diff --git a/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts b/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
index 61fbdcb1e..f6d08153a 100644
--- a/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
+++ b/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ export class ActionBar extends common.ActionBar {
         if (!this._toolbar) {
             return;
         }
-
-        if (this.page.actionBarHidden) {
+        
+        if (!this.page.frame || !this.page.frame._getNavBarVisible(this.page)) {
             this._toolbar.setVisibility(android.view.View.GONE);
 
             // If action bar is hidden - no need to fill it with items.
@@ -304,4 +304,4 @@ function getIconVisibility(iconVisibility: string): boolean {
         default:
             return false;
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/ui/frame/frame.android.ts b/ui/frame/frame.android.ts
index 825048cf9..ed4fc9ee1 100644
--- a/ui/frame/frame.android.ts
+++ b/ui/frame/frame.android.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import trace = require("trace");
 import observable = require("data/observable");
 import utils = require("utils/utils");
 import application = require("application");
+import types = require("utils/types");
 
 global.moduleMerge(frameCommon, exports);
 
@@ -346,7 +347,15 @@ export class Frame extends frameCommon.Frame {
     }
 
     public _getNavBarVisible(page: pages.Page): boolean {
-        return this._android.showActionBar;
+        if (types.isDefined(page.actionBarHidden)) {
+            return !page.actionBarHidden;
+        }
+
+        if (this._android && types.isDefined(this._android.showActionBar)) {
+            return this._android.showActionBar;
+        }
+
+        return true;
     }
 }
 
@@ -520,9 +529,9 @@ var framesCache: Array<WeakRef<AndroidFrame>> = new Array<WeakRef<AndroidFrame>>
 class AndroidFrame extends observable.Observable implements definition.AndroidFrame {
     public rootViewGroup: android.view.ViewGroup;
     public hasOwnActivity = false;
-    public showActionBar = false;
     public frameId;
 
+    private _showActionBar = true;
     private _activity: android.app.Activity;
     private _owner: Frame;
     private _cachePagesOnNavigate: boolean;
@@ -534,6 +543,19 @@ class AndroidFrame extends observable.Observable implements definition.AndroidFr
         framesCache.push(new WeakRef(this));
     }
 
+    public get showActionBar(): boolean {
+        return this._showActionBar;
+    }
+
+    public set showActionBar(value: boolean) {
+        if (this._showActionBar !== value) {
+            this._showActionBar = value;
+            if (this.owner.currentPage) {
+                this.owner.currentPage.actionBar.update();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public get activity(): android.app.Activity {
         if (this._activity) {
             return this._activity;