diff --git a/tests/app/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts
index b0b817a20..3ab78c817 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts
@@ -1911,6 +1911,20 @@ export const testWrap_childMargin_vertical = test(
     }
 );
 
+let activity_flexbox_with_proxy_view_container = () => getViews(
+    `<FlexboxLayout id="flexbox">
+        <ProxyViewContainer></ProxyViewContainer>
+    </FlexboxLayout>`
+);
+
+export const testFlexboxLayout_does_not_crash_with_proxy_view_container = test(
+    activity_flexbox_with_proxy_view_container,
+    noop,
+    ({root, flexbox}) => {
+        TKUnit.assert(flexbox.id === "flexbox", "FlexboxLayout actually there");
+    }
+);
+
 // Omit testEmptyChildren
 // Omit testDivider_directionRow_verticalBeginning
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout/flexbox-layout.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout/flexbox-layout.ios.ts
index 6304296bc..c369f6efa 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout/flexbox-layout.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout/flexbox-layout.ios.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,28 @@ import makeMeasureSpec = layout.makeMeasureSpec;
 import getMeasureSpecMode = layout.getMeasureSpecMode;
 import getMeasureSpecSize = layout.getMeasureSpecSize;
 
+// `eachLayoutChild` iterates over children, and we need more - indexed access.
+// This class tries to accomodate that by collecting all children in an
+// array no more than once per measure.
+class MeasureContext {
+    private children: View[];
+
+    constructor(private owner: FlexboxLayout) {
+        this.children = [];
+        this.owner.eachLayoutChild((child) => {
+            this.children.push(child);
+        });
+    }
+
+    public get childrenCount(): number {
+        return this.children.length;
+    }
+
+    public childAt(index: number): View {
+        return this.children[index];
+    }
+}
+
 class FlexLine {
 
     _left: number = Number.MAX_VALUE;
@@ -144,15 +166,17 @@ export class FlexboxLayout extends FlexboxLayoutBase {
     private _orderCache: number[];
     private _flexLines: FlexLine[] = [];
     private _childrenFrozen: boolean[];
+    private measureContext: MeasureContext;
 
     public onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec: number, heightMeasureSpec: number): void {
+        this.measureContext = new MeasureContext(this);
         // Omit: super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
 
         if (this._isOrderChangedFromLastMeasurement) {
             this._reorderedIndices = this._createReorderedIndices();
         }
-        if (!this._childrenFrozen || this._childrenFrozen.length < this.getChildrenCount()) {
-            this._childrenFrozen = new Array(this.getChildrenCount());
+        if (!this._childrenFrozen || this._childrenFrozen.length < this.measureContext.childrenCount) {
+            this._childrenFrozen = new Array(this.measureContext.childrenCount);
         }
 
         switch (this.flexDirection) {
@@ -177,13 +201,13 @@ export class FlexboxLayout extends FlexboxLayoutBase {
             child = null;
         } else {
             let reorderedIndex = this._reorderedIndices[index];
-            child = this.getChildAt(reorderedIndex);
+            child = this.measureContext.childAt(reorderedIndex);
         }
         return child;
     }
 
     private _createReorderedIndices(): number[] {
-        let childCount = this.getChildrenCount();
+        let childCount = this.measureContext.childrenCount;
         let orders = this._createOrders(childCount);
         return this._sortOrdersIntoReorderedIndices(childCount, orders);
     }
@@ -206,7 +230,7 @@ export class FlexboxLayout extends FlexboxLayoutBase {
     private _createOrders(childCount: number): Order[] {
         let orders: Order[] = [];
         for (let i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
-            let child = this.getChildAt(i);
+            let child = this.measureContext.childAt(i);
             let order = new Order();
             order.order = FlexboxLayout.getOrder(child);
             order.index = i;
@@ -216,7 +240,7 @@ export class FlexboxLayout extends FlexboxLayoutBase {
     }
 
     private get _isOrderChangedFromLastMeasurement(): boolean {
-        let childCount = this.getChildrenCount();
+        let childCount = this.measureContext.childrenCount;
         if (!this._orderCache) {
             this._orderCache = [];
         }
@@ -224,7 +248,7 @@ export class FlexboxLayout extends FlexboxLayoutBase {
             return true;
         }
         for (let i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
-            let view = this.getChildAt(i);
+            let view = this.measureContext.childAt(i);
             if (view === null) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -244,7 +268,7 @@ export class FlexboxLayout extends FlexboxLayoutBase {
         this._flexLines.length = 0;
 
         (() => {
-            let childCount = this.getChildrenCount();
+            let childCount = this.measureContext.childrenCount;
             let paddingStart = FlexboxLayout.getPaddingStart(this);
             let paddingEnd = FlexboxLayout.getPaddingEnd(this);
             let largestHeightInRow = Number.MIN_VALUE;
@@ -359,7 +383,7 @@ export class FlexboxLayout extends FlexboxLayoutBase {
 
         this._flexLines.length = 0;
 
-        let childCount = this.getChildrenCount();
+        let childCount = this.measureContext.childrenCount;
         let paddingTop = this.effectivePaddingTop;
         let paddingBottom = this.effectivePaddingBottom;
         let largestWidthInColumn = Number.MIN_VALUE;