diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9399b9cd3..ca4ea8626 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ node_modules
 platforms
 hooks
 tags
+dist
 **/*.js.map
 **/*.metadata.json
 
@@ -14,6 +15,15 @@ tags
 !/nativescript-angular/gulpfile.js
 !/nativescript-angular/zone-js/dist/*.js
 
+/nativescript-angular-package/**/*.d.ts
+/nativescript-angular-package/**/*.js
+
+!/nativescript-angular-package/global.d.ts
+!/nativescript-angular-package/postinstall.js
+!/nativescript-angular-package/hooks/**/*.js
+!/nativescript-angular-package/gulpfile.js
+!/nativescript-angular-package/zone-js/dist/*.js
+
 .tscache
 .nvm
 .vscode
@@ -46,3 +56,4 @@ tsconfig.tns.json
 !.vscode/tasks.json
 !.vscode/launch.json
 !.vscode/extensions.json
+
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a90181768..b0a33425d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+<a name="8.20.0"></a>
+# [8.20.0](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-angular/compare/8.2.2...8.20.0) (2019-10-23)
+
+### Features
+* add scoped package @nativescript/angular ([#2014](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-angular/pull/2014))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **animations:** resolve issue with "query animations" on iOS 13 ([#2022](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-angular/issues/2022)) ([c382682](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-angular/commit/c382682))
+
 <a name="8.2.2"></a>
 ## [8.2.2](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-angular/compare/8.2.1...8.2.2) (2019-10-16)
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b42d49f3b..80bff2ab2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ In this case the commits should be merge firstly from release in master branch a
 2. Execute `npm i` to install dependencies:
 ```
 cd nativescript-angular && npm i
+cd nativescript-angular-package && npm i
 ```
-3. Execute [`npm version`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/version) to bump the version:
+3. Execute [`npm version`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/version) to bump the version in both `nativescript-angular` and `nativescript-angular-package` folders:
 ```
 npm --no-git-tag-version version [patch|minor|major] -m "release: cut the %s release"
 ```
diff --git a/build/pack-scripts/pack-compat.ts b/build/pack-scripts/pack-compat.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61cde5c88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pack-scripts/pack-compat.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import * as path from "path";
+import * as fs from "fs-extra";
+import { execSync } from "child_process";
+
+/**
+ * Use this script to pack .tgz for nativescript-angular package. The first passed param can be:
+ * 1. Path to .tgz file - in this case the script replaces the scoped dependency (@nativescript/angular) with it in the package.json file. Then packs.
+ * 2. Tag or exact version - in this case the script does `npm install --save-exact` to save the exact version (in case if tag). Then packs.
+ * 3. `auto-version` - this is interpreted by getting version from the scoped package.json file (nativescript-angular folder).
+ */
+
+var scopedVersion = process.argv[2];
+
+console.log(`Packing nativescript-angular package with @nativescript/angular: ${scopedVersion}`);
+
+const distFolderPath = path.resolve("../../dist");
+const tempFolderPath = path.resolve("./temp-compat");
+const outFileName = "nativescript-angular-compat.tgz";
+
+const nsAngularScopedPackageJSONPath = path.resolve("../../nativescript-angular/package.json");
+const nsAngularPackagePath = path.resolve("../../nativescript-angular-package");
+const packageJsonPath = path.resolve(`${nsAngularPackagePath}/package.json`);
+console.log("Getting package.json from", packageJsonPath);
+
+
+function prepareCompatPackageJSON(scopedVersion: string) {
+    const packageJsonObject = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath, { encoding: "utf8" }));
+    packageJsonObject.dependencies["@nativescript/angular"] = scopedVersion;
+    fs.writeFileSync(packageJsonPath, JSON.stringify(packageJsonObject, null, 4));
+}
+
+if (scopedVersion === "auto-version") {
+    // We use this when build for release. In this case we need to get version from scoped package (nativescript-angular) 
+    // and use it in the compat package.
+
+    scopedVersion = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(nsAngularScopedPackageJSONPath, { encoding: "utf8" })).version;
+    prepareCompatPackageJSON(scopedVersion)
+} else {
+    let npmInstallParams = "";
+
+    if (scopedVersion.indexOf(".tgz") > 0) {
+        // If building with .tgz, we need to update the package.json of the compat package 
+        prepareCompatPackageJSON(scopedVersion)
+    } else {
+        // If building with tag or exact version, just install it with --save-exact
+        npmInstallParams = `@nativescript/angular@${scopedVersion}`;
+    }  
+
+    execSync(`npm install --save-exact ${npmInstallParams}`, {
+        cwd: nsAngularPackagePath
+    });
+} 
+
+// ensure empty temp and existing dist folders
+fs.emptyDirSync(tempFolderPath);
+fs.ensureDirSync(distFolderPath);
+
+// Install, run tsc and run ngc
+execSync(`npm i && tsc && npm run ngc`, {
+    cwd: nsAngularPackagePath
+});
+
+// create .tgz in temp folder
+execSync(`npm pack ${nsAngularPackagePath}`, {
+    cwd: tempFolderPath
+});
+
+// assume we have a single file built in temp folder, take its name
+const currentFileName = fs.readdirSync(tempFolderPath)[0];
+
+// move built file and remove temp folder
+fs.moveSync(`${tempFolderPath}/${currentFileName}`, `${distFolderPath}/${outFileName}`, { overwrite: true });
+fs.removeSync(`${tempFolderPath}`);
diff --git a/build/pack-scripts/pack-scoped.ts b/build/pack-scripts/pack-scoped.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe72a16a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pack-scripts/pack-scoped.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import * as path from "path";
+import * as fs from "fs-extra";
+import { execSync } from "child_process";
+
+console.log(`Packing @nativescript/angular package`);
+
+const distFolderPath = path.resolve("../../dist");
+const tempFolderPath = path.resolve("./temp-scoped");
+const outFileName = "nativescript-angular-scoped.tgz";
+
+const nsAngularPackagePath = path.resolve("../../nativescript-angular");
+
+execSync(`npm install --save-exact`, {
+    cwd: nsAngularPackagePath
+});
+
+// ensure empty temp and dist folders
+fs.emptyDirSync(tempFolderPath);
+fs.ensureDirSync(distFolderPath);
+
+// create .tgz in temp folder
+execSync(`npm pack ${nsAngularPackagePath}`, {
+    cwd: tempFolderPath
+});
+
+// assume we have a single file built in temp folder, take its name
+const currentFileName = fs.readdirSync(tempFolderPath)[0];
+
+// move built file and remove temp folder
+fs.moveSync(`${tempFolderPath}/${currentFileName}`, `${distFolderPath}/${outFileName}`, { overwrite: true });
+fs.removeSync(`${tempFolderPath}`);
diff --git a/build/pack-scripts/package.json b/build/pack-scripts/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93c081421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pack-scripts/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "name": "build",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "prepublish-next.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^12.7.12",
+    "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
+    "rimraf": "^3.0.0",
+    "ts-node": "^8.4.1",
+    "typescript": "^3.6.4"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/build/pack-scripts/tsconfig.json b/build/pack-scripts/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a250c1c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pack-scripts/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "target": "es5",
+        "experimentalDecorators": true,
+        "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+        "noEmitHelpers": true,
+        "noEmitOnError": true,
+        "lib": [
+            "es6",
+            "dom",
+            "es2015.iterable"
+        ],
+        "types": [
+            "node"
+        ],
+        "typeRoots": [ "./node_modules/@types" ]
+    },
+    "include": [
+        "./**/*.ts"
+    ],
+    "exclude": [
+        "node_modules"
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/animation-examples/package.json b/e2e/animation-examples/package.json
index 1cece5d65..126f35fa3 100644
--- a/e2e/animation-examples/package.json
+++ b/e2e/animation-examples/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
-    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular",
+    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular-package",
     "nativescript-theme-core": "~1.0.2",
     "reflect-metadata": "~0.1.8",
     "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
diff --git a/e2e/animation-examples/tsconfig.json b/e2e/animation-examples/tsconfig.json
index d93d819b4..eee1eca47 100644
--- a/e2e/animation-examples/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/animation-examples/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         "paths": {
             "*": [
                 "./node_modules/tns-core-modules/*",
-                "./node_modules/*"
+                "./node_modules/*",
+                "./node_modules/nativescript-angular/node_modules/*"
             ],
             "~/*": [
                 "app/*"
@@ -23,10 +24,13 @@
         }
     },
     "include": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package",
         "../../nativescript-angular",
         "**/*"
     ],
     "exclude": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/node_modules",
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/**/*.d.ts",
         "../../nativescript-angular/node_modules",
         "../../nativescript-angular/**/*.d.ts",
         "node_modules",
diff --git a/e2e/modal-navigation-ng/package.json b/e2e/modal-navigation-ng/package.json
index 2454a4121..5bd81ea31 100644
--- a/e2e/modal-navigation-ng/package.json
+++ b/e2e/modal-navigation-ng/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
-    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular",
+    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular-package",
     "nativescript-theme-core": "~1.0.4",
     "reflect-metadata": "~0.1.8",
     "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
diff --git a/e2e/modal-navigation-ng/tsconfig.json b/e2e/modal-navigation-ng/tsconfig.json
index d93d819b4..eee1eca47 100644
--- a/e2e/modal-navigation-ng/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/modal-navigation-ng/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         "paths": {
             "*": [
                 "./node_modules/tns-core-modules/*",
-                "./node_modules/*"
+                "./node_modules/*",
+                "./node_modules/nativescript-angular/node_modules/*"
             ],
             "~/*": [
                 "app/*"
@@ -23,10 +24,13 @@
         }
     },
     "include": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package",
         "../../nativescript-angular",
         "**/*"
     ],
     "exclude": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/node_modules",
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/**/*.d.ts",
         "../../nativescript-angular/node_modules",
         "../../nativescript-angular/**/*.d.ts",
         "node_modules",
diff --git a/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/app/app.module.ts b/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/app/app.module.ts
index 2be80e9fd..1c406632a 100644
--- a/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/app/app.module.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { routerTraceCategory } from "nativescript-angular/trace";
 // addCategories(routerTraceCategory);
 traceEnable();
 
-class MyErrorHandler implements ErrorHandler {
+export class MyErrorHandler implements ErrorHandler {
     handleError(error) {
         console.log("### ErrorHandler Error: " + error.toString());
         console.log("### ErrorHandler Stack: " + error.stack);
diff --git a/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/app/modal-second/modal-second.component.html b/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/app/modal-second/modal-second.component.html
index 9c6b4052e..27a997c2f 100644
--- a/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/app/modal-second/modal-second.component.html
+++ b/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/app/modal-second/modal-second.component.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <Label class="action-bar-title" text="Modal Second"></Label>
 </ActionBar>
 
-<GridLayout #rootLayout rows="auto, auto" (loaded)="onLoaded($event)">
+<GridLayout #rootLayout rows="auto, auto" (loaded)="onLoaded()">
     <Button text="Go Back(activatedRoute)" (tap)="goBack()"></Button>
     <Button row="1" text="Close Modal" (tap)="close(rootLayout)"></Button>
 </GridLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/package.json b/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/package.json
index caef1096f..6e78669c1 100644
--- a/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/package.json
+++ b/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
-    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular",
+    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular-package",
     "nativescript-theme-core": "~1.0.4",
     "reflect-metadata": "~0.1.8",
     "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
diff --git a/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/tsconfig.json b/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/tsconfig.json
index d93d819b4..eee1eca47 100644
--- a/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/nested-router-tab-view/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         "paths": {
             "*": [
                 "./node_modules/tns-core-modules/*",
-                "./node_modules/*"
+                "./node_modules/*",
+                "./node_modules/nativescript-angular/node_modules/*"
             ],
             "~/*": [
                 "app/*"
@@ -23,10 +24,13 @@
         }
     },
     "include": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package",
         "../../nativescript-angular",
         "**/*"
     ],
     "exclude": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/node_modules",
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/**/*.d.ts",
         "../../nativescript-angular/node_modules",
         "../../nativescript-angular/**/*.d.ts",
         "node_modules",
diff --git a/e2e/renderer/package.json b/e2e/renderer/package.json
index 16b90f954..4b03e0682 100644
--- a/e2e/renderer/package.json
+++ b/e2e/renderer/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
-    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular",
+    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular-package",
     "nativescript-theme-core": "~1.0.4",
     "reflect-metadata": "~0.1.8",
     "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
diff --git a/e2e/renderer/tsconfig.json b/e2e/renderer/tsconfig.json
index d93d819b4..eee1eca47 100644
--- a/e2e/renderer/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/renderer/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         "paths": {
             "*": [
                 "./node_modules/tns-core-modules/*",
-                "./node_modules/*"
+                "./node_modules/*",
+                "./node_modules/nativescript-angular/node_modules/*"
             ],
             "~/*": [
                 "app/*"
@@ -23,10 +24,13 @@
         }
     },
     "include": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package",
         "../../nativescript-angular",
         "**/*"
     ],
     "exclude": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/node_modules",
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/**/*.d.ts",
         "../../nativescript-angular/node_modules",
         "../../nativescript-angular/**/*.d.ts",
         "node_modules",
diff --git a/e2e/routable-animations/package.json b/e2e/routable-animations/package.json
index 98cd54e14..381f54d74 100644
--- a/e2e/routable-animations/package.json
+++ b/e2e/routable-animations/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
-    "nativescript-angular": "next",
+    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular-package",
     "nativescript-theme-core": "~1.0.2",
     "reflect-metadata": "~0.1.8",
     "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
diff --git a/e2e/routable-animations/tsconfig.json b/e2e/routable-animations/tsconfig.json
index d93d819b4..eee1eca47 100644
--- a/e2e/routable-animations/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/routable-animations/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         "paths": {
             "*": [
                 "./node_modules/tns-core-modules/*",
-                "./node_modules/*"
+                "./node_modules/*",
+                "./node_modules/nativescript-angular/node_modules/*"
             ],
             "~/*": [
                 "app/*"
@@ -23,10 +24,13 @@
         }
     },
     "include": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package",
         "../../nativescript-angular",
         "**/*"
     ],
     "exclude": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/node_modules",
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/**/*.d.ts",
         "../../nativescript-angular/node_modules",
         "../../nativescript-angular/**/*.d.ts",
         "node_modules",
diff --git a/e2e/router-tab-view/app/app.component.ts b/e2e/router-tab-view/app/app.component.ts
index 7c18980d7..20ccd80c4 100644
--- a/e2e/router-tab-view/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/e2e/router-tab-view/app/app.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { Component, OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, ViewChild } from "@angular/core";
+import { Component, ViewChild } from "@angular/core";
 import { TabViewDirective } from "nativescript-angular/directives";
 import { Router, NavigationEnd } from "@angular/router";
 import { NSLocationStrategy } from "nativescript-angular/router/ns-location-strategy";
 
-
 @Component({
     selector: "ns-app",
     templateUrl: "app.component.html",
diff --git a/e2e/router-tab-view/app/app.module.ts b/e2e/router-tab-view/app/app.module.ts
index 7f98a48a2..632cdf76b 100644
--- a/e2e/router-tab-view/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/e2e/router-tab-view/app/app.module.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ import { AppComponent } from "./app.component";
 
 import { DataService } from "./data.service";
 
-import { enable as traceEnable, addCategories } from "tns-core-modules/trace";
-import { routerTraceCategory } from "nativescript-angular/trace";
+import { enable as traceEnable } from "tns-core-modules/trace";
 
 // addCategories(routerTraceCategory);
 traceEnable();
 
-class MyErrorHandler implements ErrorHandler {
+export class MyErrorHandler implements ErrorHandler {
     handleError(error) {
         console.log("### ErrorHandler Error: " + error.toString());
         console.log("### ErrorHandler Stack: " + error.stack);
diff --git a/e2e/router-tab-view/package.json b/e2e/router-tab-view/package.json
index 4637596b4..fc1120b74 100644
--- a/e2e/router-tab-view/package.json
+++ b/e2e/router-tab-view/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
-    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular",
+    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular-package",
     "nativescript-theme-core": "~1.0.4",
     "reflect-metadata": "~0.1.8",
     "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
diff --git a/e2e/router-tab-view/tsconfig.json b/e2e/router-tab-view/tsconfig.json
index d93d819b4..eee1eca47 100644
--- a/e2e/router-tab-view/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/router-tab-view/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         "paths": {
             "*": [
                 "./node_modules/tns-core-modules/*",
-                "./node_modules/*"
+                "./node_modules/*",
+                "./node_modules/nativescript-angular/node_modules/*"
             ],
             "~/*": [
                 "app/*"
@@ -23,10 +24,13 @@
         }
     },
     "include": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package",
         "../../nativescript-angular",
         "**/*"
     ],
     "exclude": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/node_modules",
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/**/*.d.ts",
         "../../nativescript-angular/node_modules",
         "../../nativescript-angular/**/*.d.ts",
         "node_modules",
diff --git a/e2e/router/package.json b/e2e/router/package.json
index 65d8c663c..e4e5126aa 100644
--- a/e2e/router/package.json
+++ b/e2e/router/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
-    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular",
+    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular-package",
     "nativescript-intl": "^3.0.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "~0.1.8",
     "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
diff --git a/e2e/router/tsconfig.json b/e2e/router/tsconfig.json
index d93d819b4..eee1eca47 100644
--- a/e2e/router/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/router/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         "paths": {
             "*": [
                 "./node_modules/tns-core-modules/*",
-                "./node_modules/*"
+                "./node_modules/*",
+                "./node_modules/nativescript-angular/node_modules/*"
             ],
             "~/*": [
                 "app/*"
@@ -23,10 +24,13 @@
         }
     },
     "include": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package",
         "../../nativescript-angular",
         "**/*"
     ],
     "exclude": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/node_modules",
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/**/*.d.ts",
         "../../nativescript-angular/node_modules",
         "../../nativescript-angular/**/*.d.ts",
         "node_modules",
diff --git a/e2e/single-page/app/app.module.ts b/e2e/single-page/app/app.module.ts
index d2187c691..4a13ad7fe 100644
--- a/e2e/single-page/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/e2e/single-page/app/app.module.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { NgModule, NgModuleFactoryLoader, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from "@angular/core";
 import { NativeScriptModule } from "nativescript-angular/nativescript.module";
 import { NSModuleFactoryLoader } from "nativescript-angular/router";
+ import { isNavigationButton } from "nativescript-angular/directives/action-bar";
 
 import {
     AppRoutingModule,
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 
 import { AppComponent } from "./app.component";
 
-import { rendererTraceCategory, viewUtilCategory, routeReuseStrategyTraceCategory, routerTraceCategory } from "nativescript-angular/trace";
+import { routeReuseStrategyTraceCategory, routerTraceCategory } from "nativescript-angular/trace";
 import { setCategories, enable } from "tns-core-modules/trace";
 import { ModalComponent } from "./second/modal/modal.component";
 setCategories(routerTraceCategory + "," + routeReuseStrategyTraceCategory);
diff --git a/e2e/single-page/app/first/first.component.ts b/e2e/single-page/app/first/first.component.ts
index 58956ec8f..aaef09a8d 100644
--- a/e2e/single-page/app/first/first.component.ts
+++ b/e2e/single-page/app/first/first.component.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-import { Component, OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges } from "@angular/core";
-import { ActivatedRoute, Router, Route } from "@angular/router";
-import { Location } from "@angular/common";
+import { Component, OnInit, OnDestroy } from "@angular/core";
 
 import { Page } from "tns-core-modules/ui/page";
-import { Observable } from "rxjs";
-import { FrameService } from "nativescript-angular/platform-providers";
 
 @Component({
     selector: "first",
diff --git a/e2e/single-page/package.json b/e2e/single-page/package.json
index 001d8b0a6..a1de11d9a 100644
--- a/e2e/single-page/package.json
+++ b/e2e/single-page/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
-    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular",
+    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular-package",
     "nativescript-intl": "^3.0.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "~0.1.8",
     "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
diff --git a/e2e/single-page/tsconfig.json b/e2e/single-page/tsconfig.json
index d93d819b4..eee1eca47 100644
--- a/e2e/single-page/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/single-page/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         "paths": {
             "*": [
                 "./node_modules/tns-core-modules/*",
-                "./node_modules/*"
+                "./node_modules/*",
+                "./node_modules/nativescript-angular/node_modules/*"
             ],
             "~/*": [
                 "app/*"
@@ -23,10 +24,13 @@
         }
     },
     "include": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package",
         "../../nativescript-angular",
         "**/*"
     ],
     "exclude": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/node_modules",
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/**/*.d.ts",
         "../../nativescript-angular/node_modules",
         "../../nativescript-angular/**/*.d.ts",
         "node_modules",
diff --git a/e2e/tests-app-ng/app/lazy/lazy.component.css b/e2e/tests-app-ng/app/lazy/lazy.component.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eec6173f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/tests-app-ng/app/lazy/lazy.component.css
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+.system-background-color-stack-layout {
+    background-color: white;
+}
+
+.ns-dark .system-background-color-stack-layout {
+    background-color: gray;
+}
diff --git a/e2e/tests-app-ng/app/lazy/lazy.component.html b/e2e/tests-app-ng/app/lazy/lazy.component.html
index 6ffd7d2a6..82d691f92 100644
--- a/e2e/tests-app-ng/app/lazy/lazy.component.html
+++ b/e2e/tests-app-ng/app/lazy/lazy.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<StackLayout>
+<StackLayout class="system-background-color-stack-layout">
     <GridLayout rows="auto" columns="auto" [visibility]="isModal ? 'visible' : 'collapsed'">
         <Button
             automationText="closeModal"
diff --git a/e2e/tests-app-ng/app/lazy/lazy.component.ts b/e2e/tests-app-ng/app/lazy/lazy.component.ts
index 8e5354559..00d30bbb1 100644
--- a/e2e/tests-app-ng/app/lazy/lazy.component.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests-app-ng/app/lazy/lazy.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { ModalDialogParams } from "nativescript-angular/directives/dialogs";
     selector: "ns-lazy",
     moduleId: module.id,
     templateUrl: "./lazy.component.html",
+    styleUrls: ["./lazy.component.css"]
 })
 export class LazyComponent {
     public isModal: boolean;
diff --git a/e2e/tests-app-ng/package.json b/e2e/tests-app-ng/package.json
index 14546adfb..97e4fcf8b 100644
--- a/e2e/tests-app-ng/package.json
+++ b/e2e/tests-app-ng/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
-    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular",
+    "nativescript-angular": "file:../../nativescript-angular-package",
     "nativescript-intl": "~3.0.0",
     "nativescript-theme-core": "^1.0.4",
     "reflect-metadata": "~0.1.8",
diff --git a/e2e/tests-app-ng/tsconfig.json b/e2e/tests-app-ng/tsconfig.json
index d93d819b4..eee1eca47 100644
--- a/e2e/tests-app-ng/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/tests-app-ng/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         "paths": {
             "*": [
                 "./node_modules/tns-core-modules/*",
-                "./node_modules/*"
+                "./node_modules/*",
+                "./node_modules/nativescript-angular/node_modules/*"
             ],
             "~/*": [
                 "app/*"
@@ -23,10 +24,13 @@
         }
     },
     "include": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package",
         "../../nativescript-angular",
         "**/*"
     ],
     "exclude": [
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/node_modules",
+        "../../nativescript-angular-package/**/*.d.ts",
         "../../nativescript-angular/node_modules",
         "../../nativescript-angular/**/*.d.ts",
         "node_modules",
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/.npmignore b/nativescript-angular-package/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfeb641a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+*.tgz
+
+*.ts
+!*.d.ts
+
+*.js.map
+
+tsconfig.json
+global.d.ts
+.npmignore
+gulpfile.js
+tslint.json
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/animations/index.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/animations/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3add12158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/animations/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/animations";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/common/index.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/common/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c78d3aac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/common/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/common";
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/directives/action-bar.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/directives/action-bar.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5337b967b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/directives/action-bar.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/directives/action-bar";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/directives/dialogs.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/directives/dialogs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7aa4b95b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/directives/dialogs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/directives/dialogs"; 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/directives/index.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/directives/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d32d1c9a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/directives/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/directives";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/directives/templated-items-comp.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/directives/templated-items-comp.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdb635ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/directives/templated-items-comp.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/directives/templated-items-comp";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/element-registry.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/element-registry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46a37d420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/element-registry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/element-registry";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/file-system/ns-file-system.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/file-system/ns-file-system.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7b0b52dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/file-system/ns-file-system.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/file-system/ns-file-system";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/forms/index.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/forms/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c8c3c933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/forms/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/forms"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/forms/value-accessors/index.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/forms/value-accessors/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37a248724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/forms/value-accessors/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/forms/value-accessors";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/http-client/index.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/http-client/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..939d93e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/http-client/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/http-client"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/index.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03145e814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular";
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/forms";
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/router";
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/file-system/ns-file-system";
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/modal-dialog";
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/forms/value-accessors/base-value-accessor";
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/trace";
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/renderer";
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/view-util";
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/modal-dialog.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/modal-dialog.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9dad19c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/modal-dialog.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/modal-dialog"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/nativescript.module.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/nativescript.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc5956f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/nativescript.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/nativescript.module";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/package.json b/nativescript-angular-package/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27f17c0c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+    "name": "nativescript-angular",
+    "version": "8.20.0",
+    "description": "An Angular renderer that lets you build mobile apps with NativeScript.",
+    "homepage": "https://www.nativescript.org/",
+    "bugs": "https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-angular/issues",
+    "author": {
+        "name": "NativeScript Team"
+    },
+    "nativescript": {
+        "platforms": {
+            "android": "6.0.0",
+            "ios": "6.0.0"
+        }
+    },
+    "keywords": [
+        "NativeScript",
+        "Angular"
+    ],
+    "license": "Apache-2.0",
+    "repository": {
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-angular.git"
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "@nativescript/angular": "file:../nativescript-angular"
+    },
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "@angular/animations": "~8.2.0",
+        "@angular/common": "~8.2.0",
+        "@angular/compiler": "~8.2.0",
+        "@angular/compiler-cli": "~8.2.0",
+        "@angular/core": "~8.2.0",
+        "@angular/forms": "~8.2.0",
+        "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
+        "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.0",
+        "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
+        "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
+        "tns-core-modules": "next",
+        "typescript": "~3.5.3"
+    },
+    "scripts": {
+        "ngc": "ngc -p tsconfig.json",
+        "pack-with-scoped-version": "cd ../build/pack-scripts && npm i && npx ts-node pack-compat.ts"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/platform-common.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/platform-common.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d8ac7743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/platform-common.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/platform-common";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/platform-providers.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/platform-providers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcc447e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/platform-providers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/platform-providers";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/platform-static.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/platform-static.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e63c475ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/platform-static.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/platform-static";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/platform.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/platform.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e8e49eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/platform.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/platform";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/renderer.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/renderer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6dd053d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/renderer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/renderer";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/resource-loader.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/resource-loader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9e2794a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/resource-loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/resource-loader";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/router/index.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/router/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0959f3730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/router/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/router";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/router/ns-location-strategy.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/router/ns-location-strategy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d94eb407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/router/ns-location-strategy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/router/ns-location-strategy";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/router/ns-route-reuse-strategy.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/router/ns-route-reuse-strategy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa6306cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/router/ns-route-reuse-strategy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/router/ns-route-reuse-strategy";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/router/ns-router-link.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/router/ns-router-link.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa87694d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/router/ns-router-link.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/router/ns-router-link";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/router/page-router-outlet.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/router/page-router-outlet.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f181cf615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/router/page-router-outlet.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/router/page-router-outlet";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/router/router.module.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/router/router.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c7b8ed2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/router/router.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { LocationState } from "@nativescript/angular/router/ns-location-strategy";
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/router/router.module";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/testing/index.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/testing/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3939f9dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/testing/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/testing"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/testing/src/nativescript_test_component_renderer.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/testing/src/nativescript_test_component_renderer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f06c592a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/testing/src/nativescript_test_component_renderer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/testing/src/nativescript_test_component_renderer";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/testing/src/util.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/testing/src/util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42234d6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/testing/src/util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/testing/src/util";
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/trace.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/trace.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87044475c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/trace.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/trace";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/tsconfig.json b/nativescript-angular-package/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b128b871a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es5",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "noImplicitUseStrict": true,
+    "noEmitHelpers": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "removeComments": false,
+    "noEmitOnError": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": false,
+    "lib": [
+        "dom",
+        "es6",
+        "es2015.iterable"
+    ],
+    "baseUrl": "."
+  },
+  "angularCompilerOptions": {
+    "genDir": ".",
+    "skipMetadataEmit": false,
+    "skipTemplateCodegen": true,
+    "strictMetadataEmit": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "**/*.ts"
+  ],
+  "exclude":[
+    "node_modules/*"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/value-accessors/base-value-accessor.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/value-accessors/base-value-accessor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c5fd2186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/value-accessors/base-value-accessor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// This file is only for compatibility with pre 4.4.0 releases.
+// Please use "nativescript-angular/forms/value-accessors/base-value-accessor"
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/forms/value-accessors/base-value-accessor";
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/view-util.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/view-util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53ecbb10e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/view-util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "@nativescript/angular/view-util";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/zone-js/README.md b/nativescript-angular-package/zone-js/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from nativescript-angular/zone-js/README.md
rename to nativescript-angular-package/zone-js/README.md
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/zone-js/testing.jasmine.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/zone-js/testing.jasmine.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d852527d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/zone-js/testing.jasmine.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Bootstrap helper module for jasmine spec tests
+import "@nativescript/angular/platform";
+import "@nativescript/angular/dist/zone-nativescript.jasmine.js";
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/zone-js/testing.mocha.ts b/nativescript-angular-package/zone-js/testing.mocha.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8ec59c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/zone-js/testing.mocha.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import "@nativescript/angular/platform";
+import "@nativescript/angular/zone-js/dist/zone-nativescript.mocha.js";
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/animations/animation-player.ts b/nativescript-angular/animations/animation-player.ts
index fa38f6782..d63ef066e 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/animations/animation-player.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/animations/animation-player.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { AnimationPlayer } from "@angular/animations";
 import { KeyframeAnimation }
     from "tns-core-modules/ui/animation/keyframe-animation";
+import { View, EventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/core/view";
 
 import { Keyframe, createKeyframeAnimation } from "./utils";
 import { NgView } from "../element-registry";
@@ -55,6 +56,21 @@ export class NativeScriptAnimationPlayer implements AnimationPlayer {
             this._startSubscriptions = [];
         }
 
+        // When this issue https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/7984 is fixes in @nativescript/core
+        // we can change this fix and apply the one that is recommended in that issue.
+        if (this.target.isLoaded) {
+            this.playAnimation();
+        } else {
+            this.target.on(View.loadedEvent, this.onTargetLoaded.bind(this));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private onTargetLoaded(args: EventData) {
+        this.target.off(View.loadedEvent, this.onTargetLoaded);
+        this.playAnimation();
+    }
+
+    private playAnimation() {
         this.animation.play(this.target)
             .then(() => this.onFinish())
             .catch((_e) => {});
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/animations/index.ts b/nativescript-angular/animations/index.ts
index d5754740b..2b54a81e9 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/animations/index.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/animations/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 export * from "./animations.module";
+export * from "./animation-player";
+export * from "./animation-driver";
+export * from "./utils";
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/bin/update-app-ng-deps b/nativescript-angular/bin/update-app-ng-deps
index 1b4c46aca..043e57edf 100755
--- a/nativescript-angular/bin/update-app-ng-deps
+++ b/nativescript-angular/bin/update-app-ng-deps
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function updateDeps(deps, devDeps, newDeps) {
 }
 
 const pluginDeps = pluginPackageJson.peerDependencies;
-const projectPath = process.env.INIT_CWD || path.dirname(path.dirname(pluginPath));
+const projectPath = process.env.INIT_CWD || path.dirname(path.dirname(path.dirname(pluginPath)));
 const appPackageJsonPath = path.join(projectPath, "package.json");
 const appPackageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(appPackageJsonPath, "utf8"));
 
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/common.ts b/nativescript-angular/common.ts
index c6b119eef..f148d787e 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/common.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/common.ts
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ import { NS_DIRECTIVES } from "./directives";
 })
 export class NativeScriptCommonModule {
 }
+
+export * from "./directives";
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/directives/dialogs.ts b/nativescript-angular/directives/dialogs.ts
index 13dde66d6..14463c533 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/directives/dialogs.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/directives/dialogs.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { AppHostView } from "../app-host-view";
 import { DetachedLoader } from "../common/detached-loader";
 import { PageFactory, PAGE_FACTORY } from "../platform-providers";
 import { once } from "../common/utils";
-import { topmost, Frame } from "tns-core-modules/ui/frame";
+import { Frame } from "tns-core-modules/ui/frame";
 import { ShowModalOptions } from "tns-core-modules/ui/core/view";
 
 export type BaseShowModalOptions = Pick<ShowModalOptions, Exclude<keyof ShowModalOptions, "closeCallback" | "context">>;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class ModalDialogService {
 
         let frame = parentView;
         if (!(parentView instanceof Frame)) {
-            frame = (parentView.page && parentView.page.frame) || topmost();
+            frame = (parentView.page && parentView.page.frame) || Frame.topmost();
         }
 
         this.location._beginModalNavigation(frame);
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/directives/index.ts b/nativescript-angular/directives/index.ts
index 6b68054e3..4fd2966f5 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/directives/index.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/directives/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ListViewComponent } from "./list-view-comp";
-import { TemplateKeyDirective } from "./templated-items-comp";
+import { TemplateKeyDirective, SetupItemViewArgs, TemplatedItemsComponent } from "./templated-items-comp";
 import { TabViewDirective, TabViewItemDirective } from "./tab-view";
 import {
     ActionBarComponent,
@@ -8,22 +8,26 @@ import {
     NavigationButtonDirective
 } from "./action-bar";
 import { AndroidFilterComponent, IosFilterComponent } from "./platform-filters";
+import { ModalDialogHost, ModalDialogOptions, ModalDialogParams, ModalDialogService } from "./dialogs";
 
-export { ListViewComponent } from "./list-view-comp";
-export { SetupItemViewArgs, TemplateKeyDirective } from "./templated-items-comp";
-
-export { TabViewDirective, TabViewItemDirective } from "./tab-view";
-export {
+export const NS_DIRECTIVES = [
+    ListViewComponent,
+    TemplateKeyDirective,
+    TabViewDirective,
+    TabViewItemDirective,
     ActionBarComponent,
     ActionBarScope,
     ActionItemDirective,
-    NavigationButtonDirective
-} from "./action-bar";
-export { AndroidFilterComponent, IosFilterComponent } from "./platform-filters";
+    NavigationButtonDirective,
+    AndroidFilterComponent,
+    IosFilterComponent,
+];
 
-export const NS_DIRECTIVES = [
+export {
     ListViewComponent,
     TemplateKeyDirective,
+    SetupItemViewArgs,
+    TemplatedItemsComponent,
     TabViewDirective,
     TabViewItemDirective,
     ActionBarComponent,
@@ -32,4 +36,8 @@ export const NS_DIRECTIVES = [
     NavigationButtonDirective,
     AndroidFilterComponent,
     IosFilterComponent,
-];
+    ModalDialogHost,
+    ModalDialogOptions,
+    ModalDialogParams,
+    ModalDialogService
+};
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/file-system/index.ts b/nativescript-angular/file-system/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0e3dc687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular/file-system/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "./ns-file-system";
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/forms/forms.module.ts b/nativescript-angular/forms/forms.module.ts
index 814b08727..50511eafc 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/forms/forms.module.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/forms/forms.module.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ export const FORMS_DIRECTIVES = [
     NumberValueAccessor,
 ];
 
+export {
+    TextValueAccessor,
+    CheckedValueAccessor,
+    DateValueAccessor,
+    TimeValueAccessor,
+    SelectedIndexValueAccessor,
+    NumberValueAccessor
+};
+
 @NgModule({
     declarations: FORMS_DIRECTIVES,
     providers: [
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/hooks/before-livesync.js b/nativescript-angular/hooks/before-livesync.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9642f1c12..000000000
--- a/nativescript-angular/hooks/before-livesync.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function ($usbLiveSyncService) {
-    $usbLiveSyncService.forceExecuteFullSync = false;
-};
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/hooks/hook-helper.js b/nativescript-angular/hooks/hook-helper.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a23ae688..000000000
--- a/nativescript-angular/hooks/hook-helper.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-var fs = require("fs");
-var path = require("path");
-
-exports.findProjectDir = function findProjectDir() {
-    var candidateDir = path.join(__dirname, "..");
-    while (true) {
-        var oldCandidateDir = candidateDir;
-        candidateDir = path.dirname(candidateDir);
-        if (path.basename(candidateDir) === 'node_modules') {
-            continue;
-        }
-        var packageJsonFile = path.join(candidateDir, 'package.json');
-        if (fs.existsSync(packageJsonFile)) {
-            return candidateDir;
-        }
-        if (oldCandidateDir === candidateDir) {
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-};
-
-exports.getHooksDir = function getHooksDir() {
-    return path.join(exports.findProjectDir(), 'hooks');
-};
-
-exports.getBeforeLivesyncHookDir = function getBeforeLivesyncHookDir() {
-    return path.join(exports.getHooksDir(), "before-livesync");
-};
-
-exports.getHookFilePath = function getHookFilePath() {
-    return path.join(exports.getBeforeLivesyncHookDir(), "nativescript-angular-sync.js");
-};
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/http-client/http-client.module.ts b/nativescript-angular/http-client/http-client.module.ts
index ea6623d5b..59d55a05a 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/http-client/http-client.module.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/http-client/http-client.module.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import { NgModule } from "@angular/core";
 
-// IMPORTant: Importing "@angular/common/http" for the first time overwrites the
-// global.__extends function.
-const cachedExtends = global.__extends;
 import { HttpClientModule, HttpBackend } from "@angular/common/http";
-global.__extends = cachedExtends;
 
 import { NSFileSystem } from "../file-system/ns-file-system";
 import { NsHttpBackEnd } from "./ns-http-backend";
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/index.ts b/nativescript-angular/index.ts
index db3cb4279..a9b23ecfd 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/index.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/index.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,17 @@ import "tns-core-modules/application";
 export * from "./platform-common";
 export * from "./platform";
 export * from "./platform-static";
-export * from "./router";
-export * from "./forms";
-export * from "./directives";
-export * from "./common/detached-loader";
-export * from "./trace";
 export * from "./platform-providers";
-export * from "./file-system/ns-file-system";
-export * from "./modal-dialog";
-export * from "./renderer";
-export * from "./view-util";
 export * from "./resource-loader";
 
+export * from "./nativescript.module";
+export * from "./common";
+
+export * from "./router";
+export * from "./file-system";
+export * from "./http-client";
+export * from "./forms";
+
 export {
     ViewClass,
     ViewClassMeta,
@@ -24,5 +23,3 @@ export {
     isKnownView,
     registerElement,
 } from "./element-registry";
-
-export * from "./forms/value-accessors/base-value-accessor";
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/nativescript.module.ts b/nativescript-angular/nativescript.module.ts
index 439c20b9d..8a4da1ef6 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/nativescript.module.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/nativescript.module.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export function errorHandlerFactory() {
     return new ErrorHandler();
 }
 
+export { DetachedLoader };
+
 @NgModule({
     declarations: [
         DetachedLoader,
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/package.json b/nativescript-angular/package.json
index 1211118bd..07e692d11 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/package.json
+++ b/nativescript-angular/package.json
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 {
-  "name": "nativescript-angular",
-  "version": "8.2.2",
+  "name": "@nativescript/angular",
+  "version": "8.20.0",
   "description": "An Angular renderer that lets you build mobile apps with NativeScript.",
   "homepage": "https://www.nativescript.org/",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-angular/issues",
   "author": {
     "name": "NativeScript Team"
   },
-  "contributors": [
-    "Hristo Deshev <hristo.deshev@telerik.com>",
-    "Alexander Vakrilov <alexander.vakrilov@progress.com>",
-    "Stanimira Vlaeva <Stanimira.Vlaeva@progress.com>"
-  ],
   "nativescript": {
     "platforms": {
       "android": "6.0.0",
@@ -29,11 +24,11 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "tslint": "tslint --project tsconfig.json --config tslint.json",
-    "postinstall": "node postinstall.js",
     "tsc": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
     "tsc-w": "tsc -p tsconfig.json -w",
     "ngc": "ngc -p tsconfig.json",
     "prepare": "npm run ngc",
+    "pack": "npm i && tsc && cd ../build/pack-scripts && npm i && npx ts-node pack-scoped.ts",
     "version": "rm -rf package-lock.json && conventional-changelog -p angular -i ../CHANGELOG.md -s && git add ../CHANGELOG.md",
     "typedoc": "typedoc --tsconfig \"./tsconfig.typedoc.json\" --out ./bin/dist/ng-api-reference --includeDeclarations --name \"NativeScript Angular\" --theme ./node_modules/nativescript-typedoc-theme --excludeExternals --externalPattern \"**/+(tns-core-modules|module|declarations).d.ts\""
   },
@@ -53,7 +48,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
     "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
-    "tns-core-modules": "^6.0.0 || >6.1.0-",
+    "tns-core-modules": "^6.2.0 || >6.3.0-",
     "typescript": "~3.5.3",
     "zone.js": "^0.9.1"
   },
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/platform-providers.ts b/nativescript-angular/platform-providers.ts
index 0a3cf45c4..ebe16e8a8 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/platform-providers.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/platform-providers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { InjectionToken, Injectable } from "@angular/core";
 
-import { topmost, Frame } from "tns-core-modules/ui/frame";
+import { Frame } from "tns-core-modules/ui/frame";
 import { View } from "tns-core-modules/ui/core/view";
 import { Page } from "tns-core-modules/ui/page";
 import { device, Device } from "tns-core-modules/platform";
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function getDefaultPage(): Page {
         return rootPage;
     }
 
-    const frame = topmost();
+    const frame = Frame.topmost();
     if (frame && frame.currentPage) {
         return frame.currentPage;
     }
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const defaultPageProvider = { provide: Page, useFactory: getDefaultPage }
 
 // Use an exported function to make the AoT compiler happy.
 export function getDefaultFrame(): Frame {
-    return topmost();
+    return Frame.topmost();
 }
 
 export const defaultFrameProvider = { provide: Frame, useFactory: getDefaultFrame };
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const defaultPageFactoryProvider = { provide: PAGE_FACTORY, useValue: def
 export class FrameService {
     // TODO: Add any methods that are needed to handle frame/page navigation
     getFrame(): Frame {
-        let topmostFrame = topmost();
+        let topmostFrame = Frame.topmost();
         return topmostFrame;
     }
 }
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/postinstall.js b/nativescript-angular/postinstall.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c0eb367da..000000000
--- a/nativescript-angular/postinstall.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-var fs = require("fs");
-var os = require("os");
-var hookHelper = require("./hooks/hook-helper");
-var projectDir = hookHelper.findProjectDir();
-
-if (projectDir) {
-    var hooksDir = hookHelper.getHooksDir(),
-        beforeLivesyncHookDir = hookHelper.getBeforeLivesyncHookDir(),
-        content = 'module.exports = require("nativescript-angular/hooks/before-livesync");';
-    if (!fs.existsSync(hooksDir)) {
-        fs.mkdirSync(hooksDir);
-    }
-    if (!fs.existsSync(beforeLivesyncHookDir)) {
-        fs.mkdirSync(beforeLivesyncHookDir);
-    }
-    fs.writeFileSync(hookHelper.getHookFilePath(), content + os.EOL);
-}
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/resource-loader.ts b/nativescript-angular/resource-loader.ts
index f9f5ca9a5..5503dfa72 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/resource-loader.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/resource-loader.ts
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ export class FileSystemResourceLoader extends ResourceLoader {
         super();
     }
 
-    get(url: string): Promise<string> {
+    get(url: string): string {
         const resolvedPath = this.resolve(url);
 
         const templateFile = this.fs.fileFromPath(resolvedPath);
 
-        return templateFile.readText();
+        return templateFile.readTextSync();
     }
 
     resolve(url: string): string {
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/router/ns-location-strategy.ts b/nativescript-angular/router/ns-location-strategy.ts
index 58d4962d2..92da486e7 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/router/ns-location-strategy.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/router/ns-location-strategy.ts
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ export class NSLocationStrategy extends LocationStrategy {
             this._modalNavigationDepth--;
         }
 
-        // currentOutlet should be the one that corresponds to the topmost() frame
+        // currentOutlet should be the one that corresponds to the topmost frame
         const topmostOutlet = this.getOutletByFrame(this.frameService.getFrame());
         const outlet = this.findOutletByModal(this._modalNavigationDepth, isShowingModal) || topmostOutlet;
 
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/router/router.module.ts b/nativescript-angular/router/router.module.ts
index 5246eeea0..1c8095c09 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/router/router.module.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/router/router.module.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { LocationStrategy, PlatformLocation } from "@angular/common";
 import { NSRouterLink } from "./ns-router-link";
 import { NSRouterLinkActive } from "./ns-router-link-active";
 import { PageRouterOutlet } from "./page-router-outlet";
-import { NSLocationStrategy, LocationState } from "./ns-location-strategy";
+import { NSLocationStrategy } from "./ns-location-strategy";
 import { NativescriptPlatformLocation } from "./ns-platform-location";
 import { NSRouteReuseStrategy } from "./ns-route-reuse-strategy";
 import { RouterExtensions } from "./router-extensions";
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ import { NSEmptyOutletComponent } from "./ns-empty-outlet.component";
 export { PageRoute } from "./page-router-outlet";
 export { RouterExtensions } from "./router-extensions";
 export { NSModuleFactoryLoader } from "./ns-module-factory-loader";
-export { NSEmptyOutletComponent } from "./ns-empty-outlet.component";
 
-export type LocationState = LocationState;
+export { NSRouterLink, NSRouterLinkActive, PageRouterOutlet, NSEmptyOutletComponent, NSLocationStrategy };
 
 const ROUTER_DIRECTIVES = [NSRouterLink, NSRouterLinkActive, PageRouterOutlet, NSEmptyOutletComponent];
 
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/testing/src/util.ts b/nativescript-angular/testing/src/util.ts
index 5f2e514b8..a4f57b05d 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/testing/src/util.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/testing/src/util.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 import { View } from "tns-core-modules/ui/core/view";
-import { topmost } from "tns-core-modules/ui/frame";
+import { Frame } from "tns-core-modules/ui/frame";
 import { LayoutBase } from "tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base";
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from "@angular/core/testing";
 import { NgModule, Type } from "@angular/core";
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const TESTING_ROOT_ID = "__testing_container";
  * Get a reference to the fixtures container.
  */
 export function testingRootView(): LayoutBase {
-    const rootPageLayout = topmost().currentPage.content as LayoutBase;
+    const rootPageLayout = Frame.topmost().currentPage.content as LayoutBase;
 
     let testingRoot: LayoutBase;
     rootPageLayout.eachChild(child => {
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/tsconfig.json b/nativescript-angular/tsconfig.json
index e8a09f283..79e3addf9 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/tsconfig.json
+++ b/nativescript-angular/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,15 +13,19 @@
     "noEmitOnError": true,
     "noImplicitAny": false,
     "lib": [
-        "dom",
-        "es6",
-        "es2015.iterable"
-    ]
+      "dom",
+      "es6",
+      "es2015.iterable"
+    ],
+    "baseUrl": "."
   },
   "angularCompilerOptions": {
     "genDir": ".",
     "skipMetadataEmit": false,
     "skipTemplateCodegen": true,
     "strictMetadataEmit": true
-  }
-}
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "**/*.ts"
+  ]   
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ng-sample/app/app.ts b/ng-sample/app/app.ts
index 86b2aaad2..b3a6ccad9 100644
--- a/ng-sample/app/app.ts
+++ b/ng-sample/app/app.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ const customPageFactoryProvider = {
     },
 };
 
-class MyErrorHandler implements ErrorHandler {
+export class MyErrorHandler implements ErrorHandler {
     handleError(error) {
         console.log("### ErrorHandler Error: " + error.toString());
         console.log("### ErrorHandler Stack: " + error.stack);
diff --git a/ng-sample/package.json b/ng-sample/package.json
index 8dbf3d5ae..1b0326ecc 100644
--- a/ng-sample/package.json
+++ b/ng-sample/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
-    "nativescript-angular": "file:../nativescript-angular",
+    "nativescript-angular": "file:../nativescript-angular-package",
     "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
     "tns-core-modules": "next",
     "tns-platform-declarations": "next",
diff --git a/ng-sample/tsconfig.json b/ng-sample/tsconfig.json
index b73d56d49..4f7b6304b 100644
--- a/ng-sample/tsconfig.json
+++ b/ng-sample/tsconfig.json
@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@
     },
     "include": [
         "../nativescript-angular",
+        "../nativescript-angular-package",
         "**/*"
     ],
     "exclude": [
+        "../nativescript-angular-package/node_modules",
         "../nativescript-angular/node_modules",
+        "../nativescript-angular-package/**/*.d.ts",
         "../nativescript-angular/**/*.d.ts",
         "node_modules",
         "platforms"
diff --git a/tests/app/tests/renderer-tests.ts b/tests/app/tests/renderer-tests.ts
index 49c59ff2a..2f74a07a5 100644
--- a/tests/app/tests/renderer-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/tests/renderer-tests.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export class StyledLabelCmp {
     styles: [
         `Label { color: red; }`,
         `
-        StackLayout { color: brick; }
+        StackLayout { color: brown; }
         TextField { color: red; background-color: lime; }
         `,
     ],
diff --git a/tests/package.json b/tests/package.json
index 55bd35ee1..38882a76f 100644
--- a/tests/package.json
+++ b/tests/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.2.0",
     "@angular/router": "~8.2.0",
-    "nativescript-angular": "../nativescript-angular",
+    "nativescript-angular": "../nativescript-angular-package",
     "nativescript-unit-test-runner": "0.7.0",
     "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
     "tns-core-modules": "next",
diff --git a/tests/tsconfig.json b/tests/tsconfig.json
index d24fffdf3..730d1b343 100644
--- a/tests/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tests/tsconfig.json
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@
         }
     },
     "include": [
+        "../nativescript-angular-package",
         "../nativescript-angular",
         "**/*"
     ],
     "exclude": [
+        "../nativescript-angular-package/node_modules",
+        "../nativescript-angular-package/**/*.d.ts",
         "../nativescript-angular/node_modules",
         "../nativescript-angular/**/*.d.ts",
         "node_modules",