diff --git a/ui/page/page-common.ts b/ui/page/page-common.ts
index 95d9961d7..84103d613 100644
--- a/ui/page/page-common.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page-common.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export class Page extends ContentView implements dts.Page {
     public static showingModallyEvent = "showingModally";
 
     protected _closeModalCallback: Function;
+    private _modalContext: any;
 
     private _navigationContext: any;
 
@@ -250,9 +251,11 @@ export class Page extends ContentView implements dts.Page {
     protected _showNativeModalView(parent: Page, context: any, closeCallback: Function, fullscreen?: boolean) {
         parent._modal = this;
         var that = this;
+        this._modalContext = context;
         this._closeModalCallback = function () {
             if (that._closeModalCallback) {
                 that._closeModalCallback = null;
+                that._modalContext = null;
                 that._hideNativeModalView(parent);
                 if (typeof closeCallback === "function") {
                     closeCallback.apply(undefined, arguments);
@@ -265,20 +268,24 @@ export class Page extends ContentView implements dts.Page {
         //
     }
 
-    protected _raiseShownModallyEvent(parent: Page, context: any, closeCallback: Function) {
-        this.notify({
+    protected _raiseShownModallyEvent() {
+        let args: dts.ShownModallyData = {
             eventName: Page.shownModallyEvent,
             object: this,
-            context: context,
+            context: this._modalContext,
             closeCallback: this._closeModalCallback
-        });
+        }
+        this.notify(args);
     }
 
     protected _raiseShowingModallyEvent() {
-        this.notify({
+        let args: dts.ShownModallyData = {
             eventName: Page.showingModallyEvent,
-            object: this
-        });
+            object: this,
+            context: this._modalContext,
+            closeCallback: this._closeModalCallback
+        }
+        this.notify(args);
     }
 
     public _getStyleScope(): styleScope.StyleScope {
diff --git a/ui/page/page.android.ts b/ui/page/page.android.ts
index f3d185a74..896714288 100644
--- a/ui/page/page.android.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page.android.ts
@@ -25,23 +25,23 @@ function ensureColor() {
 
 export var DIALOG_FRAGMENT_TAG = "dialog";
 
-var DialogFragmentClass;
-function ensureDialogFragmentClass() {
+interface DialogFragmentClass {
+    new (owner: Page, fullscreen: boolean, shownCallback: () => void, dismissCallback: () => void): android.app.DialogFragment;
+}
+var DialogFragmentClass: DialogFragmentClass;
+    
+function ensureDialogFragmentClass() { 
     if (DialogFragmentClass) {
         return;
     }
 
     class DialogFragmentClassInner extends android.app.DialogFragment {
-        private _owner: Page;
-        private _fullscreen: boolean;
-        private _dismissCallback: Function;
-
-        constructor(owner: Page, fullscreen?: boolean, dismissCallback?: Function) {
+        constructor(
+            private _owner: Page,
+            private _fullscreen: boolean,
+            private _shownCallback: () => void,
+            private _dismissCallback: () => void) {
             super();
-
-            this._owner = owner;
-            this._fullscreen = fullscreen;
-            this._dismissCallback = dismissCallback;
             return global.__native(this);
         }
 
@@ -66,10 +66,14 @@ function ensureDialogFragmentClass() {
             return dialog;
         }
 
-        public onDismiss() {
-            if (typeof this._dismissCallback === "function") {
-                this._dismissCallback();
-            }
+        public onStart() {
+            super.onStart();
+            this._shownCallback();
+        }
+
+        public onDismiss(dialog: android.content.IDialogInterface) {
+            super.onDismiss(dialog);
+            this._dismissCallback();
         }
 
     };
@@ -149,14 +153,12 @@ export class Page extends pageCommon.Page {
         this.onLoaded();
 
         ensureDialogFragmentClass();
-        var that = this;
-        this._dialogFragment = new DialogFragmentClass(this, fullscreen, function () {
-            that.closeModal();
-        });
+
+        this._dialogFragment = new DialogFragmentClass(this, !!fullscreen, () => this._raiseShownModallyEvent, () => this.closeModal());
 
         super._raiseShowingModallyEvent();
+
         this._dialogFragment.show(parent.frame.android.activity.getFragmentManager(), DIALOG_FRAGMENT_TAG);
-        super._raiseShownModallyEvent(parent, context, closeCallback);
     }
 
     protected _hideNativeModalView(parent: Page) {
diff --git a/ui/page/page.d.ts b/ui/page/page.d.ts
index f2d6c0eb9..f22b4d179 100644
--- a/ui/page/page.d.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page.d.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ declare module "ui/page" {
         /**
          * Raised before the page is shown as a modal dialog.
          */
-        on(event: "showingModally", callback: (args: observable.EventData) => void, thisArg?: any): void;
+        on(event: "showingModally", callback: (args: ShownModallyData) => void, thisArg?: any): void;
 
         /**
          * Raised after the page is shown as a modal dialog.
diff --git a/ui/page/page.ios.ts b/ui/page/page.ios.ts
index 63a79f164..ec5c151a2 100644
--- a/ui/page/page.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page.ios.ts
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ export class Page extends pageCommon.Page {
         var that = this;
         parent.ios.presentViewControllerAnimatedCompletion(this._ios, utils.ios.MajorVersion >= 8, null);
         UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator.prototype.animateAlongsideTransitionCompletion.call(parent.ios.transitionCoordinator(), null, function () {
-            that._raiseShownModallyEvent(parent, context, closeCallback);
+            that._raiseShownModallyEvent();
         });
     }