How to show progress dialog in Android?

Question

I want to show ProgressDialog when I click on Login button and it takes time to move to another page. How can I do this?

Please note: `ProgressDialog` class was deprecated in API 26 (Oreo). Instead of using this class, you should use a progress indicator like [ProgressBar](https://d.android.com/reference/android/widget/ProgressBar), which can be embedded in your app's UI. Alternatively, you can use a notification to inform the user of the task's progress. Follow the Material design guidelines for [Progress & Activity](https://material.io/design/components/progress-indicators.html). — naXa, Sep 27 '18 at 12:42

score 103 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '12 at 09:25

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ProgressDialog pd = new ProgressDialog(yourActivity.this);
pd.setMessage("loading");
pd.show();

And that's all you need.

answered May 04 '12 at 09:25

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ProgressDialog pd = new ProgressDialog(yourActivity.this); pd.setMessage("loading"); pd.show();now showing anything.what to do. – May 04 '12 at 11:30
You will need to use your actual `Activity` rather than the `yourActivity`. – Jave May 04 '12 at 11:39

score 64 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 06 '19 at 09:11

You better try with AsyncTask

Sample code -

private class YourAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
    private ProgressDialog dialog;

    public YourAsyncTask(MyMainActivity activity) {
        dialog = new ProgressDialog(activity);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        dialog.setMessage("Doing something, please wait.");
        dialog.show();
    }
    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... args) {
        // do background work here
        return null;
    }
    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
         // do UI work here
        if (dialog.isShowing()) {
            dialog.dismiss();
        }
    }
}

Use the above code in your Login Button Activity. And, do the stuff in doInBackground and onPostExecute

Update:

ProgressDialog is integrated with AsyncTask as you said your task takes time for processing.

Update:

ProgressDialog class was deprecated as of API 26

He want to show progress dialog,not want use AsyncTask i think — Hamza, Sep 20 '17 at 17:44

score 24 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 17 '18 at 13:44

To use ProgressDialog use the below code

ProgressDialog progressdialog = new ProgressDialog(getApplicationContext());
progressdialog.setMessage("Please Wait....");

To start the ProgressDialog use

progressdialog.show();

progressdialog.setCancelable(false); is used so that ProgressDialog cannot be cancelled until the work is done.

To stop the ProgressDialog use this code (when your work is finished):

progressdialog.dismiss();`

score 19 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 16 '15 at 16:15

Point one you should remember when it comes to Progress dialog is that you should run it in a separate thread. If you run it in your UI thread you'll see no dialog.

If you are new to Android Threading then you should learn about AsyncTask. Which helps you to implement a painless Threads.

sample code

private class CheckTypesTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>{
        ProgressDialog asyncDialog = new ProgressDialog(IncidentFormActivity.this);
        String typeStatus;


        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute() {
            //set message of the dialog
            asyncDialog.setMessage(getString(R.string.loadingtype));
            //show dialog
            asyncDialog.show();
            super.onPreExecute();
        }

        @Override
        protected Void doInBackground(Void... arg0) {

            //don't touch dialog here it'll break the application
            //do some lengthy stuff like calling login webservice

            return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
            //hide the dialog
            asyncDialog.dismiss();

            super.onPostExecute(result);
        }

}

Good luck.

Your note that "progress dialog won't work on main UI thread" was what made my day. Thank you. — Saeed Neamati, Aug 23 '15 at 11:11
OnPreExecute and onPostExecute is run on the main thread. And you are starting and stoping the progress dialog from the main thread. — runios, Apr 13 '16 at 10:39

score 7 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 06 '19 at 11:48

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Simple coding in your activity like below:

private ProgressDialog dialog = new ProgressDialog(YourActivity.this);    
dialog.setMessage("please wait...");
dialog.show();
dialog.dismiss();

edited Feb 06 '19 at 11:48

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answered Oct 03 '18 at 09:44

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score 5 · Answer 6 · edited Feb 06 '19 at 11:48

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Declare your progress dialog:

ProgressDialog progressDialog;

To start the progress dialog:

progressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(this, "","Please Wait...", true);

To dismiss the Progress Dialog :

 progressDialog.dismiss();

edited Feb 06 '19 at 11:48

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answered Jul 22 '14 at 05:36

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NinjaCowgirl · Answer 7 · 2017-09-17T08:31:42.197

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ProgressDialog is now officially deprecated in Android O. I use DelayedProgressDialog from https://github.com/Q115/DelayedProgressDialog to get the job done.

Usage:

DelayedProgressDialog progressDialog = new DelayedProgressDialog();
progressDialog.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), "tag");

edited Sep 17 '17 at 08:31

answered Sep 17 '17 at 08:20

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 05 '14 at 09:44

This is the good way to use dialog

private class YourAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {

   ProgressDialog dialog = new ProgressDialog(IncidentFormActivity.this);

   @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        //set message of the dialog
        dialog.setMessage("Loading...");
        //show dialog
        dialog.show();
        super.onPreExecute();
    }

   protected Void doInBackground(Void... args) {
    // do background work here
    return null;
   }

   protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
     // do UI work here
     if(dialog != null && dialog.isShowing()){
       dialog.dismiss()
     }

  }
}

score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 24 '16 at 10:57

when you call in oncreate()

new LoginAsyncTask ().execute();

Here how to use in flow..

ProgressDialog progressDialog;

  private class LoginAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
  @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        progressDialog= new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
        progressDialog.setMessage("Please wait...");
        progressDialog.show();
        super.onPreExecute();
    }

     protected Void doInBackground(Void... args) {
        // Parsse response data
        return null;
     }

     protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
        if (progressDialog.isShowing())
                        progressDialog.dismiss();
        //move activity
        super.onPostExecute(result);
     }
 }

score 1 · Answer 10 · edited Jul 15 '12 at 09:29

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ProgressDialog dialog = 
   ProgressDialog.show(yourActivity.this, "", "Please Wait...");

edited Jul 15 '12 at 09:29

Nate

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answered May 04 '12 at 09:31

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score 1 · Answer 11 · edited Apr 18 '15 at 08:16

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ProgressDialog pd = new ProgressDialog(yourActivity.this);
pd.show();

edited Apr 18 '15 at 08:16

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answered Apr 18 '15 at 07:46

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While this does provide a direct answer to the question, this would typically considered low quality on Stack Overflow because it provides no context or explanation. Please consider expanding your answer. – Martin Davies Apr 18 '15 at 08:18

score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 18 '16 at 11:17

Step 1:Creata a XML File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">


    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btnProgress"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:text="Progress Dialog"/>
</LinearLayout>

Step 2:Create a SampleActivity.java

package com.scancode.acutesoft.telephonymanagerapp;


import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class SampleActivity extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener {
    Button btnProgress;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        btnProgress = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnProgress);
        btnProgress.setOnClickListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {

        final ProgressDialog progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(SampleActivity.this);
        progressDialog.setMessage("Please wait data is Processing");
        progressDialog.show();

//        After 2 Seconds i dismiss progress Dialog

        new Thread(){
            @Override
            public void run() {
                super.run();
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(2000);
                    if (progressDialog.isShowing())
                        progressDialog.dismiss();
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }.start();
    }
}

score 1 · Answer 13 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

  final ProgressDialog loadingDialog = ProgressDialog.show(context,
     "Fetching BloodBank List","Please wait...",false,false);  // for  showing the 
    // dialog  where context is the current context, next field is title followed by
    // message to be shown to the user and in the end intermediate field
    loadingDialog.dismiss();// for dismissing the dialog

for more info Android - What is difference between progressDialog.show() and ProgressDialog.show()?

score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Jan 11 '18 at 08:07

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ProgressDialog is deprecated since API 26

still you can use this:

public void button_click(View view)
{
    final ProgressDialog progressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(Login.this,"Please Wait","Processing...",true);
}

answered Jan 11 '18 at 08:07

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score 1 · Answer 15 · answered May 08 '18 at 05:26

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Simple Way :

ProgressDialog pDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this); //Your Activity.this
pDialog.setMessage("Loading...!");
pDialog.setCancelable(false);
pDialog.show();

answered May 08 '18 at 05:26

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score 0 · Answer 16 · edited Feb 07 '14 at 05:50

        final ProgressDialog progDailog = ProgressDialog.show(Inishlog.this, contentTitle, "even geduld aub....", true);//please wait....

        final Handler handler = new Handler() {
            @Override
            public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
                Barcode_edit.setText("");
                showAlert("Product detail saved.");


            }

        };

        new Thread() {
            public void run() {
                try {
         } catch (Exception e) {

                }
                handler.sendEmptyMessage(0);
                progDailog.dismiss();
            }
        }.start();

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