diff --git a/apps/test/app/app.js b/apps/test/app/app.js
index f7659f96..21bc01ea 100755
--- a/apps/test/app/app.js
+++ b/apps/test/app/app.js
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
-import { createApp, h, ref, onUnmounted } from '@nativescript-vue/runtime'
+import {
+    createApp,
+    h,
+    ref,
+    onMounted,
+    onUnmounted,
+    dumpOps
+} from '@nativescript-vue/runtime'
+
+const dumpDebug = () =>
+    dumpOps().map(op => {
+        if (op.nodeType) {
+            console.log(
+                `  +++ ${op.type}${op.nodeType[0].toUpperCase() +
+                    op.nodeType.substr(1)}(${op.tag})`
+            )
+        } else {
+            console.log(`  +++ ${op.type}`)
+        }
+    })
 
 createApp({
     render() {
@@ -9,6 +28,8 @@ createApp({
         })
     },
     setup() {
+        onMounted(dumpDebug)
+
         const counter = ref(0)
 
         const interval = setInterval(() => counter.value++, 1000)
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/runtime/src/index.ts
index 0fd44b0d..424370ce 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { run } from '@nativescript/core/application'
 import { nodeOps } from './nodeOps'
 import { patchProp } from './patchProp'
 import { NSVElement, NSVViewNode } from './nodes'
-import { Label } from '@nativescript/core'
 import './registry'
 
 const rendererOptions = {
@@ -27,15 +26,7 @@ function runApp(root: ComponentPublicInstance): ComponentPublicInstance {
   console.log('->runApp')
   run({
     create: () => {
-      // component.$el
-      return root.$el._nativeView
-      // console.log(root.$el)
-      //
-      // const label = new Label()
-      // label.text = 'Hello World'
-      // label.verticalAlignment = 'middle'
-      // label.textAlignment = 'center'
-      // return label
+      return root.$el.nativeView
     }
   })
 
@@ -51,7 +42,7 @@ export const createApp = ((...args) => {
   const { mount } = app
 
   app.mount = (): any => {
-    return runApp(mount(nodeOps.createElement('ContentView')))
+    return runApp(mount(nodeOps.createRoot()))
   }
 
   return app
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/modules/events.ts b/packages/runtime/src/modules/events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c505067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/modules/events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { NSVViewNode } from '../nodes'
+import { ComponentInternalInstance } from '@vue/runtime-core'
+
+export function patchEvent(
+  el: NSVViewNode,
+  name: string,
+  prevValue: any,
+  nextValue: any,
+  instance: ComponentInternalInstance | null = null
+) {
+  // todo implement patchEvent
+}
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/nodeOps.ts b/packages/runtime/src/nodeOps.ts
index ae382a63..92212fc9 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/nodeOps.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/nodeOps.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ export function dumpOps(): NodeOp[] {
   return ops
 }
 
+function createRoot(tag: string = 'root') {
+  const node: NSVElement = new NSVElement(tag, NSVNodeTypes.ROOT)
+
+  logNodeOp({
+    type: NodeOpTypes.CREATE,
+    nodeType: NSVNodeTypes.ELEMENT,
+    targetNode: node,
+    tag
+  })
+  // avoid test nodes from being observed
+  markNonReactive(node)
+
+  return node
+}
+
 function createElement(tag: string): NSVViewNode {
   const node: NSVElement = new NSVElement(tag, NSVNodeTypes.ELEMENT)
 
@@ -193,6 +208,7 @@ function setScopeId(el: NSVElement, id: string) {
 export const nodeOps = {
   insert,
   remove,
+  createRoot,
   createElement,
   createText,
   createComment,
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/nodes/NSVElement.ts b/packages/runtime/src/nodes/NSVElement.ts
index 1d1264bf..dbac5236 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/nodes/NSVElement.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/nodes/NSVElement.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import { getViewClass, getViewMeta, normalizeElementName } from '../registry'
 import { insertChild, removeChild } from './index'
 import { ELEMENT_REF } from '@nativescript-vue/runtime'
+import { ViewBase } from '@nativescript/core'
 // import {ELEMENT_REF} from "@nativescript-vue/runtime";
 
 export const enum NSVNodeTypes {
   TEXT = 'text',
   ELEMENT = 'element',
-  COMMENT = 'comment'
+  COMMENT = 'comment',
+  ROOT = 'root'
 }
 
 export interface NSVViewNode {
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ export interface NSVViewNode {
   nextSibling: NSVViewNode | null
   firstChild: NSVViewNode | null
   lastChild: NSVViewNode | null
-  nativeView: any
+  nativeView: ViewBase
   getAttribute: Function
   text: string
 }
@@ -78,8 +80,6 @@ export class NSVElement implements NSVViewNode {
 
     if (nodeType === NSVNodeTypes.ELEMENT) {
       const viewClass = getViewClass(elementName)
-      console.log(`->construct ${elementName}`)
-      console.log(viewClass)
       this._nativeView = new viewClass()
       this._nativeView[ELEMENT_REF] = this
     }
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/patchProp.ts b/packages/runtime/src/patchProp.ts
index 5882116e..81cc7100 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/patchProp.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/patchProp.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@ import { isAndroid, isIOS } from '@nativescript/core/platform'
 import { logNodeOp, NodeOpTypes } from './nodeOps'
 // import { isOn } from '@vue/shared'
 import { NSVViewNode } from './nodes/NSVElement'
+import { isOn } from '@vue/shared'
+import set = Reflect.set
+import { patchEvent } from './modules/events'
+import { isAndroidKey, isIOSKey } from './runtimeHelpers'
 // import set from 'set-value'
 
-const XML_ATTRIBUTES = Object.freeze([
-  'style',
-  'rows',
-  'columns',
-  'fontAttributes'
-])
+// const XML_ATTRIBUTES = Object.freeze([
+//     'style',
+//     'rows',
+//     'columns',
+//     'fontAttributes'
+// ])
 
 export function patchProp(
   el: NSVViewNode,
@@ -17,42 +21,33 @@ export function patchProp(
   nextValue: any,
   prevValue: any
 ) {
-  console.log('->patchProp')
+  // console.log('->patchProp')
 
-  // @ts-ignore
-  el._nativeView[key] = nextValue
-  // try {
-  //   if (XML_ATTRIBUTES.includes(key)) {
-  //     //nv[key] = value
-  //   } else {
-  //     // // detect expandable attrs for boolean values
-  //     // // See https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/components-props.html#Passing-a-Boolean
-  //     // if (
-  //     //     typeof nv[key] === 'boolean' &&
-  //     //     value === ''
-  //     // ) {
-  //     //   value = true
-  //     // }
-  //
-  //     if (isAndroid && key.startsWith('android:')) {
-  //       // set(nv, key.substr(8), value)
-  //     } else if (isIOS && key.startsWith('ios:')) {
-  //       // set(nv, key.substr(4), value)
-  //     } else if (key.endsWith('.decode')) {
-  //       // set(
-  //       //     nv,
-  //       //     key.slice(0, -7),
-  //       //     require('@nativescript/core/xml').XmlParser._dereferenceEntities(
-  //       //         value
-  //       //     )
-  //       // )
-  //     } else {
-  //       // set(nv, key, value)
-  //     }
-  //   }
-  // } catch (e) {
-  //   // ignore
-  // }
+  switch (key) {
+    // special
+    case 'class':
+      // todo
+      console.log('->patchProp+Class')
+      break
+    case 'style':
+      // todo
+      console.log('->patchProp+Style')
+      break
+    case 'modelValue':
+    case 'onUpdate:modelValue':
+      // handled by v-model directive
+      break
+    default:
+      if (isOn(key)) {
+        patchEvent(el, key.substr(2).toLowerCase(), prevValue, nextValue)
+      } else if (isAndroidKey(key) && isAndroid) {
+        set(el.nativeView, key.substr(8), nextValue)
+      } else if (isIOSKey(key) && isIOS) {
+        set(el.nativeView, key.substr(4), nextValue)
+      } else {
+        set(el.nativeView, key, nextValue)
+      }
+  }
 
   logNodeOp({
     type: NodeOpTypes.PATCH,
@@ -61,9 +56,4 @@ export function patchProp(
     propPrevValue: prevValue,
     propNextValue: nextValue
   })
-  // el.props[key] = nextValue
-  // if (isOn(key)) {
-  //   const event = key.slice(2).toLowerCase()
-  //   ;(el.eventListeners || (el.eventListeners = {}))[event] = nextValue
-  // }
 }
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/registry/index.ts b/packages/runtime/src/registry/index.ts
index 13562dec..a7488288 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/registry/index.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/registry/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Component } from '@nativescript-vue/runtime'
-console.log('REGISTRY??')
-export type NSVElementResolver = () => any
+import { ViewBase } from '@nativescript/core'
+
+export type NSVElementResolver = () => ViewBase
 
 export interface NSVViewMeta {
   skipAddToDom?: boolean
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/runtimeHelpers.ts b/packages/runtime/src/runtimeHelpers.ts
index 210fb694..c4cede06 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/runtimeHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/runtimeHelpers.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 export const ELEMENT_REF = Symbol(__DEV__ ? `elementRef` : ``)
 
-if (__DEV__) {
-  console.log('IT IS DEV')
-} else {
-  console.log('IT IS NOT DEV')
-}
+export const isAndroidKey = (key: string) =>
+  key[0] === 'a' &&
+  key[1] === 'n' &&
+  key[2] === 'd' &&
+  key[3] === 'r' &&
+  key[4] === 'o' &&
+  key[5] === 'i' &&
+  key[6] === 'd' &&
+  key[7] === ':'
+
+export const isIOSKey = (key: string) =>
+  key[0] === 'i' && key[1] === 'o' && key[2] === 's' && key[3] === ':'