diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/font-icons-page.css b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/font-icons-page.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edbdd2d7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/font-icons-page.css
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.font-awesome {
+    font-family: "FontAwesome";
+}
+
+.font-size {
+    font-size: 48;
+}
+
+.color {
+    color: blue;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/font-icons-page.ts b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/font-icons-page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92b243d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/font-icons-page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import * as frame from "tns-core-modules/ui/frame";
+import { EventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/frame";
+import { Button } from "tns-core-modules/ui/button";
+import { ActionBar } from "tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar";
+
+const iconModes = ["automatic", "alwaysOriginal", "alwaysTemplate", undefined];
+
+export function navigate(args) {
+    frame.topmost().navigate("ui-tests-app/action-bar/clean");
+}
+
+export function onChangeRenderingMode(args: EventData) {
+    const button = <Button>args.object;
+    const actionBar = <ActionBar>button.page.actionBar;
+    actionBar.iosIconRenderingMode = <"automatic" | "alwaysOriginal" | "alwaysTemplate">iconModes[(iconModes.indexOf(actionBar.iosIconRenderingMode) + 1) % iconModes.length];
+    button.text = "" + actionBar.iosIconRenderingMode;
+}
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/font-icons-page.xml b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/font-icons-page.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9539b0c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/font-icons-page.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<Page>
+  <Page.actionBar>
+    <ActionBar>
+      <ActionBar.actionItems>
+        <!-- font family + font size + color -->
+        <ActionItem icon="font://&#xF10B;" class="font-awesome font-size color" tap="navigate"/>
+        <!-- default font + valid char code -->
+        <ActionItem icon="font://&#xF10B;" tap="navigate"/>
+        <!-- font family + invalid char code -->
+        <ActionItem icon="font://&#xF556;" class="font-awesome font-size" tap="navigate"/>
+      </ActionBar.actionItems>
+    </ActionBar>
+  </Page.actionBar>
+
+  <StackLayout>
+    <Button text="go to cleared page" tap="navigate"/>
+    <Button text="undefined" tap="onChangeRenderingMode"/>
+  </StackLayout>
+</Page> 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/main-page.ts b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/main-page.ts
index 583f489be..55292cf88 100644
--- a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/main-page.ts
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/action-bar/main-page.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export function loadExamples() {
     examples.set("actTransparentBgCss", "action-bar/transparent-bg-css-page");
     examples.set("modalHiddenActBar", "action-bar/modal-test-hidden-action-bar-page");
     examples.set("modalShownActBar", "action-bar/modal-test-with-action-bar-page");
+    examples.set("font-icons", "action-bar/font-icons-page");
     examples.set("flat", "action-bar/flat-page");
     examples.set("flat-tab", "action-bar/flat-tab-page");
     examples.set("flat-tab-opaque-bar", "action-bar/flat-tab-opaque-bar-page");
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/bottom-navigation/font-icons-page.css b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/bottom-navigation/font-icons-page.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee183523d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/bottom-navigation/font-icons-page.css
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.font-awesome {
+  font-family: "FontAwesome";
+}
+
+.font-size {
+  font-size: 36;
+}
+
+.color {
+  color: blue;
+} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/bottom-navigation/font-icons-page.xml b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/bottom-navigation/font-icons-page.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8f3476e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/bottom-navigation/font-icons-page.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<Page class="page">
+
+  <ActionBar title="BottomNavigation font icons" icon="" class="action-bar">
+  </ActionBar>
+
+  <BottomNavigation class="font-awesome"> <!-- TODO: The font-awesome class here should be removed -->
+    <TabStrip>
+        <!-- font family + font size + color -->
+        <TabStripItem title="First" iconSource="font://&#xF10B;" class="special font-awesome font-size color"></TabStripItem>
+        <!-- default font + valid char code -->
+        <TabStripItem title="Second" iconSource="font://&#xF10B;"></TabStripItem>
+        <!-- font family + invalid char code -->
+        <TabStripItem title="Third" iconSource="font://&#xF556;" class="font-awesome font-size"></TabStripItem>
+    </TabStrip>
+
+    <TabContentItem class="special">
+        <GridLayout>
+          <Label text="First View" />
+        </GridLayout>
+    </TabContentItem>
+
+    <TabContentItem>
+        <GridLayout>
+          <Label text="Second View" />
+        </GridLayout>
+    </TabContentItem>
+
+    <TabContentItem>
+        <GridLayout>
+          <Label text="Third View" />
+        </GridLayout>
+    </TabContentItem>
+  </BottomNavigation>
+</Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/bottom-navigation/main-page.ts b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/bottom-navigation/main-page.ts
index c92ab2be8..53fb4b625 100644
--- a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/bottom-navigation/main-page.ts
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/bottom-navigation/main-page.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export function loadExamples() {
     examples.set("icon-title-placement", "bottom-navigation/icon-title-placement-page");
     examples.set("icon-change", "bottom-navigation/icon-change-page");
     examples.set("binding", "bottom-navigation/binding-page");
+    examples.set("font-icons", "bottom-navigation/font-icons-page");
     
     return examples;
 }
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/image-view/font-icons-page.css b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/image-view/font-icons-page.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97a6ac303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/image-view/font-icons-page.css
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.font-awesome {
+    font-family: "FontAwesome";
+}
+
+.font-size {
+    font-size: 96;
+}
+
+.color {
+    color: blue;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/image-view/font-icons-page.xml b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/image-view/font-icons-page.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcc2d1bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/image-view/font-icons-page.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<Page navigatingTo="navigatingTo">
+    <GridLayout rows="*, *, *" columns="*, *" height="200">
+        <!-- font family only -->
+        <Image row="0" col="0" src="font://&#xF10B;" class="font-awesome"/>
+        <!-- font family + font size -->
+        <Image row="0" col="1" src="font://&#xF10B;" class="font-awesome font-size"/>
+        <!-- font family + color -->
+        <Image row="1" col="0" src="font://&#xF10B;" class="font-awesome color"/>
+        <!-- font family + font size + color -->
+        <Image row="1" col="1" src="font://&#xF10B;" class="font-awesome font-size color"/>
+        <!-- default font + valid char code -->
+        <Image row="2" col="0" src="font://&#xF10B;" />
+        <!-- font family + invalid char code -->
+        <Image row="2" col="1" src="font://&#xF556;" class="font-awesome"/>
+    </GridLayout>
+</Page> 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/image-view/main-page.ts b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/image-view/main-page.ts
index 5fcadff81..dc4c42bf0 100644
--- a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/image-view/main-page.ts
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/image-view/main-page.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export function loadExamples() {
     examples.set("stretch-modes", "image-view/stretch-modes-page");
     examples.set("missing-image", "image-view/missing-image-page");
     examples.set("image-asset", "image-view/image-asset/image-asset-page");
+    examples.set("font-icons", "image-view/font-icons-page");
 
     return examples;
 }
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/tabs/font-icons-page.css b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/tabs/font-icons-page.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee183523d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/tabs/font-icons-page.css
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.font-awesome {
+  font-family: "FontAwesome";
+}
+
+.font-size {
+  font-size: 36;
+}
+
+.color {
+  color: blue;
+} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/tabs/font-icons-page.xml b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/tabs/font-icons-page.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..143361800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/tabs/font-icons-page.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<Page class="page">
+
+  <ActionBar title="Tabs font icons" icon="" class="action-bar">
+  </ActionBar>
+
+  <Tabs class="font-awesome"> <!-- TODO: The font-awesome class here should be removed -->
+    <TabStrip>
+        <!-- font family + font size + color -->
+        <TabStripItem title="First" iconSource="font://&#xF10B;" class="special font-awesome font-size color"></TabStripItem>
+        <!-- default font + valid char code -->
+        <TabStripItem title="Second" iconSource="font://&#xF10B;"></TabStripItem>
+        <!-- font family + invalid char code -->
+        <TabStripItem title="Third" iconSource="font://&#xF556;" class="font-awesome font-size"></TabStripItem>
+    </TabStrip>
+
+    <TabContentItem class="special">
+        <GridLayout>
+          <Label text="First View" />
+        </GridLayout>
+    </TabContentItem>
+
+    <TabContentItem>
+        <GridLayout>
+          <Label text="Second View" />
+        </GridLayout>
+    </TabContentItem>
+
+    <TabContentItem>
+        <GridLayout>
+          <Label text="Third View" />
+        </GridLayout>
+    </TabContentItem>
+  </Tabs>
+</Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/tabs/main-page.ts b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/tabs/main-page.ts
index 3a4b58425..b364799e1 100644
--- a/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/tabs/main-page.ts
+++ b/e2e/ui-tests-app/app/tabs/main-page.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export function loadExamples() {
     examples.set("strip-items", "tabs/tab-strip-items-page");
     examples.set("tabs-position", "tabs/tabs-position-page");
     examples.set("tabs-binding", "tabs/tabs-binding-page");
+    examples.set("font-icons", "tabs/font-icons-page");
 
     return examples;
 }
diff --git a/tests/app/font/FontAwesome.ttf b/tests/app/font/FontAwesome.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7994e130
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/app/font/FontAwesome.ttf differ
diff --git a/tests/app/image-source/image-source-tests.ts b/tests/app/image-source/image-source-tests.ts
index 712015d3d..cfc5ec8b3 100644
--- a/tests/app/image-source/image-source-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/image-source/image-source-tests.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import * as imageAssetModule from "tns-core-modules/image-asset";
 import * as fs from "tns-core-modules/file-system";
 import * as app from "tns-core-modules/application";
 import * as TKUnit from "../tk-unit";
+import { Font } from "tns-core-modules/ui/styling/font";
+import { Color } from "tns-core-modules/color";
 
 const imagePath = "~/assets/logo.png";
 const splashscreenPath = "~/assets/splashscreen.png";
@@ -285,3 +287,12 @@ export function testLoadFromBase64Encode_PNG() {
     TKUnit.assertEqual(img.width, 4, "img.width");
     TKUnit.assertEqual(img.height, 4, "img.height");
 }
+
+export function testLoadFromFontIconCode() {
+    let img: imageSource.ImageSource;
+    img = imageSource.fromFontIconCode("F10B", Font.default.withFontFamily("FontAwesome"), new Color("red"));
+
+    TKUnit.assert(img !== null, "Actual: " + img);
+    TKUnit.assert(img.width !== null, "img.width");
+    TKUnit.assert(img.height !== null, "img.width");
+}
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/image/image-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/image/image-tests.ts
index f906debaf..ddc8b8c34 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/image/image-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/image/image-tests.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ export const test_SettingImageSrcToDataURI_async = function (done) {
     runImageTestAsync(image, image.src, done);
 };
 
+export const test_SettingImageSrcToFontIconCode_sync = function () {
+    const image = new ImageModule.Image();
+    image.style.fontFamily = "FontAwesome";
+    image.src = "font://&#xF10B";
+
+    runImageTestSync(image, image.src);
+};
+
 export function test_imageSourceNotResetAfterCreateUI() {
     let image = new ImageModule.Image();
     let imageSource = ImageSourceModule.fromResource("splashscreen");
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.android.ts
index b909258c8..51d460ed7 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.android.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import * as httpModule from "../http";
 
 // Types.
 import { path as fsPath, knownFolders } from "../file-system";
-import { isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX } from "../utils/utils";
+import { isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX, layout } from "../utils/utils";
 import { getNativeApplication } from "../application";
+import { Font } from "../ui/styling/font";
+import { Color } from "../color";
 
 export { isFileOrResourcePath };
 
@@ -140,6 +142,43 @@ export class ImageSource implements ImageSourceDefinition {
         });
     }
 
+    public loadFromFontIconCode(source: string, font: Font, color: Color): boolean {
+        const paint = new android.graphics.Paint();
+        paint.setTypeface(font.getAndroidTypeface());
+        paint.setAntiAlias(true);
+
+        if (color) {
+            paint.setColor(color.android);
+        }
+
+        let fontSize = layout.toDevicePixels(font.fontSize);
+        if (!fontSize) {
+            // TODO: Consider making 36 font size as default for optimal look on TabView and ActionBar
+            fontSize = paint.getTextSize();
+        }
+
+        const density = layout.getDisplayDensity();
+        const scaledFontSize = fontSize * density;
+        paint.setTextSize(scaledFontSize);
+
+        const textBounds = new android.graphics.Rect();
+        paint.getTextBounds(source, 0, source.length, textBounds);
+
+        const bitmap = android.graphics.Bitmap
+            .createBitmap(
+                textBounds.width(),
+                textBounds.height(),
+                android.graphics.Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888
+            );
+
+        const canvas = new android.graphics.Canvas(bitmap);
+        canvas.drawText(source, -textBounds.left, -textBounds.top, paint);
+
+        this.android = bitmap;
+    
+        return this.android != null;
+    }
+
     public setNativeSource(source: any): void {
         if (source && !(source instanceof android.graphics.Bitmap)) {
             throw new Error("The method setNativeSource() expects android.graphics.Bitmap instance.");
@@ -241,6 +280,12 @@ export function fromData(data: any): ImageSource {
     return image.loadFromData(data) ? image : null;
 }
 
+export function fromFontIconCode(source: string, font: Font, color: Color): ImageSource {
+    const image = new ImageSource();
+
+    return image.loadFromFontIconCode(source, font, color) ? image : null;
+}
+
 export function fromBase64(source: string): ImageSource {
     const image = new ImageSource();
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.d.ts
index 5d50e203b..f66ae8684 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  */ /** */
 
 import * as imageAssetModule from "../image-asset";
+import { Font } from "../ui/styling/font";
+import { Color } from "../color";
 /**
  * Encapsulates the common abstraction behind a platform specific object (typically a Bitmap) that is used as a source for images.
  */
@@ -87,6 +89,14 @@ export class ImageSource {
      */
     fromBase64(source: string): Promise<boolean>;        
 
+    /**
+     * Loads this instance from the specified font icon code.
+     * @param source The hex font icon code string
+     * @param font The font for the corresponding font icon code
+     * @param color The color of the generated icon image
+     */
+    loadFromFontIconCode(source: string, font: Font, color: Color): boolean;
+
    /**
     * Sets the provided native source object (typically a Bitmap or a UIImage).
     * This will update either the android or ios properties, depending on the target os.
@@ -147,6 +157,14 @@ export function fromBase64(source: string): ImageSource;
 */
 export function fromNativeSource(source: any): ImageSource;
 
+/**
+ * Creates a new ImageSource instance and loads it from the specified font icon code.
+ * @param source The hex font icon code string
+ * @param font The font for the corresponding font icon code
+ * @param color The color of the generated icon image
+ */
+export function fromFontIconCode(source: string, font: Font, color: Color): ImageSource;
+
 /**
  * Downloads the image from the provided Url and creates a new ImageSource instance from it.
  * @param url The link to the remote image object. This operation will download and decode the image.
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.ios.ts
index 88aad7b5f..8019d392e 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source.ios.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 import { ImageSource as ImageSourceDefinition } from ".";
 import { ImageAsset } from "../image-asset";
 import * as httpModule from "../http";
+import { Font } from "../ui/styling/font";
+import { Color } from "../color";
 
 // Types.
 import { path as fsPath, knownFolders } from "../file-system";
-import { isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX } from "../utils/utils";
+import { isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX, layout } from "../utils/utils";
 
 export { isFileOrResourcePath };
 
@@ -121,6 +123,37 @@ export class ImageSource implements ImageSourceDefinition {
         });
     }
 
+    public loadFromFontIconCode(source: string, font: Font, color: Color): boolean {
+        let fontSize = layout.toDevicePixels(font.fontSize);
+        if (!fontSize) {
+            // TODO: Consider making 36 font size as default for optimal look on TabView and ActionBar
+            fontSize = UIFont.labelFontSize;
+        }
+
+        const density = layout.getDisplayDensity();
+        const scaledFontSize = fontSize * density;
+
+        const attributes = {
+            [NSFontAttributeName]: font.getUIFont(UIFont.systemFontOfSize(scaledFontSize))
+        };
+
+        if (color) {
+            attributes[NSForegroundColorAttributeName] = color.ios;
+        }
+
+        const attributedString = NSAttributedString.alloc().initWithStringAttributes(source, <NSDictionary<string, any>>attributes);
+
+        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(attributedString.size(), false, 0.0);
+        attributedString.drawAtPoint(CGPointMake(0, 0));
+
+        const iconImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
+        UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
+
+        this.ios = iconImage;
+    
+        return this.ios != null;
+    }
+
     public setNativeSource(source: any): void {
         if (source && !(source instanceof UIImage)) {
             throw new Error("The method setNativeSource() expects UIImage instance.");
@@ -231,6 +264,12 @@ export function fromFile(path: string): ImageSource {
     return image.loadFromFile(path) ? image : null;
 }
 
+export function fromFontIconCode(source: string, font: Font, color: Color): ImageSource {
+    const image = new ImageSource();
+
+    return image.loadFromFontIconCode(source, font, color) ? image : null;
+}
+
 export function fromData(data: any): ImageSource {
     const image = new ImageSource();
 
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 6e7bd7739..0b1b82b10 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import {
     View, layout, colorProperty, flatProperty,
     Color, traceMissingIcon
 } from "./action-bar-common";
-import { RESOURCE_PREFIX } from "../../utils/utils";
-import { fromFileOrResource } from "../../image-source";
+import { RESOURCE_PREFIX, isFontIconURI } from "../../utils/utils";
+import { fromFileOrResource, fromFontIconCode } from "../../image-source";
 import * as application from "../../application";
 
 export * from "./action-bar-common";
@@ -311,9 +311,21 @@ export class ActionBar extends ActionBarBase {
                 }
             }
             else if (item.icon) {
-                let drawableOrId = getDrawableOrResourceId(item.icon, appResources);
-                if (drawableOrId) {
-                    menuItem.setIcon(drawableOrId);
+                if (isFontIconURI(item.icon)) {
+                    const fontIconCode = item.icon.split("//")[1];
+                    const font = item.style.fontInternal;
+                    const color = item.style.color;
+                    const is = fromFontIconCode(fontIconCode, font, color);
+
+                    if (is && is.android) {
+                        const drawable = new android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable(appResources, is.android);
+                        menuItem.setIcon(drawable);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    let drawableOrId = getDrawableOrResourceId(item.icon, appResources);
+                    if (drawableOrId) {
+                        menuItem.setIcon(drawableOrId);
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.ios.ts
index 769346bf7..db186afb3 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.ios.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import {
     colorProperty, backgroundColorProperty,
     backgroundInternalProperty, flatProperty, iosIconRenderingModeProperty,
     layout, Color, traceMissingIcon } from "./action-bar-common";
-import { fromFileOrResource } from "../../image-source";
-import { ios as iosUtils } from "../../utils/utils";
+import { fromFileOrResource, fromFontIconCode } from "../../image-source";
+import { ios as iosUtils, isFontIconURI } from "../../utils/utils";
 
 export * from "./action-bar-common";
 
@@ -255,7 +255,23 @@ export class ActionBar extends ActionBarBase {
 
             barButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem.alloc().initWithBarButtonSystemItemTargetAction(id, tapHandler, "tap");
         } else if (item.icon) {
-            const img = loadActionIconFromFileOrResource(item.icon);
+            let img = null;
+
+            if (isFontIconURI(item.icon)) {
+                const fontIconCode = item.icon.split("//")[1];
+                const font = item.style.fontInternal;
+                const color = item.style.color;
+                const is = fromFontIconCode(fontIconCode, font, color);
+
+                if (is && is.ios) {
+                    img = is.ios;
+                } else {
+                    traceMissingIcon(item.icon);
+                }
+            } else {
+                img = loadActionIconFromFileOrResource(item.icon);
+            }
+            
             const image = img.imageWithRenderingMode(this._getIconRenderingMode());
             barButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem.alloc().initWithImageStyleTargetAction(image, UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain, tapHandler, "tap");
         } else {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/bottom-navigation/bottom-navigation.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/bottom-navigation/bottom-navigation.android.ts
index 484c3ee44..4d1c568b8 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/bottom-navigation/bottom-navigation.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/bottom-navigation/bottom-navigation.android.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import { Font } from "../styling/font";
 import { getTransformedText } from "../text-base";
 import { CSSType, Color } from "../core/view";
 import { Frame, View } from "../frame";
-import { RESOURCE_PREFIX, ad, layout } from "../../utils/utils";
-import { fromFileOrResource } from "../../image-source";
+import { RESOURCE_PREFIX, ad, layout, isFontIconURI } from "../../utils/utils";
+import { fromFileOrResource, fromFontIconCode, ImageSource } from "../../image-source";
 import * as application from "../../application";
 
 // TODO: Impl trace
@@ -177,7 +177,16 @@ function createTabItemSpec(tabStripItem: TabStripItem): org.nativescript.widgets
                 // traceMissingIcon(iconSource);
             }
         } else {
-            const is = fromFileOrResource(tabStripItem.iconSource);
+            let is = new ImageSource();
+            if (isFontIconURI(tabStripItem.iconSource)) {
+                const fontIconCode = tabStripItem.iconSource.split("//")[1];
+                const font = tabStripItem.style.fontInternal;
+                const color = tabStripItem.style.color;
+                is = fromFontIconCode(fontIconCode, font, color);
+            } else {
+                is = fromFileOrResource(tabStripItem.iconSource);
+            }
+
             if (is) {
                 // TODO: Make this native call that accepts string so that we don't load Bitmap in JS.
                 // tslint:disable-next-line:deprecation
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/bottom-navigation/bottom-navigation.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/bottom-navigation/bottom-navigation.ios.ts
index 75691d633..2a8307506 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/bottom-navigation/bottom-navigation.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/bottom-navigation/bottom-navigation.ios.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Types
+// Types
 import { TabContentItem } from "../tab-navigation-base/tab-content-item";
 import { TabStripItem } from "../tab-navigation-base/tab-strip-item";
 import { TextTransform } from "../text-base";
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import { Font } from "../styling/font";
 import { getTransformedText } from "../text-base";
 import { Frame } from "../frame";
 import { ios as iosView, View, CSSType } from "../core/view";
-import { ios as iosUtils, layout } from "../../utils/utils";
+import { ios as iosUtils, layout, isFontIconURI } from "../../utils/utils";
 import { device } from "../../platform";
 import { Color } from "../../color";
-import { fromFileOrResource } from "../../image-source";
+import { fromFileOrResource, fromFontIconCode, ImageSource } from "../../image-source";
 // TODO:
 // import { profile } from "../../profiling";
 
@@ -526,9 +526,7 @@ export class BottomNavigation extends TabNavigationBase {
         let image: UIImage;
         let title: string;
 
-        // Image and Label children of TabStripItem
-        // take priority over its `iconSource` and `title` properties
-        image = item.image ? this._getIcon(item.image.src) : this._getIcon(item.iconSource);
+        image = this._getIcon(item);
         title = item.label ? item.label.text : item.title;
 
         const tabBarItem = UITabBarItem.alloc().initWithTitleImageTag(title, image, index);
@@ -540,14 +538,26 @@ export class BottomNavigation extends TabNavigationBase {
         return UIImageRenderingMode.AlwaysOriginal;
     }
 
-    public _getIcon(iconSource: string): UIImage {
+    public _getIcon(tabStripItem: TabStripItem): UIImage {
+        // Image and Label children of TabStripItem
+        // take priority over its `iconSource` and `title` properties
+        const iconSource = tabStripItem.image ? tabStripItem.image.src : tabStripItem.iconSource;
         if (!iconSource) {
             return null;
         }
 
         let image: UIImage = this._iconsCache[iconSource];
         if (!image) {
-            const is = fromFileOrResource(iconSource);
+            let is = new ImageSource;
+            if (isFontIconURI(iconSource)) {
+                const fontIconCode = iconSource.split("//")[1];
+                const font = tabStripItem.style.fontInternal;
+                const color = tabStripItem.style.color;
+                is = fromFontIconCode(fontIconCode, font, color);
+            } else {
+                is = fromFileOrResource(iconSource);
+            }
+
             if (is && is.ios) {
                 const originalRenderedImage = is.ios.imageWithRenderingMode(this._getIconRenderingMode());
                 this._iconsCache[iconSource] = originalRenderedImage;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image-common.ts
index 619170c00..6931b1bd7 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image-common.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import { Image as ImageDefinition, Stretch } from ".";
 import { View, Property, InheritedCssProperty, Length, Style, Color, isIOS, booleanConverter, CSSType, traceEnabled, traceWrite, traceCategories } from "../core/view";
 import { ImageAsset } from "../../image-asset";
 import { ImageSource, fromAsset, fromNativeSource, fromUrl } from "../../image-source";
-import { isDataURI, isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX } from "../../utils/utils";
+import { isDataURI, isFontIconURI, isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX } from "../../utils/utils";
 export * from "../core/view";
-export { ImageSource, ImageAsset, fromAsset, fromNativeSource, fromUrl, isDataURI, isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX };
+export { ImageSource, ImageAsset, fromAsset, fromNativeSource, fromUrl, isDataURI, isFontIconURI, isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX };
 
 @CSSType("Image")
 export abstract class ImageBase extends View implements ImageDefinition {
@@ -46,7 +46,16 @@ export abstract class ImageBase extends View implements ImageDefinition {
                 this.isLoading = false;
             };
 
-            if (isDataURI(value)) {
+            if (isFontIconURI(value)) {
+                const fontIconCode = value.split("//")[1];
+                if (fontIconCode !== undefined) {
+                    // support sync mode only
+                    const font = this.style.fontInternal;
+                    const color = this.style.color;
+                    source.loadFromFontIconCode(fontIconCode, font, color);
+                    imageLoaded();
+                }
+            } else if (isDataURI(value)) {
                 const base64Data = value.split(",")[1];
                 if (base64Data !== undefined) {
                     if (sync) {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
index 2078846c3..022034eee 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {
     ImageSource, ImageAsset, ImageBase, stretchProperty, imageSourceProperty, srcProperty, tintColorProperty, Color,
-    isDataURI, isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX, Length
+    isDataURI, isFontIconURI, isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX, Length
 } from "./image-common";
 import { knownFolders } from "../../file-system";
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export class Image extends ImageBase {
             value = value.trim();
             this.isLoading = true;
 
-            if (isDataURI(value)) {
+            if (isFontIconURI(value) || isDataURI(value)) {
                 // TODO: Check with runtime what should we do in case of base64 string.
                 super._createImageSourceFromSrc(value);
             } else if (isFileOrResourcePath(value)) {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tabs/tabs.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tabs/tabs.android.ts
index a93378a22..769330906 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tabs/tabs.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tabs/tabs.android.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import { Font } from "../styling/font";
 import { getTransformedText } from "../text-base";
 import { Frame } from "../frame";
 import { Color } from "../core/view";
-import { fromFileOrResource } from "../../image-source";
-import { RESOURCE_PREFIX, ad, layout } from "../../utils/utils";
+import { fromFileOrResource, fromFontIconCode, ImageSource } from "../../image-source";
+import { RESOURCE_PREFIX, ad, layout, isFontIconURI } from "../../utils/utils";
 import * as application from "../../application";
 
 export * from "./tabs-common";
@@ -304,7 +304,16 @@ function createTabItemSpec(item: TabStripItem): org.nativescript.widgets.TabItem
                 // traceMissingIcon(iconSource);
             }
         } else {
-            const is = fromFileOrResource(iconSource);
+            let is = new ImageSource();
+            if (isFontIconURI(item.iconSource)) {
+                const fontIconCode = item.iconSource.split("//")[1];
+                const font = item.style.fontInternal;
+                const color = item.style.color;
+                is = fromFontIconCode(fontIconCode, font, color);
+            } else {
+                is = fromFileOrResource(item.iconSource);
+            }
+            
             if (is) {
                 // TODO: Make this native call that accepts string so that we don't load Bitmap in JS.
                 tabItemSpec.iconDrawable = new android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable(application.android.context.getResources(), is.android);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tabs/tabs.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tabs/tabs.ios.ts
index a3ba4f377..cd85641f0 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tabs/tabs.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tabs/tabs.ios.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import { Font } from "../styling/font";
 import { Frame } from "../frame";
 import { ios as iosView, View } from "../core/view";
 import { Color } from "../../color";
-import { /*ios as iosUtils,*/ layout } from "../../utils/utils";
+import { /*ios as iosUtils,*/ layout, isFontIconURI } from "../../utils/utils";
 // import { device } from "../../platform";
-import { fromFileOrResource } from "../../image-source";
+import { fromFileOrResource, fromFontIconCode, ImageSource } from "../../image-source";
 
 // TODO
 // import { profile } from "../../profiling";
@@ -883,9 +883,7 @@ export class Tabs extends TabsBase {
         let image: UIImage;
         let title: string;
 
-        // Image and Label children of TabStripItem
-        // take priority over its `iconSource` and `title` properties
-        image = item.image ? this._getIcon(item.image.src) : this._getIcon(item.iconSource);
+        image = this._getIcon(item);
         title = item.label ? item.label.text : item.title;
 
         if (!this.tabStrip._hasImage) {
@@ -918,14 +916,26 @@ export class Tabs extends TabsBase {
         return UIImageRenderingMode.AlwaysOriginal;
     }
 
-    public _getIcon(iconSource: string): UIImage {
+    public _getIcon(tabStripItem: TabStripItem): UIImage {
+        // Image and Label children of TabStripItem
+        // take priority over its `iconSource` and `title` properties
+        const iconSource = tabStripItem.image ? tabStripItem.image.src : tabStripItem.iconSource;
         if (!iconSource) {
             return null;
         }
 
         let image: UIImage = this._iconsCache[iconSource];
         if (!image) {
-            const is = fromFileOrResource(iconSource);
+            let is = new ImageSource;
+            if (isFontIconURI(iconSource)) {
+                const fontIconCode = iconSource.split("//")[1];
+                const font = tabStripItem.style.fontInternal;
+                const color = tabStripItem.style.color;
+                is = fromFontIconCode(fontIconCode, font, color);
+            } else {
+                is = fromFileOrResource(iconSource);
+            }
+
             if (is && is.ios) {
                 const originalRenderedImage = is.ios.imageWithRenderingMode(this._getIconRenderingMode());
                 this._iconsCache[iconSource] = originalRenderedImage;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/utils/utils-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/utils/utils-common.ts
index 9456e1e5c..8fe05c99f 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/utils/utils-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/utils/utils-common.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ export function isFileOrResourcePath(path: string): boolean {
         path.indexOf(RESOURCE_PREFIX) === 0;    // resource
 }
 
+export function isFontIconURI(uri: string): boolean {
+    if (!types.isString(uri)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    const firstSegment = uri.trim().split("//")[0];
+
+    return firstSegment && firstSegment.indexOf("font:") === 0;
+}
+
 export function isDataURI(uri: string): boolean {
     if (!types.isString(uri)) {
         return false;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.d.ts
index f249c4303..ce9923659 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/utils/utils.d.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,12 @@ export function executeOnMainThread(func: Function);
  */
 export function mainThreadify(func: Function): (...args: any[]) => void
 
+/**
+ * Returns true if the specified URI is a font icon URI like "fontIcon://&#xf1e0".
+ * @param uri The URI.
+ */
+export function isFontIconURI(uri: string): boolean
+
 /**
  * Returns true if the specified path points to a resource or local file.
  * @param path The path.