diff --git a/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests-common.ts b/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests-common.ts
index 5ab435ebf..b521f4325 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests-common.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests-common.ts
@@ -345,19 +345,8 @@ class TestView extends LayoutBase {
         (<any>this.style).customShortHand = value;
     }
 
-    private _nativeView;
     constructor(public name: string) {
         super();
-        this._nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
-        this.nativeViewProtected = undefined;
-    }
-
-    public createNativeView() {
-        if (isIOS) {
-            return this._nativeView;
-        }
-
-        return super.createNativeView();
     }
 
     public toString() {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
index 87a852358..9308aafce 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
@@ -226,10 +226,8 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
             // if we already have a root view, we reset it.
             this._rootView._onRootViewReset();
         }
-
         const rootView = createRootView(view);
         this._rootView = rootView;
-        const controller = getViewController(rootView);
 
         if (createRootFrame.value) {
             // Don't setup as styleScopeHost
@@ -238,7 +236,7 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
             // setup view as styleScopeHost
             rootView._setupAsRootView({});
         }
-
+        const controller = getViewController(rootView);
         const haveController = this._window.rootViewController !== null;
         this._window.rootViewController = controller;
         if (!haveController) {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
index 036d739ad..c8e435c12 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
@@ -131,17 +131,16 @@ export class ActionBar extends ActionBarBase {
     }
 
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeMenuItemClickListener();
-        const toolbar = new android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar(this._context);
-        const menuItemClickListener = new MenuItemClickListener(this);
-        toolbar.setOnMenuItemClickListener(menuItemClickListener);
-        (<any>toolbar).menuItemClickListener = menuItemClickListener;
-        return toolbar;
+        return new android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar(this._context);
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
         super.initNativeView();
-        (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).menuItemClickListener.owner = this;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        initializeMenuItemClickListener();
+        const menuItemClickListener = new MenuItemClickListener(this);
+        nativeView.setOnMenuItemClickListener(menuItemClickListener);
+        (<any>nativeView).menuItemClickListener = menuItemClickListener;
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView() {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/activity-indicator/activity-indicator.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/activity-indicator/activity-indicator.ios.ts
index 97773f531..ba4417297 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/activity-indicator/activity-indicator.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/activity-indicator/activity-indicator.ios.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ export * from "./activity-indicator-common";
 
 export class ActivityIndicator extends ActivityIndicatorBase {
     nativeViewProtected: UIActivityIndicatorView;
-
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        this.nativeViewProtected = UIActivityIndicatorView.alloc().initWithActivityIndicatorStyle(UIActivityIndicatorViewStyle.Gray);
-        this.nativeViewProtected.hidesWhenStopped = true;
+    
+    createNativeView() {
+        const view = UIActivityIndicatorView.alloc().initWithActivityIndicatorStyle(UIActivityIndicatorViewStyle.Gray);
+        view.hidesWhenStopped = true;
+        return view;
     }
 
     get ios(): UIActivityIndicatorView {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/button/button.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/button/button.android.ts
index 091cdbd11..ef9e8bbcc 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/button/button.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/button/button.android.ts
@@ -37,34 +37,42 @@ function initializeClickListener(): void {
     }
 
     ClickListener = ClickListenerImpl;
-    APILEVEL = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
-    AndroidButton = android.widget.Button;
 }
 
 export class Button extends ButtonBase {
     nativeViewProtected: android.widget.Button;
 
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+        if (!APILEVEL) {
+            APILEVEL = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
+        }
+    }
+
     private _stateListAnimator: any;
     private _highlightedHandler: (args: TouchGestureEventData) => void;
 
     @profile
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeClickListener();
-        const button = new AndroidButton(this._context);
-        const clickListener = new ClickListener(this);
-        button.setOnClickListener(clickListener);
-        (<any>button).clickListener = clickListener;
-        return button;
+        if (!AndroidButton) {
+            AndroidButton = android.widget.Button;
+        }
+        return new AndroidButton(this._context);
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
-        (<any>nativeView).clickListener.owner = this;
         super.initNativeView();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        initializeClickListener();
+        const clickListener = new ClickListener(this);
+        nativeView.setOnClickListener(clickListener);
+        (<any>nativeView).clickListener = clickListener;
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView() {
-        (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).clickListener.owner = null;
+        if (this.nativeViewProtected) {
+            (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).clickListener.owner = null;
+        }
         super.disposeNativeView();
     }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/button/button.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/button/button.ios.ts
index f66a7b84c..a994e8180 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/button/button.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/button/button.ios.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,20 @@ export class Button extends ButtonBase {
     private _tapHandler: NSObject;
     private _stateChangedHandler: ControlStateChangeListener;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        this.nativeViewProtected = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.System);
+    createNativeView() {
+        return UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.System);
+    }
 
+    public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
         this._tapHandler = TapHandlerImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
-        this.nativeViewProtected.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._tapHandler, "tap", UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside);
+        nativeView.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._tapHandler, "tap", UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside);
+    }
+
+    public disposeNativeView(): void {
+        this._tapHandler = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
     }
 
     get ios() {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.ts
index 6fe0a1bc8..a09464c4a 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.ts
@@ -687,17 +687,22 @@ export abstract class ViewBase extends Observable implements ViewBaseDefinition
         }
 
         this._context = context;
-        let nativeView;
+
+         // This will account for nativeView that is created in createNativeView, recycled
+        // or for backward compatability - set before _setupUI in iOS contructor.
+        let nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+
+        // if (isAndroid) {
+        //     const recycle = this.recycleNativeView;
+        //     if (recycle === "always" || (recycle === "auto" && !this._disableNativeViewRecycling)) {
+        //         nativeView = <android.view.View>getNativeView(context, this.typeName);
+        //     }
+        // }
+        if (!nativeView) {
+            nativeView = this.createNativeView();
+        }
+
         if (isAndroid) {
-            // const recycle = this.recycleNativeView;
-            // if (recycle === "always" || (recycle === "auto" && !this._disableNativeViewRecycling)) {
-            //     nativeView = <android.view.View>getNativeView(context, this.typeName);
-            // }
-
-            if (!nativeView) {
-                nativeView = this.createNativeView();
-            }
-
             this._androidView = nativeView;
             if (nativeView) {
                 if (this._isPaddingRelative === undefined) {
@@ -730,14 +735,10 @@ export abstract class ViewBase extends Observable implements ViewBaseDefinition
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            // TODO: Implement _createNativeView for iOS
-            nativeView = this.createNativeView();
-            this._iosView = nativeView || this.nativeViewProtected;
+            this._iosView = nativeView;
         }
 
-        // This will account for nativeView that is created in createNativeView, recycled
-        // or for backward compatability - set before _setupUI in iOS contructor.
-        this.setNativeView(nativeView || this.nativeViewProtected);
+        this.setNativeView(nativeView);
 
         if (this.parent) {
             const nativeIndex = this.parent._childIndexToNativeChildIndex(atIndex);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
index 952944cf0..45727dea4 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export abstract class ViewCommon extends ViewBase implements ViewDefinition {
     private _measuredWidth: number;
     private _measuredHeight: number;
 
-    private _isLayoutValid: boolean;
+    protected _isLayoutValid: boolean;
     private _cssType: string;
 
     private _localAnimations: Set<am.Animation>;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
index 097a2cfe2..17ec8014b 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
         }
     }
 
+    get isLayoutValid(): boolean {
+        if (this.nativeViewProtected) {
+            return this._isLayoutValid;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     public layoutNativeView(left: number, top: number, right: number, bottom: number): void {
         if (!this.nativeViewProtected) {
             return;
@@ -368,6 +376,8 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
             return;
         }
 
+        this._setupAsRootView({});
+
         super._showNativeModalView(parentWithController, context, closeCallback, fullscreen, stretched);
         let controller = this.viewController;
         if (!controller) {
@@ -381,8 +391,6 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
             this.viewController = controller;
         }
 
-        this._setupAsRootView({});
-
         if (fullscreen) {
             controller.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.FullScreen;
         } else {
@@ -608,9 +616,8 @@ export class CustomLayoutView extends ContainerView {
 
     nativeViewProtected: UIView;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        this.nativeViewProtected = UIView.alloc().initWithFrame(iosUtils.getter(UIScreen, UIScreen.mainScreen).bounds);
+    createNativeView() {
+        return UIView.alloc().initWithFrame(iosUtils.getter(UIScreen, UIScreen.mainScreen).bounds);
     }
 
     get ios(): UIView {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.android.ts
index f52954a86..a4fdc54b4 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.android.ts
@@ -54,19 +54,18 @@ export class DatePicker extends DatePickerBase {
     nativeViewProtected: android.widget.DatePicker;
 
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeDateChangedListener();
         const picker = new android.widget.DatePicker(this._context);
         picker.setCalendarViewShown(false);
-        const listener = new DateChangedListener(this);
-
-        picker.init(this.year, this.month - 1, this.day, listener);
-        (<any>picker).listener = listener;
         return picker;
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
         super.initNativeView();
-        (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).listener.owner = this;
+        initializeDateChangedListener();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const listener = new DateChangedListener(this);
+        nativeView.init(this.year, this.month - 1, this.day, listener);
+        (<any>nativeView).listener = listener;
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView() {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.ios.ts
index 64a0049c3..3d2533ef0 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.ios.ts
@@ -11,14 +11,22 @@ export class DatePicker extends DatePickerBase {
     private _changeHandler: NSObject;
     public nativeViewProtected: UIDatePicker;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-
-        this.nativeViewProtected = UIDatePicker.new();
-        this.nativeViewProtected.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerMode.Date;
+    public createNativeView() {
+        const picker = UIDatePicker.new();
+        picker.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerMode.Date;
+        return picker;
+    }
 
+    public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
         this._changeHandler = UIDatePickerChangeHandlerImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
-        this.nativeViewProtected.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._changeHandler, "valueChanged", UIControlEvents.ValueChanged);
+        nativeView.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._changeHandler, "valueChanged", UIControlEvents.ValueChanged);
+    }
+
+    public disposeNativeView() {
+        this._changeHandler = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
     }
 
     get ios(): UIDatePicker {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/dialogs/dialogs-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/dialogs/dialogs-common.ts
index 5c14ca9ad..bade766b5 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/dialogs/dialogs-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/dialogs/dialogs-common.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { View } from "../core/view";
 import { Color } from "../../color";
 import { Page } from "../page";
+import { isIOS } from "../../platform";
 import * as frameModule from "../frame";
 
 export const STRING = "string";
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ export function getButtonColors(): { color: Color, backgroundColor: Color } {
     if (!button) {
         const Button = require("ui/button").Button;
         button = new Button;
+        if (isIOS) {
+            button._setupUI({});
+        }
     }
 
     let buttonColor: Color;
@@ -82,6 +86,9 @@ export function getLabelColor(): Color {
     if (!label) {
         const Label = require("ui/label").Label;
         label = new Label;
+        if (isIOS) {
+            label._setupUI({});
+        }
     }
 
     let labelColor: Color;
@@ -95,6 +102,9 @@ export function getTextFieldColor(): Color {
     if (!textField) {
         const TextField = require("ui/text-field").TextField;
         textField = new TextField();
+        if (isIOS) {
+            textField._setupUI({});
+        }
     }
 
     let textFieldColor: Color;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts
index cc7ecad6b..31d898372 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.android.ts
@@ -156,34 +156,31 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeEditTextListeners();
-        const editText = new android.widget.EditText(this._context);
-        this._configureEditText(editText);
+        return new android.widget.EditText(this._context);
+    }
 
+    public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        const editText = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
+        this._configureEditText(editText);
+        initializeEditTextListeners();
         const listeners = new EditTextListeners(this);
         editText.addTextChangedListener(listeners);
         editText.setOnFocusChangeListener(listeners);
         editText.setOnEditorActionListener(listeners);
         (<any>editText).listener = listeners;
-        return editText;
-    }
-
-    public initNativeView(): void {
-        super.initNativeView();
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
-        (<any>nativeView).listener.owner = this;
-        this._inputType = nativeView.getInputType();
+        this._inputType = editText.getInputType();
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView(): void {
-        super.disposeNativeView();
-        (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).listener.owner = null;
+        (<any>this.nativeTextViewProtected).listener.owner = null;
         this._keyListenerCache = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
     }
 
     public resetNativeView(): void {
         super.resetNativeView();
-        this.nativeViewProtected.setInputType(this._inputType);
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.setInputType(this._inputType);
     }
 
     public onUnloaded() {
@@ -192,7 +189,7 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     public dismissSoftInput() {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         if (!nativeView) {
             return;
         }
@@ -201,21 +198,21 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     public focus(): boolean {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         if (!nativeView) {
             return;
         }
 
         const result = super.focus();
         if (result) {
-            ad.showSoftInput(this.nativeViewProtected);
+            ad.showSoftInput(this.nativeTextViewProtected);
         }
 
         return result;
     }
 
     public _setInputType(inputType: number): void {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         try {
             this._changeFromCode = true;
             nativeView.setInputType(inputType);
@@ -248,7 +245,7 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     [keyboardTypeProperty.getDefault](): number {
-        return this.nativeViewProtected.getInputType();
+        return this.nativeTextViewProtected.getInputType();
     }
     [keyboardTypeProperty.setNative](value: "datetime" | "phone" | "number" | "url" | "email" | number) {
         let newInputType;
@@ -282,7 +279,7 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     [returnKeyTypeProperty.getDefault](): "done" | "next" | "go" | "search" | "send" | string {
-        let ime = this.nativeViewProtected.getImeOptions();
+        let ime = this.nativeTextViewProtected.getImeOptions();
         switch (ime) {
             case android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE:
                 return "done";
@@ -331,11 +328,11 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
                 break;
         }
 
-        this.nativeViewProtected.setImeOptions(newImeOptions);
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.setImeOptions(newImeOptions);
     }
 
     [editableProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         if (value) {
             nativeView.setKeyListener(this._keyListenerCache);
         } else {
@@ -347,7 +344,7 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     [autocapitalizationTypeProperty.getDefault](): "none" | "words" | "sentences" | "allcharacters" | string {
-        let inputType = this.nativeViewProtected.getInputType();
+        let inputType = this.nativeTextViewProtected.getInputType();
         if ((inputType & android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_WORDS) === android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_WORDS) {
             return "words";
         } else if ((inputType & android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES) === android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES) {
@@ -359,7 +356,7 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
         }
     }
     [autocapitalizationTypeProperty.setNative](value: string) {
-        let inputType = this.nativeViewProtected.getInputType();
+        let inputType = this.nativeTextViewProtected.getInputType();
         inputType = inputType & ~28672; //28672 (0x00070000) 13,14,15bits (111 0000 0000 0000)
 
         switch (value) {
@@ -390,7 +387,7 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     [autocorrectProperty.getDefault](): boolean {
-        let autocorrect = this.nativeViewProtected.getInputType();
+        let autocorrect = this.nativeTextViewProtected.getInputType();
         if ((autocorrect & android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECT) === android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECT) {
             return true;
         }
@@ -398,7 +395,7 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
         return false;
     }
     [autocorrectProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
-        let inputType = this.nativeViewProtected.getInputType();
+        let inputType = this.nativeTextViewProtected.getInputType();
         switch (value) {
             case true:
                 inputType = inputType | android.text.InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_AUTO_COMPLETE;
@@ -419,19 +416,19 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     [hintProperty.getDefault](): string {
-        return this.nativeViewProtected.getHint();
+        return this.nativeTextViewProtected.getHint();
     }
     [hintProperty.setNative](value: string) {
         const text = (value === null || value === undefined) ? null : value.toString();
-        this.nativeViewProtected.setHint(text);
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.setHint(text);
     }
 
     [placeholderColorProperty.getDefault](): android.content.res.ColorStateList {
-        return this.nativeViewProtected.getHintTextColors();
+        return this.nativeTextViewProtected.getHintTextColors();
     }
     [placeholderColorProperty.setNative](value: Color | android.content.res.ColorStateList) {
         const color = value instanceof Color ? value.android : value;
-        this.nativeViewProtected.setHintTextColor(<any>color);
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.setHintTextColor(<any>color);
     }
 
     [textTransformProperty.setNative](value: "default") {
@@ -440,10 +437,10 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
 
     [maxLengthProperty.setNative](value: number) {
         if (value === Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY) {
-            this.nativeViewProtected.setFilters([]);
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.setFilters([]);
         } else {
             const lengthFilter = new android.text.InputFilter.LengthFilter(value);
-            const filters = this.nativeViewProtected.getFilters();
+            const filters = this.nativeTextViewProtected.getFilters();
             const newFilters = [];
 
             // retain existing filters
@@ -455,7 +452,7 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
             }
 
             newFilters.push(lengthFilter);
-            this.nativeViewProtected.setFilters(newFilters);
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.setFilters(newFilters);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.ios.ts
index 1cd401f93..189e796aa 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base.ios.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ export * from "./editable-text-base-common";
 export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
     public nativeViewProtected: UITextField | UITextView;
     public dismissSoftInput() {
-        this.nativeViewProtected.resignFirstResponder();
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.resignFirstResponder();
         this.notify({ eventName: EditableTextBase.blurEvent, object: this });
     }
 
     [keyboardTypeProperty.getDefault](): "datetime" | "phone" | "number" | "url" | "email" | string {
-        let keyboardType = this.nativeViewProtected.keyboardType;
+        let keyboardType = this.nativeTextViewProtected.keyboardType;
         switch (keyboardType) {
             case UIKeyboardType.NumbersAndPunctuation:
                 return "number";
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
                 break;
         }
 
-        this.nativeViewProtected.keyboardType = newKeyboardType;
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.keyboardType = newKeyboardType;
     }
 
     [returnKeyTypeProperty.getDefault](): "done" | "next" | "go" | "search" | "send" | string {
-        let returnKeyType = this.nativeViewProtected.returnKeyType;
+        let returnKeyType = this.nativeTextViewProtected.returnKeyType;
         switch (returnKeyType) {
             case UIReturnKeyType.Done:
                 return "done";
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
                 break;
         }
 
-        this.nativeViewProtected.returnKeyType = newValue;
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.returnKeyType = newValue;
     }
 
     [autocapitalizationTypeProperty.getDefault](): "none" | "words" | "sentences" | "allcharacters" {
-        let autocapitalizationType = this.nativeViewProtected.autocapitalizationType;
+        let autocapitalizationType = this.nativeTextViewProtected.autocapitalizationType;
         switch (autocapitalizationType) {
             case UITextAutocapitalizationType.None:
                 return "none";
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
                 break;
         }
 
-        this.nativeViewProtected.autocapitalizationType = newValue;
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.autocapitalizationType = newValue;
     }
 
     [autocorrectProperty.getDefault](): boolean | number {
-        let autocorrectionType = this.nativeViewProtected.autocorrectionType;
+        let autocorrectionType = this.nativeTextViewProtected.autocorrectionType;
         switch (autocorrectionType) {
             case UITextAutocorrectionType.Yes:
                 return true;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export abstract class EditableTextBase extends EditableTextBaseCommon {
             newValue = UITextAutocorrectionType.No;
         }
 
-        this.nativeViewProtected.autocorrectionType = newValue;
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.autocorrectionType = newValue;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
index 6ace89148..7e5d6ab7c 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ export class Frame extends FrameBase {
         super();
         this._ios = new iOSFrame(this);
         this.viewController = this._ios.controller;
-        this.nativeViewProtected = this._ios.controller.view;
+    }
+
+    createNativeView() {
+        return this.viewController.view;
     }
 
     public get ios(): iOSFrame {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts
index d46087701..1be43ea75 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/html-view/html-view.ios.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,14 @@ export * from "./html-view-common";
 export class HtmlView extends HtmlViewBase {
     nativeViewProtected: UITextView;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        const nativeView = UITextView.new()
-        nativeView.scrollEnabled = false;
-        nativeView.editable = false;
-        nativeView.selectable = true;
-        nativeView.userInteractionEnabled = true;
-        nativeView.dataDetectorTypes = UIDataDetectorTypes.All;
-
-        this.nativeViewProtected = nativeView;
+    public createNativeView() {
+        const view = UITextView.new();
+        view.scrollEnabled = false;
+        view.editable = false;
+        view.selectable = true;
+        view.userInteractionEnabled = true;
+        view.dataDetectorTypes = UIDataDetectorTypes.All;
+        return view;
     }
 
     get ios(): UITextView {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
index 0b28d34d8..1ce6f6797 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
@@ -49,19 +49,17 @@ export class Image extends ImageBase {
         if (!AndroidImageView) {
             AndroidImageView = org.nativescript.widgets.ImageView;
         }
-        initializeImageLoadedListener();
 
-        const imageView = new AndroidImageView(this._context);
-        const listener = new ImageLoadedListener(this);
-        imageView.setImageLoadedListener(listener);
-        (<any>imageView).listener = listener;
-
-        return imageView;
+        return new AndroidImageView(this._context);
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
         super.initNativeView();
-        (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).listener.owner = this;
+        initializeImageLoadedListener();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const listener = new ImageLoadedListener(this);
+        nativeView.setImageLoadedListener(listener);
+        (<any>nativeView).listener = listener;
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView() {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.ios.ts
index 19839148f..31c111921 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.ios.ts
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ export class Image extends ImageBase {
     private _imageSourceAffectsLayout: boolean = true;
     private _templateImageWasCreated: boolean;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-
-        //TODO: Think of unified way of setting all the default values.
+    public createNativeView() {
         const imageView = UIImageView.new();
         imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentMode.ScaleAspectFit;
         imageView.userInteractionEnabled = true;
-        this.nativeViewProtected = imageView;
+        return imageView;
+    }
+
+    public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
         this._setNativeClipToBounds();
     }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.android.ts
index 96fca113d..4052bb125 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.android.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ let TextView: typeof android.widget.TextView;
 @CSSType("Label")
 export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     nativeViewProtected: android.widget.TextView;
+    nativeTextViewProtected: android.widget.TextView;
 
     get textWrap(): boolean {
         return this.style.whiteSpace === "normal";
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
         super.initNativeView();
-        const textView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const textView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         textView.setSingleLine(true);
         textView.setEllipsize(android.text.TextUtils.TruncateAt.END);
     }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.ios.ts
index 555e29a8b..382b9444f 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/label/label.ios.ts
@@ -23,21 +23,20 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     nativeViewProtected: TNSLabel;
     private _fixedSize: FixedSize;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-
-        this.nativeViewProtected = TNSLabel.new();
-        this.nativeViewProtected.userInteractionEnabled = true;
+    public createNativeView() {
+        const view = TNSLabel.new();
+        view.userInteractionEnabled = true;
+        return view;
     }
 
     get ios(): TNSLabel {
-        return this.nativeViewProtected;
+        return this.nativeTextViewProtected;
     }
 
     get textWrap(): boolean {
         return this.style.whiteSpace === "normal";
     }
-    set textWrap(value: boolean) {        
+    set textWrap(value: boolean) {
         if (typeof value === "string") {
             value = booleanConverter(value)
         }
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     }
 
     public onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec: number, heightMeasureSpec: number): void {
-        let nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        let nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         if (nativeView) {
             const width = layout.getMeasureSpecSize(widthMeasureSpec);
             const widthMode = layout.getMeasureSpecMode(widthMeasureSpec);
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     }
 
     private _measureNativeView(width: number, widthMode: number, height: number, heightMode: number): { width: number, height: number } {
-        const view = <UILabel>this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const view = <UILabel>this.nativeTextViewProtected;
 
         const nativeSize = view.textRectForBoundsLimitedToNumberOfLines(
             CGRectMake(
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     }
 
     [whiteSpaceProperty.setNative](value: WhiteSpace) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         switch (value) {
             case "normal":
                 nativeView.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakMode.ByWordWrapping;
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
         if (value instanceof Background) {
             ios.createBackgroundUIColor(this, (color: UIColor) => {
                 const cgColor = color ? color.CGColor : null;
-                this.nativeViewProtected.layer.backgroundColor = cgColor;
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.layer.backgroundColor = cgColor;
             }, true);
         }
 
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     }
 
     [borderTopWidthProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         const border = nativeView.borderThickness;
         nativeView.borderThickness = {
             top: layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this.effectiveBorderTopWidth),
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     }
 
     [borderRightWidthProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         const border = nativeView.borderThickness;
         nativeView.borderThickness = {
             top: border.top,
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     }
 
     [borderBottomWidthProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         const border = nativeView.borderThickness;
         nativeView.borderThickness = {
             top: border.top,
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     }
 
     [borderLeftWidthProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         const border = nativeView.borderThickness;
         nativeView.borderThickness = {
             top: border.top,
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     }
 
     [paddingTopProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         const padding = nativeView.padding;
         nativeView.padding = {
             top: layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this.effectivePaddingTop),
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     }
 
     [paddingRightProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         const padding = nativeView.padding;
         nativeView.padding = {
             top: padding.top,
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     }
 
     [paddingBottomProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         const padding = nativeView.padding;
         nativeView.padding = {
             top: padding.top,
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ export class Label extends TextBase implements LabelDefinition {
     }
 
     [paddingLeftProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         const padding = nativeView.padding;
         nativeView.padding = {
             top: padding.top,
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/list-picker/list-picker.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/list-picker/list-picker.android.ts
index faed19a5d..da96caeb9 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/list-picker/list-picker.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/list-picker/list-picker.android.ts
@@ -74,40 +74,31 @@ export class ListPicker extends ListPickerBase {
     private _selectorWheelPaint: android.graphics.Paint;
 
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeNativeClasses();
         const picker = new android.widget.NumberPicker(this._context);
-       
         picker.setDescendantFocusability(android.widget.NumberPicker.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS);
         picker.setMinValue(0);
         picker.setMaxValue(0);
         picker.setValue(0);
-
-        const formatter = new Formatter(this);
-        picker.setFormatter(formatter);
-        (<any>picker).formatter = formatter;
-
-        const valueChangedListener = new ValueChangeListener(this);
-        picker.setOnValueChangedListener(valueChangedListener);
-        (<any>picker).valueChangedListener = valueChangedListener;
-
-        const editText = getEditText(picker);
-        if (editText) {
-            (<any>picker).editText = editText;
-        }
-
         picker.setWrapSelectorWheel(false);
         return picker;
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
         super.initNativeView();
+        initializeNativeClasses();
         const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
         this._selectorWheelPaint = getSelectorWheelPaint(nativeView);
-        (<any>nativeView).formatter.owner = this;
-        (<any>nativeView).valueChangedListener.owner = this;
-        const editText = (<any>nativeView).editText;
+        const formatter = new Formatter(this);
+        nativeView.setFormatter(formatter);
+        (<any>nativeView).formatter = formatter;
 
+        const valueChangedListener = new ValueChangeListener(this);
+        nativeView.setOnValueChangedListener(valueChangedListener);
+        (<any>nativeView).valueChangedListener = valueChangedListener;
+
+        const editText = getEditText(nativeView);
         if (editText) {
+            (<any>nativeView).editText = editText;
             //Fix the disappearing selected item.
             //HACK: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17708325/android-numberpicker-with-formatter-does-not-format-on-first-rendering/26797732
             editText.setFilters([]);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/list-picker/list-picker.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/list-picker/list-picker.ios.ts
index 77d65800a..935b2d084 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/list-picker/list-picker.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/list-picker/list-picker.ios.ts
@@ -5,33 +5,42 @@ import { profile } from "../../profiling";
 export * from "./list-picker-common";
 
 export class ListPicker extends ListPickerBase {
-    private _ios: UIPickerView;
+    nativeViewProtected: UIPickerView;
     private _dataSource: ListPickerDataSource;
     private _delegate: ListPickerDelegateImpl;
+    
+    createNativeView() {
+        return UIPickerView.new();
+    }
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-
-        this.nativeViewProtected = this._ios = UIPickerView.new();
-        this._ios.dataSource = this._dataSource = ListPickerDataSource.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
+    initNativeView() {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        nativeView.dataSource = this._dataSource = ListPickerDataSource.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
         this._delegate = ListPickerDelegateImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
     }
 
+    public disposeNativeView() {
+        this._dataSource = null;
+        this._delegate = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
+    }
+
+    get ios() {
+        return this.nativeViewProtected;
+    }
+
     @profile
     public onLoaded() {
         super.onLoaded();
-        this._ios.delegate = this._delegate;
+        this.ios.delegate = this._delegate;
     }
 
     public onUnloaded() {
-        this._ios.delegate = null;
+        this.ios.delegate = null;
         super.onUnloaded();
     }
 
-    get ios(): UIPickerView {
-        return this._ios;
-    }
-
     [selectedIndexProperty.getDefault](): number {
         return -1;
     }
@@ -52,17 +61,17 @@ export class ListPicker extends ListPickerBase {
     }
 
     [backgroundColorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
-        return this._ios.backgroundColor;
+        return this.ios.backgroundColor;
     }
     [backgroundColorProperty.setNative](value: UIColor | Color) {
-        this._ios.backgroundColor = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
+        this.ios.backgroundColor = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
     }
 
     [colorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
-        return this._ios.tintColor;
+        return this.ios.tintColor;
     }
     [colorProperty.setNative](value: UIColor | Color) {
-        this._ios.tintColor = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
+        this.ios.tintColor = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts
index 46023cf5a..2898272ef 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts
@@ -51,23 +51,12 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
 
     @profile
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeItemClickListener();
-
         const listView = new android.widget.ListView(this._context);
         listView.setDescendantFocusability(android.view.ViewGroup.FOCUS_AFTER_DESCENDANTS);
 
         // Fixes issue with black random black items when scrolling
         listView.setCacheColorHint(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT);
 
-        ensureListViewAdapterClass();
-        const adapter = new ListViewAdapterClass(this);
-        listView.setAdapter(adapter);
-        (<any>listView).adapter = adapter;
-
-        const itemClickListener = new ItemClickListener(this);
-        listView.setOnItemClickListener(itemClickListener);
-        (<any>listView).itemClickListener = itemClickListener;
-
         return listView;
     }
 
@@ -75,11 +64,17 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
         super.initNativeView();
         this.updateEffectiveRowHeight();
 
-        const nativeView: any = this.nativeViewProtected;
-        (<any>nativeView).itemClickListener.owner = this;
-        const adapter = (<any>nativeView).adapter;
-        adapter.owner = this;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        initializeItemClickListener();
+        ensureListViewAdapterClass();
+        const adapter = new ListViewAdapterClass(this);
         nativeView.setAdapter(adapter);
+        (<any>nativeView).adapter = adapter;
+
+        const itemClickListener = new ItemClickListener(this);
+        nativeView.setOnItemClickListener(itemClickListener);
+        (<any>nativeView).itemClickListener = itemClickListener;
+
         if (this._androidViewId < 0) {
             this._androidViewId = android.view.View.generateViewId();
         }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.ios.ts
index 6858d3d6d..896e076fd 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/list-view/list-view.ios.ts
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class UITableViewRowHeightDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UITableViewDe
 }
 
 export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
-    public _ios: UITableView;
+    public nativeViewProtected: UITableView;
     private _dataSource;
     private _delegate;
     private _heights: Array<number>;
@@ -219,20 +219,34 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
 
     constructor() {
         super();
-        this.nativeViewProtected = this._ios = UITableView.new();
-        this._ios.registerClassForCellReuseIdentifier(ListViewCell.class(), this._defaultTemplate.key);
-        this._ios.estimatedRowHeight = DEFAULT_HEIGHT;
-        this._ios.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension;
-        this._ios.dataSource = this._dataSource = DataSource.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
-        this._delegate = UITableViewDelegateImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
-        this._heights = new Array<number>();
         this._map = new Map<ListViewCell, ItemView>();
+        this._heights = new Array<number>();
+    }
+
+    createNativeView() {
+        return UITableView.new();
+    }
+
+    initNativeView() {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        nativeView.registerClassForCellReuseIdentifier(ListViewCell.class(), this._defaultTemplate.key);
+        nativeView.estimatedRowHeight = DEFAULT_HEIGHT;
+        nativeView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension;
+        nativeView.dataSource = this._dataSource = DataSource.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
+        this._delegate = UITableViewDelegateImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
         this._setNativeClipToBounds();
     }
 
+    disposeNativeView() {
+        this._delegate = null;
+        this._dataSource = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
+    }
+
     _setNativeClipToBounds() {
         // Always set clipsToBounds for list-view
-        this._ios.clipsToBounds = true;
+        this.ios.clipsToBounds = true;
     }
 
     @profile
@@ -241,16 +255,16 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
         if (this._isDataDirty) {
             this.refresh();
         }
-        this._ios.delegate = this._delegate;
+        this.ios.delegate = this._delegate;
     }
 
     public onUnloaded() {
-        this._ios.delegate = null;
+        this.ios.delegate = null;
         super.onUnloaded();
     }
 
     get ios(): UITableView {
-        return this._ios;
+        return this.nativeViewProtected;
     }
 
     get _childrenCount(): number {
@@ -272,7 +286,7 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
     }
 
     private _scrollToIndex(index: number, animated: boolean = true) {
-        if (!this._ios) {
+        if (!this.ios) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -285,7 +299,7 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
                 index = itemsLength - 1;
             }
 
-            this._ios.scrollToRowAtIndexPathAtScrollPositionAnimated(NSIndexPath.indexPathForItemInSection(index, 0),
+            this.ios.scrollToRowAtIndexPathAtScrollPositionAnimated(NSIndexPath.indexPathForItemInSection(index, 0),
                 UITableViewScrollPosition.Top, animated);
         } else if (trace.isEnabled()) {
             trace.write(`Cannot scroll listview to index ${index} when listview items not set`, trace.categories.Binding);
@@ -301,7 +315,7 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
         });
 
         if (this.isLoaded) {
-            this._ios.reloadData();
+            this.ios.reloadData();
             this.requestLayout();
             this._isDataDirty = false;
         } else {
@@ -310,7 +324,7 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
     }
 
     public isItemAtIndexVisible(itemIndex: number): boolean {
-        const indexes: NSIndexPath[] = Array.from(this._ios.indexPathsForVisibleRows);
+        const indexes: NSIndexPath[] = Array.from(this.ios.indexPathsForVisibleRows);
         return indexes.some(visIndex => visIndex.row === itemIndex);
     }
 
@@ -324,7 +338,7 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
 
     public _onRowHeightPropertyChanged(oldValue: Length, newValue: Length) {
         const value = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this._effectiveRowHeight);
-        const nativeView = this._ios;
+        const nativeView = this.ios;
         if (value < 0) {
             nativeView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension;
             nativeView.estimatedRowHeight = DEFAULT_HEIGHT;
@@ -355,7 +369,7 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
         var changed = this._setCurrentMeasureSpecs(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
         super.measure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
         if (changed) {
-            this._ios.reloadData();
+            this.ios.reloadData();
         }
     }
 
@@ -390,7 +404,7 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
             return height;
         }
 
-        return this._ios.estimatedRowHeight;
+        return this.ios.estimatedRowHeight;
     }
 
     public _prepareCell(cell: ListViewCell, indexPath: NSIndexPath): number {
@@ -427,9 +441,9 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
             this._map.set(cell, view);
 
             // We expect that views returned from itemLoading are new (e.g. not reused).
-            if (view && !view.parent && view.nativeViewProtected) {
-                cell.contentView.addSubview(view.nativeViewProtected);
+            if (view && !view.parent) {
                 this._addView(view);
+                cell.contentView.addSubview(view.nativeViewProtected);
             }
 
             cellHeight = this._layoutCell(view, indexPath);
@@ -456,10 +470,10 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
     }
 
     [separatorColorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
-        return this._ios.separatorColor;
+        return this.ios.separatorColor;
     }
     [separatorColorProperty.setNative](value: Color | UIColor) {
-        this._ios.separatorColor = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
+        this.ios.separatorColor = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
     }
 
     [itemTemplatesProperty.getDefault](): KeyedTemplate[] {
@@ -469,7 +483,7 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
         this._itemTemplatesInternal = new Array<KeyedTemplate>(this._defaultTemplate);
         if (value) {
             for (let i = 0, length = value.length; i < length; i++) {
-                this._ios.registerClassForCellReuseIdentifier(ListViewCell.class(), value[i].key);
+                this.ios.registerClassForCellReuseIdentifier(ListViewCell.class(), value[i].key);
             }
             this._itemTemplatesInternal = this._itemTemplatesInternal.concat(value);
         }
@@ -481,7 +495,7 @@ export class ListView extends ListViewBase {
         return DEFAULT_HEIGHT;
     }
     [iosEstimatedRowHeightProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        const nativeView = this._ios;
+        const nativeView = this.ios;
         const estimatedHeight = Length.toDevicePixels(value, 0);
         nativeView.estimatedRowHeight = estimatedHeight < 0 ? DEFAULT_HEIGHT : estimatedHeight;
     }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.ios.ts
index c5c380eea..d17c66514 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.ios.ts
@@ -231,8 +231,11 @@ export class Page extends PageBase {
         super();
         const controller = UIViewControllerImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
         this.viewController = this._ios = controller;
-        this.nativeViewProtected = controller.view;
-        this.nativeViewProtected.backgroundColor = whiteColor;
+        controller.view.backgroundColor = whiteColor;
+    }
+
+    createNativeView() {
+        return this.viewController.view;
     }
 
     get ios(): UIViewController {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/progress/progress.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/progress/progress.ios.ts
index e5c0f4d6f..680152090 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/progress/progress.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/progress/progress.ios.ts
@@ -6,48 +6,43 @@
 export * from "./progress-common";
 
 export class Progress extends ProgressBase {
-    private _ios: UIProgressView;
+    nativeViewProtected: UIProgressView;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        this.nativeViewProtected = this._ios = UIProgressView.new();
+    createNativeView() {
+        return UIProgressView.new();
     }
     
-    get ios(): UIProgressView {
-        return this._ios;
+    get ios() {
+        return this.nativeViewProtected;
     }
 
-    // get nativeView(): UIProgressView {
-    //     return this._ios;
-    // }
-
     [valueProperty.getDefault](): number {
         return 0;
     }
     [valueProperty.setNative](value: number) {
-        this._ios.progress = value / this.maxValue;
+        this.ios.progress = value / this.maxValue;
     }
 
     [maxValueProperty.getDefault](): number {
         return 100;
     }
     [maxValueProperty.setNative](value: number) {
-        this._ios.progress = this.value / value;
+        this.ios.progress = this.value / value;
     }
 
     [colorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
-        return this._ios.progressTintColor;
+        return this.ios.progressTintColor;
     }
     [colorProperty.setNative](value: Color | UIColor) {
-        this._ios.progressTintColor = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
+        this.ios.progressTintColor = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
     }
 
     [backgroundColorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
-        return this._ios.trackTintColor;
+        return this.ios.trackTintColor;
     }
     [backgroundColorProperty.setNative](value: UIColor | Color) {
         let color = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
-        this._ios.trackTintColor = color;
+        this.ios.trackTintColor = color;
     }
 
     [backgroundInternalProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view.android.ts
index 85a5553a6..f2f33e0e7 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view.android.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export class ScrollView extends ScrollViewBase {
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
         if (this._androidViewId < 0) {
             this._androidViewId = android.view.View.generateViewId();
         }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view.ios.ts
index c56a72e24..717e5851f 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view.ios.ts
@@ -38,10 +38,15 @@ export class ScrollView extends ScrollViewBase {
     private _contentMeasuredWidth: number = 0;
     private _contentMeasuredHeight: number = 0;
     private _delegate: UIScrollViewDelegateImpl;
+    
+    public createNativeView() {
+        const view = UIScrollView.new();
+        return view;
+    }
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        this.nativeViewProtected = UIScrollView.new();
+    initNativeView() {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        this.updateScrollBarVisibility(this.scrollBarIndicatorVisible);
         this._setNativeClipToBounds();
     }
 
@@ -60,6 +65,9 @@ export class ScrollView extends ScrollViewBase {
     }
 
     protected updateScrollBarVisibility(value) {
+        if (!this.nativeViewProtected) {
+            return;
+        }
         if (this.orientation === "horizontal") {
             this.nativeViewProtected.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = value;
         } else {
@@ -68,15 +76,15 @@ export class ScrollView extends ScrollViewBase {
     }
 
     get horizontalOffset(): number {
-        return this.nativeViewProtected.contentOffset.x;
+        return this.nativeViewProtected ? this.nativeViewProtected.contentOffset.x : 0;
     }
 
     get verticalOffset(): number {
-        return this.nativeViewProtected.contentOffset.y;
+        return this.nativeViewProtected ? this.nativeViewProtected.contentOffset.y : 0;
     }
 
     get scrollableWidth(): number {
-        if (this.orientation !== "horizontal") {
+        if (!this.nativeViewProtected  || this.orientation !== "horizontal") {
             return 0;
         }
 
@@ -84,7 +92,7 @@ export class ScrollView extends ScrollViewBase {
     }
 
     get scrollableHeight(): number {
-        if (this.orientation !== "vertical") {
+        if (!this.nativeViewProtected  || this.orientation !== "vertical") {
             return 0;
         }
 
@@ -99,14 +107,14 @@ export class ScrollView extends ScrollViewBase {
     }
 
     public scrollToVerticalOffset(value: number, animated: boolean) {
-        if (this.orientation === "vertical") {
+        if (this.nativeViewProtected  && this.orientation === "vertical") {
             const bounds = this.nativeViewProtected.bounds.size;
             this.nativeViewProtected.scrollRectToVisibleAnimated(CGRectMake(0, value, bounds.width, bounds.height), animated);
         }
     }
 
     public scrollToHorizontalOffset(value: number, animated: boolean) {
-        if (this.orientation === "horizontal") {
+        if (this.nativeViewProtected  && this.orientation === "horizontal") {
             const bounds = this.nativeViewProtected.bounds.size;
             this.nativeViewProtected.scrollRectToVisibleAnimated(CGRectMake(value, 0, bounds.width, bounds.height), animated);
         }
@@ -192,4 +200,4 @@ function getTabBarHeight(scrollView: ScrollView): number {
     return 0;
 }
 
-ScrollView.prototype.recycleNativeView = "auto";
\ No newline at end of file
+ScrollView.prototype.recycleNativeView = "auto";
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/search-bar/search-bar.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/search-bar/search-bar.android.ts
index 01d2764fe..cb95c547c 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/search-bar/search-bar.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/search-bar/search-bar.android.ts
@@ -95,10 +95,15 @@ export class SearchBar extends SearchBarBase {
     }
 
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeNativeClasses();
         const nativeView = new android.support.v7.widget.SearchView(this._context)
         nativeView.setIconified(false);
+        return nativeView;
+    }
 
+    public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        initializeNativeClasses();
         const queryTextListener = new QueryTextListener(this);
         nativeView.setOnQueryTextListener(queryTextListener);
         (<any>nativeView).queryTextListener = queryTextListener;
@@ -106,15 +111,6 @@ export class SearchBar extends SearchBarBase {
         const closeListener = new CloseListener(this);
         nativeView.setOnCloseListener(closeListener);
         (<any>nativeView).closeListener = closeListener;
-
-        return nativeView;
-    }
-
-    public initNativeView(): void {
-        super.initNativeView();
-        const nativeView: any = this.nativeViewProtected;
-        nativeView.closeListener.owner = this;
-        nativeView.queryTextListener.owner = this;
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView() {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/search-bar/search-bar.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/search-bar/search-bar.ios.ts
index d7d2f7350..2b85cb710 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/search-bar/search-bar.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/search-bar/search-bar.ios.ts
@@ -68,25 +68,32 @@ class UISearchBarImpl extends UISearchBar {
 }
 
 export class SearchBar extends SearchBarBase {
-    private _ios: UISearchBar;
+    nativeViewProtected: UISearchBar;
     private _delegate;
     private __textField: UITextField;
     private __placeholderLabel: UILabel;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
+    createNativeView() {
+        return UISearchBarImpl.new();
+    }
 
-        this.nativeViewProtected = this._ios = UISearchBarImpl.new();
+    initNativeView() {
+        super.initNativeView();
         this._delegate = UISearchBarDelegateImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
     }
 
+    disposeNativeView() {
+        this._delegate = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
+    }
+
     public onLoaded() {
         super.onLoaded();
-        this._ios.delegate = this._delegate;
+        this.ios.delegate = this._delegate;
     }
 
     public onUnloaded() {
-        this._ios.delegate = null;
+        this.ios.delegate = null;
         super.onUnloaded();
     }
 
@@ -95,7 +102,7 @@ export class SearchBar extends SearchBarBase {
     }
 
     get ios(): UISearchBar {
-        return this._ios;
+        return this.nativeViewProtected;
     }
 
     get _textField(): UITextField {
@@ -117,11 +124,11 @@ export class SearchBar extends SearchBarBase {
     }
 
     [backgroundColorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
-        return this._ios.barTintColor;
+        return this.ios.barTintColor;
     }
     [backgroundColorProperty.setNative](value: UIColor | Color) {
         let color: UIColor = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
-        this._ios.barTintColor = color;
+        this.ios.barTintColor = color;
     }
 
     [colorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
@@ -163,7 +170,7 @@ export class SearchBar extends SearchBarBase {
     }
     [textProperty.setNative](value: string) {
         const text = (value === null || value === undefined) ? "" : value.toString();
-        this._ios.text = text;
+        this.ios.text = text;
     }
 
     [hintProperty.getDefault](): string {
@@ -171,7 +178,7 @@ export class SearchBar extends SearchBarBase {
     }
     [hintProperty.setNative](value: string) {
         const text = (value === null || value === undefined) ? "" : value.toString();
-        this._ios.placeholder = text;
+        this.ios.placeholder = text;
     }
 
     [textFieldBackgroundColorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
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 bef19e7b6..5e52b6238 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
@@ -213,18 +213,16 @@ export class SegmentedBar extends SegmentedBarBase {
         tabHostLayout.addView(frame);
 
         nativeView.addView(tabHostLayout);
-
-        const listener = new TabChangeListener(this);
-        nativeView.setOnTabChangedListener(listener);
-        (<any>nativeView).listener = listener;
-        nativeView.setup();
         return nativeView;
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
         super.initNativeView();
-        const nativeView: any = this.nativeViewProtected;
-        nativeView.listener.owner = this;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const listener = new TabChangeListener(this);
+        nativeView.setOnTabChangedListener(listener);
+        (<any>nativeView).listener = listener;
+        nativeView.setup();
         this._tabContentFactory = this._tabContentFactory || new TabContentFactory(this);
     }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.ios.ts
index c7a7ec16a..aa7e87c75 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.ios.ts
@@ -21,33 +21,40 @@ export class SegmentedBarItem extends SegmentedBarItemBase {
 }
 
 export class SegmentedBar extends SegmentedBarBase {
-    private _ios: UISegmentedControl;
+    nativeViewProtected: UISegmentedControl;
     private _selectionHandler: NSObject;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        this.nativeViewProtected = this._ios = UISegmentedControl.new();
+    createNativeView() {
+        return UISegmentedControl.new();
+    }
 
+    initNativeView() {
+        super.initNativeView();
         this._selectionHandler = SelectionHandlerImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
-        this._ios.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._selectionHandler, "selected", UIControlEvents.ValueChanged);
+        this.nativeViewProtected.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._selectionHandler, "selected", UIControlEvents.ValueChanged);
+    }
+
+    disposeNativeView() {
+        this._selectionHandler = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
     }
 
     get ios(): UISegmentedControl {
-        return this._ios;
+        return this.nativeViewProtected;
     }
 
     [selectedIndexProperty.getDefault](): number {
         return -1;
     }
     [selectedIndexProperty.setNative](value: number) {
-        this._ios.selectedSegmentIndex = value;
+        this.ios.selectedSegmentIndex = value;
     }
 
     [itemsProperty.getDefault](): SegmentedBarItem[] {
         return null;
     }
     [itemsProperty.setNative](value: SegmentedBarItem[]) {
-        const segmentedControl = this._ios;
+        const segmentedControl = this.ios;
         segmentedControl.removeAllSegments();
         const newItems = value;
 
@@ -63,11 +70,11 @@ export class SegmentedBar extends SegmentedBarBase {
     }
 
     [selectedBackgroundColorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
-        return this._ios.tintColor;
+        return this.ios.tintColor;
     }
     [selectedBackgroundColorProperty.setNative](value: UIColor | Color) {
         let color = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
-        this._ios.tintColor = color;
+        this.ios.tintColor = color;
     }
 
     [colorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
@@ -75,7 +82,7 @@ export class SegmentedBar extends SegmentedBarBase {
     }
     [colorProperty.setNative](value: Color | UIColor) {
         let color = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
-        let bar = this._ios;
+        let bar = this.ios;
         let currentAttrs = bar.titleTextAttributesForState(UIControlState.Normal);
         let attrs = currentAttrs ? currentAttrs.mutableCopy() : NSMutableDictionary.new();
         attrs.setValueForKey(color, NSForegroundColorAttributeName);
@@ -87,7 +94,7 @@ export class SegmentedBar extends SegmentedBarBase {
     }
     [fontInternalProperty.setNative](value: Font) {
         let font: UIFont = value ? value.getUIFont(UIFont.systemFontOfSize(ios.getter(UIFont, UIFont.labelFontSize))) : null;
-        let bar = this._ios;
+        let bar = this.ios;
         let currentAttrs = bar.titleTextAttributesForState(UIControlState.Normal);
         let attrs = currentAttrs ? currentAttrs.mutableCopy() : NSMutableDictionary.new();
         attrs.setValueForKey(font, NSFontAttributeName);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/slider/slider.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/slider/slider.android.ts
index 4a4edbb34..66222ed7b 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/slider/slider.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/slider/slider.android.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@ interface OwnerSeekBar extends android.widget.SeekBar {
 let SeekBar: typeof android.widget.SeekBar;
 let SeekBarChangeListener: android.widget.SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener;
 
-function initializeModule(): void {
-    if (!SeekBar) {
-        SeekBar = android.widget.SeekBar;
-    }
-
+function initializeListenerClass(): void {
+    
     if (!SeekBarChangeListener) {
         @Interfaces([android.widget.SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener])
         class SeekBarChangeListenerImpl extends java.lang.Object implements android.widget.SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener {
@@ -28,7 +25,7 @@ function initializeModule(): void {
 
             onProgressChanged(seekBar: OwnerSeekBar, progress: number, fromUser: boolean): void {
                 const owner = seekBar.owner;
-                if (!owner._supressNativeValue) {
+                if (owner && !owner._supressNativeValue) {
                     const newValue = progress + owner.minValue;
                     valueProperty.nativeValueChange(owner, newValue);
                 }
@@ -56,16 +53,19 @@ export class Slider extends SliderBase {
     nativeViewProtected: OwnerSeekBar;
 
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeModule();
-        const nativeView = new SeekBar(this._context);
-        const listener = getListener();
-        nativeView.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(listener);
-        return nativeView;
+        if (!SeekBar) {
+            SeekBar = android.widget.SeekBar;
+        }
+        return new SeekBar(this._context);
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
         super.initNativeView();
-        this.nativeViewProtected.owner = this;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        nativeView.owner = this;
+        initializeListenerClass();
+        const listener = getListener();
+        nativeView.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(listener);
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView() {
@@ -140,4 +140,4 @@ export class Slider extends SliderBase {
     [backgroundInternalProperty.setNative](value: Background) {
         //
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/slider/slider.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/slider/slider.ios.ts
index b738af4a9..5a4845b7e 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/slider/slider.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/slider/slider.ios.ts
@@ -31,58 +31,65 @@ class SliderChangeHandlerImpl extends NSObject {
 }
 
 export class Slider extends SliderBase {
-    private _ios: UISlider;
+    nativeViewProtected: UISlider;
     private _changeHandler: NSObject;
+    
+    public createNativeView() {
+        return UISlider.new();
+    }
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        this.nativeViewProtected = this._ios = UISlider.new();
-
+    public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
         // default values
-        this._ios.minimumValue = 0;
-        this._ios.maximumValue = this.maxValue;
-
+        nativeView.minimumValue = 0;
+        nativeView.maximumValue = this.maxValue;
         this._changeHandler = SliderChangeHandlerImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
-        this._ios.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._changeHandler, "sliderValueChanged", UIControlEvents.ValueChanged);
+        nativeView.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._changeHandler, "sliderValueChanged", UIControlEvents.ValueChanged);
+    }
+
+    public disposeNativeView() {
+        this._changeHandler = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
     }
 
     get ios(): UISlider {
-        return this._ios;
+        return this.nativeViewProtected;
     }
 
     [valueProperty.getDefault](): number {
         return 0;
     }
     [valueProperty.setNative](value: number) {
-        this._ios.value = value;
+        this.ios.value = value;
     }
     [minValueProperty.getDefault](): number {
         return 0;
     }
     [minValueProperty.setNative](value: number) {
-        this._ios.minimumValue = value;
+        this.ios.minimumValue = value;
     }
     [maxValueProperty.getDefault](): number {
         return 100;
     }
     [maxValueProperty.setNative](value: number) {
-        this._ios.maximumValue = value;
+        this.ios.maximumValue = value;
     }
 
     [colorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
-        return this._ios.thumbTintColor;
+        return this.ios.thumbTintColor;
     }
     [colorProperty.setNative](value: UIColor | Color) {
         let color = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
-        this._ios.thumbTintColor = color;
+        this.ios.thumbTintColor = color;
     }
 
     [backgroundColorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
-        return this._ios.minimumTrackTintColor;
+        return this.ios.minimumTrackTintColor;
     }
     [backgroundColorProperty.setNative](value: UIColor | Color) {
         let color = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
-        this._ios.minimumTrackTintColor = color;
+        this.ios.minimumTrackTintColor = color;
     }
 
     [backgroundInternalProperty.getDefault](): Background {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/switch/switch.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/switch/switch.android.ts
index 03f529b4f..0a3e26e36 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/switch/switch.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/switch/switch.android.ts
@@ -36,18 +36,16 @@ export class Switch extends SwitchBase {
     public checked: boolean;
 
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeCheckedChangeListener();
-        const nativeView = new android.widget.Switch(this._context);
-        const listener = new CheckedChangeListener(this);
-        nativeView.setOnCheckedChangeListener(listener);
-        (<any>nativeView).listener = listener;
-        return nativeView;
+        return new android.widget.Switch(this._context);
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
         super.initNativeView();
-        const nativeView: any = this.nativeViewProtected;
-        nativeView.listener.owner = this;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        initializeCheckedChangeListener();
+        const listener = new CheckedChangeListener(this);
+        nativeView.setOnCheckedChangeListener(listener);
+        (<any>nativeView).listener = listener;
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView() {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/switch/switch.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/switch/switch.ios.ts
index 957ba9d70..8acb70797 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/switch/switch.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/switch/switch.ios.ts
@@ -33,14 +33,26 @@ export class Switch extends SwitchBase {
 
     constructor() {
         super();
-        const nativeView = UISwitch.new();
-        this._handler = SwitchChangeHandlerImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
-        nativeView.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._handler, "valueChanged", UIControlEvents.ValueChanged);
-        this.nativeViewProtected = nativeView;
         this.width = 51;
         this.height = 31;
     }
 
+    public createNativeView() {
+        return UISwitch.new();
+    }
+
+    public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        this._handler = SwitchChangeHandlerImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
+        nativeView.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._handler, "valueChanged", UIControlEvents.ValueChanged);
+    }
+
+    public disposeNativeView() {
+        this._handler = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
+    }
+
     get ios(): UISwitch {
         return this.nativeViewProtected;
     }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
index 92a12d043..fd936231d 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.ios.ts
@@ -205,9 +205,18 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
 
         this.viewController = this._ios = UITabBarControllerImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
         this.nativeViewProtected = this._ios.view;
+    }
+
+    initNativeView() {
+        super.initNativeView();
         this._delegate = UITabBarControllerDelegateImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
         this._moreNavigationControllerDelegate = UINavigationControllerDelegateImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
-        //This delegate is set on the last line of _addTabs method.
+    }
+
+    disposeNativeView() {
+        this._delegate = null;
+        this._moreNavigationControllerDelegate = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
     }
 
     @profile
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts
index ee7482beb..4826bd095 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@ const CHILD_FORMATTED_TEXT = "formattedText";
 const CHILD_FORMATTED_STRING = "FormattedString";
 
 export abstract class TextBaseCommon extends View implements TextBaseDefinition {
-
     public _isSingleLine: boolean;
     public text: string;
     public formattedText: FormattedString;
 
+    get nativeTextViewProtected() {
+        return this.nativeViewProtected;
+    }
+
     get fontFamily(): string {
         return this.style.fontFamily;
     }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
index 07a8d8a07..61131348e 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ function initializeTextTransformation(): void {
 
 export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     nativeViewProtected: android.widget.TextView;
+    nativeTextViewProtected: android.widget.TextView;
     private _defaultTransformationMethod: android.text.method.TransformationMethod;
     private _paintFlags: number;
     private _minHeight: number;
@@ -57,19 +58,19 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     private _maxLines: number;
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
         initializeTextTransformation();
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         this._defaultTransformationMethod = nativeView.getTransformationMethod();
         this._minHeight = nativeView.getMinHeight();
         this._maxHeight = nativeView.getMaxHeight();
         this._minLines = nativeView.getMinLines();
         this._maxLines = nativeView.getMaxLines();
-        super.initNativeView();
     }
 
     public resetNativeView(): void {
         super.resetNativeView();
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         // We reset it here too because this could be changed by multiple properties - whiteSpace, secure, textTransform
         nativeView.setSingleLine(this._isSingleLine);
         nativeView.setTransformationMethod(this._defaultTransformationMethod);
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     [formattedTextProperty.setNative](value: FormattedString) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         if (!value) {
             if (nativeView instanceof android.widget.Button &&
                 nativeView.getTransformationMethod() instanceof TextTransformation) {
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
 
     [textTransformProperty.setNative](value: TextTransform) {
         if (value === "initial") {
-            this.nativeViewProtected.setTransformationMethod(this._defaultTransformationMethod);
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.setTransformationMethod(this._defaultTransformationMethod);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -149,26 +150,26 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
             return;
         }
 
-        this.nativeViewProtected.setTransformationMethod(new TextTransformation(this));
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.setTransformationMethod(new TextTransformation(this));
     }
 
     [textAlignmentProperty.getDefault](): TextAlignment {
         return "initial";
     }
     [textAlignmentProperty.setNative](value: TextAlignment) {
-        let verticalGravity = this.nativeViewProtected.getGravity() & android.view.Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK;
+        let verticalGravity = this.nativeTextViewProtected.getGravity() & android.view.Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK;
         switch (value) {
             case "initial":
             case "left":
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setGravity(android.view.Gravity.START | verticalGravity);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setGravity(android.view.Gravity.START | verticalGravity);
                 break;
 
             case "center":
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setGravity(android.view.Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL | verticalGravity);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setGravity(android.view.Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL | verticalGravity);
                 break;
 
             case "right":
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setGravity(android.view.Gravity.END | verticalGravity);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setGravity(android.view.Gravity.END | verticalGravity);
                 break;
         }
     }
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     // Overridden in TextField because setSingleLine(false) will remove methodTransformation.
     // and we don't want to allow TextField to be multiline
     [whiteSpaceProperty.setNative](value: WhiteSpace) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         switch (value) {
             case "initial":
             case "normal":
@@ -191,109 +192,109 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     [colorProperty.getDefault](): android.content.res.ColorStateList {
-        return this.nativeViewProtected.getTextColors();
+        return this.nativeTextViewProtected.getTextColors();
     }
     [colorProperty.setNative](value: Color | android.content.res.ColorStateList) {
         if (!this.formattedText || !(value instanceof Color)) {
             if (value instanceof Color) {
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setTextColor(value.android);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setTextColor(value.android);
             } else {
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setTextColor(value);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setTextColor(value);
             }
         }
     }
 
     [fontSizeProperty.getDefault](): { nativeSize: number } {
-        return { nativeSize: this.nativeViewProtected.getTextSize() };
+        return { nativeSize: this.nativeTextViewProtected.getTextSize() };
     }
     [fontSizeProperty.setNative](value: number | { nativeSize: number }) {
         if (!this.formattedText || (typeof value !== "number")) {
             if (typeof value === "number") {
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setTextSize(value);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setTextSize(value);
             } else {
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setTextSize(android.util.TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, value.nativeSize);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setTextSize(android.util.TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, value.nativeSize);
             }
         }
     }
 
     [lineHeightProperty.getDefault](): number {
-        return this.nativeViewProtected.getLineSpacingExtra() / layout.getDisplayDensity();
+        return this.nativeTextViewProtected.getLineSpacingExtra() / layout.getDisplayDensity();
     }
     [lineHeightProperty.setNative](value: number) {
-        this.nativeViewProtected.setLineSpacing(value * layout.getDisplayDensity(), 1);
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.setLineSpacing(value * layout.getDisplayDensity(), 1);
     }
 
     [fontInternalProperty.getDefault](): android.graphics.Typeface {
-        return this.nativeViewProtected.getTypeface();
+        return this.nativeTextViewProtected.getTypeface();
     }
     [fontInternalProperty.setNative](value: Font | android.graphics.Typeface) {
         if (!this.formattedText || !(value instanceof Font)) {
-            this.nativeViewProtected.setTypeface(value instanceof Font ? value.getAndroidTypeface() : value);
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.setTypeface(value instanceof Font ? value.getAndroidTypeface() : value);
         }
     }
 
     [textDecorationProperty.getDefault](value: number) {
-        return this._paintFlags = this.nativeViewProtected.getPaintFlags();
+        return this._paintFlags = this.nativeTextViewProtected.getPaintFlags();
     }
 
     [textDecorationProperty.setNative](value: number | TextDecoration) {
         switch (value) {
             case "none":
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setPaintFlags(0);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setPaintFlags(0);
                 break;
             case "underline":
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setPaintFlags(android.graphics.Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setPaintFlags(android.graphics.Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);
                 break;
             case "line-through":
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setPaintFlags(android.graphics.Paint.STRIKE_THRU_TEXT_FLAG);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setPaintFlags(android.graphics.Paint.STRIKE_THRU_TEXT_FLAG);
                 break;
             case "underline line-through":
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setPaintFlags(android.graphics.Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG | android.graphics.Paint.STRIKE_THRU_TEXT_FLAG);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setPaintFlags(android.graphics.Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG | android.graphics.Paint.STRIKE_THRU_TEXT_FLAG);
                 break;
             default:
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setPaintFlags(value);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setPaintFlags(value);
                 break;
         }
     }
 
     [letterSpacingProperty.getDefault](): number {
-        return org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.getLetterspacing(this.nativeViewProtected);
+        return org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.getLetterspacing(this.nativeTextViewProtected);
     }
     [letterSpacingProperty.setNative](value: number) {
-        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setLetterspacing(this.nativeViewProtected, value);
+        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setLetterspacing(this.nativeTextViewProtected, value);
     }
 
     [paddingTopProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return { value: this._defaultPaddingTop, unit: "px" }
     }
     [paddingTopProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setPaddingTop(this.nativeViewProtected, Length.toDevicePixels(value, 0) + Length.toDevicePixels(this.style.borderTopWidth, 0));
+        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setPaddingTop(this.nativeTextViewProtected, Length.toDevicePixels(value, 0) + Length.toDevicePixels(this.style.borderTopWidth, 0));
     }
 
     [paddingRightProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return { value: this._defaultPaddingRight, unit: "px" }
     }
     [paddingRightProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setPaddingRight(this.nativeViewProtected, Length.toDevicePixels(value, 0) + Length.toDevicePixels(this.style.borderRightWidth, 0));
+        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setPaddingRight(this.nativeTextViewProtected, Length.toDevicePixels(value, 0) + Length.toDevicePixels(this.style.borderRightWidth, 0));
     }
 
     [paddingBottomProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return { value: this._defaultPaddingBottom, unit: "px" }
     }
     [paddingBottomProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setPaddingBottom(this.nativeViewProtected, Length.toDevicePixels(value, 0) + Length.toDevicePixels(this.style.borderBottomWidth, 0));
+        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setPaddingBottom(this.nativeTextViewProtected, Length.toDevicePixels(value, 0) + Length.toDevicePixels(this.style.borderBottomWidth, 0));
     }
 
     [paddingLeftProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return { value: this._defaultPaddingLeft, unit: "px" }
     }
     [paddingLeftProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setPaddingLeft(this.nativeViewProtected, Length.toDevicePixels(value, 0) + Length.toDevicePixels(this.style.borderLeftWidth, 0));
+        org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.setPaddingLeft(this.nativeTextViewProtected, Length.toDevicePixels(value, 0) + Length.toDevicePixels(this.style.borderLeftWidth, 0));
     }
 
     _setNativeText(reset: boolean = false): void {
         if (reset) {
-            this.nativeViewProtected.setText(null);
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.setText(null);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
             transformedText = getTransformedText(stringValue, this.textTransform);
         }
 
-        this.nativeViewProtected.setText(<any>transformedText);
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.setText(<any>transformedText);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.d.ts
index 002e078dd..3918cf213 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.d.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ export * from "../core/view";
 export { FormattedString } from "../../text/formatted-string";
 
 export class TextBase extends View implements AddChildFromBuilder {
+
+    /**
+     * Gets of the text widget. In some cases(android TextInputLayout) the TextView is made of 2 views: the layout and the text view
+     * So we need a different getter for the layout and text functions
+     */
+    public readonly nativeTextViewProtected: any;
+
     /**
      * Gets or sets the text.
      */
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
index 5e109800a..49d14afb1 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export * from "./text-base-common";
 export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
 
     public nativeViewProtected: UITextField | UITextView | UILabel | UIButton;
+    public nativeTextViewProtected: UITextField | UITextView | UILabel | UIButton;
 
     [textProperty.getDefault](): number | symbol {
         return resetSymbol;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     [colorProperty.getDefault](): UIColor {
-        let nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        let nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         if (nativeView instanceof UIButton) {
             return nativeView.titleColorForState(UIControlState.Normal);
         } else {
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     }
     [colorProperty.setNative](value: Color | UIColor) {
         const color = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         if (nativeView instanceof UIButton) {
             nativeView.setTitleColorForState(color, UIControlState.Normal);
             nativeView.titleLabel.textColor = color;
@@ -51,13 +52,13 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     [fontInternalProperty.getDefault](): UIFont {
-        let nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        let nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         nativeView = nativeView instanceof UIButton ? nativeView.titleLabel : nativeView;
         return nativeView.font;
     }
     [fontInternalProperty.setNative](value: Font | UIFont) {
         if (!(value instanceof Font) || !this.formattedText) {
-            let nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+            let nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
             nativeView = nativeView instanceof UIButton ? nativeView.titleLabel : nativeView;
             const font = value instanceof Font ? value.getUIFont(nativeView.font) : value;
             nativeView.font = font;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     [textAlignmentProperty.setNative](value: TextAlignment) {
-        const nativeView = <UITextField | UITextView | UILabel>this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = <UITextField | UITextView | UILabel>this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         switch (value) {
             case "initial":
             case "left":
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
 
     _setNativeText(reset: boolean = false): void {
         if (reset) {
-            const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+            const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
             if (nativeView instanceof UIButton) {
                 // Clear attributedText or title won't be affected.
                 nativeView.setAttributedTitleForState(null, UIControlState.Normal);
@@ -123,26 +124,26 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
         const attrText = this.createNSMutableAttributedString(this.formattedText);
         // TODO: letterSpacing should be applied per Span.
         if (this.letterSpacing !== 0) {
-            attrText.addAttributeValueRange(NSKernAttributeName, this.letterSpacing * this.nativeViewProtected.font.pointSize, { location: 0, length: attrText.length });
+            attrText.addAttributeValueRange(NSKernAttributeName, this.letterSpacing * this.nativeTextViewProtected.font.pointSize, { location: 0, length: attrText.length });
         }
 
         if (this.style.lineHeight) {
             const paragraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle.alloc().init();
             paragraphStyle.lineSpacing = this.lineHeight;
             // make sure a possible previously set text alignment setting is not lost when line height is specified
-            paragraphStyle.alignment = (<UITextField | UITextView | UILabel>this.nativeViewProtected).textAlignment;
-            if (this.nativeViewProtected instanceof  UILabel) {
+            paragraphStyle.alignment = (<UITextField | UITextView | UILabel>this.nativeTextViewProtected).textAlignment;
+            if (this.nativeTextViewProtected instanceof  UILabel) {
                 // make sure a possible previously set line break mode is not lost when line height is specified
-                paragraphStyle.lineBreakMode = this.nativeViewProtected.lineBreakMode;
+                paragraphStyle.lineBreakMode = this.nativeTextViewProtected.lineBreakMode;
             }
             attrText.addAttributeValueRange(NSParagraphStyleAttributeName, paragraphStyle, { location: 0, length: attrText.length });
         }
 
-        if (this.nativeViewProtected instanceof UIButton) {
-            this.nativeViewProtected.setAttributedTitleForState(attrText, UIControlState.Normal);
+        if (this.nativeTextViewProtected instanceof UIButton) {
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.setAttributedTitleForState(attrText, UIControlState.Normal);
         }
         else {
-            this.nativeViewProtected.attributedText = attrText;
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.attributedText = attrText;
         }
     }
 
@@ -167,22 +168,22 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
         }
 
         if (style.letterSpacing !== 0) {
-            dict.set(NSKernAttributeName, style.letterSpacing * this.nativeViewProtected.font.pointSize);
+            dict.set(NSKernAttributeName, style.letterSpacing * this.nativeTextViewProtected.font.pointSize);
         }
 
         if (style.lineHeight) {
             const paragraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle.alloc().init();
             paragraphStyle.lineSpacing = style.lineHeight;
             // make sure a possible previously set text alignment setting is not lost when line height is specified
-            paragraphStyle.alignment = (<UITextField | UITextView | UILabel>this.nativeViewProtected).textAlignment;
-            if (this.nativeViewProtected instanceof  UILabel) {
+            paragraphStyle.alignment = (<UITextField | UITextView | UILabel>this.nativeTextViewProtected).textAlignment;
+            if (this.nativeTextViewProtected instanceof  UILabel) {
                 // make sure a possible previously set line break mode is not lost when line height is specified
-                paragraphStyle.lineBreakMode = this.nativeViewProtected.lineBreakMode;
+                paragraphStyle.lineBreakMode = this.nativeTextViewProtected.lineBreakMode;
             }
             dict.set(NSParagraphStyleAttributeName, paragraphStyle);
         }
 
-        const isTextView = this.nativeViewProtected instanceof UITextView;
+        const isTextView = this.nativeTextViewProtected instanceof UITextView;
         if (style.color && (dict.size > 0 || isTextView)) {
             dict.set(NSForegroundColorAttributeName, style.color.ios);
         }
@@ -193,25 +194,25 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
         if (dict.size > 0 || isTextView) {
             if (isTextView) {
                 // UITextView's font seems to change inside.
-                dict.set(NSFontAttributeName, this.nativeViewProtected.font);
+                dict.set(NSFontAttributeName, this.nativeTextViewProtected.font);
             }
             
             const result = NSMutableAttributedString.alloc().initWithString(source);
             result.setAttributesRange(<any>dict, { location: 0, length: source.length });
-            if (this.nativeViewProtected instanceof UIButton) {
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setAttributedTitleForState(result, UIControlState.Normal);
+            if (this.nativeTextViewProtected instanceof UIButton) {
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setAttributedTitleForState(result, UIControlState.Normal);
             } else {
-                this.nativeViewProtected.attributedText = result;
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.attributedText = result;
             }
         } else {
-            if (this.nativeViewProtected instanceof UIButton) {
+            if (this.nativeTextViewProtected instanceof UIButton) {
                 // Clear attributedText or title won't be affected.
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setAttributedTitleForState(null, UIControlState.Normal);
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setTitleForState(source, UIControlState.Normal);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setAttributedTitleForState(null, UIControlState.Normal);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.setTitleForState(source, UIControlState.Normal);
             } else {
                 // Clear attributedText or text won't be affected.
-                this.nativeViewProtected.attributedText = undefined;
-                this.nativeViewProtected.text = source;
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.attributedText = undefined;
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.text = source;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     }
 
     createMutableStringForSpan(span: Span, text: string): NSMutableAttributedString {
-        const viewFont = this.nativeViewProtected.font;
+        const viewFont = this.nativeTextViewProtected.font;
         let attrDict = <{ key: string, value: any }>{};
         const style = span.style;
         const bold = isBold(style.fontWeight);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts
index 59a02d888..c26cf960c 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-field/text-field.ios.ts
@@ -141,61 +141,66 @@ class UITextFieldImpl extends UITextField {
 }
 
 export class TextField extends TextFieldBase {
-    private _ios: UITextField;
-    private _delegate: UITextFieldDelegateImpl;
     nativeViewProtected: UITextField;
+    private _delegate: UITextFieldDelegateImpl;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        let weakRef = new WeakRef(this);
-        this._ios = UITextFieldImpl.initWithOwner(weakRef);
-        this._delegate = UITextFieldDelegateImpl.initWithOwner(weakRef);
-        this.nativeViewProtected = this._ios;
+    createNativeView() {
+        return  UITextFieldImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
+    }
+
+    initNativeView() {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        this._delegate = UITextFieldDelegateImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
+    }
+
+    disposeNativeView() {
+        this._delegate = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
     }
 
     @profile
     public onLoaded() {
         super.onLoaded();
-        this._ios.delegate = this._delegate;
+        this.ios.delegate = this._delegate;
     }
 
     public onUnloaded() {
-        this._ios.delegate = null;
+        this.ios.delegate = null;
         super.onUnloaded();
     }
 
     get ios(): UITextField {
-        return this._ios;
+        return this.nativeViewProtected;
     }
 
     [hintProperty.getDefault](): string {
-        return this.nativeViewProtected.placeholder;
+        return this.nativeTextViewProtected.placeholder;
     }
     [hintProperty.setNative](value: string) {
         this._updateAttributedPlaceholder();
     }
 
     [secureProperty.getDefault](): boolean {
-        return this.nativeViewProtected.secureTextEntry;
+        return this.nativeTextViewProtected.secureTextEntry;
     }
     [secureProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
-        this.nativeViewProtected.secureTextEntry = value;
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.secureTextEntry = value;
     }
 
     [colorProperty.getDefault](): { textColor: UIColor, tintColor: UIColor } {
         return {
-            textColor: this.nativeViewProtected.textColor,
-            tintColor: this.nativeViewProtected.tintColor
+            textColor: this.nativeTextViewProtected.textColor,
+            tintColor: this.nativeTextViewProtected.tintColor
         };
     }
     [colorProperty.setNative](value: Color | { textColor: UIColor, tintColor: UIColor }) {
         if (value instanceof Color) {
             let color = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
-            this.nativeViewProtected.textColor = color;
-            this.nativeViewProtected.tintColor = color;
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.textColor = color;
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.tintColor = color;
         } else {
-            this.nativeViewProtected.textColor = value.textColor;
-            this.nativeViewProtected.tintColor = value.tintColor;
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.textColor = value.textColor;
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.tintColor = value.tintColor;
         }
     }
 
@@ -223,7 +228,7 @@ export class TextField extends TextFieldBase {
             attributes[NSForegroundColorAttributeName] = this.style.placeholderColor.ios;
         }
         const attributedPlaceholder = NSAttributedString.alloc().initWithStringAttributes(stringValue, attributes);
-        this.nativeViewProtected.attributedPlaceholder = attributedPlaceholder;
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.attributedPlaceholder = attributedPlaceholder;
     }
 
     [paddingTopProperty.getDefault](): Length {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.android.ts
index dafc30802..8c316d619 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.android.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export class TextView extends EditableTextBase implements TextViewDefinition {
 
     public resetNativeView(): void {
         super.resetNativeView();
-        this.nativeViewProtected.setGravity(android.view.Gravity.TOP | android.view.Gravity.START);
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.setGravity(android.view.Gravity.TOP | android.view.Gravity.START);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
index 9486945ce..31dcb4176 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
@@ -97,34 +97,42 @@ class UITextViewDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UITextViewDelegate {
 
 @CSSType("TextView")
 export class TextView extends EditableTextBase implements TextViewDefinition {
-    private _ios: UITextView;
+    nativeViewProtected: UITextView;
     private _delegate: UITextViewDelegateImpl;
     private _isShowingHint: boolean;
     public _isEditing: boolean;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-
-        const textView = this.nativeViewProtected = this._ios = UITextView.new();
+    createNativeView() {
+        const textView = UITextView.new();
         if (!textView.font) {
             textView.font = UIFont.systemFontOfSize(12);
         }
+        return textView;
+    }
+
+    initNativeView() {
+        super.initNativeView();
         this._delegate = UITextViewDelegateImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
     }
 
+    disposeNativeView() {
+        this._delegate = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
+    }
+
     @profile
     public onLoaded() {
         super.onLoaded();
-        this._ios.delegate = this._delegate;
+        this.ios.delegate = this._delegate;
     }
 
     public onUnloaded() {
-        this._ios.delegate = null;
+        this.ios.delegate = null;
         super.onUnloaded();
     }
 
     get ios(): UITextView {
-        return this._ios;
+        return this.nativeViewProtected;
     }
 
     public _refreshHintState(hint: string, text: string) {
@@ -138,7 +146,7 @@ export class TextView extends EditableTextBase implements TextViewDefinition {
             this.showHint(hint);
         } else {
             this._isShowingHint = false;
-            this.nativeViewProtected.text = "";
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.text = "";
         }
     }
 
@@ -148,28 +156,28 @@ export class TextView extends EditableTextBase implements TextViewDefinition {
             const color = this.style.color;
 
             if (placeholderColor) {
-                this.nativeViewProtected.textColor = placeholderColor.ios;
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.textColor = placeholderColor.ios;
             } else if (color) {
                 // Use semi-transparent version of color for back-compatibility 
-                this.nativeViewProtected.textColor = color.ios.colorWithAlphaComponent(0.22);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.textColor = color.ios.colorWithAlphaComponent(0.22);
             } else {
-                this.nativeViewProtected.textColor = UIColor.blackColor.colorWithAlphaComponent(0.22);
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.textColor = UIColor.blackColor.colorWithAlphaComponent(0.22);
             }
         } else {
             const color = this.style.color;
 
             if (color) {
-                this.nativeViewProtected.textColor = color.ios;
-                this.nativeViewProtected.tintColor = color.ios;
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.textColor = color.ios;
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.tintColor = color.ios;
             } else {
-                this.nativeViewProtected.textColor = null;
-                this.nativeViewProtected.tintColor = null;
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.textColor = null;
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.tintColor = null;
             }
         }
     }
 
     public showHint(hint: string) {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
 
         this._isShowingHint = true;
         this._refreshColor();
@@ -200,10 +208,10 @@ export class TextView extends EditableTextBase implements TextViewDefinition {
     }
 
     [editableProperty.getDefault](): boolean {
-        return this.nativeViewProtected.editable;
+        return this.nativeTextViewProtected.editable;
     }
     [editableProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
-        this.nativeViewProtected.editable = value;
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.editable = value;
     }
 
     [colorProperty.setNative](color: Color) {
@@ -215,97 +223,97 @@ export class TextView extends EditableTextBase implements TextViewDefinition {
 
     [borderTopWidthProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return {
-            value: this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset.top,
+            value: this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset.top,
             unit: "px"
         };
     }
     [borderTopWidthProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        let inset = this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset;
+        let inset = this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset;
         let top = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this.effectivePaddingTop + this.effectiveBorderTopWidth);
-        this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: top, left: inset.left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: inset.right };
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: top, left: inset.left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: inset.right };
     }
 
     [borderRightWidthProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return {
-            value: this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset.right,
+            value: this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset.right,
             unit: "px"
         };
     }
     [borderRightWidthProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        let inset = this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset;
+        let inset = this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset;
         let right = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this.effectivePaddingRight + this.effectiveBorderRightWidth);
-        this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: inset.left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: right };
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: inset.left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: right };
     }
 
     [borderBottomWidthProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return {
-            value: this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset.bottom,
+            value: this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset.bottom,
             unit: "px"
         };
     }
     [borderBottomWidthProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        let inset = this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset;
+        let inset = this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset;
         let bottom = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this.effectivePaddingBottom + this.effectiveBorderBottomWidth);
-        this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: inset.left, bottom: bottom, right: inset.right };
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: inset.left, bottom: bottom, right: inset.right };
     }
 
     [borderLeftWidthProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return {
-            value: this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset.left,
+            value: this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset.left,
             unit: "px"
         };
     }
     [borderLeftWidthProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        let inset = this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset;
+        let inset = this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset;
         let left = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this.effectivePaddingLeft + this.effectiveBorderLeftWidth);
-        this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: inset.right };
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: inset.right };
     }
 
     [paddingTopProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return {
-            value: this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset.top,
+            value: this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset.top,
             unit: "px"
         };
     }
     [paddingTopProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        let inset = this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset;
+        let inset = this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset;
         let top = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this.effectivePaddingTop + this.effectiveBorderTopWidth);
-        this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: top, left: inset.left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: inset.right };
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: top, left: inset.left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: inset.right };
     }
 
     [paddingRightProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return {
-            value: this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset.right,
+            value: this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset.right,
             unit: "px"
         };
     }
     [paddingRightProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        let inset = this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset;
+        let inset = this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset;
         let right = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this.effectivePaddingRight + this.effectiveBorderRightWidth);
-        this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: inset.left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: right };
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: inset.left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: right };
     }
 
     [paddingBottomProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return {
-            value: this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset.bottom,
+            value: this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset.bottom,
             unit: "px"
         };
     }
     [paddingBottomProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        let inset = this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset;
+        let inset = this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset;
         let bottom = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this.effectivePaddingBottom + this.effectiveBorderBottomWidth);
-        this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: inset.left, bottom: bottom, right: inset.right };
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: inset.left, bottom: bottom, right: inset.right };
     }
     [paddingLeftProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return {
-            value: this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset.left,
+            value: this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset.left,
             unit: "px"
         };
     }
     [paddingLeftProperty.setNative](value: Length) {
-        let inset = this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset;
+        let inset = this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset;
         let left = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(this.effectivePaddingLeft + this.effectiveBorderLeftWidth);
-        this.nativeViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: inset.right };
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.textContainerInset = { top: inset.top, left: left, bottom: inset.bottom, right: inset.right };
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker/time-picker.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker/time-picker.android.ts
index fb5828897..7a86a992a 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker/time-picker.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker/time-picker.android.ts
@@ -43,21 +43,18 @@ export class TimePicker extends TimePickerBase {
     updatingNativeValue: boolean;
 
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeTimeChangedListener();
-        const nativeView = new android.widget.TimePicker(this._context);
-        const listener = new TimeChangedListener(this);
-        nativeView.setOnTimeChangedListener(listener);
-        (<any>nativeView).listener = listener;
-        (<any>nativeView).calendar = java.util.Calendar.getInstance();
-        return nativeView;
+        return new android.widget.TimePicker(this._context);
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
         super.initNativeView();
-        const nativeView: any = this.nativeViewProtected;
-        nativeView.listener.owner = this;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        initializeTimeChangedListener();
+        const listener = new TimeChangedListener(this);
+        nativeView.setOnTimeChangedListener(listener);
+        (<any>nativeView).listener = listener;
+        const calendar = (<any>nativeView).calendar = java.util.Calendar.getInstance();
 
-        const calendar = (<any>nativeView).calendar;
         const hour = hourProperty.isSet(this) ? this.hour : calendar.get(java.util.Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
         const minute = minuteProperty.isSet(this) ? this.minute : calendar.get(java.util.Calendar.MINUTE);
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker/time-picker.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker/time-picker.ios.ts
index cf60936a8..25688987f 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker/time-picker.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/time-picker/time-picker.ios.ts
@@ -21,27 +21,35 @@ function getComponents(date: Date | NSDate): NSDateComponents {
 }
 
 export class TimePicker extends TimePickerBase {
-    private _ios: UIDatePicker;
+    nativeViewProtected: UIDatePicker;
     private _changeHandler: NSObject;
-    public nativeViewProtected: UIDatePicker;
 
     constructor() {
         super();
-
-        this._ios = UIDatePicker.new();
-        this._ios.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerMode.Time;
-
-        this._changeHandler = UITimePickerChangeHandlerImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
-        this._ios.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._changeHandler, "valueChanged", UIControlEvents.ValueChanged);
-
         let components = getComponents(NSDate.date());
         this.hour = components.hour;
         this.minute = components.minute;
-        this.nativeViewProtected = this._ios;
+    }
+
+    createNativeView() {
+        const picker = UIDatePicker.new();
+        picker.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerMode.Time;
+        return picker;
+    }
+
+    initNativeView() {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        this._changeHandler = UITimePickerChangeHandlerImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
+        this.nativeViewProtected.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._changeHandler, "valueChanged", UIControlEvents.ValueChanged);
+    }
+
+    disposeNativeView() {
+        this._changeHandler = null;
+        super.initNativeView();
     }
 
     get ios(): UIDatePicker {
-        return this._ios;
+        return this.nativeViewProtected;
     }
 
     [timeProperty.getDefault](): Date {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/web-view/web-view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/web-view/web-view.android.ts
index 2a6e6d885..e059ee998 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/web-view/web-view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/web-view/web-view.android.ts
@@ -93,20 +93,19 @@ export class WebView extends WebViewBase {
     nativeViewProtected: android.webkit.WebView;
 
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeWebViewClient();
-
         const nativeView = new android.webkit.WebView(this._context);
         nativeView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
         nativeView.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
-        const client = new WebViewClient(this);
-        nativeView.setWebViewClient(client);
-        (<any>nativeView).client = client;
         return nativeView;
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
         super.initNativeView();
-        (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).client.owner = this;
+        initializeWebViewClient();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const client = new WebViewClient(this);
+        nativeView.setWebViewClient(client);
+        (<any>nativeView).client = client;
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView() {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/web-view/web-view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/web-view/web-view.ios.ts
index 403871ef6..67425f475 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/web-view/web-view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/web-view/web-view.ios.ts
@@ -80,76 +80,84 @@ class WKNavigationDelegateImpl extends NSObject
 }
 
 export class WebView extends WebViewBase {
-    private _ios: WKWebView;
+    nativeViewProtected: WKWebView;
     private _delegate: any;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        const configuration = WKWebViewConfiguration.new();
-        this._delegate = WKNavigationDelegateImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
+    createNativeView() {
         const jScript = "var meta = document.createElement('meta'); meta.setAttribute('name', 'viewport'); meta.setAttribute('content', 'initial-scale=1.0'); document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(meta);";
         const wkUScript = WKUserScript.alloc().initWithSourceInjectionTimeForMainFrameOnly(jScript, WKUserScriptInjectionTime.AtDocumentEnd, true);
         const wkUController = WKUserContentController.new();
         wkUController.addUserScript(wkUScript);
+        const configuration = WKWebViewConfiguration.new();
         configuration.userContentController = wkUController;
         configuration.preferences.setValueForKey(
             true,
             "allowFileAccessFromFileURLs"
         );
-        this.nativeViewProtected = this._ios = new WKWebView({
+        return new WKWebView({
             frame: CGRectZero,
             configuration: configuration
         });
     }
 
+    initNativeView() {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        this._delegate = WKNavigationDelegateImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
+    }
+
+    disposeNativeView() {
+        this._delegate = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
+    }
+
     @profile
     public onLoaded() {
         super.onLoaded();
-        this._ios.navigationDelegate = this._delegate;
+        this.ios.navigationDelegate = this._delegate;
     }
 
     public onUnloaded() {
-        this._ios.navigationDelegate = null;
+        this.ios.navigationDelegate = null;
         super.onUnloaded();
     }
 
     get ios(): WKWebView {
-        return this._ios;
+        return this.nativeViewProtected;
     }
 
     public stopLoading() {
-        this._ios.stopLoading();
+        this.ios.stopLoading();
     }
 
     public _loadUrl(src: string) {
         if (src.startsWith("file:///")) {
-            this._ios.loadFileURLAllowingReadAccessToURL(NSURL.URLWithString(src), NSURL.URLWithString(src));
+            this.ios.loadFileURLAllowingReadAccessToURL(NSURL.URLWithString(src), NSURL.URLWithString(src));
         } else {
-            this._ios.loadRequest(NSURLRequest.requestWithURL(NSURL.URLWithString(src)));
+            this.ios.loadRequest(NSURLRequest.requestWithURL(NSURL.URLWithString(src)));
         }
     }
 
     public _loadData(content: string) {
-        this._ios.loadHTMLStringBaseURL(content, NSURL.alloc().initWithString(`file:///${knownFolders.currentApp().path}/`));
+        this.ios.loadHTMLStringBaseURL(content, NSURL.alloc().initWithString(`file:///${knownFolders.currentApp().path}/`));
     }
 
     get canGoBack(): boolean {
-        return this._ios.canGoBack;
+        return this.ios.canGoBack;
     }
 
     get canGoForward(): boolean {
-        return this._ios.canGoForward;
+        return this.ios.canGoForward;
     }
 
     public goBack() {
-        this._ios.goBack();
+        this.ios.goBack();
     }
 
     public goForward() {
-        this._ios.goForward();
+        this.ios.goForward();
     }
 
     public reload() {
-        this._ios.reload();
+        this.ios.reload();
     }
 } 
\ No newline at end of file