diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-1657-ios.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-1657-ios.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7435720b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-1657-ios.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { EventData } from 'data/observable';
+var frameModule = require("ui/frame");
+var platform = require("platform");
+var defaultSpeed = -1;
+
+export function navigatingTo(args: EventData) {
+  if (platform.device.os === platform.platformNames.ios) {
+    if (defaultSpeed === -1) {
+      defaultSpeed = frameModule.topmost().ios.controller.view.layer.speed;
+      frameModule.topmost().ios.controller.navigationBar.translucent = false;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export function onTap() {
+  frameModule.topmost().navigate({
+    moduleName: "ui-tests-app/issues/sub-page-1657"
+  });
+}
+
+export function changeTranslucent() {
+  if (platform.device.os === platform.platformNames.ios) {
+    frameModule.topmost().ios.controller.navigationBar.translucent = frameModule.topmost().ios.controller.navigationBar.translucent === true ? false : true;
+  }
+}
+
+export function changeLayerSpeed() {
+  frameModule.topmost().ios.controller.view.layer.speed = 0.01;
+}
+
+export function defaultLayerSpeed() {
+  frameModule.topmost().ios.controller.view.layer.speed = defaultSpeed;
+}
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diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-1657-ios.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-1657-ios.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48efcb4c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/issue-1657-ios.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatingTo="navigatingTo" style="background-color: #30b773; color: #ffffff;">
+    <Page.actionBar>
+        <ActionBar title="Title" icon="" style="background-color: #30b773; color: #ffffff;">
+            <NavigationButton text="Back" icon="" tap="" />
+            <ActionBar.actionItems>
+                <ActionItem icon="" text="Left" tap="" ios.position="left" />
+                <ActionItem icon="" text="Right" tap="" ios.position="right" />
+            </ActionBar.actionItems>
+        </ActionBar>
+    </Page.actionBar>
+    
+    <StackLayout>
+        <Label text="Issue 1657" class="title"/>
+        <Button text="go to subPage" tap="onTap"/>
+        <Button text="changeTranslucent" tap="changeTranslucent"/>
+        <Button text="change speed to very slow" tap="changeLayerSpeed"/>
+        <Button text="default layer speed" tap="defaultLayerSpeed"/>
+    </StackLayout>
+</Page>
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diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/main-page.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/main-page.ts
index 5ec901700..2339f964e 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/main-page.ts
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/main-page.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export function pageLoaded(args: EventData) {
     examples.set("3175", "issues/issue-3175");
     examples.set("3211", "issues/issue-3211");
     examples.set("1639", "issues/issue-1639");
+    examples.set("1657-ios", "issues/issue-1657-ios");
 
     let viewModel = new SubMainPageViewModel(wrapLayout, examples);
     page.bindingContext = viewModel;
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/sub-page-1657.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/sub-page-1657.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa2aa8d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/issues/sub-page-1657.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://www.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" loaded="onLoaded" navigatedTo="onNavigatedTo">
+    <StackLayout>
+        <Label text="SUB PAGE" textWrap="true" />
+    </StackLayout>
+</Page>