diff --git a/CrossPlatformModules.csproj b/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
index e2f433958..b262c50d3 100644
--- a/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
+++ b/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
   <ItemGroup>
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\action-bar-demo\pages\action-bar-hidden.ts">
+      <DependentUpon>action-bar-hidden.xml</DependentUpon>
+    </TypeScriptCompile>
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\action-bar-demo\pages\action-items-text.ts">
       <DependentUpon>action-items-text.xml</DependentUpon>
     </TypeScriptCompile>
@@ -84,6 +87,9 @@
       <DependentUpon>main-page.xml</DependentUpon>
     </TypeScriptCompile>
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\cuteness.unoptimized\reddit-app-view-model.ts" />
+    <Content Include="apps\action-bar-demo\pages\action-bar-hidden.xml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </Content>
     <Content Include="apps\action-bar-demo\pages\center-view-stack.xml" />
     <Content Include="apps\action-bar-demo\pages\center-view-segmented.xml" />
     <Content Include="apps\action-bar-demo\pages\center-view.xml" />
@@ -1755,7 +1761,7 @@
           <SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>False</SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>
         </WebProjectProperties>
       </FlavorProperties>
-      <UserProperties ui_2scroll-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2editable-text-demo_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2absolute-layout-demo_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2gallery-app_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2content-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2web-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2linear-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2absolute-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2dock-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="" ui_2layouts_2grid-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="" ui_2layouts_2wrap-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" />
+      <UserProperties ui_2layouts_2wrap-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2grid-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="" ui_2layouts_2dock-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="" ui_2layouts_2absolute-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2linear-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2web-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2content-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2gallery-app_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2absolute-layout-demo_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2editable-text-demo_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2scroll-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/action-bar-demo/main-page.xml b/apps/action-bar-demo/main-page.xml
index a4600175b..2658a4c3e 100644
--- a/apps/action-bar-demo/main-page.xml
+++ b/apps/action-bar-demo/main-page.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <Page>
   <ScrollView>
     <StackLayout>
+      <Button tap="itemTap" text="action bar hidden" tag="action-bar-hidden" />
       <Button tap="itemTap" text="page title and icon" tag="page-title-icon" />
       <Button tap="itemTap" text="navigation button" tag="navigation-button" />
       <Button tap="itemTap" text="action items icons" tag="action-items-icon" />
diff --git a/apps/action-bar-demo/pages/action-bar-hidden.ts b/apps/action-bar-demo/pages/action-bar-hidden.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95b686e5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/action-bar-demo/pages/action-bar-hidden.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import pages = require("ui/page");
+import view = require("ui/core/view");
+
+var toggle = false;
+export function toggleTap(args) {
+    var page = <pages.Page>view.getAncestor(<view.View>args.object, "Page")
+    page.actionBarHidden = toggle;
+    toggle = !toggle;
+}
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diff --git a/apps/action-bar-demo/pages/action-bar-hidden.xml b/apps/action-bar-demo/pages/action-bar-hidden.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e45f7252e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/action-bar-demo/pages/action-bar-hidden.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<Page actionBarHidden="true">
+  <Page.actionBar>
+    <ActionBar title="Hide Test"/>
+  </Page.actionBar>
+  <StackLayout>
+    <Button text="hide/show" tap="toggleTap" />
+  </StackLayout>
+</Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/action-bar/action-bar-common.ts b/ui/action-bar/action-bar-common.ts
index 7f50ed917..8ba4d1642 100644
--- a/ui/action-bar/action-bar-common.ts
+++ b/ui/action-bar/action-bar-common.ts
@@ -158,16 +158,16 @@ export class ActionBar extends view.View implements dts.ActionBar {
         }
     }
 
-    public _shouldShow(): boolean {
+    public _isEmpty(): boolean {
         if (this.title ||
             (this.android && this.android.icon) ||
             this.navigationButton ||
             this.actionItems.getItems().length > 0) {
 
-            return true;
+            return false;
         }
 
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts b/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
index 50e476a82..b57a29fa5 100644
--- a/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
+++ b/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,20 @@ export class ActionBar extends common.ActionBar {
     public _updateAndroid(menu: android.view.IMenu) {
         var actionBar: android.app.ActionBar = frame.topmost().android.actionBar;
 
+        if (this.page.actionBarHidden) {
+            if (actionBar.isShowing()) {
+                actionBar.hide();
+            }
+
+            // If action bar is hidden - no need to fill it with items.
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Assure action bar is showing;
+        if (!actionBar.isShowing()) {
+            actionBar.show();
+        }
+
         this._addActionItems(menu);
 
         // Set title
diff --git a/ui/action-bar/action-bar.d.ts b/ui/action-bar/action-bar.d.ts
index 4040d6386..f28e4379c 100644
--- a/ui/action-bar/action-bar.d.ts
+++ b/ui/action-bar/action-bar.d.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ declare module "ui/action-bar" {
         update();
 
         //@private
-        _shouldShow(): boolean
+        _isEmpty(): boolean
         _updateAndroid(menu: android.view.IMenu);
         _onAndroidItemSelected(itemId: number): boolean
 
diff --git a/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts b/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
index 1d49afde6..44204b43b 100644
--- a/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import pages = require("ui/page");
 import enums = require("ui/enums");
 import utils = require("utils/utils");
 import view = require("ui/core/view");
+import types = require("utils/types");
 
 declare var exports;
 require("utils/module-merge").merge(frameCommon, exports);
@@ -84,7 +85,12 @@ export class Frame extends frameCommon.Frame {
 
             case enums.NavigationBarVisibility.auto:
                 var pageInstance: pages.Page = page || this.currentPage;
-                newValue = this.backStack.length > 0 || (pageInstance && pageInstance.actionBar._shouldShow());
+                if (pageInstance && types.isDefined(pageInstance.actionBarHidden)) {
+                    newValue = !pageInstance.actionBarHidden;
+                }
+                else {
+                    newValue = this.backStack.length > 0 || (pageInstance && !pageInstance.actionBar._isEmpty());
+                }
                 newValue = !!newValue; // Make sure it is boolean
                 break;
         }
diff --git a/ui/page/page-common.ts b/ui/page/page-common.ts
index 559f58f31..d634f3a57 100644
--- a/ui/page/page-common.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page-common.ts
@@ -10,23 +10,23 @@ import actionBar = require("ui/action-bar");
 import dependencyObservable = require("ui/core/dependency-observable");
 import proxy = require("ui/core/proxy");
 
-var navigationBarHiddenProperty = new dependencyObservable.Property(
-    "navigationBarHidden",
+var actionBarHiddenProperty = new dependencyObservable.Property(
+    "actionBarHidden",
     "Page",
     new proxy.PropertyMetadata(undefined, dependencyObservable.PropertyMetadataSettings.AffectsLayout)
     );
 
-function onNavigationBarHiddenPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
+function onActionBarHiddenPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
     var page = <Page>data.object;
     if (page.isLoaded) {
-        page._updateNavigationBar(data.newValue);
+        page._updateActionBar(data.newValue);
     }
 }
 
-(<proxy.PropertyMetadata>navigationBarHiddenProperty.metadata).onSetNativeValue = onNavigationBarHiddenPropertyChanged;
+(<proxy.PropertyMetadata>actionBarHiddenProperty.metadata).onSetNativeValue = onActionBarHiddenPropertyChanged;
 
 export class Page extends contentView.ContentView implements dts.Page {
-    public static navigationBarHiddenProperty = navigationBarHiddenProperty;
+    public static actionBarHiddenProperty = actionBarHiddenProperty;
     public static navigatingToEvent = "navigatingTo";
     public static navigatedToEvent = "navigatedTo";
     public static navigatingFromEvent = "navigatingFrom";
@@ -47,22 +47,22 @@ export class Page extends contentView.ContentView implements dts.Page {
     public onLoaded() {
         this._applyCss();
 
-        if (this.navigationBarHidden !== undefined) {
-            this._updateNavigationBar(this.navigationBarHidden);
+        if (this.actionBarHidden !== undefined) {
+            this._updateActionBar(this.actionBarHidden);
         }
 
         super.onLoaded();
     }
 
-    get navigationBarHidden(): boolean {
-        return this._getValue(Page.navigationBarHiddenProperty);
+    get actionBarHidden(): boolean {
+        return this._getValue(Page.actionBarHiddenProperty);
     }
 
-    set navigationBarHidden(value: boolean) {
-        this._setValue(Page.navigationBarHiddenProperty, value);
+    set actionBarHidden(value: boolean) {
+        this._setValue(Page.actionBarHiddenProperty, value);
     }
 
-    public _updateNavigationBar(hidden: boolean) {
+    public _updateActionBar(hidden: boolean) {
         //
     }
 
diff --git a/ui/page/page.android.ts b/ui/page/page.android.ts
index 2a38284c2..ef661979f 100644
--- a/ui/page/page.android.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page.android.ts
@@ -83,26 +83,7 @@ export class Page extends pageCommon.Page {
         this._onDetached(true);
     }
 
-    public _updateNavigationBar(hidden: boolean) {
-        if (!this.frame || !this.frame.android) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        var actionBar = this.frame.android.actionBar;
-
-        if (!actionBar) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (hidden) {
-            if (actionBar.isShowing()) {
-                actionBar.hide();
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            if (!actionBar.isShowing()) {
-                actionBar.show();
-            }
-        }
+    public _updateActionBar(hidden: boolean) {
+        this.actionBar.update();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/page/page.d.ts b/ui/page/page.d.ts
index 267360ac7..f5f6c06ee 100644
--- a/ui/page/page.d.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page.d.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ declare module "ui/page" {
         /**
          * Dependency property used to hide the Navigation Bar in iOS and the Action Bar in Android.
          */
-        public static navigationBarHiddenProperty: dependencyObservable.Property;
+        public static actionBarHiddenProperty: dependencyObservable.Property;
 
         /**
          * String value used when hooking to shownModally event.
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ declare module "ui/page" {
         /**
          * Used to hide the Navigation Bar in iOS and the Action Bar in Android.
          */
-        navigationBarHidden: boolean;
+        actionBarHidden: boolean;
 
         /**
          * A valid css string which will be applied for all nested UI components (based on css rules).
diff --git a/ui/page/page.ios.ts b/ui/page/page.ios.ts
index 87511e22a..51139e2d3 100644
--- a/ui/page/page.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page.ios.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import definition = require("ui/page");
 import viewModule = require("ui/core/view");
 import trace = require("trace");
 import utils = require("utils/utils");
+import types = require("utils/types");
 
 declare var exports;
 require("utils/module-merge").merge(pageCommon, exports);
@@ -148,8 +149,8 @@ export class Page extends pageCommon.Page {
         (<any>this)._UIModalPresentationFormSheet = false;
     }
 
-    public _updateNavigationBar(hidden: boolean) {
-        if (this.ios.navigationController.navigationBarHidden !== hidden) {
+    public _updateActionBar(hidden: boolean) {
+        if (types.isDefined(hidden) && this.ios.navigationController.navigationBarHidden !== hidden) {
             this.ios.navigationController.navigationBarHidden = hidden;
             this.requestLayout();
         }
diff --git a/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts b/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
index 291b7d6f1..e289b34a0 100644
--- a/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
+++ b/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export class TabView extends common.TabView {
 
     public _addTabs(newItems: Array<definition.TabViewItem>) {
         var parentPage = <page.Page>view.getAncestor(this, "Page");
-        if (parentPage && parentPage.navigationBarHidden) {
+        if (parentPage && parentPage.actionBarHidden) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ export class TabView extends common.TabView {
 
     public _removeTabs(oldItems: Array<definition.TabViewItem>) {
         var parentPage = <page.Page>view.getAncestor(this, "Page");
-        if (parentPage && parentPage.navigationBarHidden) {
+        if (parentPage && parentPage.actionBarHidden) {
             return;
         }