How to create loading dialogs in Android?

Question

Those dark spinning progress dialogs in the Amazon and Engadget apps - are those standard in Android?

synic · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-26T18:30:27.157

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It's a ProgressDialog, with setIndeterminate(true).

ProgressDialog dialog = ProgressDialog.show(MyActivity.this, "", 
                    "Loading. Please wait...", true);

An indeterminate progress bar doesn't actually show a bar, it shows a spinning activity circle thing. I'm sure you know what I mean :)

edited Mar 26 '10 at 18:30

answered Mar 26 '10 at 18:22

synic

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ProgressDialog is discouraged. According to the link you posted: "Avoid ProgressDialog. [...] If you need to indicate loading or indeterminate progress, you should instead follow the design guidelines for Progress & Activity and use a ProgressBar in your layout." – Ilya Kogan May 07 '13 at 20:14
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Currently, ProgressDialog has been taken out of the docs and the solution does not appear to be viable any longer. – JcKelley Oct 29 '14 at 13:50
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To dismiss the dialog, use `dialog.dismiss();` – JohnTheBeloved Dec 11 '19 at 20:12
ProgressDialog is now deprecated, check this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/45351516/5090196 – omzer Aug 07 '20 at 14:13

Rafael Miceli · Answer 2 · 2021-04-17T15:21:09.483

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Today things have changed a little.

Now we avoid use ProgressDialog to show spinning progress:

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If you want to put in your app a spinning progress you should use an Activity indicators:

Update

Thay have renamed the component to Progress Indicators now.

edited Apr 17 '21 at 15:21

answered Mar 02 '15 at 13:10

Rafael Miceli

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Take a look here to see how to use it: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12316365/how-can-i-display-a-holo-themed-activity-circle – user2345998 Mar 20 '15 at 12:04
@Rafael Miceli Your reference goes to 404 - Page Not Found – Fernando Torres Mar 11 '21 at 20:12
@FernandoTorres, thanks for the heads up! ;) – Rafael Miceli Apr 17 '21 at 15:21