Disable recycling of native views

createNativeView will set iOS nativeView if it is null/undefined

tns-core-modules/application/application-common.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export function hasLaunched(): boolean {
 export { Observable };
 
 import { UnhandledErrorEventData, iOSApplication, AndroidApplication, CssChangedEventData } from ".";
-import { NavigationEntry } from "../ui/frame";
 
 export const launchEvent = "launch";
 export const suspendEvent = "suspend";
@@ -30,10 +29,11 @@ export const orientationChangedEvent = "orientationChanged";
 
 let cssFile: string = "app.css";
 
-export let mainModule: string;
-export let mainEntry: NavigationEntry;
+let resources: any = {};
 
-export let resources: any = {};
+export function getResources() {
+    return resources;
+}
 
 export function setResources(res: any) {
     resources = res;

tns-core-modules/application/application.android.ts

@@ -107,21 +107,23 @@ const androidApp = new AndroidApplication();
 exports.android = androidApp;
 setApplication(androidApp);
 
+let mainEntry: NavigationEntry;
 let started = false;
-export function start(entry?: NavigationEntry) {
+export function start(entry?: NavigationEntry | string) {
     if (started) {
         throw new Error("Application is already started.");
     }
 
+    started = true;
+    mainEntry = typeof entry === "string" ? { moduleName: entry } : entry;
     if (!androidApp.nativeApp) {
         const nativeApp = getNativeApplication();
         androidApp.init(nativeApp);
     }
+}
 
-    started = true;
-    if (entry) {
-        exports.mainEntry = entry;
-    }
+export function getMainEntry() {
+    return mainEntry;
 }
 
 export function getNativeApplication(): android.app.Application {

tns-core-modules/application/application.d.ts

@@ -103,23 +103,19 @@ export interface CssChangedEventData extends EventData {
 }
 
 /**
- * The main page path (without the file extension) for the application starting from the application root. 
- * For example if you have page called "main.js" in a folder called "subFolder" and your root folder is "app" you can specify mainModule like this:
- * var application = require("application");
- * application.mainModule = "app/subFolder/main";
- * application.start();
+ * Get main entry specified when calling start function.
  */
-export var mainModule: string;
+export function getMainEntry(): NavigationEntry;
 
 /**
- * The main navigation entry to be used when loading the main Page.
+ * Get application level static resources.
  */
-export var mainEntry: NavigationEntry;
+export function getResources(): any;
 
 /**
- * An application level static resources.
+ * Set application level static resources.
  */
-export var resources: any;
+export function setResources(res: any): void;
 
 /**
  * Sets application level static resources.
@@ -156,7 +152,7 @@ export function off(eventNames: string, callback?: any, thisArg?: any);
 /**
  * Call this method to start the application. Important: All code after this method call will not be executed!
  */
-export function start(entry?: NavigationEntry);
+export function start(entry?: NavigationEntry | string);
 
 /**
  * A basic method signature to hook an event listener (shortcut alias to the addEventListener method).

tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts

@@ -188,13 +188,14 @@ const iosApp = new IOSApplication();
 exports.ios = iosApp;
 setApplication(iosApp);
 
+let mainEntry: NavigationEntry;
 function createRootView(v?: View) {
     let rootView = v;
     let frame: Frame;
     let main: string | NavigationEntry;
     if (!rootView) {
-        // try to navigate to the mainEntry/Module (if specified)
-        main = exports.mainEntry || exports.mainModule;
+        // try to navigate to the mainEntry (if specified)
+        main = mainEntry;
         if (main) {
             frame = new Frame();
             frame.navigate(main);
@@ -209,12 +210,13 @@ function createRootView(v?: View) {
     return rootView;
 }
 
+export function getMainEntry() {
+    return mainEntry;
+}
+
 let started: boolean = false;
-exports.start = function (entry?: NavigationEntry) {
-    if (entry) {
-        exports.mainEntry = entry;
-    }
-    
+export function start(entry?: string | NavigationEntry) {
+    mainEntry = typeof entry === "string" ? { moduleName: entry } : entry;
     started = true;
 
     if (!iosApp.nativeApp) {
@@ -246,4 +248,4 @@ global.__onLiveSync = function () {
     }
 
     livesync();
-}
+}