diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Large Image/LargeImageContentView.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Large Image/LargeImageContentView.swift
index f36515ce..68f0b7b6 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Large Image/LargeImageContentView.swift	
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Large Image/LargeImageContentView.swift	
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ protocol LargeImageContentView: UIView {
     var animationImage: UIImage? { get }
     var activityItemsForSharing: [Any] { get }
     var owner: LargeImageViewController? { get set }
-    func setControlsVisible(_ controlsVisible: Bool)
+    func setControlsVisible(_ controlsVisible: Bool, animated: Bool)
     func grayscaleStateChanged()
 }
 
@@ -75,13 +75,11 @@ class LargeImageImageContentView: UIImageView, LargeImageContentView {
         fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
     }
     
-    func setControlsVisible(_ controlsVisible: Bool) {
+    func setControlsVisible(_ controlsVisible: Bool, animated: Bool) {
         #if !targetEnvironment(macCatalyst)
         if #available(iOS 16.0, *),
            let analysisInteraction {
-            // note: passing animated: true here doesn't seem to do anything by itself as of iOS 16.2 (20C5032e)
-            // so the LargeImageViewController handles animating, but we still need to pass true here otherwise it doesn't animate
-            analysisInteraction.setSupplementaryInterfaceHidden(!controlsVisible, animated: true)
+            analysisInteraction.setSupplementaryInterfaceHidden(!controlsVisible, animated: animated)
         }
         #endif
     }
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@ class LargeImageGifContentView: GIFImageView, LargeImageContentView {
         fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
     }
     
-    func setControlsVisible(_ controlsVisible: Bool) {
+    func setControlsVisible(_ controlsVisible: Bool, animated: Bool) {
     }
     
     func grayscaleStateChanged() {
@@ -189,7 +187,7 @@ class LargeImageGifvContentView: GifvAttachmentView, LargeImageContentView {
         fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
     }
     
-    func setControlsVisible(_ controlsVisible: Bool) {
+    func setControlsVisible(_ controlsVisible: Bool, animated: Bool) {
     }
     
     func grayscaleStateChanged() {
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Large Image/LargeImageViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Large Image/LargeImageViewController.swift
index c9c08e77..acfed49a 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Large Image/LargeImageViewController.swift	
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Large Image/LargeImageViewController.swift	
@@ -282,13 +282,17 @@ class LargeImageViewController: UIViewController, UIScrollViewDelegate, LargeIma
         self.controlsVisible = controlsVisible
         if animated {
             UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.2) {
-                self.contentView.setControlsVisible(controlsVisible)
+                // note: the value of animated: is passed to ImageAnalysisInteractino.setSupplementaryInterfaceHidden which (as of iOS 17.0.2 (21A350)):
+                // - does not animate with animated:false when wrapped in a UIView.animate block
+                // - does not animate with animated:true unless also wrapped in a UIView.animate block
+                self.contentView.setControlsVisible(controlsVisible, animated: true)
                 self.updateControlsView()
             }
             if controlsVisible && !descriptionTextView.isHidden {
                 descriptionTextView.flashScrollIndicators()
             }
         } else {
+            contentView.setControlsVisible(controlsVisible, animated: false)
             updateControlsView()
         }
     }