How to Customize a Progress Bar In Android

Question

I am working on an app in which I want to show a ProgressBar, but I want to replace the default Android ProgressBar.

So how can I customize the ProgressBar?

Do I need some graphics and animation for that?

I read the following post but could not get it to work:

Custom Progress bar Android

Try this custom progress bar is [ProgressWheel](https://github.com/Todd-Davies/ProgressWheel) — neeraj kirola, Jun 18 '14 at 10:10

score 315 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 03 '18 at 12:05

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Customizing a ProgressBar requires defining the attribute or properties for the background and progress of your progress bar.

Create an XML file named customprogressbar.xml in your res->drawable folder:

custom_progressbar.xml

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <!-- Define the background properties like color etc -->
    <item android:id="@android:id/background">
    <shape>
        <gradient
                android:startColor="#000001"
                android:centerColor="#0b131e"
                android:centerY="1.0"
                android:endColor="#0d1522"
                android:angle="270"
        />
    </shape>
   </item>

  <!-- Define the progress properties like start color, end color etc -->
  <item android:id="@android:id/progress">
    <clip>
        <shape>
            <gradient
                android:startColor="#007A00"
                android:centerColor="#007A00"
                android:centerY="1.0"
                android:endColor="#06101d"
                android:angle="270"
            />
        </shape>
    </clip>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Now you need to set the progressDrawable property in customprogressbar.xml (drawable)

You can do this in the XML file or in the Activity (at run time).

Do the following in your XML:

<ProgressBar
    android:id="@+id/progressBar1"
    style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
    android:progressDrawable="@drawable/custom_progressbar"         
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

At run time do the following

// Get the Drawable custom_progressbar                     
    Drawable draw=res.getDrawable(R.drawable.custom_progressbar);
// set the drawable as progress drawable
    progressBar.setProgressDrawable(draw);

Edit: corrected xml layout

edited Sep 03 '18 at 12:05

Martijn Pieters

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answered Jun 03 '13 at 09:35

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what is res ?? res.getDrawable not found – hiren gamit Dec 05 '13 at 08:51
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@hirengamit res is "Resource". Your error is probably indicating that the file cannot be found. "C:/whereYourProjectFolderIs/res/drawable/customprogressbar.xml" – basickarl Jan 29 '14 at 04:11
You may want to check this tutorial out too: http://www.tiemenschut.com/how-to-customize-android-progress-bars/ It contains a couple of creative examples on progress bars in Android. – TiemenSchut Feb 15 '14 at 12:43
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@Johnson , res stands for Resource. If you replace the line to Drawable draw = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.custom_progressbar); it should work. – Erwin Lengkeek Jan 25 '15 at 01:20
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Why is it necessary to set the progress drawable at runtime, when it is possible to do it on the xml file? – Nicolás Arias Sep 21 '16 at 02:45
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@NicolásArias maybe you want to change its appearance, for any possible reason (e.g. changing from green as in "waiting for response" to red as in "waiting for error handling") – ocramot Apr 06 '17 at 14:53
Is it possible to have a different height of the 2 items in the layer-list? – android developer Sep 04 '17 at 13:17
i had to change "android:progressDrawable" to "android:indeterminateDrawable" for this to work! – Sanal S Dec 10 '18 at 08:31

score 36 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 10 '14 at 10:41

in your xml

<ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        style="@style/CustomProgressBar" 
        android:layout_margin="5dip" />

And in res/values/styles.xml:

<resources> 
        <style name="CustomProgressBar" parent="android:Widget.ProgressBar.Horizontal">
          <item name="android:indeterminateOnly">false</item>
          <item name="android:progressDrawable">@drawable/custom_progress_bar_horizontal</item>
          <item name="android:minHeight">10dip</item>
          <item name="android:maxHeight">20dip</item>
        </style>       
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Light" />
</resources>

And custom_progress_bar_horizontal is a xml stored in drawable folder which defines your custom progress bar. For more detail see this blog.

I hope this will help you.

Jaydipsinh Zala · Answer 3 · 2015-05-15T06:50:21.803

In case of complex ProgressBar like this,

enter image description here

use ClipDrawable.

NOTE : I've not used ProgressBar here in this example. I've achieved this using ClipDrawable by clipping image with Animation.

A Drawable that clips another Drawable based on this Drawable's current level value. You can control how much the child Drawable gets clipped in width and height based on the level, as well as a gravity to control where it is placed in its overall container. Most often used to implement things like progress bars, by increasing the drawable's level with setLevel().

NOTE : The drawable is clipped completely and not visible when the level is 0 and fully revealed when the level is 10,000.

I've used this two images to make this CustomProgressBar.

scall.png

ballon_progress.png

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

private EditText etPercent;
private ClipDrawable mImageDrawable;

// a field in your class
private int mLevel = 0;
private int fromLevel = 0;
private int toLevel = 0;

public static final int MAX_LEVEL = 10000;
public static final int LEVEL_DIFF = 100;
public static final int DELAY = 30;

private Handler mUpHandler = new Handler();
private Runnable animateUpImage = new Runnable() {

    @Override
    public void run() {
        doTheUpAnimation(fromLevel, toLevel);
    }
};

private Handler mDownHandler = new Handler();
private Runnable animateDownImage = new Runnable() {

    @Override
    public void run() {
        doTheDownAnimation(fromLevel, toLevel);
    }
};

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    etPercent = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etPercent);

    ImageView img = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
    mImageDrawable = (ClipDrawable) img.getDrawable();
    mImageDrawable.setLevel(0);
}

private void doTheUpAnimation(int fromLevel, int toLevel) {
    mLevel += LEVEL_DIFF;
    mImageDrawable.setLevel(mLevel);
    if (mLevel <= toLevel) {
        mUpHandler.postDelayed(animateUpImage, DELAY);
    } else {
        mUpHandler.removeCallbacks(animateUpImage);
        MainActivity.this.fromLevel = toLevel;
    }
}

private void doTheDownAnimation(int fromLevel, int toLevel) {
    mLevel -= LEVEL_DIFF;
    mImageDrawable.setLevel(mLevel);
    if (mLevel >= toLevel) {
        mDownHandler.postDelayed(animateDownImage, DELAY);
    } else {
        mDownHandler.removeCallbacks(animateDownImage);
        MainActivity.this.fromLevel = toLevel;
    }
}

public void onClickOk(View v) {
    int temp_level = ((Integer.parseInt(etPercent.getText().toString())) * MAX_LEVEL) / 100;

    if (toLevel == temp_level || temp_level > MAX_LEVEL) {
        return;
    }
    toLevel = (temp_level <= MAX_LEVEL) ? temp_level : toLevel;
    if (toLevel > fromLevel) {
        // cancel previous process first
        mDownHandler.removeCallbacks(animateDownImage);
        MainActivity.this.fromLevel = toLevel;

        mUpHandler.post(animateUpImage);
    } else {
        // cancel previous process first
        mUpHandler.removeCallbacks(animateUpImage);
        MainActivity.this.fromLevel = toLevel;

        mDownHandler.post(animateDownImage);
    }
}
}

activity_main.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="16dp"
android:paddingRight="16dp"
android:paddingTop="16dp"
android:paddingBottom="16dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity">

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/etPercent"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:inputType="number"
        android:maxLength="3" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Ok"
        android:onClick="onClickOk" />

</LinearLayout>

<FrameLayout
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center">

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView2"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:src="@drawable/scall" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/clip_source" />

</FrameLayout>

clip_source.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<clip xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:clipOrientation="vertical"
    android:drawable="@drawable/ballon_progress"
    android:gravity="bottom" />

In case of complex HorizontalProgressBar just change cliporientation in clip_source.xml like this,

android:clipOrientation="horizontal"

You can download complete demo from here.

code is really interesting but it gives me nullpointer exception on img object: — Parth Anjaria, Nov 27 '15 at 13:16

score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 09 '14 at 14:42

Customizing the color of progressbar namely in case of spinner type needs an xml file and initiating codes in their respective java files.

Create an xml file and name it as progressbar.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="center"
    tools:context=".Radio_Activity" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/progressbar"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

        <ProgressBar
            android:id="@+id/spinner"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
        </ProgressBar>
    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

Use the following code to get the spinner in various expected color.Here we use the hexcode to display spinner in blue color.

Progressbar spinner = (ProgressBar) progrees.findViewById(R.id.spinner);
spinner.getIndeterminateDrawable().setColorFilter(Color.parseColor("#80DAEB"),
                android.graphics.PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);

Is there any way of set this color filter for the whole app, i mean, in every progressbar, like setting it in styles or sth? thnx — Hugo, Mar 26 '15 at 17:48

score 9 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 21 '17 at 14:32

There are two types of progress bars called determinate progress bar (fixed duration) and indeterminate progress bar (unknown duration).

Drawables for both of types of progress bar can be customized by defining drawable as xml resource. You can find more information about progress bar styles and customization at http://www.zoftino.com/android-progressbar-and-custom-progressbar-examples.

Customizing fixed or horizontal progress bar :

Below xml is a drawable resource for horizontal progress bar customization.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@android:id/background"
        android:gravity="center_vertical|fill_horizontal">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle"
            android:tint="?attr/colorControlNormal">
            <corners android:radius="8dp"/>
            <size android:height="20dp" />
            <solid android:color="#90caf9" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item android:id="@android:id/progress"
        android:gravity="center_vertical|fill_horizontal">
        <scale android:scaleWidth="100%">
            <shape android:shape="rectangle"
                android:tint="?attr/colorControlActivated">
                <corners android:radius="8dp"/>
                <size android:height="20dp" />
                <solid android:color="#b9f6ca" />
            </shape>
        </scale>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Customizing indeterminate progress bar

Below xml is a drawable resource for circular progress bar customization.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@android:id/progress"
        android:top="16dp"
        android:bottom="16dp">
                <rotate
                    android:fromDegrees="45"
                    android:pivotX="50%"
                    android:pivotY="50%"
                    android:toDegrees="315">
                    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
                        <size
                            android:width="80dp"
                            android:height="80dp" />
                        <stroke
                            android:width="6dp"
                            android:color="#b71c1c" />
                    </shape>
                </rotate>           
    </item>
</layer-list>

score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 13 '17 at 10:20

Creating Custom ProgressBar like hotstar.

Add Progress bar on layout file and set the indeterminateDrawable with drawable file.

activity_main.xml

<ProgressBar
    style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:id="@+id/player_progressbar"
    android:indeterminateDrawable="@drawable/custom_progress_bar"
    />

Create new xml file in res\drawable

custom_progress_bar.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <rotate  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:duration="2000"
    android:fromDegrees="0"
    android:pivotX="50%"
    android:pivotY="50%"
    android:toDegrees="1080" >

    <shape
        android:innerRadius="35dp"
        android:shape="ring"
        android:thickness="3dp"
        android:useLevel="false" >
       <size
           android:height="80dp"
           android:width="80dp" />

       <gradient
            android:centerColor="#80b7b4b2"
            android:centerY="0.5"
            android:endColor="#f4eef0"
            android:startColor="#00938c87"
            android:type="sweep"
            android:useLevel="false" />
    </shape>

</rotate>

Evgenii Vorobei · Answer 7 · 2018-10-15T11:19:55.537

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For using custom drawable:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:fromDegrees="0"
android:toDegrees="360"
android:drawable="@drawable/my_drawable"
android:pivotX="50%"
android:pivotY="50%" />

(add under res/drawable progress.xml). my_drawable may be xml, png

Then in your layout use

<ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar"
        android:indeterminateDrawable="@drawable/progress_circle"
...
/>

edited Oct 15 '18 at 11:19

answered Oct 15 '18 at 11:11

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This is the best answer I ever have seen. Works like charm. Thanks – Rajeshwar Sep 30 '19 at 14:08

score 4 · Answer 8 · edited Apr 20 '17 at 09:59

Simplest way to create customize a progress bar in Android:

Initialize and show dialog:

MyProgressDialog progressdialog = new MyProgressDialog(getActivity());
progressdialog.show();

Create method:

public class MyProgressDialog extends AlertDialog {
      public MyProgressDialog(Context context) {
          super(context);
          getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT));
      }

      @Override
      public void show() {
          super.show();
          setContentView(R.layout.dialog_progress);
      }
}

Create layout XML:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:background="@android:color/transparent"
  android:clickable="true">

    <RelativeLayout
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_centerInParent="true">

      <ProgressBar
         android:id="@+id/progressbarr"
         android:layout_width="@dimen/eightfive"
         android:layout_height="@dimen/eightfive"
         android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:indeterminateDrawable="@drawable/progresscustombg" />

      <TextView
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
         android:layout_below="@+id/progressbarr"
         android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/_3sdp"
         android:textColor="@color/white"
         android:text="Please wait"/>
    </RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Create shape progresscustombg.xml and put res/drawable:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:fromDegrees="0"
  android:pivotX="50%"
  android:pivotY="50%"
  android:toDegrees="360" >

    <shape
       android:innerRadiusRatio="3"
       android:shape="ring"
       android:thicknessRatio="20"
       android:useLevel="false" >
        <size
            android:height="@dimen/eightfive"
            android:width="@dimen/eightfive" />

        <gradient
            android:centerY="0.50"
            android:endColor="@color/color_green_icash"
            android:startColor="#FFFFFF"
            android:type="sweep"
            android:useLevel="false" />
    </shape>

</rotate>

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 22 '16 at 10:00

If you want to do this in code, here is a sample:

pd = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
pd.setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_SPINNER);
pd.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));
pd.getWindow().setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL|Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
tv.setTextSize(20);
tv.setText("Waiting...");
pd.setCustomTitle(tv);
pd.setIndeterminate(true);
pd.show();

Using TextView gives you an option to change color, size, and font of your text. Otherwise you can just call setMessage(), as usual.

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 08 '21 at 22:42

<ProgressBar
    android:indeterminateDrawable="@drawable/loading"
    style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:layout_height="200dp"
    android:scaleY="0.5"
    android:scaleX="0.5"
    android:id="@+id/progressBarGallery"/>

and @drawable/loading is src\main\res\drawable\loading.gif file, and its size is 200 by 200

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