diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation.android.ts
index f122896ad..3237943ab 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation.android.ts
@@ -250,9 +250,11 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
         }
 
         let setLocal = this._valueSource === "animation";
-
+        const style = propertyAnimation.target.style;
         switch (propertyAnimation.property) {
             case Properties.opacity:
+                opacityProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
+
                 originalValue1 = nativeView.getAlpha();
                 nativeArray = Array.create("float", 1);
                 nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value;
@@ -273,6 +275,8 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                 break;
 
             case Properties.backgroundColor:
+                backgroundColorProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
+
                 ensureArgbEvaluator();
                 originalValue1 = propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor;
                 nativeArray = Array.create(java.lang.Object, 2);
@@ -303,6 +307,9 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                 break;
 
             case Properties.translate:
+                translateXProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
+                translateYProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
+
                 xyObjectAnimators = Array.create(android.animation.Animator, 2);
 
                 nativeArray = Array.create("float", 1);
@@ -344,6 +351,9 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                 break;
 
             case Properties.scale:
+                scaleXProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
+                scaleYProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
+                
                 xyObjectAnimators = Array.create(android.animation.Animator, 2);
 
                 nativeArray = Array.create("float", 1);
@@ -385,6 +395,8 @@ export class Animation extends AnimationBase {
                 break;
 
             case Properties.rotate:
+                rotateProperty._initDefaultNativeValue(style);
+
                 originalValue1 = nativeView.getRotation();
                 nativeArray = Array.create("float", 1);
                 nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/properties/properties.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/properties/properties.d.ts
index 2203721a8..3354f6f71 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/properties/properties.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/properties/properties.d.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,17 @@ export class CssAnimationProperty<T extends Style, U> {
     public register(cls: { prototype: T }): void;
     public isSet(instance: T): boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * @private
+     */
+    public _initDefaultNativeValue(target: T): void;
+    /**
+     * @private
+     */
     public _valueConverter?: (value: string) => any;
+    /**
+     * @private
+     */
     public static _getByCssName(name: string): CssAnimationProperty<any, any>;
 }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/properties/properties.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/properties/properties.ts
index 17e9bf3c4..8e03d0813 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/properties/properties.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/properties/properties.ts
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ export class CssAnimationProperty<T extends Style, U> {
         this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
 
         const cssValue = Symbol(cssName);
-        const styleValue = Symbol(propertyName);
+        const styleValue = Symbol(`local:${propertyName}`);
         const keyframeValue = Symbol(keyframeName);
         const computedValue = Symbol("computed-value:" + propertyName);
         this.key = computedValue;
@@ -792,6 +792,16 @@ export class CssAnimationProperty<T extends Style, U> {
         }
     }
 
+    public _initDefaultNativeValue(target: T): void {
+        const defaultValueKey = this.defaultValueKey;
+
+        if (!(defaultValueKey in target)) {
+            const view = target.view;
+            const getDefault = this.getDefault;
+            target[defaultValueKey] = view[getDefault] ? view[getDefault]() : this.defaultValue;
+        }
+    }
+
     public static _getByCssName(name: string): CssAnimationProperty<any, any> {
         return this.properties[name];
     }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
index fc40020c0..8cadf2be2 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ export abstract class ViewCommon extends ViewBase implements ViewDefinition {
     }
 
     public _getValue(): never {
-        throw new Error("The View._setValue is obsolete. There is a new property system.");
+        throw new Error("The View._getValue is obsolete. There is a new property system.");
     }
 
     public _setValue(): never {