diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationAnimatedExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationAnimatedExample.js
index 2139397908a517..e9f85ed1cb680c 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationAnimatedExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationAnimatedExample.js
@@ -44,11 +44,18 @@ class NavigationAnimatedExample extends React.Component {
     return (
       <NavigationRootContainer
         reducer={NavigationBasicReducer}
+        ref={navRootContainer => { this.navRootContainer = navRootContainer; }}
         persistenceKey="NavigationAnimatedExampleState"
         renderNavigation={this._renderNavigated}
       />
     );
   }
+  handleBackAction() {
+    return (
+      this.navRootContainer &&
+      this.navRootContainer.handleNavigation(NavigationRootContainer.getBackAction())
+    );
+  }
   _renderNavigated(navigationState, onNavigate) {
     if (!navigationState) {
       return null;
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationBasicExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationBasicExample.js
index 21f03eb63889b1..8f8669fb4c238c 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationBasicExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationBasicExample.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const NavigationBasicExample = React.createClass({
       <NavigationRootContainer
         reducer={NavigationBasicReducer}
         persistenceKey="NavigationBasicExampleState"
+        ref={navRootContainer => { this.navRootContainer = navRootContainer; }}
         renderNavigation={(navState, onNavigate) => {
           if (!navState) { return null; }
           return (
@@ -69,6 +70,14 @@ const NavigationBasicExample = React.createClass({
       />
     );
   },
+
+  handleBackAction: function() {
+    return (
+      this.navRootContainer &&
+      this.navRootContainer.handleNavigation(NavigationRootContainer.getBackAction())
+    );
+  },
+
 });
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCompositionExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCompositionExample.js
index 1af4c63bbeb4cb..ee8472242c4a8f 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCompositionExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCompositionExample.js
@@ -135,18 +135,18 @@ function stateTypeTitleMap(pageState) {
   }
 }
 
-let ExampleTabScreen = React.createClass({
-  render: function() {
+class ExampleTabScreen extends React.Component {
+  render() {
     return (
       <NavigationAnimatedView
         style={styles.tabContent}
         navigationState={this.props.navigationState}
-        renderOverlay={this._renderHeader}
-        renderScene={this._renderScene}
+        renderOverlay={this._renderHeader.bind(this)}
+        renderScene={this._renderScene.bind(this)}
       />
     );
-  },
-  _renderHeader: function(position, layout) {
+  }
+  _renderHeader(position, layout) {
     return (
       <NavigationHeader
         navigationState={this.props.navigationState}
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ let ExampleTabScreen = React.createClass({
         getTitle={state => stateTypeTitleMap(state)}
       />
     );
-  },
-  _renderScene: function(child, index, position, layout) {
+  }
+  _renderScene(child, index, position, layout) {
     return (
       <NavigationCard
         key={child.key}
@@ -187,21 +187,28 @@ let ExampleTabScreen = React.createClass({
         </ScrollView>
       </NavigationCard>
     );
-  },
-});
+  }
+}
 ExampleTabScreen = NavigationContainer.create(ExampleTabScreen);
 
-const NavigationCompositionExample = React.createClass({
-  render: function() {
+class NavigationCompositionExample extends React.Component {
+  render() {
     return (
       <NavigationRootContainer
         reducer={ExampleAppReducer}
         persistenceKey="NavigationCompositionExampleState"
-        renderNavigation={this.renderApp}
+        ref={navRootContainer => { this.navRootContainer = navRootContainer; }}
+        renderNavigation={this.renderApp.bind(this)}
       />
     );
-  },
-  renderApp: function(navigationState, onNavigate) {
+  }
+  handleBackAction() {
+    return (
+      this.navRootContainer &&
+      this.navRootContainer.handleNavigation(NavigationRootContainer.getBackAction())
+    );
+  }
+  renderApp(navigationState, onNavigate) {
     if (!navigationState) {
       return null;
     }
@@ -217,11 +224,11 @@ const NavigationCompositionExample = React.createClass({
         />
       </View>
     );
-  },
-});
+  }
+}
 
-let ExampleMainView = React.createClass({
-  render: function() {
+class ExampleMainView extends React.Component {
+  render() {
     return (
       <NavigationView
         navigationState={this.props.navigationState}
@@ -230,20 +237,20 @@ let ExampleMainView = React.createClass({
           <ExampleTabScreen
             key={tabState.key}
             navigationState={tabState}
-            onNavigate={this._handleNavigation.bind(null, tabState.key)}
+            onNavigate={this._handleNavigation.bind(this, tabState.key)}
           />
         )}
       />
     );
-  },
-  _handleNavigation: function(tabKey, action) {
+  }
+  _handleNavigation(tabKey, action) {
     if (ExampleExitAction.match(action)) {
       this.props.onExampleExit();
       return;
     }
     this.props.onNavigate(action);
-  },
-});
+  }
+}
 ExampleMainView = NavigationContainer.create(ExampleMainView);
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationExperimentalExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationExperimentalExample.js
index 0d11a8e649fcee..4aade5303c173f 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationExperimentalExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationExperimentalExample.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var NavigationExampleRow = require('./NavigationExampleRow');
 /*
  * Heads up! This file is not the real navigation example- only a utility to switch between them.
  *
- * To learn how to use the Navigation API, take a look at the following exmample files:
+ * To learn how to use the Navigation API, take a look at the following example files:
  */
 var EXAMPLES = {
   'Tabs': require('./NavigationTabsExample'),
@@ -106,13 +106,34 @@ var NavigationExperimentalExample = React.createClass({
     this.setExample('menu');
   },
 
+  handleBackAction: function() {
+    const wasHandledByExample = (
+      this.exampleRef &&
+      this.exampleRef.handleBackAction &&
+      this.exampleRef.handleBackAction()
+    );
+    if (wasHandledByExample) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (this.state.example && this.state.example !== 'menu') {
+      this._exitInnerExample();
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  },
+
   render: function() {
     if (this.state.example === 'menu') {
       return this._renderMenu();
     }
     if (EXAMPLES[this.state.example]) {
       var Component = EXAMPLES[this.state.example];
-      return <Component onExampleExit={this._exitInnerExample} />;
+      return (
+        <Component
+          onExampleExit={this._exitInnerExample}
+          ref={exampleRef => { this.exampleRef = exampleRef; }}
+        />
+      );
     }
     return null;
   },
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationTabsExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationTabsExample.js
index beb3a6e35af396..ae4de59a6da8fa 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationTabsExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationTabsExample.js
@@ -64,12 +64,13 @@ const ExampleTabsReducer = NavigationReducer.TabsReducer({
   ],
 });
 
-const NavigationTabsExample = React.createClass({
-  render: function() {
+class NavigationTabsExample extends React.Component {
+  render() {
     return (
       <NavigationRootContainer
         reducer={ExampleTabsReducer}
         persistenceKey="NAV_EXAMPLE_STATE_TABS"
+        ref={navRootContainer => { this.navRootContainer = navRootContainer; }}
         renderNavigation={(navigationState) => {
           if (!navigationState) { return null; }
           return (
@@ -88,8 +89,14 @@ const NavigationTabsExample = React.createClass({
         }}
       />
     );
-  },
-});
+  }
+  handleBackAction() {
+    return (
+      this.navRootContainer &&
+      this.navRootContainer.handleNavigation(NavigationRootContainer.getBackAction())
+    );
+  }
+}
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   topView: {
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerApp.android.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerApp.android.js
index 25a4745bf115c5..cdf92c6848de45 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerApp.android.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerApp.android.js
@@ -109,12 +109,21 @@ var UIExplorerApp = React.createClass({
           style={styles.toolbar}
           title={this.state.example.title}
         />
-        <Component />
+        <Component
+          ref={(example) => { this._exampleRef = example; }}
+        />
       </View>
     );
   },
 
   _handleBackButtonPress: function() {
+    if (
+      this._exampleRef &&
+      this._exampleRef.handleBackAction &&
+      this._exampleRef.handleBackAction()
+    ) {
+      return true;
+    }
     if (this.state.example.title !== this._getUIExplorerHome().title) {
       this.onSelectExample(this._getUIExplorerHome());
       return true;
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerList.android.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerList.android.js
index ed84e62aad11cf..8959a0919f9a63 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerList.android.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerList.android.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ var APIS = [
   require('./IntentAndroidExample.android'),
   require('./LayoutEventsExample'),
   require('./LayoutExample'),
+  require('./NavigationExperimental/NavigationExperimentalExample'),
   require('./NetInfoExample'),
   require('./PanResponderExample'),
   require('./PointerEventsExample'),
diff --git a/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCard.js b/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCard.js
index d25c45aefdec56..096e99d1c3ea37 100644
--- a/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCard.js
+++ b/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCard.js
@@ -31,10 +31,13 @@ const Animated = require('Animated');
 const NavigationReducer = require('NavigationReducer');
 const NavigationContainer = require('NavigationContainer');
 const PanResponder = require('PanResponder');
+const Platform = require('Platform');
 const React = require('React');
 const StyleSheet = require('StyleSheet');
 const View = require('View');
 
+const ENABLE_GESTURES = Platform.OS !== 'android';
+
 import type {
   NavigationParentState
 } from 'NavigationState';
@@ -62,7 +65,12 @@ class NavigationCard extends React.Component {
   _widthListener: string;
   _heightListener: string;
   props: Props;
-  componentWillMount(props) {
+  componentWillMount() {
+    if (ENABLE_GESTURES) {
+      this._enableGestures();
+    }
+  }
+  _enableGestures() {
     this._responder = PanResponder.create({
       onMoveShouldSetPanResponder: (e, {dx, dy, moveX, moveY, x0, y0}) => {
         if (this.props.navigationState.index === 0) {
@@ -119,9 +127,10 @@ class NavigationCard extends React.Component {
   render() {
     const cardPosition = Animated.add(this.props.position, new Animated.Value(-this.props.index));
     const gestureValue = Animated.multiply(cardPosition, this.props.layout.width);
+    const touchResponderHandlers = this._responder ? this._responder.panHandlers : null;
     return (
       <Animated.View
-        {...this._responder.panHandlers}
+        {...touchResponderHandlers}
         style={[
           styles.card,
           {
diff --git a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/NavigationRootContainer.js b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/NavigationRootContainer.js
index a9beeba62741b8..b40c3114fdd36e 100644
--- a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/NavigationRootContainer.js
+++ b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/NavigationRootContainer.js
@@ -11,19 +11,29 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
-var AsyncStorage = require('AsyncStorage');
-var React = require('React');
+const AsyncStorage = require('AsyncStorage');
+const React = require('React');
+const BackAndroid = require('BackAndroid');
+const Platform = require('Platform');
 
 import type {
   NavigationState,
   NavigationReducer
 } from 'NavigationState';
 
-type NavigationRenderer = (
+export type NavigationRenderer = (
   navigationState: NavigationState,
   onNavigate: Function
 ) => ReactElement;
 
+export type BackAction = {
+  type: 'BackAction';
+};
+
+function getBackAction(): BackAction {
+  return { type: 'BackAction' };
+}
+
 type Props = {
   renderNavigation: NavigationRenderer;
   reducer: NavigationReducer;
@@ -61,17 +71,21 @@ class NavigationRootContainer extends React.Component {
       onNavigate: this.handleNavigation,
     };
   }
-  handleNavigation(action: Object) {
+  handleNavigation(action: Object): boolean {
     const navState = this.props.reducer(this.state.navState, action);
+    if (navState === this.state.navState) {
+      return false;
+    }
     this.setState({
       navState,
     });
     if (this.props.persistenceKey) {
       AsyncStorage.setItem(this.props.persistenceKey, JSON.stringify(navState));
     }
+    return true;
   }
   render(): ReactElement {
-    var navigation = this.props.renderNavigation(
+    const navigation = this.props.renderNavigation(
       this.state.navState,
       this.handleNavigation
     );
@@ -83,4 +97,6 @@ NavigationRootContainer.childContextTypes = {
   onNavigate: React.PropTypes.func,
 };
 
+NavigationRootContainer.getBackAction = getBackAction;
+
 module.exports = NavigationRootContainer;
diff --git a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/NavigationState.js b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/NavigationState.js
index 8ef085fd9b2ad7..d78d3559177ca4 100644
--- a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/NavigationState.js
+++ b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/NavigationState.js
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ export type NavigationParentState = {
   children: Array<NavigationState>;
 };
 
+export type NavigationAction = {
+  type: string;
+};
+
 export type NavigationReducer = (
   state: ?NavigationState,
-  action: ?any
+  action: ?NavigationAction
 ) => ?NavigationState;
 
 export type NavigationReducerWithDefault = (
@@ -142,6 +146,9 @@ export function set(state: ?NavigationState, key: string, nextChildren: Array<Na
 
 export function jumpToIndex(state: NavigationState, index: number): NavigationState {
   const parentState = getParent(state);
+  if (parentState && parentState.index === index) {
+    return parentState;
+  }
   return {
     ...parentState,
     index,
diff --git a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationFindReducer.js b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationFindReducer.js
index db8bb8f400715e..f0947fd56645ff 100644
--- a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationFindReducer.js
+++ b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationFindReducer.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import type {
   NavigationReducer
 } from 'NavigationState';
 
-function NavigationFindReducer(reducers: Array<NavigationReducer>): ?NavigationReducer {
+function NavigationFindReducer(reducers: Array<NavigationReducer>): NavigationReducer {
   return function(lastState: ?NavigationState, action: ?any): ?NavigationState {
     for (let i = 0; i < reducers.length; i++) {
       let reducer = reducers[i];
diff --git a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationStackReducer.js b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationStackReducer.js
index 7aec5f4ee4cd08..5dcf34966daf8c 100644
--- a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationStackReducer.js
+++ b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationStackReducer.js
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ import type {
   NavigationReducer,
 } from 'NavigationState';
 
-export type NavigationStackReducerAction = {
+import type {
+  BackAction,
+} from 'NavigationRootContainer';
+
+export type NavigationStackReducerAction = BackAction | {
   type: string,
 };
 
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ function NavigationStackReducer({initialStates, initialIndex, key, matchAction,
           action.state
         );
       case ActionTypes.POP:
+      case 'BackAction':
         if (lastParentState.index === 0 || lastParentState.children.length === 1) {
           return lastParentState;
         }
diff --git a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationTabsReducer.js b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationTabsReducer.js
index 6d31164f0cac33..9d6d76a4ff2224 100644
--- a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationTabsReducer.js
+++ b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationTabsReducer.js
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ const NavigationStateUtils = require('NavigationState');
 import type {
   NavigationReducer,
   NavigationReducerWithDefault,
-  NavigationState
+  NavigationState,
+  NavigationParentState
 } from 'NavigationState';
 
 const ActionTypes = {
@@ -106,17 +107,15 @@ function NavigationTabsReducer({key, initialIndex, tabReducers}: TabsReducerConf
       }
     }
     const subReducers = tabReducers.map((tabReducer, tabIndex) => {
-      return function reduceTab(lastTabState: ?NavigationState, tabAction: ?any): ?NavigationState {
-        if (!lastTabState) {
-          return tabReducer(lastTabState, tabAction);
+      return function reduceTab(lastNavState: ?NavigationState, tabAction: ?any): ?NavigationState {
+        if (!tabReducer || !lastNavState) {
+          return lastNavState;
         }
-        if (!lastParentNavState) {
-          return lastTabState;
-        }
-        const lastSubTabState = lastParentNavState.children[tabIndex];
+        const lastParentNavState = NavigationStateUtils.getParent(lastNavState);
+        const lastSubTabState = lastParentNavState && lastParentNavState.children[tabIndex];
         const nextSubTabState = tabReducer(lastSubTabState, tabAction);
         if (nextSubTabState && lastSubTabState !== nextSubTabState) {
-          const tabs = lastParentNavState.children;
+          const tabs = lastParentNavState && lastParentNavState.children || [];
           tabs[tabIndex] = nextSubTabState;
           return {
             ...lastParentNavState,
@@ -129,11 +128,17 @@ function NavigationTabsReducer({key, initialIndex, tabReducers}: TabsReducerConf
     });
     let selectedTabReducer = subReducers.splice(lastParentNavState.index, 1)[0];
     subReducers.unshift(selectedTabReducer);
+    subReducers.push((lastParentNavState: ?NavigationState, action: ?any) => {
+      if (lastParentNavState && action && action.type === 'BackAction') {
+        return NavigationStateUtils.jumpToIndex(
+          lastParentNavState,
+          0
+        );
+      }
+      return lastParentNavState;
+    });
     const findReducer = NavigationFindReducer(subReducers);
-    if (findReducer) {
-      return findReducer(lastParentNavState, action);
-    }
-    return lastParentNavState;
+    return findReducer(lastParentNavState, action);
   };
 }