         if (!actionBar)
             return;
  
-        if (forceUpdate)
+        // If there is no view, update the actionBar should display the 
+        // navigator defaults
+        if (view == null)
+        {
+            actionBar.actionContent = actionContent;
+            actionBar.actionGroupLayout = actionGroupLayout;
+            actionBar.navigationContent = navigationContent;
+            actionBar.navigationGroupLayout = navigationGroupLayout;
+            actionBar.title = title;
+            actionBar.titleContent = titleContent;
+            actionBar.titleGroupLayout = titleGroupLayout;
+        }
+        else if (forceUpdate)
         {
             actionBar.actionContent = view && view.actionContent ? view.actionContent : actionContent;
             actionBar.actionGroupLayout = view && view.actionGroupLayout ? view.actionGroupLayout : actionGroupLayout;

            if (currentViewData)
            {
                currentView = currentViewData.instance;
                currentView.addEventListener(PropertyChangeEvent.PROPERTY_CHANGE, view_propertyChangeHandler);
                
                currentViewData.persistedData = currentView.getPersistenceData();
                currentView.active = true;
            }
        }
        

    
    override protected function commitProperties():void
    {
        // If the sections property is not set by this point, ViewNavigator will
        // create a default section to be used by the navigator, and initialize it
        // with the rootView and initialData defined by the application
        if (sections == null || sections.length == 0)
        {
            // TODO: ViewNavigator should have a rootView and rootData convenience property
            // Create the empty screen stack and initialize it with the
            // desired rootView and initial data
            var section:ViewNavigatorSection = new ViewNavigatorSection();
            section.rootView = null;
            section.initialData = null;
            
            // Set the stacks of the navigator
            var newSections:Vector.<ViewNavigatorSection> = Vector.<ViewNavigatorSection>([section]);
            sections = newSections;
        }
            
        if (currentViewChanged)
            executeViewChange();
        else
