diff --git a/ui/core/view.ts b/ui/core/view.ts
index 1e47acfcb..afd6467f1 100644
--- a/ui/core/view.ts
+++ b/ui/core/view.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import application = require("application");
 export class View extends proxy.ProxyObject {
     private _parent: Panel;
 
-    public onInitialized(content: android.content.Context) {
+    public onInitialized(context: android.content.Context) {
         // TODO: This is used by Android, rethink this routine
     }
     
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export class View extends proxy.ProxyObject {
         // TODO: Temporary
         if (application.ios && this.ios) {
             native.addSubview(this.ios);
+            this.ios.sizeToFit();
         } else if (application.android && this.android) {
             native.addView(this.android);
         }
@@ -62,6 +63,16 @@ export class Panel extends View {
         this._children = new Array<View>();
     }
 
+    public onInitialized(context: android.content.Context) {
+        super.onInitialized(context);
+
+        // delegate the initialized event to the children
+        var i;
+        for (i = 0; i < this._children.length; i++) {
+            this._children[i].onInitialized(context);
+        }
+    }
+
     public addChild(child: View) {
         // Validate child is not parented
         if (child.parent) {
@@ -96,4 +107,8 @@ export class Panel extends View {
         this._children.splice(index, 1);
         child.onRemovedFromParent();
     }
+}
+
+export class StackPanel extends Panel {
+
 }
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diff --git a/ui/frame/frame.android.ts b/ui/frame/frame.android.ts
index 850f1624f..9a23ea899 100644
--- a/ui/frame/frame.android.ts
+++ b/ui/frame/frame.android.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import application = require("application");
 
 export class Frame extends frameCommon.Frame {
     public navigateCore(context: any) {
-        if (this.backStack.length === 0) {
+        if (!this.currentPage) {
             // When navigating for the very first time we do not want to start an activity
             // TODO: Revisit/polish this behavior
             return;
diff --git a/ui/pages/page.android.ts b/ui/pages/page.android.ts
index 9f3bdaf90..8faa8fdf6 100644
--- a/ui/pages/page.android.ts
+++ b/ui/pages/page.android.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ class AndroidPage implements definition.AndroidPage {
     }
 
     public getActivityExtends(): any {
-        if (!this._body) {
-            this.rebuildBody();
+        if (!this._activityExtends) {
+            this.rebuildExtends();
         }
 
         return this._activityExtends;
@@ -53,26 +53,29 @@ class AndroidPage implements definition.AndroidPage {
         this._activityExtends = null;
     }
 
-    private rebuildBody() {
-        var that = this;
-        this._body = {
-            onCreate: function () {
-                that._activity = this;
-                this.super.onCreate(null);
+    private rebuildExtends() {
+        // we may have a body set externally
+        if (!this._body) {
+            var that = this;
+            this._body = {
+                onCreate: function () {
+                    that._activity = this;
+                    this.super.onCreate(null);
 
-                var view = that._ownerPage.contentView;
-                if (view) {
-                    // TODO: Notify the entire visual tree for being initialized
-                    view.onInitialized(that._activity);
-                    that._activity.setContentView(view.android);
+                    var view = that._ownerPage.contentView;
+                    if (view) {
+                        // TODO: Notify the entire visual tree for being initialized
+                        view.onInitialized(that._activity);
+                        that._activity.setContentView(view.android);
+                    }
                 }
             }
-        }
 
-        if (this._ownerPage.onLoaded) {
-            this._body.onStart = function () {
-                this.super.onStart();
-                that._ownerPage.onLoaded();
+            if (this._ownerPage.onLoaded) {
+                this._body.onStart = function () {
+                    this.super.onStart();
+                    that._ownerPage.onLoaded();
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/ui/text-field/index.ts b/ui/text-field/index.ts
index 5fce8f31b..0eb59f929 100644
--- a/ui/text-field/index.ts
+++ b/ui/text-field/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 declare var module, require;
-module.exports = require("ui/text-input/text-input"); 
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+module.exports = require("ui/text-field/text-field"); 
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diff --git a/ui/text-field/text-field.android.ts b/ui/text-field/text-field.android.ts
index 92c307bcb..e423bf149 100644
--- a/ui/text-field/text-field.android.ts
+++ b/ui/text-field/text-field.android.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,58 @@
 import observable = require("ui/core/observable");
 import view = require("ui/core/view");
 import application = require("application");
+import definition = require("ui/text-field");
 
-export class TextInput extends view.View {
+var TEXT = "text";
+// this is the name of the property to store text locally until attached to a valid Context
+var TEXTPRIVATE = "_text";
+
+export class TextField extends view.View implements definition.TextField {
     private _android: android.widget.EditText;
-    private static textProperty = "text";
 
     constructor() {
         super();
+    }
 
-        var context = application.android.currentContext;
+    public onInitialized(context: android.content.Context) {
+        if (!this._android) {
+            // TODO: We need to decide whether we will support context switching and if yes - to implement it.
+            this.createUI(context);
+        }
+    }
+
+    get android(): android.widget.EditText {
+        return this._android;
+    }
+
+    get text(): string {
+        if (!this._android) {
+            return this[TEXTPRIVATE];
+        }
+        return this._android.getText().toString();
+    }
+    set text(value: string) {
+        this.setProperty(TEXT, value);
+    }
+
+    public setNativeProperty(data: observable.PropertyChangeData) {
+        // TODO: Will this be a gigantic if-else switch?
+        if (data.propertyName === TEXT) {
+            if (this._android) {
+                this._android.setText(data.value, android.widget.TextView.BufferType.EDITABLE);
+            } else {
+                this[TEXTPRIVATE] = data.value;
+            }
+        } else if (true) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    private createUI(context: android.content.Context) {
         this._android = new android.widget.EditText(context);
+        if (this[TEXTPRIVATE]) {
+            this._android.setText(this[TEXTPRIVATE]);
+            delete this[TEXTPRIVATE];
+        }
 
         // TODO: This code is same for Label, extract base class or derive from Label
         var that = this;
@@ -20,28 +62,9 @@ export class TextInput extends view.View {
             onTextChanged: function (text: string, start: number, before: number, count: number) {
             },
             afterTextChanged: function (editable: android.text.IEditable) {
-                that.updateTwoWayBinding(TextInput.textProperty, editable.toString());
+                that.updateTwoWayBinding(TEXT, editable.toString());
             }
         });
         this._android.addTextChangedListener(textWatcher);
     }
-
-    get android(): android.widget.EditText {
-        return this._android;
-    }
-
-    get text(): string {
-        return this._android.getText().toString();
-    }
-    set text(value: string) {
-        this.setProperty(TextInput.textProperty, value);
-    }
-
-    public setNativeProperty(data: observable.PropertyChangeData) {
-        // TODO: Will this be a gigantic if-else switch?
-        if (data.propertyName === TextInput.textProperty) {
-            this._android.setText(data.value, android.widget.TextView.BufferType.EDITABLE);
-        } else if (true) {
-        }
-    }
 }
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diff --git a/ui/text-field/text-field.d.ts b/ui/text-field/text-field.d.ts
index 19a76f130..623788042 100644
--- a/ui/text-field/text-field.d.ts
+++ b/ui/text-field/text-field.d.ts
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
- 
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+declare module "ui/text-field" {
+    import view = require("ui/core/view");
+
+    export class TextField extends view.View {
+        public text: string;
+    }
+} 
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diff --git a/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts b/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts
index 19a76f130..e6246809c 100644
--- a/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts
@@ -1 +1,53 @@
- 
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+import observable = require("ui/core/observable");
+import view = require("ui/core/view");
+import application = require("application");
+import definition = require("ui/text-field");
+
+var TEXT = "text";
+
+export class TextField extends view.View implements definition.TextField {
+    private _ios: UIKit.UITextField;
+    private _delegate: any;
+
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+
+        this._ios = new UIKit.UITextField();
+
+        var that = this;
+        var protocolImplementation = Foundation.NSObject.extends({}, {}).implements({
+            protocol: "UITextFieldDelegate",
+            implementation: {
+                textFieldDidEndEditing: function (field: UIKit.UITextField) {
+                    that.updateTwoWayBinding(TEXT, field.text);
+                    console.log("TextField end edit");
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        this._delegate = new protocolImplementation();
+        this._ios.delegate = this._delegate;
+
+        var frame = CoreGraphics.CGRectMake(100, 100, 50, 30);
+    }
+
+    get ios(): UIKit.UITextField {
+        return this._ios;
+    }
+
+    get text(): string {
+        return this.ios.text;
+    }
+    set text(value: string) {
+        this.setProperty(TEXT, value);
+    }
+
+    public setNativeProperty(data: observable.PropertyChangeData) {
+        // TODO: Will this be a gigantic if-else switch?
+        if (data.propertyName === TEXT) {
+            this._ios.text = data.value;
+            this._ios.sizeToFit();
+        } else if (true) {
+        }
+    }
+} 
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