
+//             || name === "getId"
+//             || name === "hasFocus"
+//             || name === "isDirty"
+//             || name === "getLeft"
+//             || name === "getTop"
+//             || name === "getRight"
+//             || name === "getBottom"
+//             || name === "getWidth"
+//             || name === "getHeight"
+//             || name === "getX"
+//             || name === "getY"
+//             || name.includes("getMeasured")
+//             || name === "toString";
+
+//         if (skip || method.getParameterTypes().length > 0) {
+//             continue;
+//         }
+
+//         if ((<any>java).lang.Comparable.class.isAssignableFrom(returnType)) {
+//             const defValue = method.invoke(newer, null);
+//             const currValue = method.invoke(recycled, null);
+//             if (defValue !== currValue && defValue.compareTo(currValue) !== 0) {
+//                 throw new Error(`Actual: ${currValue}, Expected: ${defValue}, for method: ${method.getName()}`);
+//             }
+//         } else if (java.lang.String.class === returnType ||
+//             java.lang.Character.class === returnType ||
+//             (<any>java).lang.CharSequence.class === returnType ||
+//             returnType === java.lang.Byte.TYPE ||
+//             returnType === java.lang.Double.TYPE ||
+//             returnType === java.lang.Float.TYPE ||
+//             returnType === java.lang.Integer.TYPE ||
+//             returnType === java.lang.Long.TYPE ||
+//             returnType === java.lang.Short.TYPE ||
+//             returnType === java.lang.Boolean.TYPE) {
+
+//             const defValue = method.invoke(newer, null);
+//             const currValue = method.invoke(recycled, null);
+//             if ((currValue + "") !== (defValue + "")) {
+//                 throw new Error(`Actual: ${currValue}, Expected: ${defValue}, for method: ${method.getName()}`);
+//             }
+//         }
+//     }
+// }
+
+// function checkDefaults(newer: View, first: View, props: Array<any>, nativeGetters: Map<string, (view) => any>): void {
+//     props.forEach(prop => {
+//         const name = (<any>prop).name;
+//         if (nativeGetters.has(name)) {
+//             const getter = nativeGetters.get(name);
+//             TKUnit.assertDeepEqual(getter(newer), getter(first), name);
+//         } else if (newer[prop.getDefault]) {
+//             TKUnit.assertDeepEqual(newer[prop.getDefault](), first[prop.getDefault](), name);
+//         } else if (newer[prop.setNative]) {
+//             console.log(`Type: ${newer.typeName} has no getter for ${name} property.`)
+//         }
+//     });
+// }
+
+// function setValue(object: Object, setters: Map<string, any>, customSetters?: Map<string, any>): void {
+//     setters.forEach((value1, key) => {
+//         let value = customSetters && customSetters.has(key) ? customSetters.get(key) : value1;
+//         const currentValue = object[key];
+//         if (currentValue === value) {
+//             if (value === "horizontal" && key === "orientation") {
+//                 // wrap-layout.orientation default value is 'horizontal'
+//                 value = "vertical";
+//             } else if (value === 2) {
+//                 value = 3;
+//             }
+//         }
+
+//         object[key] = value;
+//         const newValue = object[key];
+//         TKUnit.assertNotEqual(newValue, currentValue, `${object} setting ${key} should change current value.`);
+//     });
+// }
+
+// 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");
+
+//     const nativeGetters = defaultNativeGetters = new Map<string, (view) => any>();
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("marginLeft", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof android.view.ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) ? lp.leftMargin : 0;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("marginTop", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof android.view.ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) ? lp.topMargin : 0;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("marginRight", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof android.view.ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) ? lp.rightMargin : 0;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("marginBottom", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof android.view.ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) ? lp.bottomMargin : 0;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("col", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.CommonLayoutParams) ? lp.column : 0;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("colSpan", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.CommonLayoutParams) ? lp.columnSpan : 1;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("row", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.CommonLayoutParams) ? lp.column : 0;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("rowSpan", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.CommonLayoutParams) ? lp.columnSpan : 1;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("width", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const native = v.nativeView;
+//         if (native.getParent() instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout) {
+//             return -2;
+//         }
+//         return native.getLayoutParams().width;
+//     });
+//     nativeGetters.set("height", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const native = v.nativeView;
+//         if (native.getParent() instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout) {
+//             return -2;
+//         }
+//         return native.getLayoutParams().height;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("paddingLeft", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getPaddingLeft());
+//     nativeGetters.set("paddingTop", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getPaddingTop());
+//     nativeGetters.set("paddingRight", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getPaddingRight());
+//     nativeGetters.set("paddingBottom", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getPaddingBottom());
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("minWidth", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getMinimumWidth());
+//     nativeGetters.set("minHeight", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getMinimumHeight());
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("scaleX", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getScaleX());
+//     nativeGetters.set("scaleY", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getScaleY());
+//     nativeGetters.set("translateX", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getTranslationX());
+//     nativeGetters.set("translateY", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getTranslationY());
+//     nativeGetters.set("isEnabled", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.isEnabled());
+//     nativeGetters.set("rotate", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => v.nativeView.getRotation());
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("order", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout.LayoutParams) ? lp.order : 1;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("flexGrow", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout.LayoutParams) ? lp.flexGrow : 0;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("flexShrink", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout.LayoutParams) ? lp.flexShrink : 1;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("flexWrapBefore", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout.LayoutParams) ? lp.wrapBefore : false;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("alignSelf", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const lp = v.nativeView.getLayoutParams();
+//         return (lp instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.FlexboxLayout.LayoutParams) ? lp.alignSelf : "auto";
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("formattedText", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const nativeView = v.nativeView;
+//         return (nativeView instanceof android.widget.TextView) ? nativeView.getText().toString() : undefined;
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("isUserInteractionEnabled", (v) => true);
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("orientation", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const nativeView = v.nativeView;
+//         if (nativeView instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.StackLayout) {
+//             return nativeView.getOrientation();
+//         } else if (nativeView instanceof org.nativescript.widgets.WrapLayout) {
+//             return nativeView.getOrientation();
+//         }
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("textTransform", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const nativeView = v.nativeView;
+//         if (nativeView instanceof android.widget.TextView) {
+//             return nativeView.getTransformationMethod();
+//         }
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("editable", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const nativeView = v.nativeView;
+//         if (nativeView instanceof android.widget.TextView) {
+//             return nativeView.getKeyListener();
+//         }
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("maxLength", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const nativeView = v.nativeView;
+//         if (nativeView instanceof android.widget.TextView) {
+//             return nativeView.getFilters();
+//         }
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("whiteSpace", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const nativeView = v.nativeView;
+//         if (nativeView instanceof android.widget.TextView) {
+//             return { lineCount: nativeView.getLineCount(), ellipsize: nativeView.getEllipsize() };
+//         }
+//     });
+
+//     nativeGetters.set("text", (v: { nativeView: android.view.View }) => {
+//         const nativeView = v.nativeView;
+//         if (nativeView instanceof android.widget.TextView) {
+//             const text = nativeView.getText();
+//             return text ? text.toString() : text;
+//         }
+//     });
+// }
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/layouts/safe-area-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/layouts/safe-area-tests.ts
index 15350f634..965d89b07 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/layouts/safe-area-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/layouts/safe-area-tests.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import * as TKUnit from "../../TKUnit";
 import * as view from "tns-core-modules/ui/core/view";
 import * as testModule from "../../ui-test";
 import * as platform from "tns-core-modules/platform";
-import { ios as iosUtils } from "tns-core-modules/utils/utils";
 import * as helper from "../helper";
 import { parse } from "tns-core-modules/ui/builder";
 import { Page } from "tns-core-modules/ui/page";
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ export class SafeAreaTests extends testModule.UITest<any> {
     };
 
     private layout_insets_top_action_bar_test(layout: view.View) {
-        const app = iosUtils.getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication);
+        const app = UIApplication.sharedApplication;
         const statusBarHeight = round(dipToDp(app.statusBarFrame.size.height));
         const actionBarHeight = round(dipToDp(layout.page.actionBar.nativeViewProtected.frame.size.height));
         const topInset = statusBarHeight + actionBarHeight;
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ export class SafeAreaTests extends testModule.UITest<any> {
     }
 
     private layout_insets_top_action_bar_hidden_test(layout: view.View) {
-        const app = iosUtils.getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication);
+        const app = UIApplication.sharedApplication;
         const statusBarHeight = round(dipToDp(app.statusBarFrame.size.height));
         const topInset = statusBarHeight;
 
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/time-picker/time-picker-tests-native.ios.ts b/tests/app/ui/time-picker/time-picker-tests-native.ios.ts
index 553181c3e..b8f06729c 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/time-picker/time-picker-tests-native.ios.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/time-picker/time-picker-tests-native.ios.ts
@@ -1,33 +1,31 @@
 import * as timePickerModule from "tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker";
 
-import * as utils from "tns-core-modules/utils/utils";
-
 export function getNativeHour(timePicker: timePickerModule.TimePicker): number {
-    return utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, timePicker.ios.date).hour;
+    return NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, timePicker.ios.date).hour;
 }
 
 export function getNativeMinute(timePicker: timePickerModule.TimePicker): number {
-    return utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, timePicker.ios.date).minute;
+    return NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, timePicker.ios.date).minute;
 }
 
 export function setNativeHour(timePicker: timePickerModule.TimePicker, value: number): void {
-    var comps = utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, timePicker.ios.date);
+    var comps = NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, timePicker.ios.date);
     comps.hour = value;
-    timePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).dateFromComponents(comps), false);
+    timePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(NSCalendar.currentCalendar.dateFromComponents(comps), false);
     (<any>timePicker)._changeHandler.valueChanged(timePicker.ios);
 }
 
 export function setNativeMinute(timePicker: timePickerModule.TimePicker, value: number): void {
-    var comps = utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, timePicker.ios.date);
+    var comps = NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, timePicker.ios.date);
     comps.minute = value;
-    timePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).dateFromComponents(comps), false);
+    timePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(NSCalendar.currentCalendar.dateFromComponents(comps), false);
     (<any>timePicker)._changeHandler.valueChanged(timePicker.ios);
 }
 
 export function setNativeTime(timePicker: timePickerModule.TimePicker, hour: number, minute: number): void {
-    var comps = utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, timePicker.ios.date);
+    var comps = NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, timePicker.ios.date);
     comps.hour = hour;
     comps.minute = minute;
-    timePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(utils.ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).dateFromComponents(comps), false);
+    timePicker.ios.setDateAnimated(NSCalendar.currentCalendar.dateFromComponents(comps), false);
     (<any>timePicker)._changeHandler.valueChanged(timePicker.ios);
 }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/application-settings/application-settings.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/application-settings/application-settings.ios.ts
index 3fbfc9db8..6c2c4b757 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/application-settings/application-settings.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/application-settings/application-settings.ios.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import * as utils from "../utils/utils";
 
-var userDefaults = utils.ios.getter(NSUserDefaults, NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults);
+var userDefaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults;
 
 export var hasKey = function (key: string): boolean {
     Common.checkKey(key);
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export var remove = function (key: string): void {
 }
 
 export var clear = function (): void {
-    userDefaults.removePersistentDomainForName(utils.ios.getter(NSBundle, NSBundle.mainBundle).bundleIdentifier);
+    userDefaults.removePersistentDomainForName(NSBundle.mainBundle.bundleIdentifier);
 }
 
 export var flush = function (): boolean {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
index df635cf5f..11fe3d657 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ export * from "./application-common";
 import { createViewFromEntry } from "../ui/builder";
 import { ios as iosView, View } from "../ui/core/view";
 import { Frame, NavigationEntry } from "../ui/frame";
-import * as utils from "../utils/utils";
+import { ios } from "../utils/utils";
 import { profile, level as profilingLevel, Level } from "../profiling";
 
+const getVisibleViewController = ios.getVisibleViewController;
+
 // NOTE: UIResponder with implementation of window - related to https://github.com/NativeScript/ios-runtime/issues/430
 // TODO: Refactor the UIResponder to use Typescript extends when this issue is resolved:
 // https://github.com/NativeScript/ios-runtime/issues/1012
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ let displayedLink;
 class CADisplayLinkTarget extends NSObject {
     onDisplayed(link: CADisplayLink) {
         link.invalidate();
-        const ios = utils.ios.getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication);
+        const ios = UIApplication.sharedApplication;
         const object = iosApp;
         displayedOnce = true;
         notify(<ApplicationEventData>{ eventName: displayedEvent, object, ios });
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ class CADisplayLinkTarget extends NSObject {
 
 class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
     private _delegate: typeof UIApplicationDelegate;
-    private _currentOrientation = utils.ios.getter(UIDevice, UIDevice.currentDevice).orientation;
+    private _currentOrientation = UIDevice.currentDevice.orientation;
     private _window: UIWindow;
     private _observers: Array<NotificationObserver>;
     private _rootView: View;
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
     }
 
     get nativeApp(): UIApplication {
-        return utils.ios.getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication);
+        return UIApplication.sharedApplication;
     }
 
     get window(): UIWindow {
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
 
     public addNotificationObserver(notificationName: string, onReceiveCallback: (notification: NSNotification) => void): NotificationObserver {
         const observer = NotificationObserver.initWithCallback(onReceiveCallback);
-        utils.ios.getter(NSNotificationCenter, NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter).addObserverSelectorNameObject(observer, "onReceive", notificationName, null);
+        NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter.addObserverSelectorNameObject(observer, "onReceive", notificationName, null);
         this._observers.push(observer);
         return observer;
     }
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
         var index = this._observers.indexOf(observer);
         if (index >= 0) {
             this._observers.splice(index, 1);
-            utils.ios.getter(NSNotificationCenter, NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter).removeObserverNameObject(observer, notificationName, null);
+            NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter.removeObserverNameObject(observer, notificationName, null);
         }
     }
 
@@ -138,9 +140,9 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
             displayedLink.addToRunLoopForMode(NSRunLoop.mainRunLoop, UITrackingRunLoopMode);
         }
 
-        this._window = UIWindow.alloc().initWithFrame(utils.ios.getter(UIScreen, UIScreen.mainScreen).bounds);
+        this._window = UIWindow.alloc().initWithFrame(UIScreen.mainScreen.bounds);
         // TODO: Expose Window module so that it can we styled from XML & CSS
-        this._window.backgroundColor = utils.ios.getter(UIColor, UIColor.whiteColor);
+        this._window.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor;
 
         this.notifyAppStarted(notification);
 
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
 
     @profile
     private didBecomeActive(notification: NSNotification) {
-        const ios = utils.ios.getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication);
+        const ios = UIApplication.sharedApplication;
         const object = this;
         notify(<ApplicationEventData>{ eventName: resumeEvent, object, ios });
         const rootView = this._rootView;
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
     }
 
     private didEnterBackground(notification: NSNotification) {
-        notify(<ApplicationEventData>{ eventName: suspendEvent, object: this, ios: utils.ios.getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication) });
+        notify(<ApplicationEventData>{ eventName: suspendEvent, object: this, ios: UIApplication.sharedApplication });
         const rootView = this._rootView;
         if (rootView && rootView.isLoaded) {
             rootView.callUnloaded();
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
     }
 
     private willTerminate(notification: NSNotification) {
-        notify(<ApplicationEventData>{ eventName: exitEvent, object: this, ios: utils.ios.getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication) });
+        notify(<ApplicationEventData>{ eventName: exitEvent, object: this, ios: UIApplication.sharedApplication });
         const rootView = this._rootView;
         if (rootView && rootView.isLoaded) {
             rootView.callUnloaded();
@@ -192,11 +194,11 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
     }
 
     private didReceiveMemoryWarning(notification: NSNotification) {
-        notify(<ApplicationEventData>{ eventName: lowMemoryEvent, object: this, ios: utils.ios.getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication) });
+        notify(<ApplicationEventData>{ eventName: lowMemoryEvent, object: this, ios: UIApplication.sharedApplication });
     }
 
     private orientationDidChange(notification: NSNotification) {
-        const orientation = utils.ios.getter(UIDevice, UIDevice.currentDevice).orientation;
+        const orientation = UIDevice.currentDevice.orientation;
 
         if (this._currentOrientation !== orientation) {
             this._currentOrientation = orientation;
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ export function start(entry?: string | NavigationEntry) {
                     if (embedderDelegate) {
                         embedderDelegate.presentNativeScriptApp(controller);
                     } else {
-                        let visibleVC = utils.ios.getVisibleViewController(rootController);
+                        let visibleVC = getVisibleViewController(rootController);
                         visibleVC.presentViewControllerAnimatedCompletion(controller, true, null);
                     }
                     iosApp.notifyAppStarted();
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/debugger/webinspector-network.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/debugger/webinspector-network.ios.ts
index bce24b9c7..80b627e6c 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/debugger/webinspector-network.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/debugger/webinspector-network.ios.ts
@@ -4,19 +4,6 @@ var inspectorCommands: typeof inspectorCommandTypes = require("./InspectorBacken
 import * as debuggerDomains from "./debugger";
 
 declare var __inspectorSendEvent;
-/**
- * Checks if the property is a function and if it is, calls it on this.
- * Designed to support backward compatibility for methods that became properties.
- * Will not work on delegates since it checks if the propertyValue is a function, and delegates are marshalled as functions.
- * Example: getter(NSRunLoop, NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop).runUntilDate(NSDate.dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow(waitTime));
- */
-function getter<T>(_this: any, property: T | {(): T}): T {
-    if (typeof property === "function") {
-        return (<{(): T}>property).call(_this);
-    } else {
-        return <T>property;
-    }
-}
 
 declare var __inspectorTimestamp;
 
@@ -237,9 +224,9 @@ export class NetworkDomainDebugger implements inspectorCommandTypes.NetworkDomai
      * Loads a resource in the context of a frame on the inspected page without cross origin checks.
      */
     loadResource(params: inspectorCommandTypes.NetworkDomain.LoadResourceMethodArguments): { content: string, mimeType: string, status: number } {
-        let appPath = getter(NSBundle, NSBundle.mainBundle).bundlePath;
+        let appPath = NSBundle.mainBundle.bundlePath;
         let pathUrl = params.url.replace("file://", appPath);
-        let fileManager = getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+        let fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
         let data = fileManager.fileExistsAtPath(pathUrl) ? fileManager.contentsAtPath(pathUrl) : undefined;
         let content = data ? NSString.alloc().initWithDataEncoding(data, NSUTF8StringEncoding) : "";
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/file-system/file-system-access.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/file-system/file-system-access.ios.ts
index 23c7faf1f..c11629c44 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/file-system/file-system-access.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/file-system/file-system-access.ios.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { ios } from "../utils/utils";
 export class FileSystemAccess {
 
     public getLastModified(path: string): Date {
-        const fileManager = ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+        const fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
         const attributes = fileManager.attributesOfItemAtPathError(path);
 
         if (attributes) {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
     }
 
     public getFileSize(path: string): number {
-        const fileManager = ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+        const fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
         const attributes = fileManager.attributesOfItemAtPathError(path);
         if (attributes) {
             return attributes.objectForKey("NSFileSize");
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
 
     public getParent(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): { path: string; name: string } {
         try {
-            const fileManager = ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+            const fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
             const nsString = NSString.stringWithString(path);
 
             const parentPath = nsString.stringByDeletingLastPathComponent;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
 
     public getFile(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): { path: string; name: string; extension: string } {
         try {
-            const fileManager = ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+            const fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
             const exists = fileManager.fileExistsAtPath(path);
 
             if (!exists) {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
 
     public getFolder(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): { path: string; name: string } {
         try {
-            const fileManager = ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+            const fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
             const exists = this.folderExists(path);
 
             if (!exists) {
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
 
     public getExistingFolder(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): { path: string; name: string } {
         try {
-            const fileManager = ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+            const fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
             const exists = this.folderExists(path);
 
             if (exists) {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
     }
 
     private exists(path: string): { exists: boolean, isDirectory: boolean } {
-        const fileManager = ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+        const fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
         const isDirectory = new interop.Reference(interop.types.bool, false);
         const exists = fileManager.fileExistsAtPathIsDirectory(path, isDirectory);
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
     }
 
     public emptyFolder(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any) {
-        const fileManager = ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+        const fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
         const entities = this.getEntities(path, onError);
 
         if (!entities) {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
     }
 
     public rename(path: string, newPath: string, onError?: (error: any) => any) {
-        const fileManager = ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+        const fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
 
         try {
             fileManager.moveItemAtPathToPathError(path, newPath);
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
     }
 
     public getLogicalRootPath(): string {
-        const mainBundlePath = ios.getter(NSBundle, NSBundle.mainBundle).bundlePath;
+        const mainBundlePath = NSBundle.mainBundle.bundlePath;
         const resolvedPath = NSString.stringWithString(mainBundlePath).stringByResolvingSymlinksInPath;
         return resolvedPath;
     }
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
     }
 
     private getKnownPath(folderType: number): string {
-        const fileManager = ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+        const fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
         const paths = fileManager.URLsForDirectoryInDomains(folderType, NSSearchPathDomainMask.UserDomainMask);
 
         const url = paths.objectAtIndex(0);
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
     }
 
     private deleteEntity(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any) {
-        const fileManager = ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+        const fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
         try {
             fileManager.removeItemAtPathError(path);
         } catch (ex) {
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
 
     private enumEntities(path: string, callback: (entity: { path: string; name: string; extension: string }) => boolean, onError?: (error) => any) {
         try {
-            const fileManager = ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager);
+            const fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager;
             let files: NSArray<string>;
             try {
                 files = fileManager.contentsOfDirectoryAtPathError(path);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/fps-meter/fps-native.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/fps-meter/fps-native.ios.ts
index b4c4ff388..2b631d93b 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/fps-meter/fps-native.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/fps-meter/fps-native.ios.ts
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ export class FPSCallback implements definition.FPSCallback {
 
         this.displayLink = CADisplayLink.displayLinkWithTargetSelector(this.impl, "handleFrame");
         this.displayLink.paused = true;
-        this.displayLink.addToRunLoopForMode(utils.ios.getter(NSRunLoop, NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop), NSDefaultRunLoopMode);
+        this.displayLink.addToRunLoopForMode(NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop, NSDefaultRunLoopMode);
         // UIScrollView (including in UIITableView) will run a loop in UITrackingRunLoopMode during scrolling.
         // If we do not add the CADisplayLink in this mode, it would appear paused during scrolling.
-        this.displayLink.addToRunLoopForMode(utils.ios.getter(NSRunLoop, NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop), UITrackingRunLoopMode);
+        this.displayLink.addToRunLoopForMode(NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop, UITrackingRunLoopMode);
     }
 
     public start() {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/http/http-request/http-request.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/http/http-request/http-request.ios.ts
index 2475fb9c7..ad53e823c 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/http/http-request/http-request.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/http/http-request/http-request.ios.ts
@@ -4,26 +4,23 @@ import * as imageSourceModule from "../../image-source";
 import * as fsModule from "../../file-system";
 
 import * as types from "../../utils/types";
-import * as utils from "../../utils/utils";
 import * as domainDebugger from "../../debugger/debugger";
 import { getFilenameFromUrl } from "./http-request-common";
 
-const getter = utils.ios.getter;
-
 export enum HttpResponseEncoding {
     UTF8,
     GBK
 }
 
-const currentDevice = getter(UIDevice, UIDevice.currentDevice);
+const currentDevice = UIDevice.currentDevice;
 const device = currentDevice.userInterfaceIdiom === UIUserInterfaceIdiom.Phone ? "Phone" : "Pad";
 const osVersion = currentDevice.systemVersion;
 
 const GET = "GET";
 const USER_AGENT_HEADER = "User-Agent";
 const USER_AGENT = `Mozilla/5.0 (i${device}; CPU OS ${osVersion.replace(".", "_")} like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/${osVersion} Mobile/10A5355d Safari/8536.25`;
-const sessionConfig = getter(NSURLSessionConfiguration, NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration);
-const queue = getter(NSOperationQueue, NSOperationQueue.mainQueue);
+const sessionConfig = NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration;
+const queue = NSOperationQueue.mainQueue;
 
 function parseJSON(source: string): any {
     const src = source.trim();
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/platform/platform.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/platform/platform.ios.ts
index 58a0b17ca..f9fd215d8 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/platform/platform.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/platform/platform.ios.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Device implements DeviceDefinition {
 
     get osVersion(): string {
         if (!this._osVersion) {
-            this._osVersion = utils.ios.getter(UIDevice, UIDevice.currentDevice).systemVersion;
+            this._osVersion = UIDevice.currentDevice.systemVersion;
         }
 
         return this._osVersion;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Device implements DeviceDefinition {
 
     get model(): string {
         if (!this._model) {
-            this._model = utils.ios.getter(UIDevice, UIDevice.currentDevice).model;
+            this._model = UIDevice.currentDevice.model;
         }
 
         return this._model;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Device implements DeviceDefinition {
 
     get sdkVersion(): string {
         if (!this._sdkVersion) {
-            this._sdkVersion = utils.ios.getter(UIDevice, UIDevice.currentDevice).systemVersion;
+            this._sdkVersion = UIDevice.currentDevice.systemVersion;
         }
 
         return this._sdkVersion;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Device implements DeviceDefinition {
 
     get deviceType(): "Phone" | "Tablet" {
         if (!this._deviceType) {
-            if (utils.ios.getter(UIDevice, UIDevice.currentDevice).userInterfaceIdiom === UIUserInterfaceIdiom.Phone) {
+            if (UIDevice.currentDevice.userInterfaceIdiom === UIUserInterfaceIdiom.Phone) {
                 this._deviceType = "Phone";
             }
             else {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Device implements DeviceDefinition {
     }
 
     get uuid(): string {
-        var userDefaults = utils.ios.getter(NSUserDefaults, NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults);
+        var userDefaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults;
         var uuid_key = "TNSUUID";
         var app_uuid = userDefaults.stringForKey(uuid_key);
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class Device implements DeviceDefinition {
 
     get language(): string {
         if (!this._language) {
-            var languages = utils.ios.getter(NSLocale, NSLocale.preferredLanguages);
+            var languages = NSLocale.preferredLanguages;
             this._language = languages[0];
         }
         
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Device implements DeviceDefinition {
 
     get region(): string {
         if (!this._region) {
-            this._region = utils.ios.getter(NSLocale, NSLocale.currentLocale).objectForKey(NSLocaleCountryCode);
+            this._region = NSLocale.currentLocale.objectForKey(NSLocaleCountryCode);
         }
 
         return this._region;
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class MainScreen implements ScreenMetricsDefinition {
     
     private get screen(): UIScreen {
         if (!this._screen) {
-            this._screen = utils.ios.getter(UIScreen, UIScreen.mainScreen);
+            this._screen = UIScreen.mainScreen;
         }
 
         return this._screen;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/timer/timer.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/timer/timer.ios.ts
index cf780daa6..097a19bdf 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/timer/timer.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/timer/timer.ios.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function createTimerAndGetId(callback: Function, milliseconds: number, shouldRep
     let timer = NSTimer.scheduledTimerWithTimeIntervalTargetSelectorUserInfoRepeats(milliseconds / 1000, timerTarget, "tick", null, shouldRepeat);
 
     // https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/2116
-    utils.ios.getter(NSRunLoop, NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop).addTimerForMode(timer, NSRunLoopCommonModes);
+    NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop.addTimerForMode(timer, NSRunLoopCommonModes);
 
     let pair: KeyValuePair<NSTimer, TimerTargetImpl> = { k: timer, v: timerTarget };
     timeoutCallbacks.set(id, pair);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
index 7f8cfbeee..2007b637e 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,8 @@ import {
     translateXProperty, translateYProperty, scaleXProperty, scaleYProperty
 } from "../styling/style-properties";
 
-import { ios } from "../../utils/utils";
-
 export * from "./animation-common";
 
-let getter = ios.getter;
-
 let _transform = "_transform";
 let _skip = "_skip";
 
@@ -283,7 +279,7 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                 };
                 originalValue = nativeView.layer.backgroundColor;
                 if (nativeView instanceof UILabel) {
-                    nativeView.setValueForKey(getter(UIColor, UIColor.clearColor), "backgroundColor");
+                    nativeView.setValueForKey(UIColor.clearColor, "backgroundColor");
                 }
                 value = value.CGColor;
                 break;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
index d44e59823..53281f20e 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
         const animated = options.animated === undefined ? true : !!options.animated;
         (<any>controller).animated = animated;
         parentController.presentViewControllerAnimatedCompletion(controller, animated, null);
-        const transitionCoordinator = iosUtils.getter(parentController, parentController.transitionCoordinator);
+        const transitionCoordinator = parentController.transitionCoordinator;
         if (transitionCoordinator) {
             UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator.prototype.animateAlongsideTransitionCompletion
                 .call(transitionCoordinator, null, () => this._raiseShownModallyEvent());
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ export class CustomLayoutView extends ContainerView {
     nativeViewProtected: UIView;
 
     createNativeView() {
-        return UIView.alloc().initWithFrame(iosUtils.getter(UIScreen, UIScreen.mainScreen).bounds);
+        return UIView.alloc().initWithFrame(UIScreen.mainScreen.bounds);
     }
 
     get ios(): UIView {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.ios.ts
index 3d2533ef0..cc94b34f1 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.ios.ts
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ export class DatePicker extends DatePickerBase {
 
     [dateProperty.setNative](value: Date) {
         const picker = this.nativeViewProtected;
-        const comps = ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, picker.date);
+        const comps = NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, picker.date);
         comps.year = value.getFullYear();
         comps.month = value.getMonth() + 1;
         comps.day = value.getDate();
-        picker.setDateAnimated(ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).dateFromComponents(comps), false);
+        picker.setDateAnimated(NSCalendar.currentCalendar.dateFromComponents(comps), false);
     }
 
     [maxDateProperty.getDefault](): Date {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class UIDatePickerChangeHandlerImpl extends NSObject {
     }
 
     public valueChanged(sender: UIDatePicker) {
-        const comps = ios.getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, sender.date);
+        const comps = NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay, sender.date);
 
         const owner = this._owner.get();
         if (!owner) {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/gestures/gestures.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/gestures/gestures.ios.ts
index c9ed76e09..b9dd31450 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/gestures/gestures.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/gestures/gestures.ios.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import { View, EventData } from "../core/view";
 
 // Types.
 import { GesturesObserverBase, toString, TouchAction, GestureStateTypes, GestureTypes, SwipeDirection } from "./gestures-common";
-import { ios } from "../../utils/utils";
-import getter = ios.getter;
 
 export * from "./gestures-common";
 
@@ -438,7 +436,7 @@ class TouchGestureEventData implements TouchGestureEventData {
     }
 
     getPointerCount(): number {
-        return getter(this.ios.event, this.ios.event.allTouches).count;
+        return this.ios.event.allTouches.count;
     }
 
     private getMainPointer(): UITouch {
@@ -464,7 +462,7 @@ class TouchGestureEventData implements TouchGestureEventData {
         if (!this._allPointers) {
             this._allPointers = [];
 
-            let nsArr = getter(this.ios.event, this.ios.event.allTouches).allObjects;
+            let nsArr = this.ios.event.allTouches.allObjects;
             for (let i = 0; i < nsArr.count; i++) {
                 this._allPointers.push(new Pointer(nsArr.objectAtIndex(i), this.view));
             }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/image-cache/image-cache.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/image-cache/image-cache.ios.ts
index 8224fcb56..c4f298a4c 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/image-cache/image-cache.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/image-cache/image-cache.ios.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import * as common from "./image-cache-common";
-import * as trace from "../../trace";
+// imported for definition purposes only
 import * as httpRequestModule from "../../http/http-request";
 
+import * as common from "./image-cache-common";
+import * as trace from "../../trace";
 import * as utils from "../../utils/utils";
-import getter = utils.ios.getter;
 
 var httpRequest: typeof httpRequestModule;
 function ensureHttpRequest() {
@@ -12,18 +12,6 @@ function ensureHttpRequest() {
     }
 }
 
-//class NSCacheDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements NSCacheDelegate {
-//    public static ObjCProtocols = [NSCacheDelegate];
-
-//    static new(): NSCacheDelegateImpl {
-//        return <NSCacheDelegateImpl>super.new();
-//    }
-
-//    public cacheWillEvictObject(cache: NSCache, obj: any): void {
-//        traceWrite("NSCacheDelegateImpl.cacheWillEvictObject(" + obj + ");", traceCategories.Debug);
-//    }
-//}
-
 class MemmoryWarningHandler extends NSObject {
     static new(): MemmoryWarningHandler {
         return <MemmoryWarningHandler>super.new();
@@ -34,7 +22,7 @@ class MemmoryWarningHandler extends NSObject {
     public initWithCache(cache: NSCache<any, any>): MemmoryWarningHandler {
         this._cache = cache;
 
-        getter(NSNotificationCenter, NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter).addObserverSelectorNameObject(this, "clearCache", "UIApplicationDidReceiveMemoryWarningNotification", null);
+        NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter.addObserverSelectorNameObject(this, "clearCache", "UIApplicationDidReceiveMemoryWarningNotification", null);
         if (trace.isEnabled()) {
             trace.write("[MemmoryWarningHandler] Added low memory observer.", trace.categories.Debug);
         }
@@ -43,7 +31,7 @@ class MemmoryWarningHandler extends NSObject {
     }
 
     public dealloc(): void {
-        getter(NSNotificationCenter, NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter).removeObserverNameObject(this, "UIApplicationDidReceiveMemoryWarningNotification", null);
+        NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter.removeObserverNameObject(this, "UIApplicationDidReceiveMemoryWarningNotification", null);
         if (trace.isEnabled()) {
             trace.write("[MemmoryWarningHandler] Removed low memory observer.", trace.categories.Debug);
         }
@@ -65,7 +53,6 @@ class MemmoryWarningHandler extends NSObject {
 
 export class Cache extends common.Cache {
     private _cache: NSCache<any, any>;
-    //private _delegate: NSCacheDelegate;
     //@ts-ignore
     private _memoryWarningHandler: MemmoryWarningHandler;
 
@@ -74,9 +61,6 @@ export class Cache extends common.Cache {
 
         this._cache = new NSCache<any, any>();
 
-        //this._delegate = NSCacheDelegateImpl.new();
-        //this._cache.delegate = this._delegate;
-
         this._memoryWarningHandler = MemmoryWarningHandler.new().initWithCache(this._cache);
     }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.ios.ts
index aa7e87c75..1bf2e8381 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.ios.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import {
     colorProperty, fontInternalProperty, Color
 } from "./segmented-bar-common";
 
-import { ios } from "../../utils/utils";
-
 export * from "./segmented-bar-common";
 
 export class SegmentedBarItem extends SegmentedBarItemBase {
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ export class SegmentedBar extends SegmentedBarBase {
         return null
     }
     [fontInternalProperty.setNative](value: Font) {
-        let font: UIFont = value ? value.getUIFont(UIFont.systemFontOfSize(ios.getter(UIFont, UIFont.labelFontSize))) : null;
+        let font: UIFont = value ? value.getUIFont(UIFont.systemFontOfSize(UIFont.labelFontSize)) : null;
         let bar = this.ios;
         let currentAttrs = bar.titleTextAttributesForState(UIControlState.Normal);
         let attrs = currentAttrs ? currentAttrs.mutableCopy() : NSMutableDictionary.new();
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
index 9a4440c62..025fb3df4 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Background as BackgroundDefinition } from "./background";
 import { View, Point } from "../core/view";
 import { LinearGradient } from "./linear-gradient";
 import { Color } from "../../color";
-import { ios as utilsIos, isDataURI, isFileOrResourcePath, layout } from "../../utils/utils";
+import { isDataURI, isFileOrResourcePath, layout } from "../../utils/utils";
 import { fromFileOrResource, fromBase64, fromUrl } from "../../image-source";
 import { CSSValue, parse as cssParse } from "../../css-value";
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ interface Rect {
     bottom: number;
 }
 
-const clearCGColor = utilsIos.getter(UIColor, UIColor.clearColor).CGColor;
+const clearCGColor = UIColor.clearColor.CGColor;
 const symbolUrl = Symbol("backgroundImageUrl");
 
 export module ios {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/font.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/font.ios.ts
index 6cf0afaf7..6a4dbf9fa 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/font.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/font.ios.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import { isEnabled as traceEnabled, write as traceWrite, categories as traceCategories, messageType as traceMessageType } from "../../trace";
 import { device } from "../../platform"
 import * as fs from "../../file-system";
-import * as utils from "../../utils/utils";
 export * from "./font-common";
 
 const EMULATE_OBLIQUE = true;
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ function getNativeFontWeight(fontWeight: FontWeight): number {
 function getSystemFont(size: number, nativeWeight: number, italic: boolean, symbolicTraits: number): UIFont {
     let result = UIFont.systemFontOfSizeWeight(size, nativeWeight);
     if (italic) {
-        let descriptor = utils.ios.getter(result, result.fontDescriptor).fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits(symbolicTraits);
+        let descriptor = result.fontDescriptor.fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits(symbolicTraits);
         result = UIFont.fontWithDescriptorSize(descriptor, size);
     }
 
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ function createUIFont(font: Font, defaultFont: UIFont): UIFont {
             let descriptor = UIFontDescriptor.fontDescriptorWithFontAttributes(<any>fontAttributes);
             result = UIFont.fontWithDescriptorSize(descriptor, size);
 
-            let actualItalic = utils.ios.getter(result, result.fontDescriptor).symbolicTraits & UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits.TraitItalic;
+            let actualItalic = result.fontDescriptor.symbolicTraits & UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits.TraitItalic;
             if (font.isItalic && !actualItalic && EMULATE_OBLIQUE) {
                 // The font we got is not actually italic so emulate that with a matrix
                 descriptor = descriptor.fontDescriptorWithMatrix(OBLIQUE_TRANSFORM);
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ export module ios {
         if (!fs.File.exists(filePath)) {
             filePath = fs.path.join(fs.knownFolders.currentApp().path, fontFile);
         }
-        const fontData = utils.ios.getter(NSFileManager, NSFileManager.defaultManager).contentsAtPath(filePath);
+        const fontData = NSFileManager.defaultManager.contentsAtPath(filePath);
         if (!fontData) {
             throw new Error("Could not load font from: " + fontFile);
         }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker/time-picker.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker/time-picker.ios.ts
index 25688987f..887a18c63 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker/time-picker.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker/time-picker.ios.ts
@@ -4,20 +4,17 @@
     hourProperty, minHourProperty, maxHourProperty, colorProperty, Color
 } from "./time-picker-common";
 
-import { ios } from "../../utils/utils";
-import getter = ios.getter;
-
 export * from "./time-picker-common";
 
 function getDate(hour: number, minute: number): Date {
     let components = NSDateComponents.alloc().init();
     components.hour = hour;
     components.minute = minute;
-    return getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).dateFromComponents(<any>components);
+    return NSCalendar.currentCalendar.dateFromComponents(<any>components);
 }
 
 function getComponents(date: Date | NSDate): NSDateComponents {
-    return getter(NSCalendar, NSCalendar.currentCalendar).componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, <any>date);
+    return NSCalendar.currentCalendar.componentsFromDate(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, <any>date);
 }
 
 export class TimePicker extends TimePickerBase {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/utils.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/utils.ios.ts
index 08028330a..fe6bd6799 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/utils.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/utils.ios.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { View } from "./core/view";
 import * as utils from "../utils/utils";
-import getter = utils.ios.getter;
 
 export module ios {
     export function getActualHeight(view: UIView): number {
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ export module ios {
     }
 
     export function getStatusBarHeight(viewController?: UIViewController): number {
-        const app = getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication);
+        const app = UIApplication.sharedApplication;
         if (!app || app.statusBarHidden) {
             return 0;
         }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.d.ts
index 2e4e06fca..1b8fe4959 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.d.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ export module ad {
  */
 export module ios {
     /**
+     * @deprecated use the respective native property directly
+     * 
      * Checks if the property is a function and if it is, calls it on this.
      * Designed to support backward compatibility for methods that became properties.
      * Will not work on delegates since it checks if the propertyValue is a function, and delegates are marshalled as functions.
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.ios.ts
index 53c2c19a7..976a43880 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.ios.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export module layout {
 
 export module ios {
     export function getter<T>(_this: any, property: T | { (): T }): T {
+        console.log("utils.ios.getter() is deprecated; use the respective native property instead");
         if (typeof property === "function") {
             return (<{ (): T }>property).call(_this);
         } else {
@@ -72,13 +73,13 @@ export module ios {
     }
 
     export function isLandscape(): boolean {
-        const device = getter(UIDevice, UIDevice.currentDevice);
-        const statusBarOrientation = getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication).statusBarOrientation;
+        const device = UIDevice.currentDevice;
+        const statusBarOrientation = UIApplication.sharedApplication.statusBarOrientation;
         const isStatusBarOrientationLandscape = isOrientationLandscape(statusBarOrientation);
         return isOrientationLandscape(device.orientation) || isStatusBarOrientationLandscape;
     }
 
-    export var MajorVersion = NSString.stringWithString(getter(UIDevice, UIDevice.currentDevice).systemVersion).intValue;
+    export var MajorVersion = NSString.stringWithString(UIDevice.currentDevice.systemVersion).intValue;
 
     export function openFile(filePath: string): boolean {
         try {
@@ -147,8 +148,8 @@ export function releaseNativeObject(object: NSObject) {
 export function openUrl(location: string): boolean {
     try {
         var url = NSURL.URLWithString(location.trim());
-        if (ios.getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication).canOpenURL(url)) {
-            return ios.getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication).openURL(url);
+        if (UIApplication.sharedApplication.canOpenURL(url)) {
+            return UIApplication.sharedApplication.openURL(url);
         }
     }
     catch (e) {
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ class UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UI
     public static ObjCProtocols = [UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegate];
 
     public getViewController(): UIViewController {
-        const app = ios.getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication);
+        const app = UIApplication.sharedApplication;
         return app.keyWindow.rootViewController;
     }
 
@@ -179,4 +180,4 @@ class UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UI
     }
 }
 
-mainScreenScale = ios.getter(UIScreen, UIScreen.mainScreen).scale;
+mainScreenScale = UIScreen.mainScreen.scale;