diff --git a/apps/app/cuteness.io/reddit-app-view-model.ts b/apps/app/cuteness.io/reddit-app-view-model.ts
index 666eb08df..d5bf4087c 100644
--- a/apps/app/cuteness.io/reddit-app-view-model.ts
+++ b/apps/app/cuteness.io/reddit-app-view-model.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var aboutText = "Cuteness is a proof of concept app demonstrating the Telerik's
 export var defaultThumbnailImageSource = imageSourceFromFile("~/cuteness.io/res/reddit-logo.png");
 export var defaultNoThumbnailImageSource = imageSourceFromFile("~/cuteness.io/res/no-image.png");
 
-var redditUrl = "http://www.reddit.com/r/aww.json?limit=";
+var redditUrl = "https://www.reddit.com/r/aww.json?limit=";
 var after: string;
 var ISSCROLLING = "isLoading";
 
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ export class AppViewModel extends Observable {
                     if (lastItem) {
                         after = itemsToLoad[itemsToLoad.length - 1].source.name;
                     }
-
-                }).catch(e => {
-                setTimeout(() => { throw e; });
                 });
             });
         }
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/image/image-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/image/image-tests.ts
index cac12ae90..68c1a3180 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/image/image-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/image/image-tests.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,16 @@ export var test_SettingImageSrcToFileWithinAppAsync = function (done) {
     runImageTest(done, image, image.src)
 }
 
+export function test_imageSourceNotResetAfterCreateUI() {
+    let image = new ImageModule.Image();
+    let imageSource = ImageSourceModule.fromResource("splashscreen.9");
+    image.imageSource = imageSource;
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(image, (img, page) => {
+        TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => image.isLoaded);
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(image.imageSource, imageSource); 
+    });
+}
+
 export var test_SettingImageSrcToDataURIAsync = function (done) {
     var image = new ImageModule.Image();
     image.loadMode = "async";
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
index 002d161f2..3027014c7 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export class Image extends imageCommon.Image {
 
     public _createImageSourceFromSrc() {
         let imageView = this._android;
-        if (!imageView) {
+        if (!imageView || !this.src) {
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
index 582a940c0..983351311 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
@@ -227,17 +227,17 @@ export class TabView extends common.TabView {
             this._tabLayout.setBackgroundColor(primaryColor);
         }
 
+        if (this._androidViewId < 0) {
+            this._androidViewId = android.view.View.generateViewId();
+        }
+        
         this._viewPager = new android.support.v4.view.ViewPager(this._context);
+        this._viewPager.setId(this._androidViewId);
         var lp = new org.nativescript.widgets.CommonLayoutParams();
         lp.row = 1;
         this._viewPager.setLayoutParams(lp);
         this._grid.addView(this._viewPager);
 
-        if (this._androidViewId < 0) {
-            this._androidViewId = android.view.View.generateViewId();
-        }
-        this._grid.setId(this._androidViewId);
-
         ensurePageChangedListenerClass();
         this._pageChagedListener = new PageChangedListenerClass(this);
         (<any>this._viewPager).addOnPageChangeListener(this._pageChagedListener);