diff --git a/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/build-tools/android-static-binding-generator/staticbindinggenerator.jar b/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/build-tools/android-static-binding-generator/staticbindinggenerator.jar
index 04d661f3a..2de8d4053 100644
Binary files a/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/build-tools/android-static-binding-generator/staticbindinggenerator.jar and b/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/build-tools/android-static-binding-generator/staticbindinggenerator.jar differ
diff --git a/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/src/main/java/com/tns/NativeScriptApplication.java b/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/src/main/java/com/tns/NativeScriptApplication.java
index 36f86afa6..b9e2a72cc 100644
--- a/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/src/main/java/com/tns/NativeScriptApplication.java
+++ b/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/src/main/java/com/tns/NativeScriptApplication.java
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ public NativeScriptApplication() {
 
     public void onCreate() {
 		super.onCreate();
-		new RuntimeHelper(this).initRuntime();
+		com.tns.Runtime runtime = RuntimeHelper.initRuntime(this);
+        if (runtime !=null) {
+            runtime.run();
+        }
     }
 
     public static Application getInstance() {
diff --git a/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/src/main/java/com/tns/RuntimeHelper.java b/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/src/main/java/com/tns/RuntimeHelper.java
index 0180679fd..209e367d4 100644
--- a/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/src/main/java/com/tns/RuntimeHelper.java
+++ b/build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/src/main/java/com/tns/RuntimeHelper.java
@@ -10,16 +10,12 @@
 import android.util.Log;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-public class RuntimeHelper {
-	private final Application app;
-
-	public RuntimeHelper(Application app) {
-		this.app = app;
-	}
+public final class RuntimeHelper {
+	private RuntimeHelper() {}
 
 	// hasErrorIntent tells you if there was an event (with an uncaught
 	// exception) raised from ErrorReport
-	public boolean hasErrorIntent() {
+	public static boolean hasErrorIntent(Application app) {
 		boolean hasErrorIntent = false;
 
 		try {
@@ -38,18 +34,19 @@ public boolean hasErrorIntent() {
 		return hasErrorIntent;
 	}
 	
-	public void initRuntime()
+	public static Runtime initRuntime(Application app)
 	{
 		if (Runtime.isInitialized()) {
-			return;
+			return Runtime.getCurrentRuntime();
 		}
 		
 		System.loadLibrary("NativeScript");
 
+		Runtime runtime = null;
 		Logger logger = new LogcatLogger(app);
-		Debugger debugger = AndroidJsDebugger.isDebuggableApp(this.app) ? new AndroidJsDebugger(app, logger) : null;
+		Debugger debugger = AndroidJsDebugger.isDebuggableApp(app) ? new AndroidJsDebugger(app, logger) : null;
 
-		boolean showErrorIntent = hasErrorIntent();
+		boolean showErrorIntent = hasErrorIntent(app);
 		if (!showErrorIntent) {
 			NativeScriptUncaughtExceptionHandler exHandler = new NativeScriptUncaughtExceptionHandler(logger, app);
 
@@ -110,12 +107,12 @@ public void initRuntime()
 			ThreadScheduler workThreadScheduler = new WorkThreadScheduler(new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()));
 			Configuration config = new Configuration(workThreadScheduler, logger, debugger, appName, null, rootDir,
 					appDir, classLoader, dexDir, dexThumb, v8Config);
-			Runtime runtime = new Runtime(config);
+			runtime = new Runtime(config);
 
 			exHandler.setRuntime(runtime);
 
-			if (NativeScriptSyncService.isSyncEnabled(this.app)) {
-				NativeScriptSyncService syncService = new NativeScriptSyncService(runtime, logger, this.app);
+			if (NativeScriptSyncService.isSyncEnabled(app)) {
+				NativeScriptSyncService syncService = new NativeScriptSyncService(runtime, logger, app);
 
 				syncService.sync();
 				syncService.startServer();
@@ -141,14 +138,14 @@ public void initRuntime()
 
 			try {
 				// put this call in a try/catch block because with the latest changes in the modules it is not granted that NativeScriptApplication is extended through JavaScript.
-				Runtime.initInstance(this.app);
+				Runtime.initInstance(app);
 			}
 			catch (Exception e) {
 				
 			}
-			runtime.run();
 		}
+		return runtime;
 	}
 
-	private final String logTag = "MyApp";
+	private static final String logTag = "MyApp";
 }
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/Runtime.java b/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/Runtime.java
index abcbbf658..c1a0e679a 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/Runtime.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/Runtime.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public int getRuntimeId()
 		return this.runtimeId;
 	}
 	
-	private static Runtime getCurrentRuntime()
+	public static Runtime getCurrentRuntime()
 	{
 		Runtime runtime = currentRuntime.get();
 				
diff --git a/test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/NativeScriptApplication.java b/test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/NativeScriptApplication.java
index 36f86afa6..b9e2a72cc 100644
--- a/test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/NativeScriptApplication.java
+++ b/test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/NativeScriptApplication.java
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ public NativeScriptApplication() {
 
     public void onCreate() {
 		super.onCreate();
-		new RuntimeHelper(this).initRuntime();
+		com.tns.Runtime runtime = RuntimeHelper.initRuntime(this);
+        if (runtime !=null) {
+            runtime.run();
+        }
     }
 
     public static Application getInstance() {
diff --git a/test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/RuntimeHelper.java b/test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/RuntimeHelper.java
index 0180679fd..975e39d83 100644
--- a/test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/RuntimeHelper.java
+++ b/test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/RuntimeHelper.java
@@ -10,16 +10,13 @@
 import android.util.Log;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-public class RuntimeHelper {
-	private final Application app;
-
-	public RuntimeHelper(Application app) {
-		this.app = app;
+public final class RuntimeHelper {
+	private RuntimeHelper() {
 	}
 
 	// hasErrorIntent tells you if there was an event (with an uncaught
 	// exception) raised from ErrorReport
-	public boolean hasErrorIntent() {
+	private static boolean hasErrorIntent(Application app) {
 		boolean hasErrorIntent = false;
 
 		try {
@@ -38,18 +35,19 @@ public boolean hasErrorIntent() {
 		return hasErrorIntent;
 	}
 	
-	public void initRuntime()
+	public static Runtime initRuntime(Application app)
 	{
 		if (Runtime.isInitialized()) {
-			return;
+			return Runtime.getCurrentRuntime();
 		}
 		
 		System.loadLibrary("NativeScript");
 
 		Logger logger = new LogcatLogger(app);
-		Debugger debugger = AndroidJsDebugger.isDebuggableApp(this.app) ? new AndroidJsDebugger(app, logger) : null;
+		Debugger debugger = AndroidJsDebugger.isDebuggableApp(app) ? new AndroidJsDebugger(app, logger) : null;
 
-		boolean showErrorIntent = hasErrorIntent();
+		Runtime runtime = null;
+		boolean showErrorIntent = hasErrorIntent(app);
 		if (!showErrorIntent) {
 			NativeScriptUncaughtExceptionHandler exHandler = new NativeScriptUncaughtExceptionHandler(logger, app);
 
@@ -110,12 +108,12 @@ public void initRuntime()
 			ThreadScheduler workThreadScheduler = new WorkThreadScheduler(new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()));
 			Configuration config = new Configuration(workThreadScheduler, logger, debugger, appName, null, rootDir,
 					appDir, classLoader, dexDir, dexThumb, v8Config);
-			Runtime runtime = new Runtime(config);
+			runtime = new Runtime(config);
 
 			exHandler.setRuntime(runtime);
 
-			if (NativeScriptSyncService.isSyncEnabled(this.app)) {
-				NativeScriptSyncService syncService = new NativeScriptSyncService(runtime, logger, this.app);
+			if (NativeScriptSyncService.isSyncEnabled(app)) {
+				NativeScriptSyncService syncService = new NativeScriptSyncService(runtime, logger, app);
 
 				syncService.sync();
 				syncService.startServer();
@@ -141,14 +139,14 @@ public void initRuntime()
 
 			try {
 				// put this call in a try/catch block because with the latest changes in the modules it is not granted that NativeScriptApplication is extended through JavaScript.
-				Runtime.initInstance(this.app);
+				Runtime.initInstance(app);
 			}
 			catch (Exception e) {
 				
 			}
-			runtime.run();
 		}
+		return runtime;
 	}
 
-	private final String logTag = "MyApp";
+	private static final String logTag = "MyApp";
 }