diff --git a/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.html b/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.html
index 62cb972457..0657cd457b 100644
--- a/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.html
+++ b/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.html
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <ion-nav>
   <my-page>
-    <button class="button button-stable">Push</button>
-    <button class="button button-stable">Pop</button>
   </my-page>
 </ion-nav>
diff --git a/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.js b/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.js
index 646920a7d4..41510076b0 100644
--- a/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.js
+++ b/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.js
@@ -2,42 +2,103 @@ import {bootstrap} from 'angular2/core'
 import {Component, Template, NgElement, Parent} from 'angular2/angular2'
 import {TemplateResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/template_resolver'
 import {Compiler} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/compiler'
-import {ElementInjector} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector'
 import {EventManager} from 'angular2/src/core/events/event_manager'
 import {NavView} from 'ionic2/components/nav-view/nav-view'
 import {View} from 'ionic2/components/view/view'
 import {Log} from 'ionic2/util'
+import {PrivateComponentLocation} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/private_component_location'
+import {PrivateComponentLoader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/private_component_loader'
+import {DirectiveMetadataReader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_metadata_reader'
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy'
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'my-page'
 })
 @Template({
-  inline: 'Hello, inside page!'
+  inline: '<div>Hello, inside page {{num}}</div>'
 })
 export class InsidePage {
+  constructor(
+    ele: NgElement,
+    @Parent() myPage: MyPage
+  ) {
+    console.log(myPage)
+    this.num = Math.random()
+    ele.domElement.style.backgroundColor = `rgba(255,0,0,${this.num})`
+  }
 }
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'my-page',
-  services: [TemplateResolver, Compiler]
+  services: [Compiler, PrivateComponentLocation]
 })
 @Template({
-  inline: "<div><h2>I'm a page!</h2><content></content></div>"
+  inline: `<div><h2>I'm a page!</h2>
+    <button class="button" (click)="push()">Push</button>
+    <button class="button" (click)="pop()">Pop</button>
+  </div>`
 })
-export class MyPage extends View {
+export class MyPage {
   constructor(
     @NgElement() ele:NgElement,
+    eventManager: EventManager,
     compiler: Compiler,
-    hostElementInjector: ElementInjector,
-    eventManager: EventManager
+    location: PrivateComponentLocation,
+    loader: PrivateComponentLoader,
+    reader: DirectiveMetadataReader,
+    shadowDomStrategy: ShadowDomStrategy
   ) {
-    super(ele)
-    compiler.compile(InsidePage).then(function(protoView) {
-      debugger;
+    this.ele = ele
+    this.location = location
+    this.loader = loader
+    this.reader = reader
+    this.compiler = compiler
+    this.eventManager = eventManager
+    this.shadowDomStrategy = shadowDomStrategy
+
+    this._children = []
+  }
+  push() {
+    let childInjector = this.location._elementInjector._proto.instantiate(
+      /* parent */ this.location._elementInjector,
+      /* host */ null
+    )
+
+    let childContainer = document.createElement('div')
+    childContainer.classList.add('test-child-container')
+    this.ele.domElement.appendChild(childContainer)
+
+    let childNgElement = new NgElement(childContainer)
+    childInjector._preBuiltObjects = this.location._elementInjector._preBuiltObjects
+    childInjector._preBuiltObjects.element = childNgElement
+
+    let annotation = this.reader.read(InsidePage).annotation
+    this.compiler.compile(InsidePage).then((protoView) => {
+      let context = childInjector.createPrivateComponent(InsidePage, annotation);
+      let view = protoView.instantiate(childInjector, this.eventManager)
+
+      view.hydrate(childInjector.getShadowDomAppInjector(), childInjector, null, context, null)
+      this.shadowDomStrategy.attachTemplate(childNgElement.domElement, view)
+
+      this.location._view.componentChildViews.push(view)
+      this.location._view.changeDetector.addChild(view.changeDetector)
+
+      this._children.push({
+        remove() {
+          view.dehydrate()
+          childContainer.parentNode.removeChild(childContainer)
+        }
+      })
     })
   }
-}
+  pop() {
+    var last = this._children.pop()
+    if (!last) return;
 
+    last.remove()
+  }
+
+}
 
 @Component({ selector: '[ion-app]' })
 @Template({