diff --git a/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar b/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar
index 88a866e40..81534e9bc 100644
Binary files a/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar and b/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar differ
diff --git a/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/Async.java b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/Async.java
index 8066a2d17..58670a5cf 100644
--- a/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/Async.java
+++ b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/Async.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class Async {
 		 * When the async task completes it will pass back this id to JavaScript.
 		 */
 		public static void fromResource(final String name, final Context context, final int requestId, final CompleteCallback callback) {
-			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
+			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.myLooper());
 			threadPoolExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
 				@Override
 				public void run() {
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class Async {
 		}
 
 		public static void fromFile(final String fileName, final int requestId, final CompleteCallback callback) {
-			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
+			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.myLooper());
 			threadPoolExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
 				@Override
 				public void run() {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class Async {
 		}
 
 		public static void fromBase64(final String source, final int requestId, final CompleteCallback callback) {
-			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
+			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.myLooper());
 			threadPoolExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
 				@Override
 				public void run() {
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class Async {
 		}
 
 		public static void download(final String url, final CompleteCallback callback, final Object context) {
-			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
+			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.myLooper());
 			threadPoolExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
 				@Override
 				public void run() {
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ public class Async {
 				CookieHandler.setDefault(cookieManager);
 			}
 
-			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
+			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.myLooper());
 			threadPoolExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
 				@Override
 				public void run() {
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ public class Async {
 	public static class File {
 
 		public static void readText(final String path, final String encoding, final CompleteCallback callback, final Object context) {
-			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
+			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.myLooper());
 			threadPoolExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
 				@Override
 				public void run() {
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ public class Async {
 		}
 
 		public static void read(final String path, final CompleteCallback callback, final Object context) {
-			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
+			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.myLooper());
 			threadPoolExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
 				@Override
 				public void run() {
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ public class Async {
 		}
 
 		public static void writeText(final String path, final String content, final String encoding, final CompleteCallback callback, final Object context) {
-			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
+			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.myLooper());
 			threadPoolExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
 				@Override
 				public void run() {
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ public class Async {
 		}
 
 		public static void write(final String path, final byte[] content, final CompleteCallback callback, final Object context) {
-			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
+			final android.os.Handler mHandler = new android.os.Handler(Looper.myLooper());
 			threadPoolExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
 				@Override
 				public void run() {