diff --git a/tests/.vscode/launch.json b/tests/.vscode/launch.json
index f335d2443..4de4a4a31 100644
--- a/tests/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/tests/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
             "sourceMaps": true,
             "diagnosticLogging": false,
             "emulator": false,
-            "rebuild": false
+            "rebuild": false,
+            "stopOnEntry": true
         },
         {
             "name": "Launch on Android",
diff --git a/tests/app/testRunner.ts b/tests/app/testRunner.ts
index 1d1f877b3..ede2c8fe7 100644
--- a/tests/app/testRunner.ts
+++ b/tests/app/testRunner.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ allTests["CONNECTIVITY"] = require("./connectivity-tests");
 
 // allTests["PROXY-VIEW-CONTAINER"] = require("./ui/proxy-view-container/proxy-view-container-tests")
 allTests["SCROLL-VIEW"] = require("./ui/scroll-view/scroll-view-tests");
-// allTests["ACTION-BAR"] = require("./ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests");
+allTests["ACTION-BAR"] = require("./ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests");
 // allTests["XML-DECLARATION"] = require("./xml-declaration/xml-declaration-tests");
 allTests["DOCKLAYOUT"] = require("./ui/layouts/dock-layout-tests");
 allTests["WRAPLAYOUT"] = require("./ui/layouts/wrap-layout-tests");
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests-common.ts b/tests/app/ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests-common.ts
index c883fad9c..132d78854 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests-common.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests-common.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import * as TKUnit from "../../TKUnit";
-import * as LabelModule from "ui/label";
 import * as helper from "../helper";
 import * as builder from "ui/builder";
-import * as button from "ui/button";
-import * as PageModule from "ui/page";
-import * as viewModule from "ui/core/view";
 import * as fs from "file-system";
+import { Label } from "ui/label";
+import { Button } from "ui/button";
+import { Page } from "ui/page";
+import { View } from "ui/core/view";
 import { Observable } from "data/observable";
 
 // >> actionbar-common-require
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ import * as actionBarModule from "ui/action-bar";
 // << actionbar-common-require
 
 export function test_actionItem_inherit_bindingContext() {
-    var page: PageModule.Page;
-    var label: LabelModule.Label;
-    var context = { text: "item" };
+    let page: Page;
+    let label: Label;
+    const context = { text: "item" };
 
-    var pageFactory = function (): PageModule.Page {
-        page = new PageModule.Page();
+    const pageFactory = function (): Page {
+        page = new Page();
         page.bindingContext = context;
-        var actionItem = new actionBarModule.ActionItem();
+        const actionItem = new actionBarModule.ActionItem();
 
         actionItem.bind({
             sourceProperty: "text",
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function test_actionItem_inherit_bindingContext() {
 
         page.actionBar.actionItems.addItem(actionItem);
 
-        label = new LabelModule.Label();
+        label = new Label();
         label.text = "Text";
         page.content = label;
         return page;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function test_actionItem_inherit_bindingContext() {
 }
 
 export function test_actionBar_inherit_bindingContext_inXML() {
-    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
+    const p = <Page>builder.parse(
         "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar title=\"{{ myProp }} \" /> </Page.actionBar> </Page>");
     p.bindingContext = { myProp: "success" };
 
@@ -49,52 +49,52 @@ export function test_actionBar_inherit_bindingContext_inXML() {
 };
 
 export function test_actionItem_inherit_bindingContext_inXML() {
-    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
+    const p = <Page>builder.parse(
         "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar> <ActionBar.actionItems>" +
         "<ActionItem text=\"{{ myProp }} \" />" +
         "</ActionBar.actionItems> </ActionBar> </Page.actionBar> </Page>");
     p.bindingContext = { myProp: "success" };
 
-    var actionItem = p.actionBar.actionItems.getItemAt(0);
+    const actionItem = p.actionBar.actionItems.getItemAt(0);
 
     TKUnit.assertEqual(actionItem.text, "success", "actionItem.text");
 };
 
 export function test_actionItem_page_property_inXML() {
-    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
+    const p = <Page>builder.parse(
         "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar> <ActionBar.actionItems>" +
         "<ActionItem text=\"test\" />" +
         "</ActionBar.actionItems> </ActionBar> </Page.actionBar> </Page>");
 
-    var actionItem = p.actionBar.actionItems.getItemAt(0);
+    const actionItem = p.actionBar.actionItems.getItemAt(0);
 
     TKUnit.assertEqual(actionItem.page, p, "actionItem.page");
 };
 
 export function test_actionItem_actionView_inXML() {
-    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
+    const p = <Page>builder.parse(
         "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar> <ActionItem> <ActionItem.actionView>" +
         "<Label/>" +
         "</ActionItem.actionView> </ActionItem> </ActionBar> </Page.actionBar> </Page>");
 
-    var label = <LabelModule.Label>p.actionBar.actionItems.getItemAt(0).actionView;
-    TKUnit.assert(label instanceof LabelModule.Label, "ActionItem.actionView not loaded correctly");
+    const label = <Label>p.actionBar.actionItems.getItemAt(0).actionView;
+    TKUnit.assert(label instanceof Label, "ActionItem.actionView not loaded correctly");
 };
 
 export function test_actionItem_actionView_inherit_bindingContext_inXML() {
-    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
+    const p = <Page>builder.parse(
         "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar> <ActionItem> <ActionItem.actionView>" +
         "<Label text=\"{{ myProp }} \" />" +
         "</ActionItem.actionView> </ActionItem> </ActionBar> </Page.actionBar> </Page>");
     p.bindingContext = { myProp: "success" };
 
-    var label = <LabelModule.Label>p.actionBar.actionItems.getItemAt(0).actionView;
-    TKUnit.assert(label instanceof LabelModule.Label, "ActionItem.actionView not loaded correctly");
+    const label = <Label>p.actionBar.actionItems.getItemAt(0).actionView;
+    TKUnit.assert(label instanceof Label, "ActionItem.actionView not loaded correctly");
     TKUnit.assertEqual(label.text, "success", "ActionItem.actionView");
 };
 
 export function test_ActionBar_is_not_empty_when_actionItem_actionView_is_set() {
-    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
+    const p = <Page>builder.parse(
         "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar> <ActionItem> <ActionItem.actionView>" +
         "<Label text=\"test\" />" +
         "</ActionItem.actionView> </ActionItem> </ActionBar> </Page.actionBar> </Page>");
@@ -103,50 +103,50 @@ export function test_ActionBar_is_not_empty_when_actionItem_actionView_is_set()
 };
 
 export function test_navigationButton_inherit_bindingContext_inXML() {
-    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
+    const p = <Page>builder.parse(
         "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar>" +
         "<NavigationButton text=\"{{ myProp }} \" />" +
         "</ActionBar> </Page.actionBar> </Page>");
     p.bindingContext = { myProp: "success" };
 
-    var navButton = p.actionBar.navigationButton;
+    const navButton = p.actionBar.navigationButton;
     TKUnit.assertEqual(navButton.text, "success", "actionItem.text");
 };
 
 export function test_titleView_inherit_bindingContext_inXML() {
-    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
+    const p = <Page>builder.parse(
         "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar> <ActionBar.titleView>" +
         "<Button text=\"{{ myProp }} \" />" +
         "</ActionBar.titleView> </ActionBar> </Page.actionBar> </Page>");
     p.bindingContext = { myProp: "success" };
 
-    var centerBtn = <button.Button>p.actionBar.titleView;
-    TKUnit.assert(centerBtn instanceof button.Button, "titleView not loaded correctly");
+    const centerBtn = <Button>p.actionBar.titleView;
+    TKUnit.assert(centerBtn instanceof Button, "titleView not loaded correctly");
     TKUnit.assertEqual(centerBtn.text, "success", "actionItem.text");
 };
 
 export function test_titleView_inXML() {
-    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
+    const p = <Page>builder.parse(
         "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar> <ActionBar.titleView>" +
         "<Button/>" +
         "</ActionBar.titleView> </ActionBar> </Page.actionBar> </Page>");
 
-    var centerBtn = <button.Button>p.actionBar.titleView;
-    TKUnit.assert(centerBtn instanceof button.Button, "titleView not loaded correctly");
+    const centerBtn = <Button>p.actionBar.titleView;
+    TKUnit.assert(centerBtn instanceof Button, "titleView not loaded correctly");
 };
 
 export function test_titleView_inXML_short_definition() {
-    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
+    const p = <Page>builder.parse(
         "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar>" +
         "<Button/>" +
         "</ActionBar> </Page.actionBar> </Page>");
 
-    var centerBtn = <button.Button>p.actionBar.titleView;
-    TKUnit.assert(centerBtn instanceof button.Button, "titleView not loaded correctly");
+    const centerBtn = <Button>p.actionBar.titleView;
+    TKUnit.assert(centerBtn instanceof Button, "titleView not loaded correctly");
 };
 
 export function test_ActionBar_is_not_empty_when_titleView_is_set() {
-    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
+    const p = <Page>builder.parse(
         "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar> <ActionBar.titleView>" +
         "<Button text=\"test\" />" +
         "</ActionBar.titleView> </ActionBar> </Page.actionBar> </Page>");
@@ -155,18 +155,18 @@ export function test_ActionBar_is_not_empty_when_titleView_is_set() {
 };
 
 export function test_ActionBarItemBindingToEvent() {
-    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse('<Page><Page.actionBar><ActionBar><ActionBar.actionItems><ActionItem tap="{{ test }}"/></ActionBar.actionItems></ActionBar></Page.actionBar></Page>');
+    const p = <Page>builder.parse('<Page><Page.actionBar><ActionBar><ActionBar.actionItems><ActionItem tap="{{ test }}"/></ActionBar.actionItems></ActionBar></Page.actionBar></Page>');
 
-    var testAction = function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
-        var page = <PageModule.Page>views[0];
-        var firstHandlerCallCounter = 0;
-        var secondHandlerCallCounter = 0;
-        var firstHandler = function () { firstHandlerCallCounter++; };
-        var secondHandler = function () { secondHandlerCallCounter++; };
+    const testAction = function (views: Array<View>) {
+        const page = <Page>views[0];
+        let firstHandlerCallCounter = 0;
+        let secondHandlerCallCounter = 0;
+        const firstHandler = function () { firstHandlerCallCounter++; };
+        const secondHandler = function () { secondHandlerCallCounter++; };
 
         page.bindingContext = new Observable({ "test": firstHandler });
 
-        var actionBarItem = page.actionBar.actionItems.getItemAt(0);
+        const actionBarItem = page.actionBar.actionItems.getItemAt(0);
 
         TKUnit.assertEqual((<any>actionBarItem)._observers["tap"].length, 1, "There should be only one listener");
         TKUnit.assertEqual((<any>actionBarItem)._observers["tap"][0].callback + "", "function () { firstHandlerCallCounter++; }", "First handler is not equal");
@@ -175,25 +175,24 @@ export function test_ActionBarItemBindingToEvent() {
 
         TKUnit.assertEqual((<any>actionBarItem)._observers["tap"].length, 1, "There should be only one listener");
         TKUnit.assertEqual((<any>actionBarItem)._observers["tap"][0].callback + "", "function () { secondHandlerCallCounter++; }", "Second handler is not equal");
-    }
+    };
 
     helper.navigate(function () { return p; });
     testAction([p]);
 }
 
 export function test_Setting_ActionItems_doesnt_thrown() {
+    let page: Page;
+    let label: Label;
+    let gotException = false;
 
-    var page: PageModule.Page;
-    var label: LabelModule.Label;
-    var gotException = false;
-
-    var pageFactory = function (): PageModule.Page {
-        page = new PageModule.Page();
-        var actionItem = new actionBarModule.ActionItem();
+    const pageFactory = function (): Page {
+        page = new Page();
+        const actionItem = new actionBarModule.ActionItem();
         actionItem.text = "Item";
         page.actionBar.actionItems.addItem(actionItem);
 
-        label = new LabelModule.Label();
+        label = new Label();
         label.text = "Text";
         page.content = label;
         return page;
@@ -211,9 +210,9 @@ export function test_Setting_ActionItems_doesnt_thrown() {
 
 export function test_Setting_ActionItemsWithNumberAsText_doesnt_thrown() {
 
-    var gotException = false;
+    let gotException = false;
 
-    var moduleName = __dirname.substr(fs.knownFolders.currentApp().path.length);
+    const moduleName = __dirname.substr(fs.knownFolders.currentApp().path.length);
 
     try {
         helper.navigateToModule(moduleName + "/ActionBar_NumberAsText");
@@ -226,19 +225,19 @@ export function test_Setting_ActionItemsWithNumberAsText_doesnt_thrown() {
 }
 
 export function test_CanDefineEverythingAsContentBetweenTheTwoTags() {
-    var moduleName = __dirname.substr(fs.knownFolders.currentApp().path.length);
-    helper.navigateToModuleAndRunTest(moduleName + "/ActionBar_BetweenTags", undefined, (page: PageModule.Page) => {
+    const moduleName = __dirname.substr(fs.knownFolders.currentApp().path.length);
+    helper.navigateToModuleAndRunTest(moduleName + "/ActionBar_BetweenTags", undefined, (page: Page) => {
 
         TKUnit.assertNotNull(page.actionBar.navigationButton);
         TKUnit.assertEqual(page.actionBar.navigationButton.text, "nb");
 
         TKUnit.assertNull(page.actionBar.title);
         TKUnit.assertNotNull(page.actionBar.titleView);
-        TKUnit.assertTrue(page.actionBar.titleView instanceof LabelModule.Label);
-        TKUnit.assertEqual((<LabelModule.Label>page.actionBar.titleView).text, "tv");
+        TKUnit.assertTrue(page.actionBar.titleView instanceof Label);
+        TKUnit.assertEqual((<Label>page.actionBar.titleView).text, "tv");
 
         TKUnit.assertNotNull(page.actionBar.actionItems);
-        var items = page.actionBar.actionItems.getItems();
+        const items = page.actionBar.actionItems.getItems();
         TKUnit.assertEqual(items.length, 3);
 
         TKUnit.assertEqual(items[0].text, "i1");
@@ -248,19 +247,19 @@ export function test_CanDefineEverythingAsContentBetweenTheTwoTags() {
 }
 
 export function test_LoadedEventsOrder() {
-    var loadedEvents = new Array<string>();
-    var pageFactory = function (): PageModule.Page {
-        var page = new PageModule.Page();
-        page.on(viewModule.View.loadedEvent, () => {
+    const loadedEvents = new Array<string>();
+    const pageFactory = function (): Page {
+        const page = new Page();
+        page.on(View.loadedEvent, () => {
             loadedEvents.push("page");
         });
 
-        page.actionBar.on(viewModule.View.loadedEvent, () => {
+        page.actionBar.on(View.loadedEvent, () => {
             loadedEvents.push("action-bar");
         });
 
-        var content = new LabelModule.Label();
-        content.on(viewModule.View.loadedEvent, () => {
+        const content = new Label();
+        content.on(View.loadedEvent, () => {
             loadedEvents.push("content");
         });
         page.content = content;
@@ -274,14 +273,14 @@ export function test_LoadedEventsOrder() {
 }
 
 export function test_LoadedEventsOrder_WithoutPageContent() {
-    var loadedEvents = new Array<string>();
-    var pageFactory = function (): PageModule.Page {
-        var page = new PageModule.Page();
-        page.on(viewModule.View.loadedEvent, () => {
+    const loadedEvents = new Array<string>();
+    const pageFactory = function (): Page {
+        const page = new Page();
+        page.on(View.loadedEvent, () => {
             loadedEvents.push("page");
         });
 
-        page.actionBar.on(viewModule.View.loadedEvent, () => {
+        page.actionBar.on(View.loadedEvent, () => {
             loadedEvents.push("action-bar");
         });
 
@@ -294,8 +293,8 @@ export function test_LoadedEventsOrder_WithoutPageContent() {
 }
 
 export function test_setId() {
-    var pageFactory = function (): PageModule.Page {
-        var page = new PageModule.Page();
+    const pageFactory = function (): Page {
+        const page = new Page();
         page.actionBar.id = "myId";
 
         return page;
@@ -310,11 +309,11 @@ export function test_setId() {
 }
 
 export function createPageAndNavigate() {
-    var page: PageModule.Page;
-    var pageFactory = function (): PageModule.Page {
-        page = new PageModule.Page();
+    let page: Page;
+    const pageFactory = function (): Page {
+        page = new Page();
 
-        var label = new LabelModule.Label();
+        const label = new Label();
         label.text = "Text";
         page.content = label;
         return page;
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests.android.ts b/tests/app/ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests.android.ts
index b1b0da572..6a8aa5037 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests.android.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests.android.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ import { Visibility } from "ui/enums";
 global.moduleMerge(actionTestsCommon, exports);
 
 export function test_actionItem_visibility() {
-    var actionItem = new ActionItem();
+    const actionItem = new ActionItem();
     actionItem.text = "Test";
-    var page = actionTestsCommon.createPageAndNavigate();
+    const page = actionTestsCommon.createPageAndNavigate();
     page.actionBar.actionItems.addItem(actionItem);
-    var toolbar = <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>(<any>page.actionBar)._toolbar;
-    var menu = toolbar.getMenu();
+    const toolbar = <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>(<any>page.actionBar)._toolbar;
+    const menu = toolbar.getMenu();
 
     TKUnit.assertTrue(menu.hasVisibleItems(), "Visibility does not work");
     actionItem.visibility = Visibility.collapse;
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ export function test_actionItem_visibility() {
 }
 
 export function test_navigationButton_visibility() {
-    var actionItem = new ActionItem();
+    const actionItem = new ActionItem();
     actionItem.icon = "~/small-image.png";
-    var page = actionTestsCommon.createPageAndNavigate();
+    const page = actionTestsCommon.createPageAndNavigate();
     page.actionBar.navigationButton = actionItem;
 
-    var toolbar = <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>(<any>page.actionBar)._toolbar;
+    const toolbar = <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>(<any>page.actionBar)._toolbar;
 
     TKUnit.assertNotNull(toolbar.getNavigationIcon(), "Visibility does not work");
     actionItem.visibility = Visibility.collapse;
diff --git a/tests/package.json b/tests/package.json
index 58fa869a2..00ffaa9d2 100644
--- a/tests/package.json
+++ b/tests/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "tns-core-modules": "2.4.0"
+    "tns-core-modules": "2.4.0",
+    "tns-core-modules-widgets": "file:///Users/vakrilov/Work/Projects/tns-core-modules-widgets/dist/tns-core-modules-widgets-2.5.0.tgz"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "tns-platform-declarations": "*",
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar-common.ts
index ec5ce4cb4..379d41556 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar-common.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export class ActionBarBase extends View implements ActionBarDefinition {
     set navigationButton(value: NavigationButton) {
         if (this._navigationButton !== value) {
             if (this._navigationButton) {
+                this._removeView(this._navigationButton);
                 this._navigationButton.actionBar = undefined;
             }
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export class ActionBarBase extends View implements ActionBarDefinition {
 
             if (this._navigationButton) {
                 this._navigationButton.actionBar = this;
+                this._addView(this._navigationButton);
             }
 
             this.update();
@@ -76,12 +78,6 @@ export class ActionBarBase extends View implements ActionBarDefinition {
     }
     set page(value: Page) {
         this._page = value;
-        // // TODO: Move this in _eachChildView of Page class.
-        // this.unbind("bindingContext");
-        // this.bind({
-        //     sourceProperty: "bindingContext",
-        //     targetProperty: "bindingContext"
-        // }, this._page);
     }
 
     get android(): AndroidActionBarSettings {
@@ -104,7 +100,7 @@ export class ActionBarBase extends View implements ActionBarDefinition {
         this._actionItems = new ActionItems(this);
     }
 
-    public static onTitleChanged
+    public static onTitleChanged;
 
     public update() {
         // 
@@ -132,26 +128,11 @@ export class ActionBarBase extends View implements ActionBarDefinition {
         }
     }
 
-    // public _onBindingContextChanged(oldValue: any, newValue: any) {
-    //     super._onBindingContextChanged(oldValue, newValue);
-    //     if (this._navigationButton) {
-    //         this._navigationButton.bindingContext = newValue;
-    //     }
-
-    //     this._actionItems.getItems().forEach((item, i, arr) => { item.bindingContext = newValue; });
-    // }
-
     public eachChildView(callback: (child: View) => boolean) {
         const titleView = this.titleView;
         if (titleView) {
             callback(titleView);
         }
-
-        this.actionItems.getItems().forEach((actionItem) => {
-            if (actionItem.actionView) {
-                callback(actionItem.actionView);
-            }
-        });
     }
 
     public eachChild(callback: (child: ViewBase) => boolean) {
@@ -199,6 +180,9 @@ export class ActionItems implements ActionItemsDefinition {
 
         this._items.push(item);
         item.actionBar = this._actionBar;
+
+        this._actionBar._addView(item);
+
         this.invalidate();
     }
 
@@ -207,12 +191,14 @@ export class ActionItems implements ActionItemsDefinition {
             throw new Error("Cannot remove empty item");
         }
 
-        var itemIndex = this._items.indexOf(item);
+        const itemIndex = this._items.indexOf(item);
         if (itemIndex < 0) {
             throw new Error("Cannot find item to remove");
         }
 
         this._items.splice(itemIndex, 1);
+        this._actionBar._removeView(item);
+
         item.actionBar = undefined;
         this.invalidate();
     }
@@ -222,7 +208,7 @@ export class ActionItems implements ActionItemsDefinition {
     }
 
     public getVisibleItems(): Array<ActionItemDefinition> {
-        var visibleItems = [];
+        const visibleItems = [];
         this._items.forEach((item) => {
             if (isVisible(item)) {
                 visibleItems.push(item);
@@ -279,14 +265,20 @@ export class ActionItemBase extends ViewBase implements ActionItemDefinition {
     }
     set actionView(value: View) {
         if (this._actionView !== value) {
-            if (this._actionView && this._actionBar) {
-                this._actionBar._removeView(this._actionView);
+            if (this._actionView) {
                 this._actionView.style[horizontalAlignmentProperty.cssName] = unsetValue;
                 this._actionView.style[verticalAlignmentProperty.cssName] = unsetValue;
+                this._removeView(this._actionView);
             }
 
             this._actionView = value;
-            this._addActionViewToActionBar();
+
+            if (this._actionView) {
+                this._addView(this._actionView);
+                this._actionView.style[horizontalAlignmentProperty.cssName] = HorizontalAlignment.CENTER;
+                this._actionView.style[verticalAlignmentProperty.cssName] = VerticalAlignment.MIDDLE;
+            }
+
             if (this._actionBar) {
                 this._actionBar.update();
             }
@@ -299,11 +291,6 @@ export class ActionItemBase extends ViewBase implements ActionItemDefinition {
     set actionBar(value: ActionBarDefinition) {
         if (value !== this._actionBar) {
             this._actionBar = value;
-            if (this._actionBar) {
-                // ActionBarBase overrides _eachChildView so bindingContext should work without any manual work.
-                // this.bindingContext = this._actionBar.bindingContext;
-                this._addActionViewToActionBar();
-            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -319,11 +306,9 @@ export class ActionItemBase extends ViewBase implements ActionItemDefinition {
         this.actionView = value;
     }
 
-    private _addActionViewToActionBar() {
-        if (this._actionView && !this._actionView._isAddedToNativeVisualTree && this._actionBar) {
-            this._actionView.style[horizontalAlignmentProperty.cssName] = HorizontalAlignment.CENTER;
-            this._actionView.style[verticalAlignmentProperty.cssName] = VerticalAlignment.MIDDLE;
-            this._actionBar._addView(this._actionView);
+    public eachChild(callback: (child: ViewBase) => boolean) {
+        if (this._actionView) {
+            callback(this._actionView);
         }
     }
 }
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 cab94889c..87d35fd4d 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class AndroidActionBarSettings implements AndroidActionBarSettingsDefinit
     }
 }
 
-export class NavigationButton extends ActionItemBase {
+export class NavigationButton extends ActionItem {
 
 }