diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
index 95ca85c9a..58d83f594 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
  */
 package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-
 import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.animation.Animation;
@@ -30,6 +25,9 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
 import com.facebook.systrace.Systrace;
 import com.facebook.systrace.SystraceMessage;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaDirection;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * An class that is used to receive React commands from JS and translate them into a
@@ -92,7 +90,7 @@ public class UIImplementation {
 
   protected ReactShadowNode createShadowNode(String className) {
     ViewManager viewManager = mViewManagers.get(className);
-    return viewManager.createShadowNodeInstance();
+    return viewManager.createShadowNodeInstance(mReactContext);
   }
 
   protected final ReactShadowNode resolveShadowNode(int reactTag) {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager.java
index 7222e3b0e..1d69fad8a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager.java
@@ -9,19 +9,17 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
 import android.view.View;
-
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.BaseJavaModule;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.touch.JSResponderHandler;
 import com.facebook.react.touch.ReactInterceptingViewGroup;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactPropGroup;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactPropertyHolder;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * Class responsible for knowing how to create and update catalyst Views of a given type. It is also
@@ -62,7 +60,13 @@ public abstract class ViewManager<T extends View, C extends ReactShadowNode>
    * measuring position and size of the view. In mose of the cases this should just return an
    * instance of {@link ReactShadowNode}
    */
-  public abstract C createShadowNodeInstance();
+  public C createShadowNodeInstance() {
+    throw new RuntimeException("ViewManager subclasses must implement createShadowNodeInstance()");
+  }
+
+  public C createShadowNodeInstance(ReactApplicationContext context) {
+    return createShadowNodeInstance();
+  }
 
   /**
    * This method should return {@link Class} instance that represent type of shadow node that this