Nativescript problems migrating from NS 2 to 3 - nativescript

Question

Trying to migrate my app from 2 to 3 on android.
I downloaded all the new requirements. Tested environment on a newly template created project and works fine.
In my project, I updated the tsconfig.js file and fixed a few error messages.
These are what I'm left with mainly - errors like:
Property 'NSObject' does not exist on type 'Global'
All have to do with Global.
In code I have it like global.NSObject
but "global" seems to be defined in NS 3.0 - in tns-core-modules/modules.d.ts.
but there's no field for NSobject - ergo the error.
Am I supposed to use global.__native.NSObject???
Also, I've got a worker thread and seems like the signature changed.
Getting errors for onmessage and also the signature of postMessage() seems to have changed - no updates in docs.
global.onmessage = function(msg) {}
Help appreciated as always.
My package.json file
{
"description": "NativeScript Application",
"license": "SEE LICENSE IN <your-license-filename>",
"readme": "NativeScript Application",
"repository": "<fill-your-repository-here>",
"nativescript": {
"id": "dev.myapp.test",
"tns-android": {
"version": "3.2.0"
}
},
"dependencies": {
"nativescript-dev-typescript": "^0.3.7",
"tns-core-modules": "^3.2.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
"babel-traverse": "6.19.0",
"babel-types": "6.19.0",
"babylon": "6.14.1",
"lazy": "1.0.11",
"nativescript-dev-typescript": "^0.3.7",
"typescript": "~2.2.1"
}
}
My tsconfig.json
{
"compilerOptions": {
"module": "commonjs",
"target": "es5",
"experimentalDecorators": true,
"emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
"noEmitHelpers": true,
"noEmitOnError": true,
"lib": [
"es6",
"dom"
],
"baseUrl": ".",
"paths": {
"*": [
"./node_modules/tns-core-modules/*",
"./node_modules/*"
]
}
},
"exclude": [
"node_modules",
"platforms",
"**/*.aot.ts"
]
}