diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorer/AppDelegate.m b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorer/AppDelegate.m
index c25414370..9b6bc835f 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorer/AppDelegate.m
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorer/AppDelegate.m
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #import "AppDelegate.h"
 
+#import "RCTDevelopmentViewController.h"
 #import "RCTRootView.h"
 
 @implementation AppDelegate
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
   rootView.moduleName = @"UIExplorerApp";
 
   self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
-  UIViewController *rootViewController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
+  UIViewController *rootViewController = [[RCTDevelopmentViewController alloc] init];
   rootViewController.view = rootView;
   self.window.rootViewController = rootViewController;
   [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
diff --git a/ReactKit/Base/RCTDevelopmentViewController.h b/ReactKit/Base/RCTDevelopmentViewController.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..029f45f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactKit/Base/RCTDevelopmentViewController.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+
+@interface RCTDevelopmentViewController : UIViewController
+
+@end
diff --git a/ReactKit/Base/RCTDevelopmentViewController.m b/ReactKit/Base/RCTDevelopmentViewController.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b414b14f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactKit/Base/RCTDevelopmentViewController.m
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+#import "RCTDevelopmentViewController.h"
+
+#import "RCTRedBox.h"
+#import "RCTRootView.h"
+
+@interface RCTDevelopmentViewController () <UIActionSheetDelegate> {
+  BOOL _liveReload;
+}
+
+@property (nonatomic, readonly) RCTRootView *RCTView;
+
+@end
+
+@implementation RCTDevelopmentViewController
+
+- (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder
+{
+  return YES;
+}
+
+- (RCTRootView *)RCTView
+{
+  return (RCTRootView *)self.view;
+}
+
+- (void)motionEnded:(UIEventSubtype)motion withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
+{
+  if (motion == UIEventSubtypeMotionShake)
+  {
+    NSString *debugTitle = self.RCTView.executorClass == nil ? @"Enable Debugging" : @"Disable Debugging";
+    NSString *liveReloadTitle = _liveReload ? @"Disable Live Reload" : @"Enable Live Reload";
+    UIActionSheet *actionSheet = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:@"React Native: Development"
+                                                             delegate:self
+                                                    cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel"
+                                               destructiveButtonTitle:nil
+                                                    otherButtonTitles:@"Reload", debugTitle, liveReloadTitle, nil];
+    actionSheet.actionSheetStyle = UIBarStyleBlack;
+    [actionSheet showInView:self.view];
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)actionSheet:(UIActionSheet *)actionSheet clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
+{
+  if (buttonIndex == 0) {
+    [self.RCTView reload];
+  } else if (buttonIndex == 1) {
+    self.RCTView.executorClass = self.RCTView.executorClass == nil ? NSClassFromString(@"RCTWebSocketExecutor") : nil;
+    [self.RCTView reload];
+  } else if (buttonIndex == 2) {
+    _liveReload = !_liveReload;
+    [self _pollAndReload];
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)_pollAndReload
+{
+  if (_liveReload) {
+    NSURL *url = [self.RCTView scriptURL];
+    NSURL *longPollURL = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:@"/onchange" relativeToURL:url];
+    [self performSelectorInBackground:@selector(_checkForUpdates:) withObject:longPollURL];
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)_checkForUpdates:(NSURL *)URL
+{
+  NSMutableURLRequest *longPollRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:URL];
+  longPollRequest.timeoutInterval = 30;
+  NSHTTPURLResponse *response;
+  [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:longPollRequest returningResponse:&response error:nil];
+
+  dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+    if (_liveReload && response.statusCode == 205) {
+      [[RCTRedBox sharedInstance] dismiss];
+      [self.RCTView reload];
+    }
+    [self _pollAndReload];
+  });
+}
+
+@end
diff --git a/ReactKit/ReactKit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/ReactKit/ReactKit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 234793aed..c742711d8 100644
--- a/ReactKit/ReactKit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/ReactKit/ReactKit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 /* Begin PBXBuildFile section */
 		000E6CEB1AB0E980000CDF4D /* RCTSourceCode.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 000E6CEA1AB0E980000CDF4D /* RCTSourceCode.m */; };
+		00C1A2B31AC0B7E000E89A1C /* RCTDevelopmentViewController.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 00C1A2B21AC0B7E000E89A1C /* RCTDevelopmentViewController.m */; };
 		134FCB361A6D42D900051CC8 /* RCTSparseArray.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 83BEE46D1A6D19BC00B5863B /* RCTSparseArray.m */; };
 		134FCB3D1A6E7F0800051CC8 /* RCTContextExecutor.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 134FCB3A1A6E7F0800051CC8 /* RCTContextExecutor.m */; };
 		134FCB3E1A6E7F0800051CC8 /* RCTWebViewExecutor.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 134FCB3C1A6E7F0800051CC8 /* RCTWebViewExecutor.m */; };
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@
 /* Begin PBXFileReference section */
 		000E6CE91AB0E97F000CDF4D /* RCTSourceCode.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = RCTSourceCode.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		000E6CEA1AB0E980000CDF4D /* RCTSourceCode.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = RCTSourceCode.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		00C1A2B11AC0B7E000E89A1C /* RCTDevelopmentViewController.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = RCTDevelopmentViewController.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		00C1A2B21AC0B7E000E89A1C /* RCTDevelopmentViewController.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = RCTDevelopmentViewController.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		13442BF21AA90E0B0037E5B0 /* RCTAnimationType.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = RCTAnimationType.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		13442BF31AA90E0B0037E5B0 /* RCTPointerEvents.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = RCTPointerEvents.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		13442BF41AA90E0B0037E5B0 /* RCTViewControllerProtocol.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = RCTViewControllerProtocol.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -365,6 +368,8 @@
 				83CBBA591A601E9000E9B192 /* RCTRedBox.m */,
 				830A229C1A66C68A008503DA /* RCTRootView.h */,
 				830A229D1A66C68A008503DA /* RCTRootView.m */,
+				00C1A2B11AC0B7E000E89A1C /* RCTDevelopmentViewController.h */,
+				00C1A2B21AC0B7E000E89A1C /* RCTDevelopmentViewController.m */,
 				83BEE46C1A6D19BC00B5863B /* RCTSparseArray.h */,
 				83BEE46D1A6D19BC00B5863B /* RCTSparseArray.m */,
 				83CBBA961A6020BB00E9B192 /* RCTTouchHandler.h */,
@@ -494,6 +499,7 @@
 				13B0801A1A69489C00A75B9A /* RCTNavigator.m in Sources */,
 				830BA4551A8E3BDA00D53203 /* RCTCache.m in Sources */,
 				137327E71AA5CF210034F82E /* RCTTabBar.m in Sources */,
+				00C1A2B31AC0B7E000E89A1C /* RCTDevelopmentViewController.m in Sources */,
 				14435CE51AAC4AE100FC20F4 /* RCTMap.m in Sources */,
 				134FCB3E1A6E7F0800051CC8 /* RCTWebViewExecutor.m in Sources */,
 				13B0801C1A69489C00A75B9A /* RCTNavItem.m in Sources */,