diff --git a/application/application-common.ts b/application/application-common.ts
index 621b285e2..b1e97ef97 100644
--- a/application/application-common.ts
+++ b/application/application-common.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import styleScope = require("ui/styling/style-scope");
 
 export var cssFile: string = "app.css"
 
+export var resources: any = {};
+
 export var onUncaughtError: (error: definition.NativeScriptError) => void = undefined;
 
 export var onLaunch: (context: any) => any = undefined;
diff --git a/application/application.d.ts b/application/application.d.ts
index d3bc21a27..5f736b23d 100644
--- a/application/application.d.ts
+++ b/application/application.d.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ declare module "application" {
     */
     export var mainModule: string;
 
+	/**
+	 * An application level static resources.
+	 */
+	export var resources: any;
+
     /**
      * The application level css file name (starting from the application root). Used to set css across all pages.
      * Css will be applied for every page and page css will be applied after.
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts
index b804ce587..23b65a6de 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts
@@ -429,6 +429,38 @@ export function test_loadMoreItems_not_raised_when_showing_many_items() {
     helper.buildUIAndRunTest(listView, testAction);
 }
 
+export function test_usingAppLevelConvertersInListViewItems() {
+	var listView = new listViewModule.ListView();
+
+	var dateConverter = function (value, format) {
+		var result = format;
+		var day = value.getDate();
+		result = result.replace("DD", month < 10 ? "0" + day : day);
+		var month = value.getMonth() + 1;
+		result = result.replace("MM", month < 10 ? "0" + month : month);
+		result = result.replace("YYYY", value.getFullYear());
+		return result;
+	};
+
+	app.resources["dateConverter"] = dateConverter;
+
+    var data = new observableArray.ObservableArray();
+
+	data.push({date: new Date()});
+
+    function testAction(views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+		listView.itemTemplate = "<Label id=\"testLabel\" text=\"{{ date, date | dateConverter('DD.MM.YYYY') }}\" />";
+        listView.items = data;
+		
+        TKUnit.wait(ASYNC);
+        var nativeElementText = getTextFromNativeElementAt(listView, 0);
+
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(nativeElementText, dateConverter(new Date(), "DD.MM.YYYY"), "native element");
+    };
+
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(listView, testAction);
+}
+
 function loadViewWithItemNumber(args: listViewModule.ItemEventData) {
     if (!args.view) {
         args.view = new labelModule.Label();
@@ -436,6 +468,19 @@ function loadViewWithItemNumber(args: listViewModule.ItemEventData) {
     (<labelModule.Label>args.view).text = "item " + args.index;
 }
 
+function getTextFromNativeElementAt(listView: listViewModule.ListView, index: number): any {
+	if (listView.android) {
+		var nativeElement = listView.android.getChildAt(index);
+		if (nativeElement instanceof android.view.ViewGroup) {
+			return (<android.widget.TextView>(<any>nativeElement.getChildAt(0))).getText();
+		}
+        return (<android.widget.TextView>nativeElement).getText();
+	}
+	else if (listView.ios) {
+		return listView.ios.visibleCells()[index].contentView.subviews[0].text;
+	}
+}
+
 function getNativeViewCount(listView: listViewModule.ListView): number {
     if (listView.android) {
         return listView.android.getChildCount();
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/tab-view/tab-view-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/tab-view/tab-view-tests.ts
index 0403b09ee..5d06b2826 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/tab-view/tab-view-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/tab-view/tab-view-tests.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import frameModule = require("ui/frame");
 import pageModule = require("ui/page");
 import listViewModule = require("ui/list-view");
 import buttonModule = require("ui/button");
+import observable = require("data/observable");
 
 // <snippet module="ui/tab-view" title="TabView">
 // # TabView
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ import tabViewModule = require("ui/tab-view");
 // ```
 // </snippet>
 
+var ASYNC = 0.3;
+
 function _createTabView(): tabViewModule.TabView {
     // <snippet module="ui/tab-view" title="TabView">
     // ## Creating a TabView
@@ -367,6 +370,44 @@ export var testWhenNavigatingBackToANonCachedPageContainingATabViewWithAListView
     TKUnit.assert(listView !== undefined, "ListView should be created when navigating back to the main page.");
 }
 
+export function testBindingIsRefreshedWhenTabViewItemIsUnselectedAndThenSelectedAgain() {
+	helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createTabView(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+		var viewModel = new observable.Observable();
+		viewModel.set("counter", 0);
+		frameModule.topmost().currentPage.bindingContext = viewModel;
+
+        var tabView = <tabViewModule.TabView>views[0];
+
+		var items = _createItems(10);
+
+        var StackLayout0 = new stackLayoutModule.StackLayout();
+        var label0 = new labelModule.Label();
+        label0.text = "Tab 0";
+		label0.id = "testLabel";
+		label0.bind({ sourceProperty: "counter", targetProperty: "text", twoWay: true });
+        StackLayout0.addChild(label0);
+        var tabEntry0 = {
+            title: "Tab 0",
+            view: StackLayout0
+        };
+        items.push(tabEntry0);
+        tabView.items = items;
+
+		tabView.selectedIndex = 10;
+		TKUnit.wait(ASYNC);
+
+		tabView.selectedIndex = 0;
+		TKUnit.wait(ASYNC);
+
+		tabView.selectedIndex = 10;
+		TKUnit.wait(ASYNC);
+		var expectedValue = 5;
+		viewModel.set("counter", expectedValue);
+		var testLabel = <labelModule.Label>(tabView.items[10].view.getViewById("testLabel"))
+		TKUnit.assertEqual(testLabel.text, expectedValue, "binding is not working!");
+    });
+}
+
 function _clickTheFirstButtonInTheListViewNatively(tabView: tabViewModule.TabView) {
     if (tabView.android) {
         var androidListView = <android.widget.ListView>tabView.android.getChildAt(0);
diff --git a/js-libs/polymer-expressions/polymer-expressions.d.ts b/js-libs/polymer-expressions/polymer-expressions.d.ts
index a76dfbf3c..a16bfda7b 100644
--- a/js-libs/polymer-expressions/polymer-expressions.d.ts
+++ b/js-libs/polymer-expressions/polymer-expressions.d.ts
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@ declare module "js-libs/polymer-expressions" {
          */
         getValue(model, isBackConvert, changedModel);
     }
-}
-
+}
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diff --git a/js-libs/polymer-expressions/polymer-expressions.js b/js-libs/polymer-expressions/polymer-expressions.js
index 3c92c8606..f88928f6a 100644
--- a/js-libs/polymer-expressions/polymer-expressions.js
+++ b/js-libs/polymer-expressions/polymer-expressions.js
@@ -402,9 +402,9 @@ var Path = require("js-libs/polymer-expressions/path-parser").Path;
 
     Expression.prototype = {
         getValue: function (model, isBackConvert, changedModel, observer) {
-            var value = getFn(this.expression)(model, observer, changedModel);
+            var value = getFn(this.expression)(model.context, observer, changedModel);
             for (var i = 0; i < this.filters.length; i++) {
-                value = this.filters[i].transform(model, observer, model, isBackConvert, [value]);
+                value = this.filters[i].transform(model.context, observer, model.resources, isBackConvert, [value]);
             }
 
             return value;
diff --git a/ui/core/bindable.ts b/ui/core/bindable.ts
index 0dd0d4eb5..fc84bb703 100644
--- a/ui/core/bindable.ts
+++ b/ui/core/bindable.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import definition = require("ui/core/bindable");
 import dependencyObservable = require("ui/core/dependency-observable");
 import weakEventListener = require("ui/core/weak-event-listener");
+import appModule = require("application");
 import types = require("utils/types");
 import trace = require("trace");
 import polymerExpressions = require("js-libs/polymer-expressions");
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ var bindingContextProperty = new dependencyObservable.Property(
     new dependencyObservable.PropertyMetadata(undefined, dependencyObservable.PropertyMetadataSettings.Inheritable) // TODO: Metadata options?
     );
 
+var contextKey = "context";
+var resourcesKey = "resources";
+
 export class Bindable extends dependencyObservable.DependencyObservable implements definition.Bindable {
 
     public static bindingContextProperty = bindingContextProperty;
@@ -99,11 +103,6 @@ export class Bindable extends dependencyObservable.DependencyObservable implemen
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if (binding.source && binding.source.get() !== oldValue) {
-                // Binding has its source set directly, not through binding context, do not bind/unbind in this case
-                continue;
-            }
-
             trace.write(
                 "Binding target: " + binding.target.get() + 
                 " targetProperty: " + binding.options.targetProperty +
@@ -151,7 +150,6 @@ export class Binding {
             obj = new String(obj);
         }
         /* tslint:enable */
-                
         this.source = new WeakRef(obj);
         this.updateTarget(this.getSourceProperty());
 
@@ -159,17 +157,19 @@ export class Binding {
             this.sourceOptions = this.resolveOptions(this.source, this.options.sourceProperty);
         }
 
-        var sourceOptionsInstance = this.sourceOptions.instance.get();
-        if (sourceOptionsInstance instanceof observable.Observable) {
-            this.weakEventListenerOptions = {
-                targetWeakRef: this.target,
-                sourceWeakRef: this.sourceOptions.instance,
-                eventName: observable.knownEvents.propertyChange,
-                handler: this.onSourcePropertyChanged,
-                handlerContext: this,
-                key: this.options.targetProperty
+        if (this.sourceOptions) {
+            var sourceOptionsInstance = this.sourceOptions.instance.get();
+            if (sourceOptionsInstance instanceof observable.Observable) {
+                this.weakEventListenerOptions = {
+                    targetWeakRef: this.target,
+                    sourceWeakRef: this.sourceOptions.instance,
+                    eventName: observable.knownEvents.propertyChange,
+                    handler: this.onSourcePropertyChanged,
+                    handlerContext: this,
+                    key: this.options.targetProperty
+                }
+                this.weakEL.addWeakEventListener(this.weakEventListenerOptions);
             }
-            this.weakEL.addWeakEventListener(this.weakEventListenerOptions);
         }
     }
 
@@ -180,13 +180,22 @@ export class Binding {
 
         this.weakEL.removeWeakEventListener(this.weakEventListenerOptions);
         this.weakEventListenerOptions = undefined;
-        this.source.clear();
-        this.sourceOptions.instance.clear();
-        this.sourceOptions = undefined;
-        this.targetOptions = undefined;
+		if (this.source) {
+			this.source.clear();
+		}
+		if (this.sourceOptions) {
+			this.sourceOptions.instance.clear();
+			this.sourceOptions = undefined;
+		}
+		if (this.targetOptions) {
+			this.targetOptions = undefined;
+		}
     }
 
     public updateTwoWay(value: any) {
+		if (this.updating) {
+			return;
+		}
         if (this.options.twoWay) {
             if (this._isExpression(this.options.expression)) {
                 var changedModel = {};
@@ -220,7 +229,10 @@ export class Binding {
             var exp = polymerExpressions.PolymerExpressions.getExpression(expression);
             if (exp) {
                 var context = this.source && this.source.get && this.source.get() || global;
-                return exp.getValue(context, isBackConvert, changedModel);
+				var model = {};
+				model[contextKey] = context;
+				model[resourcesKey] = appModule.resources;
+				return exp.getValue(model, isBackConvert, changedModel);
             }
             return new Error(expression + " is not a valid expression.");
         }
@@ -261,12 +273,14 @@ export class Binding {
 
         var value;
 
-        var sourceOptionsInstance = this.sourceOptions.instance.get();
-        if (sourceOptionsInstance instanceof observable.Observable) {
-            value = sourceOptionsInstance.get(this.sourceOptions.property);
-        } else if (sourceOptionsInstance && this.sourceOptions.property &&
-            this.sourceOptions.property in sourceOptionsInstance) {
-            value = sourceOptionsInstance[this.sourceOptions.property];
+        if (this.sourceOptions) {
+            var sourceOptionsInstance = this.sourceOptions.instance.get();
+            if (sourceOptionsInstance instanceof observable.Observable) {
+                value = sourceOptionsInstance.get(this.sourceOptions.property);
+            } else if (sourceOptionsInstance && this.sourceOptions.property &&
+                this.sourceOptions.property in sourceOptionsInstance) {
+                value = sourceOptionsInstance[this.sourceOptions.property];
+            }
         }
         return value;
     }
@@ -308,11 +322,12 @@ export class Binding {
                 currentObject = currentObject[properties[i]];
             }
 
-            options = {
-                instance: new WeakRef(currentObject),
-                property: properties[properties.length - 1]
+            if (currentObject !== undefined && currentObject !== null) {
+                options = {
+                    instance: new WeakRef(currentObject),
+                    property: properties[properties.length - 1]
+                }
             }
-
         } else {
             options = {
                 instance: obj,
@@ -324,8 +339,15 @@ export class Binding {
     }
 
     private updateOptions(options: { instance: WeakRef<any>; property: any }, value: any) {
+        var optionsInstance;
+        if (options && options.instance) {
+            optionsInstance = options.instance.get();
+        }
+        if (!optionsInstance) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         this.updating = true;
-        var optionsInstance = options.instance.get();
 
         try {
             if (optionsInstance instanceof observable.Observable) {
diff --git a/ui/list-view/list-view-common.ts b/ui/list-view/list-view-common.ts
index b0de612ee..0f73eb403 100644
--- a/ui/list-view/list-view-common.ts
+++ b/ui/list-view/list-view-common.ts
@@ -155,5 +155,5 @@ function getExports(instance: view.View): any {
         parent = parent.parent;
     }
 
-    return (<any>parent).exports;
+    return parent ? (<any>parent).exports : undefined;
 }
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