diff --git a/tests/app/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests.ts
index ccd4bd7c8..9660b7e24 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import TKUnit = require("../../TKUnit");
-import helper = require("../helper");
-import viewModule = require("ui/core/view");
-import segmentedBarTestsNative = require("./segmented-bar-tests-native");
-import bindable = require("ui/core/bindable");
-import observable = require("data/observable");
-import color = require("color");
+import * as TKUnit from "../../TKUnit";
+import * as segmentedBarTestsNative from "./segmented-bar-tests-native";
+import {buildUIAndRunTest} from "../helper";
+import {View} from "ui/core/view";
+import {BindingOptions} from "ui/core/bindable";
+import {Observable} from "data/observable";
+import {Color} from "color";
 
 // >> article-require-segmentedbar-module
 import segmentedBarModule = require("ui/segmented-bar");
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function _createItems(count: number): Array<segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBarItem>
 }
 
 export var testWhenSegmentedBarIsCreatedItemsAreUndefined = function () {
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
         var expectedValue = undefined;
         var actualValue = segmentedBar.items;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export var testWhenSegmentedBarIsCreatedItemsAreUndefined = function () {
 }
 
 export var testWhenSegmentedBarIsCreatedSelectedIndexIsUndefined = function () {
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
         var expectedValue = undefined;
         var actualValue = segmentedBar.selectedIndex;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export var testWhenSegmentedBarIsCreatedSelectedIndexIsUndefined = function () {
 }
 
 export var testWhenSettingItemsToNonEmptyArrayTheSameAmountOfNativeItemsIsCreated = function () {
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
         segmentedBar.items = _createItems(10);
         var expectedValue = segmentedBar.items.length;
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ export var testWhenSettingItemsToNonEmptyArrayTheSameAmountOfNativeItemsIsCreate
 }
 
 export var testWhenItemsAreBoundTheTextColorIsPreserved = function () {
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
-        segmentedBar.color = new color.Color("red");
+        segmentedBar.color = new Color("red");
 
-        var model = new observable.Observable();
+        var model = new Observable();
         model.set("items", [{ title: "One" }, { title: "Two" }, { title: "Three" }]);
-        var options: bindable.BindingOptions = {
+        var options: BindingOptions = {
             sourceProperty: "items",
             targetProperty: "items"
         }
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export var testWhenItemsAreBoundTheTextColorIsPreserved = function () {
 }
 
 export var testWhenSettingItemsToEmptyArrayZeroNativeItemsAreCreated = function () {
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
         segmentedBar.items = [];
         var expectedValue = segmentedBar.items.length;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export var testWhenSettingItemsToEmptyArrayZeroNativeItemsAreCreated = function
 }
 
 export var testSelectedIndexBecomesZeroWhenItemsBoundToNonEmptyArray = function () {
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
         // >> article-creating-segmentedbar-items
         var items = [];
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export var testSelectedIndexBecomesZeroWhenItemsBoundToNonEmptyArray = function
 }
 
 export var testSelectedIndexBecomesUndefinedWhenItemsBoundToEmptyArray = function () {
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
         segmentedBar.items = _createItems(10);
         // >> artcile-selecting-item
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export var testSelectedIndexBecomesUndefinedWhenItemsBoundToEmptyArray = functio
 }
 
 export var testSelectedIndexBecomesUndefinedWhenItemsBoundToUndefined = function () {
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
         segmentedBar.items = _createItems(10);
         segmentedBar.selectedIndex = 9;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export var testSelectedIndexBecomesUndefinedWhenItemsBoundToUndefined = function
 }
 
 export var testSelectedIndexBecomesUndefinedWhenItemsBoundToNull = function () {
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
         segmentedBar.items = _createItems(10);
         segmentedBar.selectedIndex = 9;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export var testItemsIsResolvedCorrectlyIfSetBeforeViewIsLoaded = function () {
     var expectedValue = 10;
     segmentedBar.items = _createItems(expectedValue);
     segmentedBar.selectedIndex = 9;
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
         var actualValue = segmentedBar.items.length;
         TKUnit.assert(actualValue === expectedValue, "Actual: " + actualValue + "; Expected: " + expectedValue);
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export var testSelectedIndexIsResolvedCorrectlyIfSetBeforeViewIsLoaded = functio
     segmentedBar.items = _createItems(10);
     var expectedValue = 9;
     segmentedBar.selectedIndex = expectedValue;
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
         var actualValue = segmentedBar.selectedIndex;
         TKUnit.assert(actualValue === expectedValue, "Actual: " + actualValue + "; Expected: " + expectedValue);
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export var testSelectedIndexIsResolvedCorrectlyIfSetBeforeViewIsLoaded = functio
 
 export var testSettingNegativeSelectedIndexShouldThrow = function () {
     var segmentedBar = _createSegmentedBar();
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
         segmentedBar.items = _createItems(10);
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export var testSettingNegativeSelectedIndexShouldThrow = function () {
 
 export var testSettingSelectedIndexLargerThanCountShouldThrow = function () {
     var segmentedBar = _createSegmentedBar();
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
         segmentedBar.items = _createItems(10);
         TKUnit.assertThrows(function () {
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export var testSelectedIndexChangedIsReisedCorrectlyIfSelectedIndexIsSet = funct
 
     segmentedBar.items = _createItems(10);
     
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
 
         segmentedBar.selectedIndex = 6;
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ export var testSelectedIndexChangedIsReisedCorrectlyIfSelectedIndexIsSetNative =
 
     segmentedBar.items = _createItems(10);
 
-    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+    buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
 
         segmentedBarTestsNative.setNativeSelectedIndex(segmentedBar, 6);
@@ -248,3 +248,25 @@ export var testSelectedIndexChangedIsReisedCorrectlyIfSelectedIndexIsSetNative =
         TKUnit.assertEqual(newIndex, 9);
     });
 }
+
+export var testSelectedIndexChangedIsRaisedCorrectlyIfItemsNotBound = function () {
+    const segmentedBar = _createSegmentedBar();
+    let newSelectedIndex = 0;
+    segmentedBar.on("selectedIndexChange", () => {
+        newSelectedIndex = segmentedBar.selectedIndex;
+    });
+
+    buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<View>) {
+        const item0 = new segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBarItem();
+        item0.title = "item 0";
+        segmentedBar._addChildFromBuilder("SegmentedBarItem", item0);
+
+        const item1 = new segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBarItem();
+        item1.title = "item 1";
+        segmentedBar._addChildFromBuilder("SegmentedBarItem", item1);
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(segmentedBar.items.length, 2);
+
+        segmentedBarTestsNative.setNativeSelectedIndex(segmentedBar, 1);
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(newSelectedIndex, 1);
+    });
+}
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-common.ts
index adbd007c5..d6423f015 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-common.ts
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ export class SegmentedBar extends view.View implements definition.SegmentedBar {
         let idx: number;
         let itemsLength = this.items ? this.items.length : 0; 
         if (types.isNullOrUndefined(index)) {
-            idx = itemsLength;
+            idx = itemsLength - 1;
         } else {
             if (index < 0 || index > itemsLength) {
-                idx = itemsLength;
+                idx = itemsLength - 1;
             } else {
                 idx = index;
             }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
index 12233db82..67acfcca0 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ function onItemsPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
             view.android.setCurrentTab(view.selectedIndex);
         }
 
-        view.android.setOnTabChangedListener(null);
-        view.android.setOnTabChangedListener(view._listener);
-
         var tabHost = <android.widget.TabHost>view.android;
         var tabIndex: number;
 
@@ -193,6 +190,12 @@ export class SegmentedBar extends common.SegmentedBar {
         }));
 
         this.android.addTab(tab);
+        this.resetNativeListener();
+    }
+
+    private resetNativeListener() {
+        this.android.setOnTabChangedListener(null);
+        this.android.setOnTabChangedListener(this._listener);
     }
 }