diff --git a/apps/gallery-app/views/dialogs.ts b/apps/gallery-app/views/dialogs.ts
index 4b5eb3935..f5dcae035 100644
--- a/apps/gallery-app/views/dialogs.ts
+++ b/apps/gallery-app/views/dialogs.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,32 @@ export function alertWithOptionsTapped(args) {
     });
 }
 
+export function alertWithNullTapped(args) {
+    dialogs.alert(null);
+}
+
+export function alertWithUndefinedTapped(args) {
+    dialogs.alert(undefined);
+}
+
+export function alertWithNumberTapped(args) {
+    dialogs.alert(1);
+}
+
+export function alertWithBooleanTapped(args) {
+    dialogs.alert(false);
+}
+
+export function alertWithFunctionTapped(args) {
+    dialogs.alert(function () {
+        //
+    });
+}
+
+export function alertWithObjectTapped(args) {
+    dialogs.alert({});
+}
+
 export function confirmTapped(args) {
     dialogs.confirm("Are you sure?").then(r=> console.log(`Confirm result: ${r}`));
 }
diff --git a/apps/gallery-app/views/dialogs.xml b/apps/gallery-app/views/dialogs.xml
index d809819b4..053700b50 100644
--- a/apps/gallery-app/views/dialogs.xml
+++ b/apps/gallery-app/views/dialogs.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
     <StackLayout>
       <Button text="alert" tap="alertTapped"/>
       <Button text="alert with options" tap="alertWithOptionsTapped"/>
+      <Button text="alert with null" tap="alertWithNullTapped"/>
+      <Button text="alert with undefined" tap="alertWithUndefinedTapped"/>
+      <Button text="alert with number" tap="alertWithNumberTapped"/>
+      <Button text="alert with boolean" tap="alertWithBooleanTapped"/>
+      <Button text="alert with function" tap="alertWithFunctionTapped"/>
+      <Button text="alert with object" tap="alertWithObjectTapped"/>
       <Button text="confirm" tap="confirmTapped"/>
       <Button text="confirm with options" tap="confirmWithOptionsTapped"/>
       <Button text="prompt" tap="promptTapped"/>
diff --git a/ui/dialogs/dialogs-common.ts b/ui/dialogs/dialogs-common.ts
index dd175abdd..659ed61bd 100644
--- a/ui/dialogs/dialogs-common.ts
+++ b/ui/dialogs/dialogs-common.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import page = require("ui/page");
 import button = require("ui/button");
 import textField = require("ui/text-field");
 import label = require("ui/label");
+import types = require("utils/types");
 
 export var STRING = "string",
     PROMPT = "Prompt",
@@ -78,4 +79,8 @@ export function getLabelColor(): color.Color {
     }
 
     return labelColor;
+}
+
+export function isDialogOptions(arg): boolean {
+    return !types.isNullOrUndefined(arg) && (arg.message || arg.title);
 }
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diff --git a/ui/dialogs/dialogs.android.ts b/ui/dialogs/dialogs.android.ts
index 067d0f70c..6af794e83 100644
--- a/ui/dialogs/dialogs.android.ts
+++ b/ui/dialogs/dialogs.android.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function addButtonsToAlertDialog(alert: android.app.AlertDialog.Builder, options
 export function alert(arg: any): Promise<void> {
     return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
         try {
-            var options = types.isString(arg) ? { title: dialogsCommon.ALERT, okButtonText: dialogsCommon.OK, message: arg } : arg;
+            var options = !dialogsCommon.isDialogOptions(arg) ? { title: dialogsCommon.ALERT, okButtonText: dialogsCommon.OK, message: arg + "" } : arg;
 
             var alert = createAlertDialog(options);
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export function alert(arg: any): Promise<void> {
 export function confirm(arg: any): Promise<boolean> {
     return new Promise<boolean>((resolve, reject) => {
         try {
-            var options = types.isString(arg) ? { title: dialogsCommon.CONFIRM, okButtonText: dialogsCommon.OK, cancelButtonText: dialogsCommon.CANCEL, message: arg } : arg;
+            var options = !dialogsCommon.isDialogOptions(arg) ? { title: dialogsCommon.CONFIRM, okButtonText: dialogsCommon.OK, cancelButtonText: dialogsCommon.CANCEL, message: arg + "" } : arg;
             var alert = createAlertDialog(options);
 
             addButtonsToAlertDialog(alert, options, function (result) { resolve(result); });
diff --git a/ui/dialogs/dialogs.ios.ts b/ui/dialogs/dialogs.ios.ts
index 74ebfe7ad..96359b16d 100644
--- a/ui/dialogs/dialogs.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/dialogs/dialogs.ios.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ function raiseCallback(callback, result) {
 export function alert(arg: any): Promise<void> {
     return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
         try {
-            var options = types.isString(arg) ? { title: dialogsCommon.ALERT, okButtonText: dialogsCommon.OK, message: arg } : arg;
+            var options = !dialogsCommon.isDialogOptions(arg) ? { title: dialogsCommon.ALERT, okButtonText: dialogsCommon.OK, message: arg + "" } : arg;
 
             if (utils.ios.MajorVersion < 8) {
                 var alert = createUIAlertView(options);
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export function alert(arg: any): Promise<void> {
 export function confirm(arg: any): Promise<boolean> {
     return new Promise<boolean>((resolve, reject) => {
         try {
-            var options = types.isString(arg) ? { title: dialogsCommon.CONFIRM, okButtonText: dialogsCommon.OK, cancelButtonText: dialogsCommon.CANCEL, message: arg } : arg;
+            var options = !dialogsCommon.isDialogOptions(arg) ? { title: dialogsCommon.CONFIRM, okButtonText: dialogsCommon.OK, cancelButtonText: dialogsCommon.CANCEL, message: arg + "" } : arg;
 
             if (utils.ios.MajorVersion < 8) {
                 var alert = createUIAlertView(options);