diff --git a/iphone/Common/WebViewController.h b/iphone/Common/WebViewController.h
index bdf988d015..5f88055f3e 100644
--- a/iphone/Common/WebViewController.h
+++ b/iphone/Common/WebViewController.h
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 @interface WebViewController : UIViewController
 {
   NSURL * m_url;
+  NSString * m_htmlText;
 }
 
 @property (nonatomic, retain) NSURL * m_url;
+@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString * m_htmlText;
 
 - (id) initWithUrl: (NSURL *)url andTitleOrNil:(NSString *)title;
+- (id) initWithHtml: (NSString *)htmlText
+            baseUrl:(NSURL *)url 
+      andTitleOrNil:(NSString *)title;
 
 @end
diff --git a/iphone/Common/WebViewController.mm b/iphone/Common/WebViewController.mm
index 4f3d142303..6ef1dc514c 100644
--- a/iphone/Common/WebViewController.mm
+++ b/iphone/Common/WebViewController.mm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 @implementation WebViewController
 
 @synthesize m_url;
+@synthesize m_htmlText;
 
 - (id) initWithUrl: (NSURL *)url andTitleOrNil:(NSString *)title
 {
@@ -16,6 +17,21 @@
   return self;
 }
 
+- (id) initWithHtml: (NSString *)htmlText
+            baseUrl:(NSURL *)url 
+      andTitleOrNil:(NSString *)title
+{
+  self = [super initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
+  if (self)
+  {
+    self.m_htmlText = htmlText;
+    self.m_url = url;
+    if (title)
+      self.navigationItem.title = title;
+  }
+  return self;
+}
+
 - (void)dealloc
 {
   [super dealloc];
@@ -40,7 +56,10 @@
   webView.autoresizesSubviews = YES;
   webView.autoresizingMask= (UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth);
 
-  [webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:m_url]];
+  if (m_htmlText)
+    [webView loadHTMLString:m_htmlText baseURL:m_url];
+  else
+    [webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:m_url]];
 
   self.view = webView;
   [webView release];
diff --git a/iphone/Maps/Settings/CountriesViewController.mm b/iphone/Maps/Settings/CountriesViewController.mm
index efe49fb2b0..b15aac9264 100644
--- a/iphone/Maps/Settings/CountriesViewController.mm
+++ b/iphone/Maps/Settings/CountriesViewController.mm
@@ -60,13 +60,16 @@ static bool IsOurIndex(TIndex const & theirs, TIndex const & ours)
 {
   // display WebView with About text
 
-  string const sFilePath =
-    GetPlatform().ReadPathForFile("about-travelguide-iphone.html");
-  NSString * filePath = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:sFilePath.c_str()];
-  NSURL * url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath];
+  NSString * text;
+  {
+    ReaderPtr<Reader> r = GetPlatform().GetReader("about-travelguide-iphone.html");
+    string s;
+    r.ReadAsString(s);
+    text = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:s.c_str()];
+  }
 
   WebViewController * aboutViewController =
-      [[WebViewController alloc] initWithUrl:url andTitleOrNil:@"About"];
+    [[WebViewController alloc] initWithHtml:text baseUrl:nil andTitleOrNil:@"About"];
   [self.navigationController pushViewController:aboutViewController animated:YES];
   [aboutViewController release];
 }
diff --git a/iphone/Sloynik/Shared/global.mm b/iphone/Sloynik/Shared/global.mm
index 7c1045ca38..f0a2d9bbbc 100644
--- a/iphone/Sloynik/Shared/global.mm
+++ b/iphone/Sloynik/Shared/global.mm
@@ -64,13 +64,6 @@ sl::SloynikEngine * CreateSloynikEngine()
 {
   ASSERT(!g_pEngine, ());
   LOG(LINFO, ("Creating sloynik engine."));
-  NSBundle * bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
-  string const dictionaryPath = [[bundle pathForResource:@"dictionary" ofType:@"slf"] UTF8String];
-  string const indexPath = [[NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory,
-                                                                 NSUserDomainMask,
-                                                                 YES)
-                             objectAtIndex:0]
-                            UTF8String] + string("/index");
   sl::StrFn strFn;
   strFn.Create = StrCreateApple;
   strFn.Destroy = StrDestroyApple;
@@ -84,7 +77,7 @@ sl::SloynikEngine * CreateSloynikEngine()
   LOG(LINFO, ("Version:", [nsVersion UTF8String]));
   strFn.m_PrimaryCompareId   = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ 1", nsVersion] hash];
   strFn.m_SecondaryCompareId = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ 2", nsVersion] hash];
-  sl::SloynikEngine * pEngine = new sl::SloynikEngine(dictionaryPath, indexPath, strFn);
+  sl::SloynikEngine * pEngine = new sl::SloynikEngine("dictionary.slf", "index", strFn);
   LOG(LINFO, ("Sloynik engine created."));
   return pEngine;
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform.cpp b/platform/platform.cpp
index d4410a7dba..d19a7415b1 100644
--- a/platform/platform.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform.cpp
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@
 #include "../base/start_mem_debug.hpp"
 
 
-string BasePlatformImpl::ReadPathForFile(string const & file) const
+string ReadPathForFile(string const & writableDir,
+                       string const & resourcesDir,
+                       string const & file)
 {
-  string fullPath = m_writableDir + file;
-  if (!IsFileExists(fullPath))
+  string fullPath = writableDir + file;
+  if (!GetPlatform().IsFileExists(fullPath))
   {
-    fullPath = m_resourcesDir + file;
-    if (!IsFileExists(fullPath))
+    fullPath = resourcesDir + file;
+    if (!GetPlatform().IsFileExists(fullPath))
       MYTHROW(FileAbsentException, ("File doesn't exist", fullPath));
   }
   return fullPath;
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ string BasePlatformImpl::ReadPathForFile(string const & file) const
 
 ModelReader * BasePlatformImpl::GetReader(string const & file) const
 {
-    return new FileReader(ReadPathForFile(file), 10, 12);
+    return new FileReader(ReadPathForFile(m_writableDir, m_resourcesDir, file), 10, 12);
 }
 
 bool BasePlatformImpl::GetFileSize(string const & file, uint64_t & size) const
diff --git a/platform/platform.hpp b/platform/platform.hpp
index 0154335d99..f856ea45de 100644
--- a/platform/platform.hpp
+++ b/platform/platform.hpp
@@ -29,15 +29,10 @@ public:
   /// @return resource dir (on some platforms it's differ from Writable dir)
   virtual string ResourcesDir() const = 0;
 
-  /// @name Get the reader path or reader itself for file decriptor.
-  /// Throws FileAbsentException
+  /// @return reader for file decriptor.
+  /// @throws FileAbsentException
   /// @param[in] file descriptor which we want to read
-  //@{
-  /// @return fully resolved path including file name
-  virtual string ReadPathForFile(string const & file) const = 0;
-
   virtual ModelReader * GetReader(string const & file) const = 0;
-  //@}
 
   /// @name File operations
   //@{
@@ -90,7 +85,6 @@ protected:
 public:
   virtual string WritableDir() const { return m_writableDir; }
   virtual string ResourcesDir() const { return m_resourcesDir; }
-  virtual string ReadPathForFile(string const & file) const;
   virtual ModelReader * GetReader(string const & file) const;
 
   virtual void GetFilesInDir(string const & directory, string const & mask, FilesList & res) const;
diff --git a/platform/platform_tests/platform_test.cpp b/platform/platform_tests/platform_test.cpp
index daa18061ea..582103cdb8 100644
--- a/platform/platform_tests/platform_test.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform_tests/platform_test.cpp
@@ -38,20 +38,21 @@ UNIT_TEST(WritablePathForFile)
   TEST_EQUAL(p1, p2, ());
 }
 
-UNIT_TEST(ReadPathForFile)
+UNIT_TEST(GetReader)
 {
   char const * NON_EXISTING_FILE = "mgbwuerhsnmbui45efhdbn34.tmp";
   char const * arr[] = { "drawing_rules.bin", "basic.skn", "classificator.txt", "minsk-pass.mwm" };
   Platform & p = GetPlatform();
   for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(arr); ++i)
   {
-    TEST_GREATER(p.ReadPathForFile(arr[i]).size(), 0, ("File should exist!"));
+    ReaderPtr<Reader> r = p.GetReader(arr[i]);
+    TEST_GREATER(r.Size(), 0, ("File should exist!"));
   }
 
   bool wasException = false;
   try
   {
-    p.ReadPathForFile(NON_EXISTING_FILE);
+    ReaderPtr<Reader> r = p.GetReader(NON_EXISTING_FILE);
   }
   catch (FileAbsentException const &)
   {
@@ -72,13 +73,13 @@ UNIT_TEST(GetFilesInDir)
   TEST_EQUAL(files.size(), 0, ());
 }
 
-UNIT_TEST(GetFileSize)
-{
-  Platform & pl = GetPlatform();
-  uint64_t size = 0;
-  pl.GetFileSize(pl.ReadPathForFile("classificator.txt").c_str(), size);
-  TEST_GREATER(size, 0, ("File classificator.txt should exist for test"));
-}
+//UNIT_TEST(GetFileSize)
+//{
+//  Platform & pl = GetPlatform();
+//  uint64_t size = 0;
+//  pl.GetFileSize(pl.ReadPathForFile("classificator.txt").c_str(), size);
+//  TEST_GREATER(size, 0, ("File classificator.txt should exist for test"));
+//}
 
 UNIT_TEST(CpuCores)
 {
diff --git a/qt/about.cpp b/qt/about.cpp
index d3eebb93e7..3a650857fc 100644
--- a/qt/about.cpp
+++ b/qt/about.cpp
@@ -33,18 +33,22 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget * parent)
   hBox->addWidget(labelIcon);
   hBox->addWidget(labelVersion);
 
-  char const sAboutFileName [] = "about-travelguide-desktop.html";
-  QFile file(GetPlatform().ReadPathForFile(sAboutFileName).c_str());
-  if (file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
+  string aboutText;
+  try
   {
-    QByteArray aboutData = file.readAll();
-    file.close();
+    ReaderPtr<Reader> reader = GetPlatform().GetReader("about-travelguide-desktop.html");
+    reader.ReadAsString(aboutText);
+  }
+  catch (...)
+  {}
 
+  if (!aboutText.empty())
+  {
     QTextBrowser * aboutTextBrowser = new QTextBrowser();
     aboutTextBrowser->setReadOnly(true);
     aboutTextBrowser->setOpenLinks(true);
     aboutTextBrowser->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
-    aboutTextBrowser->setText(aboutData.constData());
+    aboutTextBrowser->setText(aboutText.c_str());
 
     QVBoxLayout * vBox = new QVBoxLayout();
     vBox->addLayout(hBox);
diff --git a/qt/guide_page.cpp b/qt/guide_page.cpp
index 3a536d392b..f1cefde664 100644
--- a/qt/guide_page.cpp
+++ b/qt/guide_page.cpp
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 #include "../words/sloynik_engine.hpp"
 
-#include "../platform/platform.hpp"
-
 #include <QtWebKit/QWebView>
 
 #include <QtGui/QLineEdit>
@@ -73,9 +71,6 @@ namespace
 
 void GuidePageHolder::CreateEngine()
 {
-  string const dicPath = GetPlatform().ReadPathForFile("dictionary.slf");
-  string const indPath = GetPlatform().WritableDir() + "index";
-
   sl::StrFn fn;
   fn.Create = &StrCreate;
   fn.Destroy = &StrDestroy;
@@ -86,7 +81,7 @@ void GuidePageHolder::CreateEngine()
   fn.m_PrimaryCompareId = 1;
   fn.m_SecondaryCompareId = 2;
 
-  m_pEngine.reset(new sl::SloynikEngine(dicPath, indPath, fn));
+  m_pEngine.reset(new sl::SloynikEngine("dictionary.slf", "index", fn));
 }
 
 void GuidePageHolder::OnShowPage()
diff --git a/qt/main.cpp b/qt/main.cpp
index ea687e25c0..cac41f46be 100644
--- a/qt/main.cpp
+++ b/qt/main.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     buttons << "Accept" << "Decline";
 
     string buffer;
-    FileReader(GetPlatform().ReadPathForFile("eula.html")).ReadAsString(buffer);
+    {
+      ReaderPtr<Reader> reader = GetPlatform().GetReader("eula.html");
+      reader.ReadAsString(buffer);
+    }
     qt::InfoDialog eulaDialog("MapsWithMe End User Licensing Agreement", buffer.c_str(), NULL, buttons);
     eulaAccepted = (eulaDialog.exec() == 1);
     Settings::Set(SETTING_EULA_ACCEPTED, eulaAccepted);
diff --git a/qt/mainwindow.cpp b/qt/mainwindow.cpp
index 72d240874f..e46355bf40 100644
--- a/qt/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/qt/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -94,16 +94,21 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow()
 
   if (bShow)
   {
-    QFile welcomeTextFile(GetPlatform().ReadPathForFile("welcome.html").c_str());
-
     bool bShowUpdateDialog = true;
 
-    if (welcomeTextFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
+    string text;
+    try
     {
-      QByteArray text = welcomeTextFile.readAll();
-      welcomeTextFile.close();
+      ReaderPtr<Reader> reader = GetPlatform().GetReader("welcome.html");
+      reader.ReadAsString(text);
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {}
 
-      InfoDialog welcomeDlg(tr("Welcome to MapsWithMe!"), text, this, QStringList(tr("Download Maps")));
+    if (!text.empty())
+    {
+      InfoDialog welcomeDlg(tr("Welcome to MapsWithMe!"), text.c_str(),
+                            this, QStringList(tr("Download Maps")));
       if (welcomeDlg.exec() == QDialog::Rejected)
         bShowUpdateDialog = false;
     }
diff --git a/words/sloynik_engine.cpp b/words/sloynik_engine.cpp
index 3c2c74fac3..379a65ba7f 100644
--- a/words/sloynik_engine.cpp
+++ b/words/sloynik_engine.cpp
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 #include "sloynik_engine.hpp"
 #include "slof_dictionary.hpp"
 #include "sloynik_index.hpp"
+
+#include "../platform/platform.hpp"
+
 #include "../coding/file_reader.hpp"
 #include "../coding/file_writer.hpp"
+
 #include "../base/logging.hpp"
 #include "../base/macros.hpp"
 
-sl::SloynikEngine::SloynikEngine(string const & dictionaryPath,
-                                 string const & indexPath,
+sl::SloynikEngine::SloynikEngine(string const & dictionary,
+                                 string const & index,
                                  StrFn const & strFn)
 {
-  FileReader * pDicFileReader = new FileReader(dictionaryPath);
+  Platform & pl = GetPlatform();
+  Reader * pDicFileReader = pl.GetReader(dictionary);
   // m_pDictionary takes ownership of pDicFileReader.
   m_pDictionary.reset(new sl::SlofDictionary(pDicFileReader));
 
@@ -20,11 +25,11 @@ sl::SloynikEngine::SloynikEngine(string const & dictionaryPath,
   stamp.push_back(m_pDictionary->KeyCount());
   stamp.push_back(pDicFileReader->Size());
 
-  string const stampPath = indexPath + ".stamp";
+  string const stampFile = index + ".stamp";
   bool needIndexBuild = false;
   try
   {
-    FileReader stampReader(stampPath);
+    ReaderPtr<Reader> stampReader(pl.GetReader(stampFile));
     if (stampReader.Size() != stamp.size() * sizeof(stamp[0]))
       needIndexBuild = true;
     else
@@ -45,8 +50,9 @@ sl::SloynikEngine::SloynikEngine(string const & dictionaryPath,
   // Uncomment to always rebuild the index: needIndexBuild = true;
   if (needIndexBuild)
   {
+    string const stampPath = pl.WritablePathForFile(stampFile);
     FileWriter::DeleteFileX(stampPath);
-    sl::SortedIndex::Build(*m_pDictionary, strFn, indexPath);
+    sl::SortedIndex::Build(*m_pDictionary, strFn, index);
 
     FileWriter stampWriter(stampPath);
     stampWriter.Write(&stamp[0], stamp.size() * sizeof(stamp[0]));
@@ -54,7 +60,9 @@ sl::SloynikEngine::SloynikEngine(string const & dictionaryPath,
 
   // By VNG: SortedIndex takes ownership of index reader, so no need to store it here.
   //m_pIndexReader.reset(new FileReader(indexPath + ".idx"));
-  m_pSortedIndex.reset(new sl::SortedIndex(*m_pDictionary, new FileReader(indexPath + ".idx"), strFn));
+  m_pSortedIndex.reset(new sl::SortedIndex(*m_pDictionary,
+                       new FileReader(pl.WritablePathForFile(index + ".idx")),
+                       strFn));
 }
 
 sl::SloynikEngine::~SloynikEngine()
diff --git a/words/sloynik_engine.hpp b/words/sloynik_engine.hpp
index 1c1bc6d288..c235890f8b 100644
--- a/words/sloynik_engine.hpp
+++ b/words/sloynik_engine.hpp
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ class SortedIndex;
 class SloynikEngine
 {
 public:
-  SloynikEngine(string const & dictionaryPath,
-                string const & indexPath,
+  SloynikEngine(string const & dictionary,
+                string const & index,
                 sl::StrFn const & strFn);
 
   ~SloynikEngine();
diff --git a/words/sloynik_index.cpp b/words/sloynik_index.cpp
index 332b65ae76..7fb9831e61 100644
--- a/words/sloynik_index.cpp
+++ b/words/sloynik_index.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "sloynik_index.hpp"
 #include "dictionary.hpp"
 
+#include "../platform/platform.hpp"
+
 #include "../coding/file_writer.hpp"
 #include "../coding/timsort/timsort.hpp"
 
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ sl::SortedIndex::Pos sl::SortedIndex::PrefixSearch(string const & prefix)
 
 void sl::SortedIndex::Build(sl::Dictionary const & dictionary,
                             StrFn const & strFn,
-                            string const & indexPathPrefix)
+                            string const & indexPrefix)
 {
   LOG(LINFO, ("Building sorted index."));
 
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ void sl::SortedIndex::Build(sl::Dictionary const & dictionary,
     // stable_sort(ids.begin(), ids.end(), MakeLessRefProxy(compareLess));
   }
 
-  FileWriter idxWriter((indexPathPrefix + ".idx").c_str());
+  FileWriter idxWriter(GetPlatform().WritablePathForFile(indexPrefix + ".idx").c_str());
   idxWriter.Write(&ids[0], ids.size() * sizeof(ids[0]));
 
   LOG(LINFO, ("Building sorted index done."));
diff --git a/words/sloynik_index.hpp b/words/sloynik_index.hpp
index c6696a79a8..c549653f08 100644
--- a/words/sloynik_index.hpp
+++ b/words/sloynik_index.hpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public:
   // Build index.
   static void Build(Dictionary const & dictionary,
                     StrFn const & strFn,
-                    string const & indexPathPrefix);
+                    string const & indexPrefix);
 private:
 
 #pragma pack(push, 1)
diff --git a/words/words_tests/words_tests.pro b/words/words_tests/words_tests.pro
index 3056ec2749..98bf9fb670 100644
--- a/words/words_tests/words_tests.pro
+++ b/words/words_tests/words_tests.pro
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ CONFIG += console
 CONFIG -= app_bundle
 
 ROOT_DIR = ../..
-DEPENDENCIES = words coding base zlib bzip2
+DEPENDENCIES = platform words coding base zlib bzip2
 
 include($$ROOT_DIR/common.pri)
 
+QT += core
+
 SOURCES += $$ROOT_DIR/testing/testingmain.cpp \
   sorted_index_test.cpp \