.Net MAUI 7 Android, Image Gif Animation Not Playing in Release Mode, Normal in Debug Mode

Description

I tried to release the .net maui apps that I made, when in debug mode everything works fine, but the problem occurs when I release my application to Android, the gif image that I use for loading doesn’t work properly, no animation is playing, it only displays the native image.

Then I tried to make a simple application to confirm this problem, and yes, the problem remains the same, here I attach the simple code that I made, where this coding runs normally in debug mode, but in release mode the gif animation doesn’t play

Steps to Reproduce

The simple code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             x:Class="MiCetApp.View.StartPage"
             Title="StartPage"
             BackgroundColor="#6789ba"
             Shell.NavBarIsVisible="False">
    <Grid
        RowDefinitions="*, Auto, Auto">
        <Image
            HeightRequest="150"
            Source="{Binding StringFormat=Resources/Images/loading_animation}"
            IsAnimationPlaying="False"
            x:Name="gifAnimation"/>

        <Button
            Grid.Row="1"
            Text="Play Animation"
            Clicked="PlayAnimation"/>

        <Button
            Grid.Row="2"
            Text="Pause Animation"
            Clicked="PauseAnimation"/>
    </Grid>
</ContentPage>


private void PlayAnimation(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        gifAnimation.IsAnimationPlaying = true;
    }

    private void PauseAnimation(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        gifAnimation.IsAnimationPlaying = false;
    }

Version with bug

6.0.312

Last version that worked well

6.0.312

Affected platforms

Android, I was not able test on other platforms

Affected platform versions

Android 11.0 API 31.0

Did you find any workaround?

No response

Relevant log output

No response

[ecosimini]

Been watching this one since March hoping it would get fixed before my app release but doesn’t look like it’s been started yet. I know you guys have your hands full with others issues but this does seem like basic functionality that should get fixed. Any update on when a fix for this might go out? Thank you MAUI team.

[rfangzh]

Is there any workaround to this issue, please?