diff --git a/apps/toolbox/package.json b/apps/toolbox/package.json
index 5854202d0..19708a5cd 100644
--- a/apps/toolbox/package.json
+++ b/apps/toolbox/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@nativescript/core": "file:../../packages/core",
-    "nativescript-theme-core": "file:../../node_modules/nativescript-theme-core"
+    "nativescript-theme-core": "file:../../node_modules/nativescript-theme-core",
+    "@nativescript/imagepicker": "^1.0.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@nativescript/android": "alpha",
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml b/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml
index 34a1d1a22..d532edcf2 100644
--- a/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/main-page.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         <Button text="box-shadow" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
         <Button text="css-playground" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
         <Button text="image-async" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
+        <Button text="image-handling" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
         <Button text="list-page" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
         <Button text="root-layout" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
         <Button text="switch" tap="{{ viewDemo }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-view-demo" />
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/pages/image-handling.ts b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/image-handling.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a4c65c90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/image-handling.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { Observable, EventData, Page, ImageSource, knownFolders, path } from '@nativescript/core';
+import { create, ImagePickerMediaType } from '@nativescript/imagepicker';
+
+let page: Page;
+
+export function navigatingTo(args: EventData) {
+	page = <Page>args.object;
+	page.bindingContext = new DemoModel();
+}
+
+export class DemoModel extends Observable {
+	addingPhoto = false;
+
+	pickImage() {
+		const context = create({
+			mode: 'single',
+			mediaType: ImagePickerMediaType.Image,
+		});
+
+		context
+			.authorize()
+			.then(() => {
+				return context.present();
+			})
+			.then((selection) => {
+				const imageAsset = selection.length > 0 ? selection[0] : null;
+				if (imageAsset) {
+					this.addingPhoto = true;
+
+					ImageSource.fromAsset(imageAsset).then(
+						(savedImage) => {
+							const folder = knownFolders.documents();
+							const filePath = path.join(folder.path, `assets-${Date.now()}.jpg`);
+							console.log('filePath:', filePath);
+
+							const saved = savedImage.saveToFile(filePath, 'jpg');
+							if (saved) {
+								console.log(`file saved:`, filePath);
+							} else {
+								console.log('file not saved!');
+							}
+							this.addingPhoto = false;
+						},
+						(err) => {
+							this.addingPhoto = false;
+						}
+					);
+				}
+			})
+			.catch((e) => {
+				console.log(e);
+			});
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/pages/image-handling.xml b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/image-handling.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b67d295d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/image-handling.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" navigatingTo="navigatingTo" class="page">
+    <Page.actionBar>
+        <ActionBar title="Permissions" icon="" class="action-bar">
+        </ActionBar>
+    </Page.actionBar>
+
+    <StackLayout class="p-20">
+        <Label text="Test Memory leaks with image picking and saving to device. Best to profile from platform IDE like Xcode." textWrap="true" />
+
+        <Button text="Pick and Save Image" tap="{{ pickImage }}" />
+
+    </StackLayout>
+</Page>
diff --git a/packages/core/image-asset/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/image-asset/index.ios.ts
index ef3e58b13..072be6fdb 100644
--- a/packages/core/image-asset/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/image-asset/index.ios.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ImageAssetBase, getRequestedImageSize } from './image-asset-common';
 import { path as fsPath, knownFolders } from '../file-system';
+import { queueGC } from '../utils';
 
 export * from './image-asset-common';
 
@@ -40,10 +41,8 @@ export class ImageAsset extends ImageAssetBase {
 		const requestedSize = getRequestedImageSize({ width: srcWidth, height: srcHeight }, this.options);
 
 		if (this.nativeImage) {
-			const newSize = CGSizeMake(requestedSize.width, requestedSize.height);
-			const resizedImage = this.scaleImage(this.nativeImage, newSize);
-			callback(resizedImage, null);
-
+			callback(this.scaleImage(this.nativeImage, CGSizeMake(requestedSize.width, requestedSize.height)), null);
+			queueGC();
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -53,11 +52,11 @@ export class ImageAsset extends ImageAssetBase {
 
 		PHImageManager.defaultManager().requestImageForAssetTargetSizeContentModeOptionsResultHandler(this.ios, requestedSize, PHImageContentMode.AspectFit, imageRequestOptions, (image, imageResultInfo) => {
 			if (image) {
-				const resultImage = this.scaleImage(image, requestedSize);
-				callback(resultImage, null);
+				callback(this.scaleImage(image, requestedSize), null);
 			} else {
 				callback(null, imageResultInfo.valueForKey(PHImageErrorKey));
 			}
+			queueGC();
 		});
 	}