Take 2?

src/Core/src/Platform/Android/ImageViewExtensions.cs

@@ -30,20 +30,8 @@ public static void UpdateIsAnimationPlaying(this ImageView imageView, IImageSour
 
 		public static void UpdateIsAnimationPlaying(this Drawable? drawable, IImageSourcePart image)
 		{
-			// IMPORTANT:
-			// The linker will remove the interface from the concrete type if we don't force
-			// the linker to be aware of both the concrete and interface types.
-
-			if (drawable is IAnimatable animatable)
-				Update(image, animatable);
-			else if (drawable is AnimationDrawable ad)
-				Update(image, ad);
-			else if (drawable is GifDrawable gif)
-				Update(image, gif);
-			else if (OperatingSystem.IsAndroidVersionAtLeast(28) && drawable is AnimatedImageDrawable aid)
-				Update(image, aid);
-
-			static void Update(IImageSourcePart image, IAnimatable animatable)
+			var animatable = drawable.TryJavaCast<IAnimatable>();
+			if (animatable is not null)
 			{
 				if (image.IsAnimationPlaying)
 				{

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;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }