diff --git a/src/components/tabs/test/basic/main.js b/src/components/tabs/test/basic/main.js
index 7e020f891a..571d8958b3 100644
--- a/src/components/tabs/test/basic/main.js
+++ b/src/components/tabs/test/basic/main.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {bootstrap} from 'angular2/core';
 import {Component, Template} from 'angular2/angular2';
 import {View, Tabs, Tab} from 'ionic2/components';
+import {webview} from 'ionic2/webview/webview'
 
 
 @Component({ selector: '[ion-app]' })
@@ -11,7 +12,11 @@ import {View, Tabs, Tab} from 'ionic2/components';
 class IonicApp {
   constructor() {
     console.log('IonicApp Start')
+
+    console.log(webview.name, webview.isWebView)
   }
 }
 
+
+
 bootstrap(IonicApp)
diff --git a/src/ionic2.js b/src/ionic2.js
index 5eaa385732..f6d17ad60b 100644
--- a/src/ionic2.js
+++ b/src/ionic2.js
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 
 export * from 'ionic2/components'
+export * from 'ionic2/platform/platform'
+export * from 'ionic2/webview/webview'
diff --git a/src/platform/detect.js b/src/platform/detect.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/src/platform/platform.js b/src/platform/platform.js
index ef7ac6f36a..9d81b50ee0 100644
--- a/src/platform/platform.js
+++ b/src/platform/platform.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class PlatformController {
   get() {
     return this.current
   }
+
   getName() {
     return this.current && this.current.name
   }
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ class PlatformController {
 
   detect() {
     for (let name in this.registry) {
-      if (this.registry[name].matcher()) {
+      if (this.registry[name].isMatch()) {
         return this.registry[name]
       }
     }
@@ -59,14 +60,13 @@ var ua = window.navigator.userAgent
 // TODO(ajoslin): move these to their own files
 platform.register({
   name: 'android',
-  matcher() {
+  isMatch() {
     return queryPlatform == 'android' || /android/i.test(ua)
   }
 })
 platform.register({
   name: 'ios',
-  // For now always default to ios
-  matcher() {
+  isMatch() {
     return queryPlatform === 'ios' || /ipad|iphone|ipod/i.test(ua)
   }
 })
diff --git a/src/util/util.js b/src/util/util.js
index b60836a834..3ad60d8688 100644
--- a/src/util/util.js
+++ b/src/util/util.js
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ export function defaults(dest) {
 
 export const isString = val => typeof val === 'string'
 export const isFunction = val => typeof val === 'function'
-export const isDefined = val => typeof val === 'undefined'
+export const isDefined = val => typeof val !== 'undefined'
+export const isUndefined = val => typeof val === 'undefined'
 export const isObject = val => typeof val === 'object'
 export const isArray = Array.isArray
 
diff --git a/src/webview/webview.js b/src/webview/webview.js
index 188fd15ad5..11420f504a 100644
--- a/src/webview/webview.js
+++ b/src/webview/webview.js
@@ -22,3 +22,97 @@
 // webview: returns cordova, trigger.io, browser
 
 // isWebview:  true if its cordova, trigger. False if its browser
+
+import * as util from 'ionic2/util'
+
+class WebView {
+  constructor(options) {
+    util.extend(this, options)
+  }
+}
+
+let registry = {}
+
+class WebViewController {
+  current: WebView;
+
+  constructor() {
+    let defaultProperties = {
+      name: null,
+      isWebView: false
+    }
+    for (let target in defaultProperties) {
+      this.__defineGetter__(target, () => {
+        return this.proxy(target, null, defaultProperties[target])
+      })
+    }
+
+    let defaultMethods = {
+      exitApp: util.noop,
+      showStatusBar: util.noop,
+      fullScreen: util.noop
+    }
+    for (let target in defaultMethods) {
+      this[target] = () => {
+        return this.proxy(target, null, defaultMethods[target])
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  get() {
+    if (util.isUndefined(this.current)) {
+      this.set(this.detect())
+    }
+    return this.current
+  }
+
+  set(webview) {
+    this.current = webview
+  }
+
+  detect() {
+    for (let name in registry) {
+      if (registry[name].isMatch()) {
+        return registry[name]
+      }
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  proxy(target, args, fallback) {
+    let webview = this.get()
+    if (webview && webview[target]) {
+      if (util.isFunction(webview[target])) {
+        return webview[target].apply(this, args)
+      }
+      return webview[target]
+    }
+    return fallback
+  }
+
+  register(webview) {
+    if (!webview instanceof WebView) webview = new WebView(webview)
+    registry[webview.name] = webview
+  }
+
+}
+
+export let webview = new WebViewController()
+
+webview.register({
+  name: 'cordova',
+  isMatch() {
+    return true;//util.isDefined(window.cordova)
+  }
+})
+webview.register({
+  name: 'node-webkit',
+  isMatch() {
+    // if (util.isDefined(process) && util.isDefined(require)) {
+    //   try {
+    //     return util.isDefined(require('nw.gui'));
+    //   } catch (e) {}
+    // }
+    return false
+  }
+})