diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/CustomAttributes/Test.cs b/src/Controls/tests/CustomAttributes/Test.cs
index 21bb6c59f57d..ae46f9c3a975 100644
--- a/src/Controls/tests/CustomAttributes/Test.cs
+++ b/src/Controls/tests/CustomAttributes/Test.cs
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ public enum Image
 	{
 		Source,
 		Source_FontImageSource,
+		IsAnimationPlaying,
 		Aspect,
 		IsOpaque,
 		IsLoading,
diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Android.Tests/snapshots/android/ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_No.png b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Android.Tests/snapshots/android/ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_No.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..230d0d9cdeef
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diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Android.Tests/snapshots/android/ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_Yes.png b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Android.Tests/snapshots/android/ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_Yes.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b9d7495e91b
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diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/Tests/ImageUITests.cs b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/Tests/ImageUITests.cs
index 940c821c5b9d..5a5844353d69 100644
--- a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/Tests/ImageUITests.cs
+++ b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/Tests/ImageUITests.cs
@@ -36,4 +36,16 @@ public void Source_FontImageSource()
 		remote.TapStateButton();
 		VerifyScreenshot("ImageUITests_Source_FontImageSource_FontAwesome");
 	}
+
+	[Test]
+	public async Task IsAnimationPlaying()
+	{
+		var remote = GoToStateRemote();
+		await Task.Delay(500); // make sure the gif is NOT playing
+		VerifyScreenshot("ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_No");
+
+		remote.TapStateButton();
+		await Task.Delay(500); // make sure the gif IS playing
+		VerifyScreenshot("ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_Yes");
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.WinUI.Tests/snapshots/windows/ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_No.png b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.WinUI.Tests/snapshots/windows/ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_No.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02ea4b0fec3e
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diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.WinUI.Tests/snapshots/windows/ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_Yes.png b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.WinUI.Tests/snapshots/windows/ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_Yes.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..511fab7ea991
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diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.iOS.Tests/snapshots/ios/ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_No.png b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.iOS.Tests/snapshots/ios/ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_No.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a406b28f23b3
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diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.iOS.Tests/snapshots/ios/ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_Yes.png b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.iOS.Tests/snapshots/ios/ImageUITests_IsAnimationPlaying_Yes.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e2b649ae33b
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diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases/Controls.TestCases.App.csproj b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases/Controls.TestCases.App.csproj
index 830011f59e46..57218d432616 100644
--- a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases/Controls.TestCases.App.csproj
+++ b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases/Controls.TestCases.App.csproj
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <SingleProject>true</SingleProject>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <!-- Disable multi-RID builds to workaround a parallel build issue -->
     <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$(TargetFramework.Contains('-maccatalyst'))">maccatalyst-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$(TargetFramework.Contains('-maccatalyst')) and '$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::OSArchitecture)' == 'arm64'">maccatalyst-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier>
diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases/Elements/ImageCoreGalleryPage.cs b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases/Elements/ImageCoreGalleryPage.cs
index 6d3e0bb1bb8e..427469be0034 100644
--- a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases/Elements/ImageCoreGalleryPage.cs
+++ b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases/Elements/ImageCoreGalleryPage.cs
@@ -33,5 +33,20 @@ protected override void Build()
 			};
 			Add(familyContainer);
 		}
+
+		{
+			var image = new Image
+			{
+				Source = "red_is_good.gif",
+				WidthRequest = 100,
+				HeightRequest = 100,
+			};
+			var container = new StateViewContainer<Image>(Test.Image.IsAnimationPlaying, image);
+			container.StateChangeButton.Clicked += (s, a) =>
+			{
+				image.IsAnimationPlaying = !image.IsAnimationPlaying;
+			};
+			Add(container);
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases/Resources/Images/red_is_good.gif b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases/Resources/Images/red_is_good.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..19b69f382e92
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases/Resources/Images/red_is_good.gif differ
diff --git a/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/ImageViewExtensions.cs b/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/ImageViewExtensions.cs
index e08c98dbc78f..80c69d6c5c54 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/ImageViewExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/ImageViewExtensions.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using Android.Graphics.Drawables;
 using Android.Views;
 using Android.Widget;
+using Bumptech.Glide.Load.Resource.Gif;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Maui.Platform
 {
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ public static void UpdateIsAnimationPlaying(this ImageView imageView, IImageSour
 
 		public static void UpdateIsAnimationPlaying(this Drawable? drawable, IImageSourcePart image)
 		{
-			if (drawable is IAnimatable animatable)
+			var animatable = drawable.TryJavaCast<IAnimatable>();
+			if (animatable is not null)
 			{
 				if (image.IsAnimationPlaying)
 				{
diff --git a/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/JavaObjectExtensions.cs b/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/JavaObjectExtensions.cs
index 014c0fed5eaa..ecac7f09b73f 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/JavaObjectExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/JavaObjectExtensions.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using Android.Runtime;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Maui
 {
 	static class JavaObjectExtensions
 	{
+		const DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes Constructors = DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.PublicConstructors | DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.NonPublicConstructors;
+
 		public static bool IsDisposed(this Java.Lang.Object obj)
 		{
 			return obj.Handle == IntPtr.Zero;
@@ -30,5 +33,18 @@ public static bool IsAlive([NotNullWhen(true)] this global::Android.Runtime.IJav
 
 			return !obj.IsDisposed();
 		}
+
+		public static TResult? TryJavaCast<[DynamicallyAccessedMembers (Constructors)] TResult>(this IJavaObject? instance)
+			where TResult : class, IJavaObject
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				return instance.JavaCast<TResult>();
+			}
+			catch
+			{
+				return null;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
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