diff --git a/nativescript-angular/directives/list-view-comp.ts b/nativescript-angular/directives/list-view-comp.ts
index 546130fc1..cbf9aa46f 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/directives/list-view-comp.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/directives/list-view-comp.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { ListView, ItemEventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/list-view";
 import { View, KeyedTemplate } from "tns-core-modules/ui/core/view";
 import { ObservableArray } from "tns-core-modules/data/observable-array";
 import { LayoutBase } from "tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base";
+import { profile } from "tns-core-modules/profiling";
 
 import { CommentNode } from "../element-registry";
 import { isListLikeIterable } from "../collection-facade";
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ export class ListViewComponent implements DoCheck, OnDestroy, AfterContentInit {
         this._templateMap.set(key, keyedTemplate);
     }
 
+    @profile
     public onItemLoading(args: ItemEventData) {
         if (!args.view && !this.itemTemplate) {
             return;
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ export class ListViewComponent implements DoCheck, OnDestroy, AfterContentInit {
         this.setupItemView.next({ view: viewRef, data: data, index: index, context: context });
     }
 
+    @profile
     private detectChangesOnChild(viewRef: EmbeddedViewRef<ListItemContext>, index: number) {
         listViewLog("Manually detect changes in child: " + index);
         viewRef.markForCheck();
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/platform-common.ts b/nativescript-angular/platform-common.ts
index bd2373347..374d9276c 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/platform-common.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/platform-common.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import "./zone-js/dist/zone-nativescript";
 import "reflect-metadata";
 import "./polyfills/array";
 import "./polyfills/console";
+import { profile } from "tns-core-modules/profiling";
 
 import {
     Type,
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ export class NativeScriptPlatformRef extends PlatformRef {
         super();
     }
 
+    @profile
     bootstrapModuleFactory<M>(moduleFactory: NgModuleFactory<M>): Promise<NgModuleRef<M>> {
         this._bootstrapper = () => this.platform.bootstrapModuleFactory(moduleFactory);
 
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ export class NativeScriptPlatformRef extends PlatformRef {
         return null; // Make the compiler happy
     }
 
+    @profile
     bootstrapModule<M>(
         moduleType: Type<M>,
         compilerOptions: CompilerOptions | CompilerOptions[] = []
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ export class NativeScriptPlatformRef extends PlatformRef {
         return null; // Make the compiler happy
     }
 
+    @profile
     private bootstrapApp() {
         (<any>global).__onLiveSyncCore = () => this.livesyncModule();
 
@@ -139,6 +143,7 @@ export class NativeScriptPlatformRef extends PlatformRef {
         return this.platform.destroyed;
     }
 
+    @profile
     private createNavigationEntry(
         bootstrapAction: BootstrapperAction,
         resolve?: (comp: NgModuleRef<any>) => void,
@@ -150,20 +155,25 @@ export class NativeScriptPlatformRef extends PlatformRef {
 
         const navEntry: NavigationEntry = {
             create: (): Page => {
-                let page = pageFactory({ isBootstrap: true, isLivesync });
+                const page = pageFactory({ isBootstrap: true, isLivesync });
                 setRootPage(page);
                 if (this.appOptions) {
                     page.actionBarHidden = this.appOptions.startPageActionBarHidden;
                 }
 
-                let initHandler = function () {
+                const initHandlerMethodName =
+                    "nativescript-angular/platform-common.initHandler";
+                const initHandler = profile(initHandlerMethodName, () => {
                     page.off(Page.navigatingToEvent, initHandler);
                     // profiling.stop("application-start");
                     rendererLog("Page loaded");
 
                     // profiling.start("ng-bootstrap");
                     rendererLog("BOOTSTRAPPING...");
-                    bootstrapAction().then((moduleRef) => {
+
+                    const bootstrapMethodName =
+                        "nativescript-angular/platform-common.postBootstrapAction";
+                    bootstrapAction().then(profile(bootstrapMethodName, moduleRef => {
                         // profiling.stop("ng-bootstrap");
                         rendererLog("ANGULAR BOOTSTRAP DONE.");
                         lastBootstrappedModule = new WeakRef(moduleRef);
@@ -172,9 +182,9 @@ export class NativeScriptPlatformRef extends PlatformRef {
                             resolve(moduleRef);
                         }
                         return moduleRef;
-                    }, (err) => {
+                    }), err => {
                         rendererError("ERROR BOOTSTRAPPING ANGULAR");
-                        let errorMessage = err.message + "\n\n" + err.stack;
+                        const errorMessage = err.message + "\n\n" + err.stack;
                         rendererError(errorMessage);
 
                         let view = new TextView();
@@ -185,7 +195,7 @@ export class NativeScriptPlatformRef extends PlatformRef {
                             reject(err);
                         }
                     });
-                };
+                });
 
                 page.on(Page.navigatingToEvent, initHandler);
 
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/renderer.ts b/nativescript-angular/renderer.ts
index c9ec5c122..b95318bc3 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/renderer.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/renderer.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { Device } from "tns-core-modules/platform";
 import { View } from "tns-core-modules/ui/core/view";
 import { addCss } from "tns-core-modules/application";
 import { topmost } from "tns-core-modules/ui/frame";
+import { profile } from "tns-core-modules/profiling";
 
 import { APP_ROOT_VIEW, DEVICE, getRootPage } from "./platform-providers";
 import { isBlank } from "./lang-facade";
@@ -83,95 +84,114 @@ export class NativeScriptRenderer extends Renderer2 {
         traceLog("NativeScriptRenderer created");
     }
 
+    @profile
     appendChild(parent: any, newChild: NgView): void {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.appendChild child: ${newChild} parent: ${parent}`);
         this.viewUtil.insertChild(parent, newChild);
     }
 
+    @profile
     insertBefore(parent: NgView, newChild: NgView, refChildIndex: number): void {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.insertBefore child: ${newChild} parent: ${parent}`);
         this.viewUtil.insertChild(parent, newChild, refChildIndex);
     }
 
+    @profile
     removeChild(parent: any, oldChild: NgView): void {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.removeChild child: ${oldChild} parent: ${parent}`);
         this.viewUtil.removeChild(parent, oldChild);
     }
 
+    @profile
     selectRootElement(selector: string): NgView {
         traceLog("selectRootElement: " + selector);
         return this.rootView;
     }
 
+    @profile
     parentNode(node: NgView): any {
         return node.parent || node.templateParent;
     }
 
+    @profile
     nextSibling(node: NgView): number {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.nextSibling ${node}`);
         return this.viewUtil.nextSiblingIndex(node);
     }
 
+    @profile
     createComment(_value: any): CommentNode {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.createComment ${_value}`);
         return this.viewUtil.createComment();
     }
 
+    @profile
     createElement(name: any, _namespace: string): NgView {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.createElement: ${name}`);
         return this.viewUtil.createView(name);
     }
 
+    @profile
     createText(_value: string): CommentNode {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.createText ${_value}`);
         return this.viewUtil.createText();
     }
 
+    @profile
     createViewRoot(hostElement: NgView): NgView {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.createViewRoot ${hostElement.nodeName}`);
         return hostElement;
     }
 
+    @profile
     projectNodes(parentElement: NgView, nodes: NgView[]): void {
         traceLog("NativeScriptRenderer.projectNodes");
         nodes.forEach((node) => this.viewUtil.insertChild(parentElement, node));
     }
 
+    @profile
     destroy() {
         traceLog("NativeScriptRenderer.destroy");
         // Seems to be called on component dispose only (router outlet)
         // TODO: handle this when we resolve routing and navigation.
     }
 
+    @profile
     setAttribute(view: NgView, name: string, value: string, namespace?: string) {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.setAttribute ${view} : ${name} = ${value}, namespace: ${namespace}`);
         return this.viewUtil.setProperty(view, name, value, namespace);
     }
 
+    @profile
     removeAttribute(_el: NgView, _name: string): void {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.removeAttribute ${_el}: ${_name}`);
     }
 
+    @profile
     setProperty(view: any, name: string, value: any) {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.setProperty ${view} : ${name} = ${value}`);
         return this.viewUtil.setProperty(view, name, value);
     }
 
+    @profile
     addClass(view: NgView, name: string): void {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.addClass ${name}`);
         this.viewUtil.addClass(view, name);
     }
 
+    @profile
     removeClass(view: NgView, name: string): void {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.removeClass ${name}`);
         this.viewUtil.removeClass(view, name);
     }
 
+    @profile
     setStyle(view: NgView, styleName: string, value: any, _flags?: RendererStyleFlags2): void {
         traceLog(`NativeScriptRenderer.setStyle: ${styleName} = ${value}`);
         this.viewUtil.setStyle(view, styleName, value);
     }
 
+    @profile
     removeStyle(view: NgView, styleName: string, _flags?: RendererStyleFlags2): void {
         traceLog("NativeScriptRenderer.removeStyle: ${styleName}");
         this.viewUtil.removeStyle(view, styleName);
@@ -179,23 +199,28 @@ export class NativeScriptRenderer extends Renderer2 {
 
     // Used only in debug mode to serialize property changes to comment nodes,
     // such as <template> placeholders.
+    @profile
     setBindingDebugInfo(renderElement: NgView, propertyName: string, propertyValue: string): void {
         traceLog("NativeScriptRenderer.setBindingDebugInfo: " + renderElement + ", " +
             propertyName + " = " + propertyValue);
     }
 
+    @profile
     setElementDebugInfo(renderElement: any, _info: any /*RenderDebugInfo*/): void {
         traceLog("NativeScriptRenderer.setElementDebugInfo: " + renderElement);
     }
 
+    @profile
     invokeElementMethod(_renderElement: NgView, methodName: string, args: Array<any>) {
         traceLog("NativeScriptRenderer.invokeElementMethod " + methodName + " " + args);
     }
 
+    @profile
     setValue(_renderNode: any, _value: string) {
         traceLog("NativeScriptRenderer.setValue");
     }
 
+    @profile
     listen(renderElement: any, eventName: string, callback: (event: any) => boolean):
         () => void {
         traceLog("NativeScriptRenderer.listen: " + eventName);
@@ -251,6 +276,7 @@ class EmulatedRenderer extends NativeScriptRenderer {
         return view;
     }
 
+    @profile
     private addStyles(styles: (string | any[])[], componentId: string) {
         styles.map(s => s.toString())
             .map(s => replaceNgAttribute(s, componentId))
@@ -258,9 +284,9 @@ class EmulatedRenderer extends NativeScriptRenderer {
     }
 }
 
-function addStyleToCss(style: string): void {
+const addStyleToCss = profile('"renderer".addStyleToCss', function addStyleToCss(style: string): void {
     addCss(style);
-}
+});
 
 function replaceNgAttribute(input: string, componentId: string): string {
     return input.replace(COMPONENT_REGEX, componentId);
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/router/page-router-outlet.ts b/nativescript-angular/router/page-router-outlet.ts
index bc28fdd5b..174976830 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/router/page-router-outlet.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/router/page-router-outlet.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
     ViewContainerRef, Type, InjectionToken,
     Inject, ComponentFactoryResolver, Injector
 } from "@angular/core";
+import { profile } from "tns-core-modules/profiling";
 import { RouterOutletMap, ActivatedRoute, PRIMARY_OUTLET } from "@angular/router";
 import { Device } from "tns-core-modules/platform";
 import { Frame } from "tns-core-modules/ui/frame";
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ export class PageRouterOutlet { // tslint:disable-line:directive-class-suffix
      * Called by the Router to instantiate a new component during the commit phase of a navigation.
      * This method in turn is responsible for calling the `routerOnActivate` hook of its child.
      */
+    @profile
     activateWith(
         activatedRoute: ActivatedRoute, resolver: ComponentFactoryResolver|null,
         outletMap: RouterOutletMap): void {
@@ -231,6 +233,7 @@ export class PageRouterOutlet { // tslint:disable-line:directive-class-suffix
         this.currentActivatedComp = cacheItem.componentRef;
     }
 
+    @profile
     private loadComponentInPage(page: Page, componentRef: ComponentRef<any>): void {
         // Component loaded. Find its root native view.
         const componentView = componentRef.location.nativeElement;