diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/page/page-tests-common.ts b/apps/tests/ui/page/page-tests-common.ts
index 6e2b621ab..f7872467f 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/page/page-tests-common.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/page/page-tests-common.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ import stackLayoutModule = require("ui/layouts/stack-layout");
 import helper = require("../helper");
 import view = require("ui/core/view");
 import observable = require("data/observable");
+import {Page, ShownModallyData} from "ui/page";
+import {Label} from "ui/label";
+import {EventData} from "data/observable";
 
 export function addLabelToPage(page: PageModule.Page, text?: string) {
     var label = new LabelModule.Label();
@@ -440,6 +443,76 @@ export function test_WhenNavigatingForwardAndBack_IsBackNavigationIsCorrect() {
     helper.goBack();
 }
 
+export function test_WhenPageIsNavigatedToItCanShowAnotherPageAsModal() {
+    var masterPage;
+    var ctx = {
+        shownModally: false
+    };
+
+    var modalClosed = false;
+    var modalCloseCallback = function (returnValue: any) {
+        TKUnit.assertTrue(ctx.shownModally, "Modal-page must be shown!");
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(returnValue, "return value", "Modal-page must return value!");
+        modalClosed = true;
+    }
+
+    let modalPage: Page;
+
+    let shownModally = 0;
+    var onShownModal = function (args: ShownModallyData) {
+        shownModally++;
+        modalPage.off(Page.shownModallyEvent, onShownModal);
+    }
+
+    let modalLoaded = 0;
+    var onModalLoaded = function (args: EventData) {
+        modalLoaded++;
+        modalPage.off(Page.loadedEvent, onModalLoaded);
+    }
+
+    let modalUnloaded = 0;
+    var onModalUnloaded = function (args: EventData) {
+        modalUnloaded++;
+        modalPage.off(Page.unloadedEvent, onModalUnloaded);
+        TKUnit.assertNull(masterPage.modal, "currentPage.modal should be undefined when no modal page is shown!");
+    }
+
+    var navigatedToEventHandler = function (args) {
+        let page = <Page>args.object;
+        TKUnit.assertNull(page.modal, "currentPage.modal should be undefined when no modal page is shown!");
+        let basePath = "ui/page/";
+        modalPage = page.showModal(basePath + "modal-page", ctx, modalCloseCallback, false);
+        TKUnit.assertTrue((<any>modalPage).showingModally, "showingModally");
+        modalPage.on(Page.shownModallyEvent, onShownModal);
+        modalPage.on(Page.loadedEvent, onModalLoaded);
+        modalPage.on(Page.unloadedEvent, onModalUnloaded);
+    };
+
+    var masterPageFactory = function (): Page {
+        masterPage = new Page();
+        masterPage.id = "newPage";
+        masterPage.on(Page.navigatedToEvent, navigatedToEventHandler);
+        var label = new Label();
+        label.text = "Text";
+        masterPage.content = label;
+        return masterPage;
+    };
+
+    try {
+        helper.navigate(masterPageFactory);
+
+        TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return modalUnloaded > 0; });
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(shownModally, 1, "shownModally");
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(modalLoaded, 1, "modalLoaded");
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(modalUnloaded, 1, "modalUnloaded");
+
+        masterPage.off(Page.navigatedToEvent, navigatedToEventHandler);
+    }
+    finally {
+        helper.goBack();
+    }
+}
+
 //export function test_ModalPage_Layout_is_Correct() {
 //    var testPage: PageModule.Page;
 //    var label: LabelModule.Label;
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/page/page-tests.ios.ts b/apps/tests/ui/page/page-tests.ios.ts
index 22e09744a..0758e5959 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/page/page-tests.ios.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/page/page-tests.ios.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import PageTestCommon = require("./page-tests-common");
-import {Page, ShownModallyData} from "ui/page";
+import {Page} from "ui/page";
 import TKUnit = require("../../TKUnit");
 import {Label} from "ui/label";
 import helper = require("../helper");
@@ -27,76 +27,6 @@ export function test_NavigateToNewPage_InnerControl() {
     TKUnit.assertFalse(label.isLoaded, "label.isLoaded should become false after navigating back");
 }
 
-export function test_WhenPageIsNavigatedToItCanShowAnotherPageAsModal() {
-    var masterPage;
-    var ctx = {
-        shownModally: false
-    };
-
-    var modalClosed = false;
-    var modalCloseCallback = function (returnValue: any) {
-        TKUnit.assertTrue(ctx.shownModally, "Modal-page must be shown!");
-        TKUnit.assertEqual(returnValue, "return value", "Modal-page must return value!");
-        modalClosed = true;
-    }
-    
-    let modalPage: Page;
-
-    let shownModally = 0;
-    var onShownModal = function (args: ShownModallyData) {
-        shownModally++;
-        modalPage.off(Page.shownModallyEvent, onShownModal);
-    }
-
-    let modalLoaded = 0;
-    var onModalLoaded = function (args: EventData) {
-        modalLoaded++;
-        modalPage.off(Page.loadedEvent, onModalLoaded);
-    }
-
-    let modalUnloaded = 0;
-    var onModalUnloaded = function (args: EventData) {
-        modalUnloaded++;
-        modalPage.off(Page.unloadedEvent, onModalUnloaded);
-        TKUnit.assertNull(masterPage.modal, "currentPage.modal should be undefined when no modal page is shown!");
-    }
-
-    var navigatedToEventHandler = function (args) {
-        let page = <Page>args.object;
-        TKUnit.assertNull(page.modal, "currentPage.modal should be undefined when no modal page is shown!");
-        let basePath = "ui/page/";
-        modalPage = page.showModal(basePath + "modal-page", ctx, modalCloseCallback, false);
-        TKUnit.assertTrue((<any>modalPage).showingModally, "showingModally");
-        modalPage.on(Page.shownModallyEvent, onShownModal);
-        modalPage.on(Page.loadedEvent, onModalLoaded);
-        modalPage.on(Page.unloadedEvent, onModalUnloaded);
-    };
-
-    var masterPageFactory = function (): Page {
-        masterPage = new Page();
-        masterPage.id = "newPage";
-        masterPage.on(Page.navigatedToEvent, navigatedToEventHandler);
-        var label = new Label();
-        label.text = "Text";
-        masterPage.content = label;
-        return masterPage;
-    };
-
-    try {
-        helper.navigate(masterPageFactory);
-
-        TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return modalUnloaded > 0; });
-        TKUnit.assertEqual(shownModally, 1, "shownModally");
-        TKUnit.assertEqual(modalLoaded, 1,"modalLoaded");
-        TKUnit.assertEqual(modalUnloaded,1 , "modalUnloaded");
-
-        masterPage.off(Page.navigatedToEvent, navigatedToEventHandler);
-    }
-    finally {
-        helper.goBack();
-    }
-}
-
 export function test_WhenShowingModalPageUnloadedIsNotFiredForTheMasterPage() {
     let masterPage: Page;
     let masterPageUnloaded = false;
diff --git a/ui/page/page.android.ts b/ui/page/page.android.ts
index 896714288..0216c1314 100644
--- a/ui/page/page.android.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page.android.ts
@@ -68,8 +68,23 @@ function ensureDialogFragmentClass() {
 
         public onStart() {
             super.onStart();
+            if (!this._owner.isLoaded) {
+                this._owner.onLoaded();
+            }
             this._shownCallback();
         }
+        
+        public onDestroyView() {
+            super.onDestroyView();
+
+            if (this._owner.isLoaded) {
+                this._owner.onUnloaded();
+            }
+
+            this._owner._isAddedToNativeVisualTree = false;
+            this._owner._onDetached(true);
+
+        }
 
         public onDismiss(dialog: android.content.IDialogInterface) {
             super.onDismiss(dialog);
@@ -150,11 +165,10 @@ export class Page extends pageCommon.Page {
 
         this._onAttached(parent._context);
         this._isAddedToNativeVisualTree = true;
-        this.onLoaded();
 
         ensureDialogFragmentClass();
 
-        this._dialogFragment = new DialogFragmentClass(this, !!fullscreen, () => this._raiseShownModallyEvent, () => this.closeModal());
+        this._dialogFragment = new DialogFragmentClass(this, !!fullscreen, () => this._raiseShownModallyEvent(), () => this.closeModal());
 
         super._raiseShowingModallyEvent();
 
@@ -165,9 +179,6 @@ export class Page extends pageCommon.Page {
         this._dialogFragment.dismissAllowingStateLoss();
         this._dialogFragment = null;
 
-        this.onUnloaded();
-        this._isAddedToNativeVisualTree = false;
-        this._onDetached(true);
         parent._modal = undefined;
 
         super._hideNativeModalView(parent);