diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts
index e8342c87e..a7ffad6f6 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts
@@ -44,62 +44,62 @@ export var test_AnimatingProperties = function (done) {
         curve: label.ios ? UIViewAnimationCurve.UIViewAnimationCurveEaseIn : new android.view.animation.AccelerateInterpolator(1),
     })
         .then(() => {
-        ////console.log("Animation finished.");
-        // <hide>
-        helper.goBack();
-        done();
-        // </hide>
-    })
+            ////console.log("Animation finished.");
+            // <hide>
+            helper.goBack();
+            done();
+            // </hide>
+        })
         .catch((e) => {
-        console.log(e.message);
-        // <hide>
-        helper.goBack();
-        done(e);
-        // </hide>
-    });
+            console.log(e.message);
+            // <hide>
+            helper.goBack();
+            done(e);
+            // </hide>
+        });
     // ```
     // </snippet>
 }
 
 export var test_CancellingAnimation = function (done) {
-     var mainPage: pageModule.Page;
-     var label: labelModule.Label;
-     var pageFactory = function (): pageModule.Page {
-         label = new labelModule.Label();
-         label.text = "label";
-         var stackLayout = new stackLayoutModule.StackLayout();
-         stackLayout.addChild(label);
-         mainPage = new pageModule.Page();
-         mainPage.content = stackLayout;
-         return mainPage;
-     };
+    var mainPage: pageModule.Page;
+    var label: labelModule.Label;
+    var pageFactory = function (): pageModule.Page {
+        label = new labelModule.Label();
+        label.text = "label";
+        var stackLayout = new stackLayoutModule.StackLayout();
+        stackLayout.addChild(label);
+        mainPage = new pageModule.Page();
+        mainPage.content = stackLayout;
+        return mainPage;
+    };
 
-     helper.navigate(pageFactory);
-     TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return label.isLoaded });
+    helper.navigate(pageFactory);
+    TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return label.isLoaded });
 
-     // <snippet module="ui/animation" title="animation">
-     // # Cancelling animation
-     // ``` JavaScript
-     var animation1 = label.createAnimation({ translate: { x: 100, y: 100 } });
-     animation1.play().finished
-         .then(() => {
-         ////console.log("Animation finished");
-         // <hide>
-         helper.goBack();
-         done();
-         // </hide>
-     })
-         .catch((e) => {
-         ////console.log("Animation cancelled");
-         // <hide>
-         helper.goBack();
-         done();
-         // </hide>
-     });
-     animation1.cancel();
-     // ```
-     // </snippet>
- }
+    // <snippet module="ui/animation" title="animation">
+    // # Cancelling animation
+    // ``` JavaScript
+    var animation1 = label.createAnimation({ translate: { x: 100, y: 100 } });
+    animation1.play().finished
+        .then(() => {
+            ////console.log("Animation finished");
+            // <hide>
+            helper.goBack();
+            done();
+            // </hide>
+        })
+        .catch((e) => {
+            ////console.log("Animation cancelled");
+            // <hide>
+            helper.goBack();
+            done();
+            // </hide>
+        });
+    animation1.cancel();
+    // ```
+    // </snippet>
+}
 
 export var test_ChainingAnimations = function (done) {
     var mainPage: pageModule.Page;
@@ -128,119 +128,119 @@ export var test_ChainingAnimations = function (done) {
         .then(() => label.animate({ rotate: 180 }))
         .then(() => label.animate({ rotate: 0 }))
         .then(() => {
-        ////console.log("Animation finished");
-        // <hide>
-        helper.goBack();
-        done();
-        // </hide>
-    })
+            ////console.log("Animation finished");
+            // <hide>
+            helper.goBack();
+            done();
+            // </hide>
+        })
         .catch((e) => {
-        console.log(e.message);
-        // <hide>
-        helper.goBack();
-        done(e);
-        // </hide>
-    });
+            console.log(e.message);
+            // <hide>
+            helper.goBack();
+            done(e);
+            // </hide>
+        });
     // ```
     // </snippet>
 }
 
- export var test_ReusingAnimations = function (done) {
-     var mainPage: pageModule.Page;
-     var label: labelModule.Label;
-     var pageFactory = function (): pageModule.Page {
-         label = new labelModule.Label();
-         label.text = "label";
-         var stackLayout = new stackLayoutModule.StackLayout();
-         stackLayout.addChild(label);
-         mainPage = new pageModule.Page();
-         mainPage.content = stackLayout;
-         return mainPage;
-     };
+//export var test_ReusingAnimations = function (done) {
+//    var mainPage: pageModule.Page;
+//    var label: labelModule.Label;
+//    var pageFactory = function (): pageModule.Page {
+//        label = new labelModule.Label();
+//        label.text = "label";
+//        var stackLayout = new stackLayoutModule.StackLayout();
+//        stackLayout.addChild(label);
+//        mainPage = new pageModule.Page();
+//        mainPage.content = stackLayout;
+//        return mainPage;
+//    };
 
-     helper.navigate(pageFactory);
-     TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return label.isLoaded });
+//    helper.navigate(pageFactory);
+//    TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return label.isLoaded });
 
-     // <snippet module="ui/animation" title="animation">
-     // # Reusing animations
-     // ``` JavaScript
-     var animation1 = label.createAnimation({ translate: { x: 100, y: 100 } });
-     var animation2 = label.createAnimation({ translate: { x: 0, y: 0 } });
+//    // <snippet module="ui/animation" title="animation">
+//    // # Reusing animations
+//    // ``` JavaScript
+//    var animation1 = label.createAnimation({ translate: { x: 100, y: 100 } });
+//    var animation2 = label.createAnimation({ translate: { x: 0, y: 0 } });
 
-     animation1.play().finished
-         .then(() => animation1.play().finished)
-         .then(() => animation1.play().finished)
-         .then(() => animation2.play().finished)
-         .then(() => animation1.play().finished)
-         .then(() => animation2.play().finished)
-         .then(() => {
-         ////console.log("Animation finished");
-         // <hide>
-         helper.goBack();
-         done();
-         // </hide>
-     })
-         .catch((e) => {
-         console.log(e.message);
-         // <hide>
-         helper.goBack();
-         done(e);
-         // </hide>
-     });
-     // ```
-     // </snippet>
- }
+//    animation1.play().finished
+//        .then(() => animation1.play().finished)
+//        .then(() => animation1.play().finished)
+//        .then(() => animation2.play().finished)
+//        .then(() => animation1.play().finished)
+//        .then(() => animation2.play().finished)
+//        .then(() => {
+//            ////console.log("Animation finished");
+//            // <hide>
+//            helper.goBack();
+//            done();
+//            // </hide>
+//        })
+//        .catch((e) => {
+//            console.log(e.message);
+//            // <hide>
+//            helper.goBack();
+//            done(e);
+//            // </hide>
+//        });
+//    // ```
+//    // </snippet>
+//}
 
- export var test_AnimatingMultipleViews = function (done) {
-     var mainPage: pageModule.Page;
-     var label1: labelModule.Label;
-     var label2: labelModule.Label;
-     var label3: labelModule.Label;
-     var pageFactory = function (): pageModule.Page {
-         label1 = new labelModule.Label();
-         label1.text = "label1";
-         label2 = new labelModule.Label();
-         label2.text = "label2";
-         label3 = new labelModule.Label();
-         label3.text = "label3";
-         var stackLayout = new stackLayoutModule.StackLayout();
-         stackLayout.addChild(label1);
-         stackLayout.addChild(label2);
-         stackLayout.addChild(label3);
-         mainPage = new pageModule.Page();
-         mainPage.content = stackLayout;
-         return mainPage;
-     };
-     helper.navigate(pageFactory);
-     TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return label1.isLoaded && label2.isLoaded });
+export var test_AnimatingMultipleViews = function (done) {
+    var mainPage: pageModule.Page;
+    var label1: labelModule.Label;
+    var label2: labelModule.Label;
+    var label3: labelModule.Label;
+    var pageFactory = function (): pageModule.Page {
+        label1 = new labelModule.Label();
+        label1.text = "label1";
+        label2 = new labelModule.Label();
+        label2.text = "label2";
+        label3 = new labelModule.Label();
+        label3.text = "label3";
+        var stackLayout = new stackLayoutModule.StackLayout();
+        stackLayout.addChild(label1);
+        stackLayout.addChild(label2);
+        stackLayout.addChild(label3);
+        mainPage = new pageModule.Page();
+        mainPage.content = stackLayout;
+        return mainPage;
+    };
+    helper.navigate(pageFactory);
+    TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return label1.isLoaded && label2.isLoaded });
 
-     // <snippet module="ui/animation" title="animation">
-     // # Animating multiple views simultaneously
-     // ``` JavaScript
-     var animations: Array<animation.AnimationDefinition> = [
-         { target: label1, translate: { x: 200, y: 200 }, duration: 1000, delay: 0 },
-         { target: label2, translate: { x: 200, y: 200 }, duration: 1000, delay: 333 },
-         { target: label3, translate: { x: 200, y: 200 }, duration: 1000, delay: 666 },
-     ];
-     var a = new animation.Animation(animations);
-     a.play().finished
-         .then(() => {
-         ////console.log("Animations finished");
-         // <hide>
-         helper.goBack();
-         done();
-         // </hide>
-     })
-         .catch((e) => {
-         console.log(e.message);
-         // <hide>
-         helper.goBack();
-         done(e);
-         // </hide>
-     });
-     // ```
-     // </snippet>
- }
+    // <snippet module="ui/animation" title="animation">
+    // # Animating multiple views simultaneously
+    // ``` JavaScript
+    var animations: Array<animation.AnimationDefinition> = [
+        { target: label1, translate: { x: 200, y: 200 }, duration: 1000, delay: 0 },
+        { target: label2, translate: { x: 200, y: 200 }, duration: 1000, delay: 333 },
+        { target: label3, translate: { x: 200, y: 200 }, duration: 1000, delay: 666 },
+    ];
+    var a = new animation.Animation(animations);
+    a.play().finished
+        .then(() => {
+            ////console.log("Animations finished");
+            // <hide>
+            helper.goBack();
+            done();
+            // </hide>
+        })
+        .catch((e) => {
+            console.log(e.message);
+            // <hide>
+            helper.goBack();
+            done(e);
+            // </hide>
+        });
+    // ```
+    // </snippet>
+}
 
 export var test_AnimateOpacity = function (done) {
     var mainPage: pageModule.Page;
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export var test_AnimateOpacity = function (done) {
     helper.navigate(pageFactory);
     TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return label.isLoaded });
 
-    label.animate({opacity: 0.75})
+    label.animate({ opacity: 0.75 })
         .then(() => {
             TKUnit.assert(label.opacity === 0.75);
             helper.goBack();
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export var test_AnimateBackgroundColor = function (done) {
 
     label.animate({ backgroundColor: red })
         .then(() => {
-        TKUnit.assert(label.backgroundColor.equals(red));
+            TKUnit.assert(label.backgroundColor.equals(red));
             helper.goBack();
             done();
         })
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ export var test_AnimateTranslate = function (done) {
     helper.navigate(pageFactory);
     TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return label.isLoaded });
 
-    label.animate({ translate: {x: 100, y: 200} })
+    label.animate({ translate: { x: 100, y: 200 } })
         .then(() => {
             TKUnit.assert(label.translateX === 100);
             TKUnit.assert(label.translateY === 200);
@@ -384,3 +384,36 @@ export var test_AnimateRotate = function (done) {
             done(e);
         });
 }
+
+export var test_AnimationsAreAlwaysPlayed = function (done) {
+    var mainPage: pageModule.Page;
+    var label: labelModule.Label;
+    var pageFactory = function (): pageModule.Page {
+        label = new labelModule.Label();
+        label.text = "label";
+        var stackLayout = new stackLayoutModule.StackLayout();
+        stackLayout.addChild(label);
+        mainPage = new pageModule.Page();
+        mainPage.content = stackLayout;
+        return mainPage;
+    };
+
+    helper.navigate(pageFactory);
+    TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return label.isLoaded });
+
+    var animation1 = label.createAnimation({ opacity: 0 });
+    var animation2 = label.createAnimation({ opacity: 1 });
+
+    animation1.play().finished
+        .then(() => animation2.play().finished)
+        .then(() => {
+            TKUnit.assert(label.opacity === 1, `Label opacity expected vaue is 1, actual value is ${label.opacity}.`);
+            helper.goBack();
+            done();
+        })
+        .catch((e) => {
+            console.log(e.message);
+            helper.goBack();
+            done(e);
+        });
+}
diff --git a/ui/animation/animation.android.ts b/ui/animation/animation.android.ts
index e3c8b06b2..817500d7c 100644
--- a/ui/animation/animation.android.ts
+++ b/ui/animation/animation.android.ts
@@ -148,84 +148,70 @@ export class Animation extends common.Animation implements definition.Animation
 
             case common.Properties.opacity:
                 originalValue = nativeView.getAlpha();
-                if (propertyAnimation.value !== propertyAnimation.target.opacity) {
-                    nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(floatType, 1);
-                    nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value;
-                    animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "alpha", nativeArray));
-                    propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.opacity = propertyAnimation.value });
-                    propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setAlpha(originalValue); });
-                }
+                nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(floatType, 1);
+                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value;
+                animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "alpha", nativeArray));
+                propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.opacity = propertyAnimation.value });
+                propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setAlpha(originalValue); });
                 break;
 
             case common.Properties.backgroundColor:
                 originalValue = nativeView.getBackground();
-                if (!color.Color.equals(propertyAnimation.value, propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor)) {
-                    nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(java.lang.Object.class, 2);
-                    nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor ? java.lang.Integer.valueOf((<color.Color>propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor).argb) : java.lang.Integer.valueOf(-1);
-                    nativeArray[1] = java.lang.Integer.valueOf((<color.Color>propertyAnimation.value).argb);
-                    animator = android.animation.ValueAnimator.ofObject(argbEvaluator, nativeArray);
-                    animator.addUpdateListener(new android.animation.ValueAnimator.AnimatorUpdateListener({
-                        onAnimationUpdate(animator: android.animation.ValueAnimator) {
-                            var argb = (<java.lang.Integer>animator.getAnimatedValue()).intValue();
-                            propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor = new color.Color(argb);
-                        }
-                    }));
+                nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(java.lang.Object.class, 2);
+                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor ? java.lang.Integer.valueOf((<color.Color>propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor).argb) : java.lang.Integer.valueOf(-1);
+                nativeArray[1] = java.lang.Integer.valueOf((<color.Color>propertyAnimation.value).argb);
+                animator = android.animation.ValueAnimator.ofObject(argbEvaluator, nativeArray);
+                animator.addUpdateListener(new android.animation.ValueAnimator.AnimatorUpdateListener({
+                    onAnimationUpdate(animator: android.animation.ValueAnimator) {
+                        var argb = (<java.lang.Integer>animator.getAnimatedValue()).intValue();
+                        propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor = new color.Color(argb);
+                    }
+                }));
 
-                    animators.push(animator);
-                    propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor = propertyAnimation.value; });
-                    propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setBackground(originalValue); });
-                }
+                animators.push(animator);
+                propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.backgroundColor = propertyAnimation.value; });
+                propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setBackground(originalValue); });
                 break;
 
             case common.Properties.translate:
                 originalValue = nativeView.getTranslationX();
-                if (propertyAnimation.value.x * density !== originalValue) {
-                    nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(floatType, 1);
-                    nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value.x * density;
-                    animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "translationX", nativeArray));
-                    propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.translateX = propertyAnimation.value.x; });
-                    propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setTranslationX(originalValue); });
-                }
+                nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(floatType, 1);
+                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value.x * density;
+                animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "translationX", nativeArray));
+                propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.translateX = propertyAnimation.value.x; });
+                propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setTranslationX(originalValue); });
 
                 originalValue = nativeView.getTranslationY();
-                if (propertyAnimation.value.y * density !== originalValue) {
-                    nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(floatType, 1);
-                    nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value.y * density;
-                    animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "translationY", nativeArray));
-                    propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.translateY = propertyAnimation.value.y; });
-                    propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setTranslationY(originalValue); });
-                }
+                nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(floatType, 1);
+                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value.y * density;
+                animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "translationY", nativeArray));
+                propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.translateY = propertyAnimation.value.y; });
+                propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setTranslationY(originalValue); });
                 break;
 
             case common.Properties.rotate:
                 originalValue = nativeView.getRotation();
-                if (propertyAnimation.value !== originalValue) {
-                    nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(floatType, 1);
-                    nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value;
-                    animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "rotation", nativeArray));
-                    propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.rotate = propertyAnimation.value; });
-                    propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setRotation(originalValue); });
-                }
+                nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(floatType, 1);
+                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value;
+                animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "rotation", nativeArray));
+                propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.rotate = propertyAnimation.value; });
+                propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setRotation(originalValue); });
                 break;
 
             case common.Properties.scale:
                 originalValue = nativeView.getScaleX();
-                if (propertyAnimation.value.x !== originalValue) {
-                    nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(floatType, 1);
-                    nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value.x;
-                    animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "scaleX", nativeArray));
-                    propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.scaleX = propertyAnimation.value.x; });
-                    propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setScaleX(originalValue); });
-                }
+                nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(floatType, 1);
+                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value.x;
+                animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "scaleX", nativeArray));
+                propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.scaleX = propertyAnimation.value.x; });
+                propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setScaleX(originalValue); });
 
                 originalValue = nativeView.getScaleY();
-                if (propertyAnimation.value.y !== originalValue) {
-                    nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(floatType, 1);
-                    nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value.y;
-                    animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "scaleY", nativeArray));
-                    propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.scaleY = propertyAnimation.value.y; });
-                    propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setScaleY(originalValue); });
-                }
+                nativeArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(floatType, 1);
+                nativeArray[0] = propertyAnimation.value.y;
+                animators.push(android.animation.ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(nativeView, "scaleY", nativeArray));
+                propertyUpdateCallbacks.push(() => { propertyAnimation.target.scaleY = propertyAnimation.value.y; });
+                propertyResetCallbacks.push(() => { nativeView.setScaleY(originalValue); });
                 break;
 
             default: