diff --git a/tns-core-modules/application/application-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/application/application-common.ts
index 2ce00a10a..3f0d0888c 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/application/application-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/application/application-common.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ export function hasLaunched(): boolean {
 
 export { Observable };
 
-import { UnhandledErrorEventData, iOSApplication, AndroidApplication, CssChangedEventData, LoadAppCSSEventData } from ".";
+import {
+    AndroidApplication,
+    CssChangedEventData,
+    getRootView,
+    iOSApplication,
+    LoadAppCSSEventData,
+    UnhandledErrorEventData
+} from "./application";
 
 export { UnhandledErrorEventData, CssChangedEventData, LoadAppCSSEventData };
 
@@ -73,8 +80,19 @@ export function setApplication(instance: iOSApplication | AndroidApplication): v
 export function livesync(context?: HmrContext) {
     events.notify(<EventData>{ eventName: "livesync", object: app });
     const liveSyncCore = global.__onLiveSyncCore;
-    if (liveSyncCore) {
-        liveSyncCore(context);
+    let reapplyAppCss = false
+
+    if (context) {
+        const fullFileName = getCssFileName();
+        const fileName = fullFileName.substring(0, fullFileName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
+        const extensions = ["css", "scss"];
+        reapplyAppCss = extensions.some(ext => context.module === fileName.concat(ext));
+    }
+
+    if (reapplyAppCss) {
+        getRootView()._onCssStateChange();
+    } else if (liveSyncCore) {
+        liveSyncCore();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
index 85adbbccc..af6028cd4 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export * from "./application-common";
 import { createViewFromEntry } from "../ui/builder";
 import { ios as iosView, View } from "../ui/core/view";
 import { Frame, NavigationEntry } from "../ui/frame";
-import { loadCss } from "../ui/styling/style-scope";
 import * as utils from "../utils/utils";
 import { profile, level as profilingLevel, Level } from "../profiling";
 
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
             this.setWindowContent(args.root);
         } else {
             this._window = UIApplication.sharedApplication.delegate.window;
-        }
+        }   
     }
 
     @profile
@@ -226,21 +225,10 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
         }
     }
 
-    public _onLivesync(context?: HmrContext): void {
-        let executeLivesync = true;
-        // HMR has context, livesync does not
-        if (context) {
-            if (context.module === getCssFileName()) {
-                loadCss(context.module);
-                this._rootView._onCssStateChange();
-                executeLivesync = false;
-            }
-        }
-        if (executeLivesync) {
-            // If view can't handle livesync set window controller.
-            if (!this._rootView._onLivesync()) {
-                this.setWindowContent();
-            }
+    public _onLivesync(): void {
+        // If view can't handle livesync set window controller.
+        if (!this._rootView._onLivesync()) {
+            this.setWindowContent();
         }
     }
 
@@ -276,8 +264,8 @@ exports.ios = iosApp;
 setApplication(iosApp);
 
 // attach on global, so it can be overwritten in NativeScript Angular
-(<any>global).__onLiveSyncCore = function __onLiveSyncCore(context?: HmrContext) {
-    iosApp._onLivesync(context);
+(<any>global).__onLiveSyncCore = function () {
+    iosApp._onLivesync();
 }
 
 let mainEntry: NavigationEntry;
@@ -391,4 +379,4 @@ global.__onLiveSync = function __onLiveSync(context?: HmrContext) {
     }
 
     livesync(context);
-}
+}
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diff --git a/tns-core-modules/module.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/module.d.ts
index 3d973d27f..0a0f6a033 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/module.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/module.d.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ declare namespace NodeJS {
         __inspector?: any;
         __extends: any;
         __onLiveSync: (context?: { type: string, module: string }) => void;
-        __onLiveSyncCore: (context?: { type: string, module: string }) => void;
+        __onLiveSyncCore: () => void;
         __onUncaughtError: (error: NativeScriptError) => void;
         TNS_WEBPACK?: boolean;
         __requireOverride?: (name: string, dir: string) => any;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.android.ts
index 077d01038..6756bf915 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.android.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {
     _updateTransitions, _reverseTransitions, _clearEntry, _clearFragment, AnimationType
 } from "./fragment.transitions";
 
-import { loadCss } from "../styling/style-scope";
 import { profile } from "../../profiling";
 
 // TODO: Remove this and get it from global to decouple builder for angular
@@ -83,24 +82,13 @@ function getAttachListener(): android.view.View.OnAttachStateChangeListener {
     return attachStateChangeListener;
 }
 
-export function reloadPage(context?: HmrContext): void {
+export function reloadPage(): void {
     const activity = application.android.foregroundActivity;
     const callbacks: AndroidActivityCallbacks = activity[CALLBACKS];
     const rootView: View = callbacks.getRootView();
 
-    let executeLivesync = true;
-    // HMR has context, livesync does not
-    if (context) {
-        if (context.module === application.getCssFileName()) {
-            loadCss(context.module);
-            rootView._onCssStateChange();
-            executeLivesync = false;
-        }
-    }
-    if (executeLivesync) {
-        if (!rootView || !rootView._onLivesync()) {
-            callbacks.resetActivityContent(activity);
-        }
+    if (!rootView || !rootView._onLivesync()) {
+        callbacks.resetActivityContent(activity);
     }
 }
 
@@ -481,19 +469,19 @@ export class Frame extends FrameBase {
         switch (this.actionBarVisibility) {
             case "never":
                 return false;
-
+            
             case "always":
                 return true;
-
+            
             default:
                 if (page.actionBarHidden !== undefined) {
                     return !page.actionBarHidden;
                 }
-
+        
                 if (this._android && this._android.showActionBar !== undefined) {
                     return this._android.showActionBar;
                 }
-
+        
                 return true;
         }
     }
@@ -858,14 +846,14 @@ class FragmentCallbacksImplementation implements AndroidFragmentCallbacks {
         // parent while its supposed parent believes it properly removed its children; in order to "force" the child to 
         // lose its parent we temporarily add it to the parent, and then remove it (addViewInLayout doesn't trigger layout pass)
         const nativeView = page.nativeViewProtected;
-        if (nativeView != null) {
-            const parentView = nativeView.getParent();
+        if (nativeView != null) {	
+            const parentView = nativeView.getParent();	
             if (parentView instanceof android.view.ViewGroup) {
                 if (parentView.getChildCount() === 0) {
                     parentView.addViewInLayout(nativeView, -1, new org.nativescript.widgets.CommonLayoutParams());
                 }
 
-                parentView.removeView(nativeView);
+                parentView.removeView(nativeView);	
             }
         }
 
@@ -1210,4 +1198,4 @@ export function setActivityCallbacks(activity: android.support.v7.app.AppCompatA
 
 export function setFragmentCallbacks(fragment: android.support.v4.app.Fragment): void {
     fragment[CALLBACKS] = new FragmentCallbacksImplementation();
-}
+}
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diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page-common.ts
index 738c0bfa8..28814e186 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page-common.ts
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@ export class PageBase extends ContentView implements PageDefinition {
     public onNavigatingTo(context: any, isBackNavigation: boolean, bindingContext?: any) {
         this._navigationContext = context;
 
-        if (!this._cssState.isSelectorsLatestVersionApplied()) {
-            this._onCssStateChange();
+        if (isBackNavigation && this._styleScope) {
+            this._styleScope.ensureSelectors();
+            if (!this._cssState.isSelectorsLatestVersionApplied()) {
+                this._onCssStateChange();
+            }
         }
 
         //https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/731
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-scope.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-scope.ts
index e085c2870..c49bc5e35 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-scope.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-scope.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ function onLiveSync(args: applicationCommon.CssChangedEventData): void {
     loadCss(applicationCommon.getCssFileName());
 }
 
-export const loadCss = profile(`"style-scope".loadCss`, (cssFile: string) => {
+const loadCss = profile(`"style-scope".loadCss`, (cssFile: string) => {
     if (!cssFile) {
         return undefined;
     }
@@ -369,12 +369,7 @@ export class CssState {
     }
 
     public isSelectorsLatestVersionApplied(): boolean {
-        if (this._appliedSelectorsVersion && this.view._styleScope) {
-            this.view._styleScope.ensureSelectors();
-            return this.view._styleScope._getSelectorsVersion() === this._appliedSelectorsVersion;
-        } else {
-            return true;
-        }
+        return this.view._styleScope._getSelectorsVersion() === this._appliedSelectorsVersion;
     }
 
     public onLoaded(): void {
diff --git a/tsconfig.shared.json b/tsconfig.shared.json
index d8fb42fd4..eea37a566 100644
--- a/tsconfig.shared.json
+++ b/tsconfig.shared.json
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@
             "tns-core-modules/*": ["tns-core-modules/*"]
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}