AnimatedSprite.running defaults to true, but if it is initially invisible it won't be running

import QtQuick 2.8
import Qt.labs.handlers 1.0

PointHandler {
    id: handler
    objectName: "point " + handler.point.id.toString(16)
    acceptedDevices: PointerDevice.TouchScreen | PointerDevice.TouchPad
    target: AnimatedSprite {
        objectName: "sprite " + handler.point.id.toString(16)
        source: "../resources/fingersprite.png"
        visible: handler.active
//        running: visible // workaround: running defaults to true, but we don't see it animating otherwise
Component.onCompleted: console.log("Running " + running)
onRunningChanged: console.log("Running " + running)
        x: handler.point.position.x - 20
        y: handler.point.position.y - 13
        width: frameWidth
        height: frameHeight
        frameWidth: 43
        frameHeight: 64
        frameCount: 3
        frameRate: 5
        parent: handler.parent
        Text {
            text: handler.point.id.toString(16)
            style: Text.Outline; styleColor: "white"
            font.pixelSize: 12
            anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
            anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
            anchors.horizontalCenterOffset: 4
        }
    }
}