diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/activity.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/activity.android.ts
index c84e74be3..772be3288 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/activity.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/activity.android.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ import {activityCallbacks as callbacks} from "ui/frame";
 
 @JavaProxy("com.tns.NativeScriptActivity")
 class NativeScriptActivity extends android.app.Activity {
+    constructor() {
+         super();
+         return global.__native(this);
+     }
+
     protected onCreate(savedInstanceState: android.os.Bundle): void {
         callbacks.onCreate(this, savedInstanceState, super.onCreate);
     }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/package.json b/tns-core-modules/ui/package.json
index 5eece9969..8140be6d0 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/package.json
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/package.json
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name" : "ui",
-	"nativescript": {}
+	"nativescript": {
+		"recursive-static-bindings": true
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 7d124c3ec..24f3dcc48 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
         "tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts",
         "tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.ios.ts",
         "tns-core-modules/ui/enums/enums.ts",
+        "tns-core-modules/ui/frame/activity.android.ts",
         "tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame-common.ts",
         "tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.android.ts",
         "tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts",