Animation - Release vs. Debug

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Has anyone figured out a way to solve this?

I have an Image element "gif" whose Attribute IsAnimationPlaying="True"
DEBUG Mode...
Using Visual Studio 2022 (see setup details below), set to "Debug" and "Any CPU",
I perform a "Clean", then a "Build", then a "Deploy" to an Android Emulator "Tablet M-DPI 10.1in API 34"
ALL Animation works as expected!

RELEASE Mode...
Now set Visual Studio 2022 to "Release" and "Any CPU",
perform "Clean", then "Build", then "Deploy" to same Android Emulator "Tablet M-DPI 10.1in API 34"
ALL Animation is FROZEN.

The difference seems to be between Debug builds vs. Release builds.
How are others able to get their .NET MAUI Animation to NOT Freeze up in Release mode?
Is there a setting you're supposed to Enable or Disable?
Is this just a bug in Visual Studio or .NET MAUI?
Thanks.

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I'm using:

Visual Studio 2022 17.9.6
Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022
Version 17.9.6
VisualStudio.17.Release/17.9.6+34728.123
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.8.09037

Installed Version: Professional

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Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio 2.6.5000.0
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Azure Stream Analytics Tools for Visual Studio 2.6.5000.0
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