diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a0598a0171..919c953623 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package-lock.json
 .c9/
 *.launch
 .settings/
+.atom
 
 # IDE - VSCode
 .vscode/*
diff --git a/tests/app/ui/builder/builder-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/builder/builder-tests.ts
index 32cb83b955..d6f303549d 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/builder/builder-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/builder/builder-tests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { createViewFromEntry } from "tns-core-modules/ui/builder";
+import { sanitizeModuleName } from "tns-core-modules/ui/builder/module-name-sanitizer";
+
 import { assertEqual, assertNull, assertThrows, assertNotNull } from "../../tk-unit";
 
 const COMPONENT_MODULE = "ui/builder/component-module";
@@ -35,4 +37,14 @@ export function test_create_view_from_entry_with_path_with_slash() {
 export function test_create_view_from_entry_with_path_with_tilde() {
     const view = getViewComponent("~/" + COMPONENT_MODULE);
     assertNotNull(view, `Module starting with "~/" could not be loaded`);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+export function test_sanitize_module_name_with_removable_extension() {
+    const moduleName = sanitizeModuleName("./xml-declaration/mainPage.xml");
+    assertEqual(moduleName, "./xml-declaration/mainPage");
+}
+
+export function test_sanitize_module_name_with_non_removable_extension() {
+    const moduleName = sanitizeModuleName("app/views/main.page");
+    assertEqual(moduleName, "app/views/main.page");
+}
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/builder/module-name-sanitizer.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/builder/module-name-sanitizer.ts
index ee90ab8d84..9ed5ef0ad2 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/builder/module-name-sanitizer.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/builder/module-name-sanitizer.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ export function sanitizeModuleName(moduleName: string, removeExtension: boolean
     }
 
     if (removeExtension) {
-        const lastDot = moduleName.lastIndexOf(".");
-        if (lastDot > 0) {
-            moduleName = moduleName.substr(0, lastDot);
-        }
+        const extToRemove = ["js", "ts", "xml", "html", "css", "scss"];
+        const extensionRegEx = new RegExp(`(.*)\\.(?:${extToRemove.join("|")})`, "i");
+        moduleName = moduleName.replace(extensionRegEx, "$1");
     }
 
     return moduleName;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}