ValueAnimator doesn't work as expected when ba

Question

ValueAnimator doesn't seem to repeat or play animators that are repeated infinitely when the battery saver is enabled in Android lollipop or higher.

    animator = ValueAnimator.ofInt(0,timePeriods.length-1);
    animator.setInterpolator(new LinearInterpolator());
    animator.setEvaluator(new TypeEvaluator() {
        @Override
        public Object evaluate(float v, Object o, Object t1) {
            int time = 0 ;
            int timeElapsed = (int)(v*totalTime) ;
            for (int i = 0; i < timePeriods.length; i++) {
                time = time + timePeriods[i];
                if(time>=timeElapsed) return i ;
            }
            return 0 ;
        }
    });
    animator.setDuration(totalTime);
    animator.setRepeatCount(repeatCount);
    animator.addUpdateListener(new ValueAnimator.AnimatorUpdateListener() {
        int currentValue = -1 ;
        @Override
        public void onAnimationUpdate(ValueAnimator valueAnimator) {
            int value = (Integer) valueAnimator.getAnimatedValue();
            if(value!=currentValue){
                Log.d(TAG,"Value Changed: "+currentValue+" "+value);
                currentValue = value ;
            }
        }
    });

When the battery saver is enabled the animator plays the animation only once and doesn't repeat after that... Is there any setting|Flag within the application or activity to run animators even in low battery mode as the above animator is a simple integer valueanimator and doesn't drain the battery any further.