diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e87afa0c2..bbc9ed3d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ src/nativescript-angular/**/*.js
 .baseDir.ts
 .tscache
 .nvm
+.vscode
 
 tests/app/**/*.js
 tests/app/global.d.ts
diff --git a/ng-sample/app/app.ts b/ng-sample/app/app.ts
index fbf58aaaf..4e5f5edd2 100644
--- a/ng-sample/app/app.ts
+++ b/ng-sample/app/app.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import {ImageTest} from "./examples/image/image-test";
 import {NavigationTest} from "./examples/navigation/navigation-test";
 
 
-nativeScriptBootstrap(RendererTest);
+//nativeScriptBootstrap(RendererTest);
 //nativeScriptBootstrap(Benchmark);
 //nativeScriptBootstrap(ListTest);
-// nativeScriptBootstrap(ListTestAsync);
+nativeScriptBootstrap(ListTestAsync);
 // nativeScriptBootstrap(ImageTest);
 //nativeScriptBootstrap(NavigationTest, [NS_ROUTER_PROVIDERS]);
diff --git a/ng-sample/app/examples/list/list-test-async.ts b/ng-sample/app/examples/list/list-test-async.ts
index 285a6a968..be2c74a5c 100644
--- a/ng-sample/app/examples/list/list-test-async.ts
+++ b/ng-sample/app/examples/list/list-test-async.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, Input, ChangeDetectionStrategy } from 'angular2/core';
 import { Observable as RxObservable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-import { Observable, WrappedValue } from 'data/observable';
 
 class DataItem {
     constructor(public id: number, public name: string) { }
@@ -10,15 +9,15 @@ class DataItem {
     selector: 'list-test-async',
     styleUrls: ['examples/list/list-test-async.css'],
     template: `
-            <ListView [items]="myItems | async" (itemTap)="onItemTap($event)">
-                <item-template>
-                    <template #item="item" #i="index" #odd="odd" #even="even">
-                        <StackLayout [class.odd]="odd" [class.even]="even">
-                            <Label class="test" [text]='"index: " + item.name'></Label>
-                        </StackLayout>
-                    </template>
-                </item-template>
-            </ListView>
+    <GridLayout>
+        <ListView [items]="myItems | async" (itemTap)="onItemTap($event)">
+            <template #item="item" #i="index" #odd="odd" #even="even">
+                <StackLayout [class.odd]="odd" [class.even]="even">
+                    <Label class="test" [text]='"index: " + item.name'></Label>
+                </StackLayout>
+            </template>
+        </ListView>
+    </GridLayout>
     `,
     changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush
 })
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ export class ListTestAsync {
         var subscr;
         this.myItems = RxObservable.create(subscriber => {
             subscr = subscriber;
-            subscriber.next(WrappedValue.wrap(items));
+            subscriber.next(items);
             return function () {
                 console.log("Unsubscribe called!!!");
             }
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ export class ListTestAsync {
             counter++;
             console.log("Adding " + counter + "-th item");
             items.push(new DataItem(counter, "data item " + counter));
-            subscr.next(WrappedValue.wrap(items));
+            subscr.next(items);
         }, 1000);
         
         setTimeout(() => {
diff --git a/ng-sample/app/examples/list/list-test.ts b/ng-sample/app/examples/list/list-test.ts
index 549a39a6c..48d73bda0 100644
--- a/ng-sample/app/examples/list/list-test.ts
+++ b/ng-sample/app/examples/list/list-test.ts
@@ -1,46 +1,51 @@
-import {Component, Input} from 'angular2/core';
+import {Component, Input, WrappedValue, ChangeDetectionStrategy} from 'angular2/core';
+import {Label} from 'ui/label';
+import {ObservableArray} from 'data/observable-array';
 
 class DataItem {
     constructor(public id: number, public name: string) { }
 }
 
-@Component({
-    selector: 'item-component',
-    template: `
-        <StackLayout [class.odd]="odd" [class.even]="even">
-            <Label [text]='"id: " + data.id'></Label>
-            <Label [text]='"name: " + data.name'></Label>
-        </StackLayout>
-    `
-})
-export class ItemComponent {
-    @Input() data: DataItem;
-    @Input() odd: boolean;
-    @Input() even: boolean;
-    constructor() { }
-}
+// @Component({
+//     selector: 'item-component',
+//     template: `
+//         <StackLayout [class.odd]="odd" [class.even]="even">
+//             <Label [text]='"id: " + data.id'></Label>
+//             <Label [text]='"name: " + data.name'></Label>
+//         </StackLayout>
+//     `
+// })
+// export class ItemComponent {
+//     @Input() data: DataItem;
+//     @Input() odd: boolean;
+//     @Input() even: boolean;
+//     constructor() { }
+// }
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'list-test',
-    directives: [ItemComponent],
+    //directives: [ItemComponent],
     template: `
-            <GridLayout rows="auto, *, auto">
+            <GridLayout rows="auto, *, auto, auto">
             <Label row="0" text="-==START==-" fontSize="20"></Label>
             <GridLayout row="1">
                 <ListView [items]="myItems" (itemTap)="onItemTap($event)">
-                    <item-template>
-                        <template #item="item" #i="index" #odd="odd" #even="even">
-                            <StackLayout [class.odd]="odd" [class.even]="even">
-                                <Label [text]='"index: " + i'></Label>
-                                <Label [text]='"[" + item.id +"] " + item.name'></Label>
-                            </StackLayout>
-                        </template>
-                    </item-template>
+                    <template #item="item" #i="index" #odd="odd" #even="even">
+                        <StackLayout [class.odd]="odd" [class.even]="even">
+                            <Label [text]='"index: " + i'></Label>
+                            <Label [text]='"[" + item.id +"] " + item.name'></Label>
+                        </StackLayout>
+                    </template>
                 </ListView>
             </GridLayout>
-            <Label row="2" text="-==END==-" fontSize="20"></Label>
+            <Label row="2" id="testLabel" text="-==END==-" fontSize="20"></Label>
+            <StackLayout row="3">
+                <Button text="test" (tap)="onButtonTap()" ></Button>
+                <Button text="second test" (tap)="onSecondButtonTap($event)" ></Button>
+            </StackLayout>
         </GridLayout>
-    `
+    `,
+    changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush
     // TEMPLATE WITH COMPONENT
     // <template #item="item" #i="index" #odd="odd" #even="even">
     //     <item-component [data]="item" [odd]='odd' [even]='even'></item-component>
@@ -55,17 +60,33 @@ export class ItemComponent {
     // </template>
 })
 export class ListTest {
+    //public myItems: ObservableArray<DataItem>;
     public myItems: Array<DataItem>;
+    private counter: number;
 
     constructor() {
+        //this.myItems = new ObservableArray<DataItem>();
         this.myItems = [];
-        for (var i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+        this.counter = 0;
+        for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
             this.myItems.push(new DataItem(i, "data item " + i));
+            this.counter = i;
         }
     }
 
     public onItemTap(args) {
         console.log("------------------------ ItemTapped: " + args.index);
     }
+    
+    onButtonTap() {
+        this.counter++;
+        this.myItems.push(new DataItem(this.counter, "data item " + this.counter));
+    }
+    
+    onSecondButtonTap(args) {
+        var page = args.object.page;
+        var label = <Label>page.getViewById("testLabel");
+        label.text = "Alabala";
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/nativescript-angular/directives/list-view-comp.ts b/src/nativescript-angular/directives/list-view-comp.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89418397c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nativescript-angular/directives/list-view-comp.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import {
+    Component, 
+    DoCheck, 
+    ElementRef, 
+    TemplateRef, 
+    ContentChild, 
+    AppViewManager,
+    EmbeddedViewRef, 
+    HostListener, 
+    IterableDiffers, 
+    IterableDiffer,
+    ChangeDetectorRef} from 'angular2/core';
+import {Observable as RxObservable} from 'rxjs'
+import {ListView} from 'ui/list-view';
+import {View} from 'ui/core/view';
+import {NgView} from '../view-util';
+import {ObservableArray} from 'data/observable-array';
+import {LayoutBase} from 'ui/layouts/layout-base';
+const NG_VIEW = "_ngViewRef";
+
+@Component({
+    selector: 'ListView',
+    template: ``,
+    inputs: ['items']
+})
+export class ListViewComponent {
+    private listView: ListView;
+    private _items: any;
+    private _differ: IterableDiffer;
+    
+    @ContentChild(TemplateRef) itemTemplate: TemplateRef;
+    
+    set items(value: any) {
+        this._items = value;
+        var needDiffer = true;
+        if (value instanceof ObservableArray) {
+            needDiffer = false;
+        }
+        if (needDiffer && !this._differ && value) {
+            this._differ = this._iterableDiffers.find(this._items).create(this._cdr, (index, item) => { return item;});
+        }
+        this.listView.items = this._items;
+    }
+    
+    private timerId: number;
+    private doCheckDelay = 5;
+    
+    constructor(private _elementRef: ElementRef, 
+                private _iterableDiffers: IterableDiffers, 
+                private _cdr: ChangeDetectorRef,
+                private _appViewManager: AppViewManager) {
+        this.listView = _elementRef.nativeElement;
+    }
+    
+    @HostListener("itemLoading", ['$event'])
+    public onItemLoading(args) {
+        if (!this.itemTemplate) {
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        let index = args.index;
+        let items = args.object.items;
+        let currentItem = typeof (items.getItem) === "function" ? items.getItem(index) : items[index];
+        let viewRef: EmbeddedViewRef;
+
+        if (args.view) {
+            console.log("ListView.onItemLoading: " + index + " - Reusing exisiting view");
+            viewRef = args.view[NG_VIEW];
+        }
+        else {
+            console.log("ListView.onItemLoading: " + index + " - Creating view from template");
+            viewRef = this._appViewManager.createEmbeddedViewInContainer(this._elementRef, index, this.itemTemplate);
+            args.view = getSingleViewFromViewRef(viewRef);
+            args.view[NG_VIEW] = viewRef;
+        }
+        this.setupViewRef(viewRef, currentItem, index);
+    }
+
+    public setupViewRef(viewRef: EmbeddedViewRef, data: any, index: number): void {
+        viewRef.setLocal('\$implicit', data.item);
+        viewRef.setLocal("item", data);
+        viewRef.setLocal("index", index);
+        viewRef.setLocal('even', (index % 2 == 0));
+        viewRef.setLocal('odd', (index % 2 == 1));
+    }
+    
+    ngDoCheck() {
+        if (this.timerId) {
+            clearTimeout(this.timerId);
+        }
+            
+        this.timerId = setTimeout(() => {
+            clearTimeout(this.timerId);
+            if (this._differ) {
+                var changes = this._differ.diff(this._items);
+                if (changes) {
+                    this.listView.refresh();
+                }
+            }
+        }, this.doCheckDelay);
+    }
+}
+
+function getSingleViewFromViewRef(viewRef: EmbeddedViewRef): View {
+    var getSingleViewRecursive = (nodes: Array<any>, nestLevel: number) => {
+        var actualNodes = nodes.filter((n) => !!n && n.nodeName !== "#text");
+
+        if (actualNodes.length === 0) {
+            throw new Error("No suitable views found in list template! Nesting level: " + nestLevel);
+        }
+        else if (actualNodes.length > 1) {
+            throw new Error("More than one view found in list template! Nesting level: " + nestLevel);
+        }
+        else {
+            if (actualNodes[0]) {
+                let parentLayout = actualNodes[0].parent;
+                if (parentLayout instanceof LayoutBase) {
+                    parentLayout.removeChild(actualNodes[0]);
+                }
+                return actualNodes[0];
+            }
+            else {
+                return getSingleViewRecursive(actualNodes[0].children, nestLevel + 1)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return getSingleViewRecursive(viewRef.rootNodes, 0);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/nativescript-angular/directives/list-view.ts b/src/nativescript-angular/directives/list-view.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index bbc8bd253..000000000
--- a/src/nativescript-angular/directives/list-view.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-import {
-    HostListener, Host, Directive,
-    Component, ContentChild, EmbeddedViewRef,
-    TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef
-} from 'angular2/core';
-import {View} from 'ui/core/view';
-import {NgView} from '../view-util'
-const NG_VIEW = "_ngViewRef";
-
-var console = {log: function(msg) {}}
-
-@Directive({
-    selector: 'ListView',
-})
-export class ListViewDirective {
-    private itemTemplate: ListItemTemplate;
-    public registerItemTemplate(container: ListItemTemplate) {
-        this.itemTemplate = container;
-    }
-
-    @HostListener("itemLoading", ['$event'])
-    public onItemLoading(args) {
-        if (!this.itemTemplate) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        let index = args.index;
-        let items = args.object.items;
-        let currentItem = typeof (items.getItem) === "function" ? items.getItem(index) : items[index];
-        let viewRef: EmbeddedViewRef;
-
-        if (args.view) {
-            console.log("ListView.onItemLoading: " + index + " - Reusing exisiting view");
-            viewRef = args.view[NG_VIEW];
-        }
-        else {
-            console.log("ListView.onItemLoading: " + index + " - Creating view from template");
-            viewRef = this.itemTemplate.instantiateTemplate();
-            args.view = getSingleViewFromViewRef(viewRef);
-            args.view[NG_VIEW] = viewRef;
-        }
-        this.setupViewRef(viewRef, currentItem, index);
-    }
-
-    public setupViewRef(viewRef: EmbeddedViewRef, data: any, index: number): void {
-        viewRef.setLocal('\$implicit', data.item);
-        viewRef.setLocal("item", data);
-        viewRef.setLocal("index", index);
-        viewRef.setLocal('even', (index % 2 == 0));
-        viewRef.setLocal('odd', (index % 2 == 1));
-    }
-}
-
-@Component({
-    selector: 'item-template',
-    template: ``,
-})
-export class ListItemTemplate {
-    @ContentChild(TemplateRef) template: TemplateRef;
-
-    constructor(
-        @Host() listDirective: ListViewDirective,
-        private _viewContainer: ViewContainerRef) {
-
-        listDirective.registerItemTemplate(this);
-    }
-
-    public instantiateTemplate(): EmbeddedViewRef {
-        return this._viewContainer.createEmbeddedView(this.template);
-    }
-}
-
-function getSingleViewFromViewRef(viewRef: EmbeddedViewRef): View {
-    var getSingleViewRecursive = (nodes: Array<any>, nestLevel: number) => {
-        var actualNodes = nodes.filter((n) => !!n && n.nodeName !== "#text");
-
-        if (actualNodes.length === 0) {
-            throw new Error("No suitable views found in list template! Nesting level: " + nestLevel);
-        }
-        else if (actualNodes.length > 1) {
-            throw new Error("More than one view found in list template! Nesting level: " + nestLevel);
-        }
-        else {
-            if (actualNodes[0]) {
-                return actualNodes[0];
-            }
-            else {
-                return getSingleViewRecursive(actualNodes[0].children, nestLevel + 1)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return getSingleViewRecursive(viewRef.rootNodes, 0);
-}
diff --git a/src/nativescript-angular/directives/ns-directives.ts b/src/nativescript-angular/directives/ns-directives.ts
index 79966263b..7fc4e467b 100644
--- a/src/nativescript-angular/directives/ns-directives.ts
+++ b/src/nativescript-angular/directives/ns-directives.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import {Type} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
-import {ListItemTemplate, ListViewDirective} from './list-view';
+import {ListViewComponent} from './list-view-comp';
 import {TextValueAccessor} from '../value-accessors/text-value-accessor';
 import {CheckedValueAccessor} from '../value-accessors/checked-value-accessor';
 import {TabViewDirective, TabViewItemDirective} from './tab-view';
 
 export const NS_DIRECTIVES: Type[] = [
-    ListItemTemplate,
-    ListViewDirective,
+    ListViewComponent,
 
     TabViewDirective,
     TabViewItemDirective,