diff --git a/src/jni/Android.mk b/src/jni/Android.mk
index 24aa0c346..ad5a2592d 100644
--- a/src/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/src/jni/Android.mk
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += -std=c++11
 LOCAL_MODULE    := NativeScript
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES :=	com_tns_AssetExtractor.cpp AssetExtractor.cpp\
 					com_tns_Platform.cpp NativePlatform.cpp \
-					com_tns_JsDebugger.cpp \
+					com_tns_JsDebugger.cpp com_tns_DirectBufferFactory.cpp \
 					JEnv.cpp DirectBuffer.cpp NativeScriptException.cpp \
-					JsDebugger.cpp SimpleAllocator.cpp \
+					JsDebugger.cpp SimpleAllocator.cpp ArrayBufferHelper.cpp \
 					NativeScriptRuntime.cpp MetadataNode.cpp MetadataTreeNode.cpp MetadataReader.cpp \
 					MethodCache.cpp JavaObjectArrayCache.cpp \
 					JniSignatureParser.cpp \
diff --git a/src/jni/ArrayBufferHelper.cpp b/src/jni/ArrayBufferHelper.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b562bde3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jni/ArrayBufferHelper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#include "ArrayBufferHelper.h"
+#include "JEnv.h"
+#include "V8GlobalHelpers.h"
+#include "NativeScriptException.h"
+#include <sstream>
+
+
+using namespace v8;
+using namespace tns;
+
+ArrayBufferHelper::ArrayBufferHelper()
+{
+}
+
+
+void ArrayBufferHelper::CreateConvertFunctions(ObjectManager *objectManager, const Local<Object>& global)
+{
+	s_objectManager = objectManager;
+	auto isolate = Isolate::GetCurrent();
+	auto fromFunc = FunctionTemplate::New(isolate, CreateFromCallback)->GetFunction();
+	auto ctx = isolate->GetCurrentContext();
+	auto arrBufferCtorFunc = global->Get(ConvertToV8String("ArrayBuffer")).As<Function>();
+	arrBufferCtorFunc->Set(ctx, ConvertToV8String("from"), fromFunc);
+}
+
+void ArrayBufferHelper::CreateFromCallback(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& info)
+{
+	try
+	{
+		CreateFromCallbackImpl(info);
+	}
+	catch (NativeScriptException& e)
+	{
+		e.ReThrowToV8();
+	}
+	catch (std::exception e) {
+		std::stringstream ss;
+		ss << "Error: c++ exception: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+		NativeScriptException nsEx(ss.str());
+		nsEx.ReThrowToV8();
+	}
+	catch (...) {
+		NativeScriptException nsEx(std::string("Error: c++ exception!"));
+		nsEx.ReThrowToV8();
+	}
+}
+
+void ArrayBufferHelper::CreateFromCallbackImpl(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& info)
+{
+	auto isolate = info.GetIsolate();
+	auto len = info.Length();
+
+	if (len != 1)
+	{
+		throw NativeScriptException("Wrong number of arguments (1 expected)");
+	}
+
+	auto arg = info[0];
+
+	if (!arg->IsObject())
+	{
+		throw NativeScriptException("Wrong type of argument (object expected)");
+	}
+
+	auto argObj = arg.As<Object>();
+
+	auto obj = s_objectManager->GetJavaObjectByJsObject(argObj);
+
+	if (obj.IsNull())
+	{
+		throw NativeScriptException("Wrong type of argument (object expected)");
+	}
+
+	JEnv env;
+
+	if (s_ByteBufferClass == nullptr)
+	{
+		s_ByteBufferClass = env.FindClass("java/nio/ByteBuffer");
+		assert(s_ByteBufferClass != nullptr);
+	}
+
+	auto isByteBuffer = env.IsInstanceOf(obj, s_ByteBufferClass);
+
+	if (!isByteBuffer)
+	{
+		throw NativeScriptException("Wrong type of argument (ByteBuffer expected)");
+	}
+
+	if (s_isDirectMethodID == nullptr)
+	{
+		s_isDirectMethodID = env.GetMethodID(s_ByteBufferClass, "isDirect", "()Z");
+		assert(s_isDirectMethodID != nullptr);
+	}
+
+	auto jbool = env.CallBooleanMethod(obj, s_isDirectMethodID);
+
+	auto isDirectBuffer = jbool == JNI_TRUE;
+
+	if (!isDirectBuffer)
+	{
+		throw NativeScriptException("Direct ByteBuffer expected)");
+	}
+
+	auto data = env.GetDirectBufferAddress(obj);
+	auto size = env.GetDirectBufferCapacity(obj);
+
+	auto arrayBuffer = ArrayBuffer::New(isolate, data, size);
+	auto ctx = isolate->GetCurrentContext();
+	arrayBuffer->Set(ctx, ConvertToV8String("nativeObject"), argObj);
+
+	info.GetReturnValue().Set(arrayBuffer);
+}
+
+ObjectManager* ArrayBufferHelper::s_objectManager = nullptr;
+jclass ArrayBufferHelper::s_ByteBufferClass = nullptr;
+jmethodID ArrayBufferHelper::s_isDirectMethodID = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/jni/ArrayBufferHelper.h b/src/jni/ArrayBufferHelper.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0500d0f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jni/ArrayBufferHelper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#ifndef ARRAYBUFFERHELPER_H_
+#define ARRAYBUFFERHELPER_H_
+
+#include "v8.h"
+#include "ObjectManager.h"
+
+namespace tns
+{
+	class ArrayBufferHelper
+	{
+		public:
+			static void CreateConvertFunctions(ObjectManager *objectManager, const v8::Local<v8::Object>& global);
+
+		private:
+			ArrayBufferHelper();
+
+			static void CreateFromCallback(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& info);
+
+			static void CreateFromCallbackImpl(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& info);
+
+			static ObjectManager *s_objectManager;
+
+			static jclass s_ByteBufferClass;
+
+			static jmethodID s_isDirectMethodID;
+	};
+}
+
+
+#endif /* ARRAYBUFFERHELPER_H_ */
diff --git a/src/jni/NativePlatform.cpp b/src/jni/NativePlatform.cpp
index 2c688d7c4..1475861e2 100644
--- a/src/jni/NativePlatform.cpp
+++ b/src/jni/NativePlatform.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "NativeScriptException.h"
 #include "NativePlatform.h"
 #include "ArrayHelper.h"
+#include "ArrayBufferHelper.h"
 #include <sstream>
 #include <android/log.h>
 #include <string>
@@ -382,6 +383,8 @@ Isolate* NativePlatform::PrepareV8Runtime(JEnv& env, const string& filesPath, js
 
 	ArrayHelper::Init(g_objectManager, context);
 
+	ArrayBufferHelper::CreateConvertFunctions(g_objectManager, global);
+
 	return isolate;
 }
 
@@ -439,4 +442,25 @@ void NativePlatform::PrepareExtendFunction(Isolate *isolate, jstring filesPath)
 	DEBUG_WRITE("Executed prepareExtend.js script");
 }
 
+jobject NativePlatform::AllocateByteBuffer(JNIEnv *_env, jint capacity, jlongArray address)
+{
+	JEnv env(_env);
+	jobject buffer = nullptr;
+	void *data = malloc(capacity);
+	if (data != nullptr)
+	{
+		buffer = env.NewDirectByteBuffer(data, capacity);
+	}
+	jlong addr = reinterpret_cast<jlong>(data);
+	env.SetLongArrayRegion(address, 0, 1, &addr);
+	return buffer;
+}
+
+void NativePlatform::FreeByteBuffer(JNIEnv *_env, jlong address)
+{
+	void *data = reinterpret_cast<void*>(address);
+	free(data);
+}
+
 Isolate* NativePlatform::s_isolate = nullptr;
+
diff --git a/src/jni/NativePlatform.h b/src/jni/NativePlatform.h
index f0380a036..005adcff4 100644
--- a/src/jni/NativePlatform.h
+++ b/src/jni/NativePlatform.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ namespace tns
 			static jint GenerateNewObjectId(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj);
 			static void AdjustAmountOfExternalAllocatedMemoryNative(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, jlong usedMemory);
 			static void PassUncaughtExceptionToJsNative(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, jthrowable exception, jstring stackTrace);
+			static jobject AllocateByteBuffer(JNIEnv *_env, jint capacity, jlongArray address);
+			static void FreeByteBuffer(JNIEnv *_env, jlong address);
 
 			bool LogEnabled = true;
 			private:
diff --git a/src/jni/com_tns_DirectBufferFactory.cpp b/src/jni/com_tns_DirectBufferFactory.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..113933942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jni/com_tns_DirectBufferFactory.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#include "jni.h"
+#include "NativePlatform.h"
+#include "NativeScriptException.h"
+#include <sstream>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace tns;
+
+extern "C" jobject Java_com_tns_DirectBufferFactory_allocateByteBuffer(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, jint capacity, jlongArray address)
+{
+	jobject buffer = nullptr;
+	try
+	{
+		buffer = NativePlatform::AllocateByteBuffer(env, capacity, address);
+	}
+	catch (NativeScriptException& e)
+	{
+		e.ReThrowToJava();
+	}
+	catch (std::exception e) {
+		stringstream ss;
+		ss << "Error: c++ exception: " << e.what() << endl;
+		NativeScriptException nsEx(ss.str());
+		nsEx.ReThrowToJava();
+	}
+	catch (...) {
+		NativeScriptException nsEx(std::string("Error: c++ exception!"));
+		nsEx.ReThrowToJava();
+	}
+	return buffer;
+}
+
+extern "C" void Java_com_tns_DirectBufferFactory_freeByteBuffer(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, jlong address)
+{
+	try
+	{
+		NativePlatform::FreeByteBuffer(env, address);
+	}
+	catch (NativeScriptException& e)
+	{
+		e.ReThrowToJava();
+	}
+	catch (std::exception e) {
+		stringstream ss;
+		ss << "Error: c++ exception: " << e.what() << endl;
+		NativeScriptException nsEx(ss.str());
+		nsEx.ReThrowToJava();
+	}
+	catch (...) {
+		NativeScriptException nsEx(std::string("Error: c++ exception!"));
+		nsEx.ReThrowToJava();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/src/com/tns/DirectBufferFactory.java b/src/src/com/tns/DirectBufferFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e4cc3883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/src/com/tns/DirectBufferFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package com.tns;
+
+import java.lang.ref.PhantomReference;
+import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class DirectBufferFactory
+{
+	private class DirectBufferWeakReference<T> extends PhantomReference<T>
+	{
+		public long address;
+
+		public DirectBufferWeakReference(T ref, ReferenceQueue<T> queue, long address)
+		{
+			super(ref, queue);
+			this.address = address;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private class ReferenceQueueListener implements Runnable
+	{
+		public ReferenceQueueListener()
+		{
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void run()
+		{
+			while (true)
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+					DirectBufferWeakReference<ByteBuffer> ref = (DirectBufferWeakReference<ByteBuffer>) DirectBufferFactory.this.queue.remove();
+					DirectBufferFactory.this.enqueueBuffers.remove(ref);
+					freeByteBuffer(ref.address);
+				}
+				catch (Throwable t)
+				{
+					DirectBufferFactory.this.logger.write(t.getMessage());
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	private final Logger logger;
+
+	private final ReferenceQueue<ByteBuffer> queue;
+
+	private final ReferenceQueueListener listener;
+
+	private final Set<DirectBufferWeakReference<ByteBuffer>> enqueueBuffers;
+
+	private final Thread workerThread;
+
+	public DirectBufferFactory(Logger logger)
+	{
+		this.logger = logger;
+		this.queue = new ReferenceQueue<ByteBuffer>();
+		this.listener = new ReferenceQueueListener();
+		this.enqueueBuffers = new HashSet<DirectBufferWeakReference<ByteBuffer>>();
+		this.workerThread = new Thread(this.listener, "My DirectBuffer Clean Thread");
+	}
+
+	public void startListener()
+	{
+		this.workerThread.start();
+	}
+
+	public ByteBuffer create(int capacity)
+	{
+		long[] address = new long[1];
+		ByteBuffer buffer = allocateByteBuffer(capacity, address);
+		if (buffer != null)
+		{
+			DirectBufferWeakReference<ByteBuffer> ref = new DirectBufferWeakReference<ByteBuffer>(buffer, this.queue, address[0]);
+			enqueueBuffers.add(ref);
+		}
+		return buffer;
+	}
+
+	private static native ByteBuffer allocateByteBuffer(int capacity, long[] address);
+
+	private static native void freeByteBuffer(long address);
+}
diff --git a/src/src/com/tns/Platform.java b/src/src/com/tns/Platform.java
index ca19c0548..ef8204d14 100644
--- a/src/src/com/tns/Platform.java
+++ b/src/src/com/tns/Platform.java
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ public class Platform
 	private static JsDebugger jsDebugger;
 
 	private static DexFactory dexFactory;
+	
+	private static DirectBufferFactory directBufferFactory;
 
 	private final static Comparator<Method> methodComparator = new Comparator<Method>()
 	{
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ public static void init(Application application, ThreadScheduler threadScheduler
 			Date lastModDate = new Date(f.lastModified());
 			logger.write("init time=" + (d.getTime() - lastModDate.getTime()));
 		}
-
+		
 		initialized = true;
 	}
 
@@ -911,6 +913,17 @@ private static Object createArrayHelper(String arrayClassName, int size) throws
 		
 		return arr;
 	}
+	
+	public synchronized static ByteBuffer allocateByteBuffer(int capacity)
+	{
+		if (directBufferFactory == null)
+		{
+			directBufferFactory = new DirectBufferFactory(logger);
+			directBufferFactory.startListener();
+		}
+		ByteBuffer buffer = directBufferFactory.create(capacity);
+		return buffer;
+	}
 
 	@RuntimeCallable
 	private static boolean useGlobalRefs()
diff --git a/test-app/assets/app/mainpage.js b/test-app/assets/app/mainpage.js
index 82921ec7b..097128f37 100644
--- a/test-app/assets/app/mainpage.js
+++ b/test-app/assets/app/mainpage.js
@@ -19,18 +19,18 @@ require("./shared");
 
 require("./tests/testMetadata");
 require("./tests/testAsserts");
-require("./tests/testWeakRef"); 
+require("./tests/testWeakRef");
 require("./tests/tests");
 require("./tests/testMethodResolution");
 require("./tests/testArrays");
 require("./tests/testsForRuntimeBindingGenerator");
 require("./tests/testPrimitiveTypeConversion");
-require("./tests/numericConversionTests"); 
-require("./tests/inheritanceChainResolutionTest"); 
+require("./tests/numericConversionTests");
+require("./tests/inheritanceChainResolutionTest");
 require("./tests/exceptionHandlingTests");
 require("./tests/dispatchCallbacksOnUiThreadTests");
 require("./tests/stringConversionTests");
-require("./tests/testsForTypescript"); 
+require("./tests/testsForTypescript");
 require("./tests/testGC");
 require("./tests/testsMemoryManagement");
 require("./tests/testFieldGetSet");
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ require("./tests/testNativeModules");
 require("./tests/requireExceptionTests");
 require("./tests/java-array-test");
 require("./tests/field-access-test");
+require("./tests/byte-buffer-test");
diff --git a/test-app/assets/app/tests/byte-buffer-test.js b/test-app/assets/app/tests/byte-buffer-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11bc12094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-app/assets/app/tests/byte-buffer-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+describe("Tests mapped ByteBuffer conversion", function () {
+	it("should convert ByteBuffer to ArrayBuffer", function () {
+		var bb = com.tns.Platform.allocateByteBuffer(12);
+		var ab = ArrayBuffer.from(bb);
+		var int8arr = new Int8Array(ab);
+		expect(int8arr.length).toBe(12);
+		var int32arr = new Int32Array(ab);
+		expect(int32arr.length).toBe(3);
+	});
+
+	it("should keep original ByteBuffer after conversion", function () {
+		var bb = com.tns.Platform.allocateByteBuffer(12);
+		var ab = ArrayBuffer.from(bb);
+		var same = bb === ab.nativeObject;
+		expect(same).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it("should throw exception when ArrayBuffer.from is called with wrong number of arguments", function () {
+		var exceptionCaught = false;
+		try {
+			var ab = ArrayBuffer.from(1, 2);
+		} catch(e) {
+			exceptionCaught = true
+		}
+		expect(exceptionCaught).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it("should throw exception when ArrayBuffer.from is called with wrong argument type", function () {
+		var exceptionCaught = false;
+		try {
+			var ab = ArrayBuffer.from({});
+		} catch(e) {
+			exceptionCaught = true
+		}
+		expect(exceptionCaught).toBe(true);
+	});
+});
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diff --git a/test-app/assets/metadata/treeNodeStream.dat b/test-app/assets/metadata/treeNodeStream.dat
index 9ed66acc9..197e3e1aa 100644
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diff --git a/test-app/assets/metadata/treeStringsStream.dat b/test-app/assets/metadata/treeStringsStream.dat
index ca418721c..ab6565559 100644
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diff --git a/test-app/assets/metadata/treeValueStream.dat b/test-app/assets/metadata/treeValueStream.dat
index dbb33b107..5c9a7cd09 100644
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