diff --git a/src/components/app/app.ts b/src/components/app/app.ts
index ea0ff269d10..807888b147c 100644
--- a/src/components/app/app.ts
+++ b/src/components/app/app.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export class App {
   /**
    * @private
    */
-  getComponent(id: string): any {
+  private getComponent(id: string): any {
     // deprecated warning: added 2016-04-28, beta7
     console.warn('Using app.getComponent() to query components has been deprecated. ' +
                  'Please use Angular\'s ViewChild annotation instead:\n\nhttp://learnangular2.com/viewChild/');
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ export class App {
    * Get an instance of the global app injector that contains references to all of the instantiated providers
    * @returns {Injector}
    */
-  getAppInjector(): any {
+  private getAppInjector(): any {
     // deprecated warning: added 2016-06-27, beta10
     console.warn('Recent Angular2 versions should no longer require App.getAppInjector()');
   }
diff --git a/src/components/app/test/app.spec.ts b/src/components/app/test/app.spec.ts
index afe9f6b14f8..64442d3c3aa 100644
--- a/src/components/app/test/app.spec.ts
+++ b/src/components/app/test/app.spec.ts
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ describe('App', () => {
   var _cd: any;
 
   function mockNav(): Nav {
-    return new Nav(null, null, null, config, null, null, null, null, null);
+    return new Nav(null, null, null, config, null, null, null, null, null, null);
   }
 
   function mockTabs(): Tabs {
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ describe('App', () => {
   }
 
   function mockTab(parentTabs: Tabs): Tab {
-    var tab = new Tab(parentTabs, app, config, null, null, null, null, null, _cd);
+    var tab = new Tab(parentTabs, app, config, null, null, null, null, null, _cd, null);
     parentTabs.add(tab);
     tab.root = SomePage;
     tab.load = function(opts: any, cb: Function) {
diff --git a/src/components/nav/nav-controller.ts b/src/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
index b2ea2b5899e..e098f22a249 100644
--- a/src/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
+++ b/src/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
     elementRef: ElementRef,
     protected _zone: NgZone,
     protected _renderer: Renderer,
-    protected _compiler: ComponentResolver
+    protected _compiler: ComponentResolver,
+    protected _menuCtrl: MenuController
   ) {
     super(elementRef);
 
@@ -1532,8 +1533,7 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
           edge: 'left',
           threshold: this._sbThreshold
         };
-        let menuCtrl = this._app.getAppInjector().get(MenuController);
-        this._sbGesture = new SwipeBackGesture(this.getNativeElement(), opts, this, menuCtrl);
+        this._sbGesture = new SwipeBackGesture(this.getNativeElement(), opts, this, this._menuCtrl);
       }
 
       if (this.canSwipeBack()) {
diff --git a/src/components/nav/nav-portal.ts b/src/components/nav/nav-portal.ts
index 95a95bec4f2..d7bf91b1fd5 100644
--- a/src/components/nav/nav-portal.ts
+++ b/src/components/nav/nav-portal.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { ComponentResolver, Directive, ElementRef, forwardRef, Inject, NgZone, O
 import { App } from '../app/app';
 import { Config } from '../../config/config';
 import { Keyboard } from '../../util/keyboard';
+import { MenuController } from '../menu/menu-controller';
 import { NavController } from '../nav/nav-controller';
 
 /**
@@ -20,9 +21,10 @@ export class NavPortal extends NavController {
     zone: NgZone,
     renderer: Renderer,
     compiler: ComponentResolver,
+    menuCtrl: MenuController,
     viewPort: ViewContainerRef
   ) {
-    super(null, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, zone, renderer, compiler);
+    super(null, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, zone, renderer, compiler, menuCtrl);
     this.isPortal = true;
     this.setViewport(viewPort);
     app.setPortal(this);
diff --git a/src/components/nav/nav.ts b/src/components/nav/nav.ts
index 59cc949419d..c49123f595e 100644
--- a/src/components/nav/nav.ts
+++ b/src/components/nav/nav.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { App } from '../app/app';
 import { Config } from '../../config/config';
 import { Keyboard } from '../../util/keyboard';
 import { isTrueProperty } from '../../util/util';
+import { MenuController } from '../menu/menu-controller';
 import { NavController } from './nav-controller';
 import { ViewController } from './view-controller';
 
@@ -126,9 +127,10 @@ export class Nav extends NavController implements AfterViewInit {
     elementRef: ElementRef,
     zone: NgZone,
     renderer: Renderer,
-    compiler: ComponentResolver
+    compiler: ComponentResolver,
+    menuCtrl: MenuController
   ) {
-    super(parent, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, zone, renderer, compiler);
+    super(parent, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, zone, renderer, compiler, menuCtrl);
 
     if (viewCtrl) {
       // an ion-nav can also act as an ion-page within a parent ion-nav
diff --git a/src/components/tabs/tab.ts b/src/components/tabs/tab.ts
index 56fdb779c43..fc593584197 100644
--- a/src/components/tabs/tab.ts
+++ b/src/components/tabs/tab.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { App } from '../app/app';
 import { Config } from '../../config/config';
 import { isTrueProperty} from '../../util/util';
 import { Keyboard} from '../../util/keyboard';
+import { MenuController } from '../menu/menu-controller';
 import { NavController} from '../nav/nav-controller';
 import { NavOptions} from '../nav/nav-options';
 import { TabButton} from './tab-button';
@@ -227,10 +228,11 @@ export class Tab extends NavController {
     zone: NgZone,
     renderer: Renderer,
     compiler: ComponentResolver,
-    private _cd: ChangeDetectorRef
+    private _cd: ChangeDetectorRef,
+    menuCtrl: MenuController
   ) {
     // A Tab is a NavController for its child pages
-    super(parent, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, zone, renderer, compiler);
+    super(parent, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, zone, renderer, compiler, menuCtrl);
 
     parent.add(this);