diff --git a/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.Lottie/LottieVisualSource.Skottie.cs b/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.Lottie/LottieVisualSource.Skottie.cs
index 82857e5caff1..35693730114a 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.Lottie/LottieVisualSource.Skottie.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.Lottie/LottieVisualSource.Skottie.cs
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ private UIElement BuildRenderSurface()
 #else
 			_softwareCanvas = new();
 			_softwareCanvas.PaintSurface += OnSoftwareCanvas_PaintSurface;
+
+#if __IOS__
+			_softwareCanvas.Opaque = false;
+#endif
 			return _softwareCanvas;
 #endif
 		}
diff --git a/src/SamplesApp/SamplesApp.netcoremobile/SamplesApp.netcoremobile.csproj b/src/SamplesApp/SamplesApp.netcoremobile/SamplesApp.netcoremobile.csproj
index 45a35f531756..7e9dca5c87ca 100644
--- a/src/SamplesApp/SamplesApp.netcoremobile/SamplesApp.netcoremobile.csproj
+++ b/src/SamplesApp/SamplesApp.netcoremobile/SamplesApp.netcoremobile.csproj
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@
 
 				<!-- https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-macios/issues/14812 -->
 				<MtouchExtraArgs>$(MtouchExtraArgs) --marshal-objectivec-exceptions:disable</MtouchExtraArgs>
+
+				<!-- Only the invariant culture is support in globalization-invariant mode. See https://aka.ms/GlobalizationInvariantMode -->
+				<InvariantGlobalization>false</InvariantGlobalization>
 			</PropertyGroup>
 			
 			<ItemGroup>