diff --git a/tests/app/ui/activity-indicator/activity-indicator-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/activity-indicator/activity-indicator-tests.ts
index 0cdbfd4a3..c61166b88 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/activity-indicator/activity-indicator-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/activity-indicator/activity-indicator-tests.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ function getNativeBusy(indicator: activityIndicatorModule.ActivityIndicator): bo
         return indicator.android.getVisibility() === android.view.View.VISIBLE;
     }
     else if (indicator.ios) {
-        return indicator.ios.isAnimating();
+        if ((indicator.ios as any).isAnimating) {
+            return (indicator.ios as any).isAnimating();
+        } else {
+            return (indicator.ios as UIActivityIndicatorView).animating;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
index 85034ab89..7af8165fd 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ interface IOSView extends viewModule.View {
     _isPresentationLayerUpdateSuspeneded();
 }
 
-class AnimationDelegateImpl extends NSObject {
+class AnimationDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements CAAnimationDelegate {
 
     public nextAnimation: Function;
 
+    // The CAAnimationDelegate protocol has been introduced in the iOS 10 SDK
+    static ObjCProtocols = global.CAAnimationDelegate ? [global.CAAnimationDelegate] : [];
+
     private _finishedCallback: Function;
     private _propertyAnimation: PropertyAnimationInfo;
     private _valueSource: number;
@@ -360,7 +363,7 @@ export class Animation extends common.Animation implements definition.Animation
         }
 
         let animationDelegate = AnimationDelegateImpl.initWithFinishedCallback(finishedCallback, animation, valueSource);
-        nativeAnimation.setValueForKey(animationDelegate, "delegate");
+        nativeAnimation.delegate = animationDelegate;
 
         nativeView.layer.addAnimationForKey(nativeAnimation, args.propertyNameToAnimate);