diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
index 77aed793d..600046f90 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
@@ -542,7 +542,11 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
 
     public _loadUnloadTabItems(newIndex: number) {
         const items = this.items;
-        const lastIndex = this.items.length - 1;
+        if (!items) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const lastIndex = items.length - 1;
         const offsideItems = this.androidTabsPosition === "top" ? this.androidOffscreenTabLimit : 1;
 
         let toUnload = [];
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/tabs/tabs.android.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/tabs/tabs.android.ts
index f2ee8e65b..3659eed9a 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/tabs/tabs.android.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/tabs/tabs.android.ts
@@ -465,7 +465,11 @@ export class Tabs extends TabsBase {
 
     public _loadUnloadTabItems(newIndex: number) {
         const items = this.items;
-        const lastIndex = this.items.length - 1;
+        if (!items) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const lastIndex = items.length - 1;
         const offsideItems = this.offscreenTabLimit;
 
         let toUnload = [];
diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/tabs/tabs.ios.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/tabs/tabs.ios.ts
index 3358e7d16..82aad3eb1 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/tabs/tabs.ios.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/tabs/tabs.ios.ts
@@ -636,7 +636,11 @@ export class Tabs extends TabsBase {
 
     public _loadUnloadTabItems(newIndex: number) {
         const items = this.items;
-        const lastIndex = this.items.length - 1;
+        if (!items) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const lastIndex = items.length - 1;
         const offsideItems = this.offscreenTabLimit;
 
         let toUnload = [];
@@ -768,6 +772,10 @@ export class Tabs extends TabsBase {
 
     public _setCanBeLoaded(index: number) {
         const items = this.items;
+        if (!this.items) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         const lastIndex = items.length - 1;
         const offsideItems = this.offscreenTabLimit;
 
@@ -1085,10 +1093,8 @@ export class Tabs extends TabsBase {
             this._currentNativeSelectedIndex = value;
             this.viewController.setViewControllersDirectionAnimatedCompletion(controllers, navigationDirection, true, (finished: boolean) => {
                 if (finished) {
-                    if (majorVersion < 10) {
-                        // HACK: UIPageViewController fix; see https://stackoverflow.com/a/17330606
-                        invokeOnRunLoop(() => this.viewController.setViewControllersDirectionAnimatedCompletion(controllers, navigationDirection, false, null));
-                    }
+                    // HACK: UIPageViewController fix; see https://stackoverflow.com/a/17330606
+                    invokeOnRunLoop(() => this.viewController.setViewControllersDirectionAnimatedCompletion(controllers, navigationDirection, false, null));
 
                     this._canSelectItem = true;
                     this._setCanBeLoaded(value);
diff --git a/tests/app/platform/platform-tests.ts b/tests/app/platform/platform-tests.ts
index c6b3f8734..11e0d3834 100644
--- a/tests/app/platform/platform-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/platform/platform-tests.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as TKUnit from "../tk-unit";
 import * as app from "@nativescript/core/application";
 import * as platformModule from "@nativescript/core/platform";
+import { ios } from "@nativescript/core/utils/utils";
 
 export function test_platform() {
     let expectedPlatform;
@@ -19,7 +20,12 @@ export function test_device_screen() {
     TKUnit.assert(platformModule.device.uuid, "Device UUID not initialized.");
 
     TKUnit.assert(platformModule.device.language, "Preferred language not initialized.");
-    TKUnit.assert(platformModule.device.region, "Preferred region not initialized.");
+    
+    // NSLocale.currentLocale.objectForKey(NSLocaleCountryCode) not initialized by default on iOS13 simulator;
+    // can be set through Settings -> General -> Language & Region -> Region
+    if (platformModule.isAndroid || ios.MajorVersion < 13) {
+        TKUnit.assert(platformModule.device.region, "Preferred region not initialized.");
+    }
 
     TKUnit.assert(platformModule.device.os, "OS not initialized.");
     TKUnit.assert(platformModule.device.osVersion, "OS version not initialized.");
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts
index 3e1ea2af7..24a275b0b 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts
@@ -763,17 +763,6 @@ export class ListViewTest extends UITest<ListView> {
         TKUnit.assertEqual(lastNativeElementVisible, false, "Last element is not visible");
     }
 
-    public test_scrollToIndex_should_coerce_larger_index_to_last_item_index() {
-        var listView = this.testView;
-
-        listView.items = MANY_ITEMS;
-        listView.scrollToIndex(10000);
-        TKUnit.wait(0.1);
-
-        var lastNativeElementVisible = this.checkItemVisibleAtIndex(listView, MANY_ITEMS.length - 1);
-        TKUnit.assertEqual(lastNativeElementVisible, true, "last element is visible");
-    }
-
     public test_scrollToIndex_should_not_throw_if_items_not_set() {
         var listView = this.testView;
         listView.scrollToIndex(10000);