NativeScript
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests-common.ts b/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests-common.ts
@@ -345,19 +345,8 @@ class TestView extends LayoutBase {
         (<any>this.style).customShortHand = value;
     }
 
-    private _nativeView;
     constructor(public name: string) {
         super();
-        this._nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
-        this.nativeViewProtected = undefined;
-    }
-
-    public createNativeView() {
-        if (isIOS) {
-            return this._nativeView;
-        }
-
-        return super.createNativeView();
     }
 
     public toString() {

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
@@ -226,10 +226,8 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
             // if we already have a root view, we reset it.
             this._rootView._onRootViewReset();
         }
-
         const rootView = createRootView(view);
         this._rootView = rootView;
-        const controller = getViewController(rootView);
 
         if (createRootFrame.value) {
             // Don't setup as styleScopeHost
@@ -238,7 +236,7 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
             // setup view as styleScopeHost
             rootView._setupAsRootView({});
         }
-
+        const controller = getViewController(rootView);
         const haveController = this._window.rootViewController !== null;
         this._window.rootViewController = controller;
         if (!haveController) {

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/action-bar/action-bar.android.ts
@@ -131,17 +131,16 @@ export class ActionBar extends ActionBarBase {
     }
 
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeMenuItemClickListener();
-        const toolbar = new android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar(this._context);
-        const menuItemClickListener = new MenuItemClickListener(this);
-        toolbar.setOnMenuItemClickListener(menuItemClickListener);
-        (<any>toolbar).menuItemClickListener = menuItemClickListener;
-        return toolbar;
+        return new android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar(this._context);
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
         super.initNativeView();
-        (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).menuItemClickListener.owner = this;
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        initializeMenuItemClickListener();
+        const menuItemClickListener = new MenuItemClickListener(this);
+        nativeView.setOnMenuItemClickListener(menuItemClickListener);
+        (<any>nativeView).menuItemClickListener = menuItemClickListener;
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView() {

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/activity-indicator/activity-indicator.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/activity-indicator/activity-indicator.ios.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ export * from "./activity-indicator-common";
 
 export class ActivityIndicator extends ActivityIndicatorBase {
     nativeViewProtected: UIActivityIndicatorView;
-
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        this.nativeViewProtected = UIActivityIndicatorView.alloc().initWithActivityIndicatorStyle(UIActivityIndicatorViewStyle.Gray);
-        this.nativeViewProtected.hidesWhenStopped = true;
+    
+    createNativeView() {
+        const view = UIActivityIndicatorView.alloc().initWithActivityIndicatorStyle(UIActivityIndicatorViewStyle.Gray);
+        view.hidesWhenStopped = true;
+        return view;
     }
 
     get ios(): UIActivityIndicatorView {

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/button/button.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/button/button.android.ts
@@ -37,34 +37,42 @@ function initializeClickListener(): void {
     }
 
     ClickListener = ClickListenerImpl;
-    APILEVEL = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
-    AndroidButton = android.widget.Button;
 }
 
 export class Button extends ButtonBase {
     nativeViewProtected: android.widget.Button;
 
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+        if (!APILEVEL) {
+            APILEVEL = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
+        }
+    }
+
     private _stateListAnimator: any;
     private _highlightedHandler: (args: TouchGestureEventData) => void;
 
     @profile
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeClickListener();
-        const button = new AndroidButton(this._context);
-        const clickListener = new ClickListener(this);
-        button.setOnClickListener(clickListener);
-        (<any>button).clickListener = clickListener;
-        return button;
+        if (!AndroidButton) {
+            AndroidButton = android.widget.Button;
+        }
+        return new AndroidButton(this._context);
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
-        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
-        (<any>nativeView).clickListener.owner = this;
         super.initNativeView();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        initializeClickListener();
+        const clickListener = new ClickListener(this);
+        nativeView.setOnClickListener(clickListener);
+        (<any>nativeView).clickListener = clickListener;
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView() {
-        (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).clickListener.owner = null;
+        if (this.nativeViewProtected) {
+            (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).clickListener.owner = null;
+        }
         super.disposeNativeView();
     }
 

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/button/button.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/button/button.ios.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,20 @@ export class Button extends ButtonBase {
     private _tapHandler: NSObject;
     private _stateChangedHandler: ControlStateChangeListener;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        this.nativeViewProtected = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.System);
+    createNativeView() {
+        return UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.System);
+    }
 
+    public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
         this._tapHandler = TapHandlerImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
-        this.nativeViewProtected.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._tapHandler, "tap", UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside);
+        nativeView.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._tapHandler, "tap", UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside);
+    }
+
+    public disposeNativeView(): void {
+        this._tapHandler = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
     }
 
     get ios() {

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.ts
@@ -687,17 +687,22 @@ export abstract class ViewBase extends Observable implements ViewBaseDefinition
         }
 
         this._context = context;
-        let nativeView;
-        if (isAndroid) {
-            // const recycle = this.recycleNativeView;
-            // if (recycle === "always" || (recycle === "auto" && !this._disableNativeViewRecycling)) {
-            //     nativeView = <android.view.View>getNativeView(context, this.typeName);
-            // }
 
-            if (!nativeView) {
-                nativeView = this.createNativeView();
-            }
+         // This will account for nativeView that is created in createNativeView, recycled
+        // or for backward compatability - set before _setupUI in iOS contructor.
+        let nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
 
+        // if (isAndroid) {
+        //     const recycle = this.recycleNativeView;
+        //     if (recycle === "always" || (recycle === "auto" && !this._disableNativeViewRecycling)) {
+        //         nativeView = <android.view.View>getNativeView(context, this.typeName);
+        //     }
+        // }
+        if (!nativeView) {
+            nativeView = this.createNativeView();
+        }
+
+        if (isAndroid) {
             this._androidView = nativeView;
             if (nativeView) {
                 if (this._isPaddingRelative === undefined) {
@@ -730,14 +735,10 @@ export abstract class ViewBase extends Observable implements ViewBaseDefinition
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            // TODO: Implement _createNativeView for iOS
-            nativeView = this.createNativeView();
-            this._iosView = nativeView || this.nativeViewProtected;
+            this._iosView = nativeView;
         }
 
-        // This will account for nativeView that is created in createNativeView, recycled
-        // or for backward compatability - set before _setupUI in iOS contructor.
-        this.setNativeView(nativeView || this.nativeViewProtected);
+        this.setNativeView(nativeView);
 
         if (this.parent) {
             const nativeIndex = this.parent._childIndexToNativeChildIndex(atIndex);

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export abstract class ViewCommon extends ViewBase implements ViewDefinition {
     private _measuredWidth: number;
     private _measuredHeight: number;
 
-    private _isLayoutValid: boolean;
+    protected _isLayoutValid: boolean;
     private _cssType: string;
 
     private _localAnimations: Set<am.Animation>;

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
         }
     }
 
+    get isLayoutValid(): boolean {
+        if (this.nativeViewProtected) {
+            return this._isLayoutValid;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     public layoutNativeView(left: number, top: number, right: number, bottom: number): void {
         if (!this.nativeViewProtected) {
             return;
@@ -323,6 +331,8 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
             return;
         }
 
+        this._setupAsRootView({});
+
         super._showNativeModalView(parentWithController, context, closeCallback, fullscreen, stretched);
         let controller = this.viewController;
         if (!controller) {
@@ -336,8 +346,6 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
             this.viewController = controller;
         }
 
-        this._setupAsRootView({});
-
         if (fullscreen) {
             controller.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.FullScreen;
         } else {
@@ -536,9 +544,8 @@ export class CustomLayoutView extends View {
 
     nativeViewProtected: UIView;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        this.nativeViewProtected = UIView.alloc().initWithFrame(iosUtils.getter(UIScreen, UIScreen.mainScreen).bounds);
+    createNativeView() {
+        return UIView.alloc().initWithFrame(iosUtils.getter(UIScreen, UIScreen.mainScreen).bounds);
     }
 
     get ios(): UIView {

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.android.ts
@@ -54,19 +54,18 @@ export class DatePicker extends DatePickerBase {
     nativeViewProtected: android.widget.DatePicker;
 
     public createNativeView() {
-        initializeDateChangedListener();
         const picker = new android.widget.DatePicker(this._context);
         picker.setCalendarViewShown(false);
-        const listener = new DateChangedListener(this);
-
-        picker.init(this.year, this.month - 1, this.day, listener);
-        (<any>picker).listener = listener;
         return picker;
     }
 
     public initNativeView(): void {
         super.initNativeView();
-        (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).listener.owner = this;
+        initializeDateChangedListener();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
+        const listener = new DateChangedListener(this);
+        nativeView.init(this.year, this.month - 1, this.day, listener);
+        (<any>nativeView).listener = listener;
     }
 
     public disposeNativeView() {

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/date-picker/date-picker.ios.ts
@@ -11,14 +11,22 @@ export class DatePicker extends DatePickerBase {
     private _changeHandler: NSObject;
     public nativeViewProtected: UIDatePicker;
 
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-
-        this.nativeViewProtected = UIDatePicker.new();
-        this.nativeViewProtected.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerMode.Date;
+    public createNativeView() {
+        const picker = UIDatePicker.new();
+        picker.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerMode.Date;
+        return picker;
+    }
 
+    public initNativeView(): void {
+        super.initNativeView();
+        const nativeView = this.nativeViewProtected;
         this._changeHandler = UIDatePickerChangeHandlerImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
-        this.nativeViewProtected.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._changeHandler, "valueChanged", UIControlEvents.ValueChanged);
+        nativeView.addTargetActionForControlEvents(this._changeHandler, "valueChanged", UIControlEvents.ValueChanged);
+    }
+
+    public disposeNativeView() {
+        this._changeHandler = null;
+        super.disposeNativeView();
     }
 
     get ios(): UIDatePicker {

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/dialogs/dialogs-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/dialogs/dialogs-common.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { View } from "../core/view";
 import { Color } from "../../color";
 import { Page } from "../page";
+import { isIOS } from "../../platform";
 import * as frameModule from "../frame";
 
 export const STRING = "string";
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ export function getButtonColors(): { color: Color, backgroundColor: Color } {
     if (!button) {
         const Button = require("ui/button").Button;
         button = new Button;
+        if (isIOS) {
+            button._setupUI({});
+        }
     }
 
     let buttonColor: Color;
@@ -82,6 +86,9 @@ export function getLabelColor(): Color {
     if (!label) {
         const Label = require("ui/label").Label;
         label = new Label;
+        if (isIOS) {
+            label._setupUI({});
+        }
     }
 
     let labelColor: Color;
@@ -95,6 +102,9 @@ export function getTextFieldColor(): Color {
     if (!textField) {
         const TextField = require("ui/text-field").TextField;
         textField = new TextField();
+        if (isIOS) {
+            textField._setupUI({});
+        }
     }
 
     let textFieldColor: Color;