merge release branch

Author: Mihail Slavchev

build-artifacts/project-template-gradle/src/main/java/com/tns/RuntimeHelper.java

@@ -149,7 +149,10 @@ public static Runtime initRuntime(Application app)
 
 			try {
 				// put this call in a try/catch block because with the latest changes in the modules it is not granted that NativeScriptApplication is extended through JavaScript.
-				Runtime.initInstance(app);
+				JavaScriptImplementation jsImpl = app.getClass().getAnnotation(JavaScriptImplementation.class);
+				if (jsImpl != null) {
+					Runtime.initInstance(app);
+				}
 			}
 			catch (Exception e) {
 				if (logger.isEnabled()) {

test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/tests.js

@@ -622,6 +622,27 @@ describe("Tests ", function () {
 		expect(file).toBe(file2);
 	});
 
+	it("TestWorkingWithJavaArrayDoesNotMakeMemoryLeak", function () {
+		__log("TEST: TestWorkingWithJavaArrayDoesNotMakeMemoryLeak");
+
+		var size = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+		for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+
+			var arr = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(java.lang.Byte.class.getField("TYPE").get(null), size);
+
+			var length = arr.length;
+
+			expect(length).toEqual(size);
+
+			arr[0] = 123;
+
+			var el = arr[0];
+
+			expect(el).toEqual(123);
+		}
+	});
+
 	it("TestConstructorOverride", function () {