diff --git a/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts b/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
index 4f91ec0df..5097591bb 100644
--- a/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
+++ b/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ function onItemsPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
     if (newItems && newItems.length) {
         for (var i = 0; i < newItems.length; i++) {
             (<SegmentedBarItem>newItems[i])._parent = view;
-            var title = "" + newItems[i].title;
             var tab = view.android.newTabSpec(i + "");
-
-            tab.setIndicator(title);
+            tab.setIndicator(newItems[i].title || "");
 
             tab.setContent(new android.widget.TabHost.TabContentFactory({
                 createTabContent: function (tag: string): android.view.View {
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ export class SegmentedBarItem extends common.SegmentedBarItem {
             var tabIndex = this._parent.items.indexOf(this);
             var titleTextViewId = 16908310; // http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.id.html#title
             var titleTextView = <android.widget.TextView>this._parent.android.getTabWidget().getChildAt(tabIndex).findViewById(titleTextViewId);
-            titleTextView.setText("" + this.title);
+            titleTextView.setText(this.title || "");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.ios.ts b/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.ios.ts
index 094101c6e..f127a417f 100644
--- a/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.ios.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function onItemsPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
     var newItems = <Array<definition.SegmentedBarItem>>data.newValue;
     if (newItems && newItems.length) {
         for (var i = 0; i < newItems.length; i++) {
-            view.ios.insertSegmentWithTitleAtIndexAnimated(newItems[i].title, i, false);
+            view.ios.insertSegmentWithTitleAtIndexAnimated(newItems[i].title || "", i, false);
             (<SegmentedBarItem>newItems[i])._parent = view;
         }
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class SegmentedBarItem extends common.SegmentedBarItem {
     public _update() {
         if (this._parent) {
             var tabIndex = this._parent.items.indexOf(this);
-            this._parent.ios.setTitleForSegmentAtIndex("" + this.title, tabIndex);
+            this._parent.ios.setTitleForSegmentAtIndex(this.title || "", tabIndex);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts b/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
index 3459e6f7a..4b51cc1c0 100644
--- a/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
+++ b/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export class TabViewItem extends bindable.Bindable implements definition.TabView
     set title(value: string) {
         if (this._title !== value) {
             this._title = value;
+            this._update();
         }
     }
 
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ export class TabViewItem extends bindable.Bindable implements definition.TabView
 
     set view(value: view.View) {
         if (this._view !== value) {
+            if (this._view) {
+                throw new Error("Changing the view of an already loaded TabViewItem is not currently supported.");
+            }
             this._view = value;
         }
     }
@@ -40,8 +44,13 @@ export class TabViewItem extends bindable.Bindable implements definition.TabView
     set iconSource(value: string) {
         if (this._iconSource !== value) {
             this._iconSource = value;
+            this._update();
         }
     }
+
+    public _update() {
+        //
+    }
 }
 
 var TAB_VIEW = "TabView";
diff --git a/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts b/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
index 53291f0c4..d80d94266 100644
--- a/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
+++ b/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,20 @@ class PagerAdapterClass extends android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter {
     }
 };
 
+export class TabViewItem extends common.TabViewItem {
+    public _tab: android.app.ActionBar.Tab;
+    public _parent: TabView;
+
+    public _update() {
+        if (this._parent && this._tab) {
+            var androidApp = app.android;
+            var resources = androidApp.context.getResources();
+            this._tab.setText(this.title);
+            this._parent._setIcon(this.iconSource, this._tab, resources, androidApp.packageName);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 export class TabView extends common.TabView {
     private _android: android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
     private _pagerAdapter: android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter;
@@ -374,13 +388,15 @@ export class TabView extends common.TabView {
         // TODO: Where will be the support for more ActionBar settings like Title, Navigation buttons, etc.?
         var i: number = 0;
         var length = newItems.length;
-        var item: definition.TabViewItem;
+        var item: TabViewItem;
         var tab: android.app.ActionBar.Tab;
         var androidApp = app.android;
         var resources = androidApp.context.getResources();
         for (i; i < length; i++) {
-            item = newItems[i];
+            item = <TabViewItem>newItems[i];
             tab = actionBar.newTab();
+            item._tab = tab;
+            item._parent = this;
             tab.setText(item.title);
             this._setIcon(item.iconSource, tab, resources, androidApp.packageName);
 
@@ -392,7 +408,7 @@ export class TabView extends common.TabView {
         }
     }
 
-    private _setIcon(iconSource: string, tab: android.app.ActionBar.Tab, resources: android.content.res.Resources, packageName: string): void {
+    public _setIcon(iconSource: string, tab: android.app.ActionBar.Tab, resources: android.content.res.Resources, packageName: string): void {
         if (!iconSource) {
             return;
         }
@@ -438,7 +454,7 @@ export class TabView extends common.TabView {
         var i: number = actionBar.getTabCount() - 1;
         var tab: android.app.ActionBar.Tab;
         var index;
-        for (i; i >= 0; i--) {
+        for (; i >= 0; i--) {
             tab = actionBar.getTabAt(i);
             index = this._tabsAddedByMe.indexOf(tab);
             if (index > -1) {// This tab was added by me.
@@ -449,6 +465,15 @@ export class TabView extends common.TabView {
             }
         }
 
+        i = 0;
+        var length = this.items.length;
+        var item: TabViewItem;
+        for (; i < length; i++) {
+            item = <TabViewItem>this.items[i];
+            item._tab = null;
+            item._parent = null;
+        }
+
         if (this._tabsAddedByMe.length > 0) {
             throw new Error("TabView did not remove all of its tabs from the ActionBar.");
         }
diff --git a/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts b/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
index e0201fc4c..9df7bfcbd 100644
--- a/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,22 @@ class UINavigationControllerDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UINavigatio
     }
 }
 
+export class TabViewItem extends common.TabViewItem {
+    public _controller: UIViewController;
+    public _parent: TabView;
+    
+    public _update() {
+        if (this._parent && this._controller) {
+            var icon = this._parent._getIcon(this.iconSource);
+            var tabBarItem = UITabBarItem.alloc().initWithTitleImageTag((this.title || ""), icon, this._parent.items.indexOf(this));
+            if (!icon) {
+                tabBarItem.setTitlePositionAdjustment({ horizontal: 0, vertical: -20 });
+            }
+            this._controller.tabBarItem = tabBarItem;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 export class TabView extends common.TabView {
     private _ios: UITabBarControllerImpl;
     private _delegate: UITabBarControllerDelegateImpl;
@@ -128,9 +144,11 @@ export class TabView extends common.TabView {
 
         var i: number;
         var length = oldItems.length;
-        var oldItem: definition.TabViewItem;
+        var oldItem: TabViewItem;
         for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-            oldItem = oldItems[i];
+            oldItem = <TabViewItem>oldItems[i];
+            oldItem._parent = null;
+            oldItem._controller = null;
             this._removeView(oldItem.view);
         }
 
@@ -143,12 +161,12 @@ export class TabView extends common.TabView {
 
         var i: number;
         var length = newItems.length;
-        var item: definition.TabViewItem;
+        var item: TabViewItem;
         var newControllers: NSMutableArray = NSMutableArray.alloc().initWithCapacity(length);
         var newController: UIViewController;
 
         for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-            item = newItems[i];
+            item = <TabViewItem>newItems[i];
 
             this._addView(item.view);
 
@@ -159,12 +177,16 @@ export class TabView extends common.TabView {
                 newController.view.addSubview(item.view.ios);
             }
 
-            var icon = this._getIcon(item.iconSource);
-            newController.tabBarItem = UITabBarItem.alloc().initWithTitleImageTag(item.title, icon, i);
-            if (!icon) {
-                newController.tabBarItem.setTitlePositionAdjustment({ horizontal: 0, vertical: -20 });
-            }
+            item._parent = this;
+            item._controller = newController;
 
+            var icon = this._getIcon(item.iconSource);
+            
+            var tabBarItem = UITabBarItem.alloc().initWithTitleImageTag((item.title || ""), icon, i);
+            if (!icon) {
+                tabBarItem.setTitlePositionAdjustment({ horizontal: 0, vertical: -20 });
+            }
+            newController.tabBarItem = tabBarItem;
             newControllers.addObject(newController);
         }
 
@@ -175,7 +197,7 @@ export class TabView extends common.TabView {
         this._ios.moreNavigationController.delegate = this._moreNavigationControllerDelegate;
     }
 
-    private _getIcon(iconSource: string): UIImage {
+    public _getIcon(iconSource: string): UIImage {
         if (!iconSource) {
             return null;
         }