diff --git a/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts b/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
index f6d08153a..aae2524c7 100644
--- a/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
+++ b/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import application = require("application");
 import dts = require("ui/action-bar");
 import view = require("ui/core/view");
 
+const R_ID_HOME = 0x0102002c;
+
 var ACTION_ITEM_ID_OFFSET = 1000;
 
 global.moduleMerge(common, exports);
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ export class ActionBar extends common.ActionBar {
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (this.navigationButton && itemId === (<any>android).R.id.home) {
+        if (this.navigationButton && itemId === R_ID_HOME) {
             this.navigationButton._raiseTap();
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/ui/progress/progress.android.ts b/ui/progress/progress.android.ts
index 8e8bb6eaa..0b57aa49d 100644
--- a/ui/progress/progress.android.ts
+++ b/ui/progress/progress.android.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import dependencyObservable = require("ui/core/dependency-observable");
 import proxy = require("ui/core/proxy");
 
+const R_ATTR_PROGRESS_BAR_STYLE_HORIZONTAL = 0x01010078;
+
 function onValuePropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
     var progress = <Progress>data.object;
     if (!progress.android) {
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ export class Progress extends common.Progress {
     private _android: android.widget.ProgressBar;
 
     public _createUI() {
-        this._android = new android.widget.ProgressBar(this._context, null, (<any>android).R.attr.progressBarStyleHorizontal);
+        this._android = new android.widget.ProgressBar(this._context, null, R_ATTR_PROGRESS_BAR_STYLE_HORIZONTAL);
     }
 
     get android(): android.widget.ProgressBar {
diff --git a/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts b/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
index 1be3a7e73..18abfdea6 100644
--- a/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
+++ b/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import proxy = require("ui/core/proxy");
 import types = require("utils/types");
 import observable = require("data/observable"); 
 
+const R_ID_TABS = 0x01020013;
+const R_ID_TABCONTENT = 0x01020011;
+const R_ATTR_STATE_SELECTED = 0x010100a1;
+
 global.moduleMerge(common, exports);
 
 function onSelectedIndexPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
@@ -79,8 +83,7 @@ function onItemsPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
                 var stateDrawable = new android.graphics.drawable.StateListDrawable();
 
                 var arr = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(java.lang.Integer.class.getField("TYPE").get(null), 1);
-                arr[0] = (<any>android).R.attr.state_selected;
-
+                arr[0] = R_ATTR_STATE_SELECTED;
                 var colorDrawable = new SegmentedBarColorDrawable(view.selectedBackgroundColor.android)
                 stateDrawable.addState(arr, colorDrawable);
                 stateDrawable.setBounds(0, 15, vg.getRight(), vg.getBottom());
@@ -154,11 +157,11 @@ export class SegmentedBar extends common.SegmentedBar {
         tabHostLayout.setOrientation(android.widget.LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
 
         var tabWidget = new android.widget.TabWidget(this._context);
-        tabWidget.setId((<any>android).R.id.tabs);
+        tabWidget.setId(R_ID_TABS);
         tabHostLayout.addView(tabWidget);
 
         var frame = new android.widget.FrameLayout(this._context);
-        frame.setId((<any>android).R.id.tabcontent);
+        frame.setId(R_ID_TABCONTENT);
         frame.setVisibility(android.view.View.GONE);
         tabHostLayout.addView(frame);