How to display an activity indicator with text on iOS 8 with Swift?

Question

I wanna show, programmatically, an activity indicator with text, like the one in the Photos app (after editing and saving a picture). How can I do this?

Answer 1

With auto width and theme support also detects rotate while busy (Swift 3 version)

Use it like below:

var progressView: ProgressView?
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)
    self.progressView = ProgressView(message: "Work in progress!",
                                         theme: .dark,
                                         isModal: true)
}

@IBAction func onPause(_ sender: AnyObject) {
    self.progressView.show()      
}

@IBAction func onResume(_ sender: AnyObject) {
    self.progressView.hide()       
}

ProgressView.swift

import UIKit

class ProgressView: UIView {

    enum Theme {
        case light
        case dark
    }

    var theme: Theme
    var container: UIStackView
    var activityIndicator: UIActivityIndicatorView
    var label: UILabel
    var glass: UIView


    private var message: String
    private var isModal: Bool

    init(message: String, theme: theme, isModal: Bool) {
        // Init
        self.message = message
        self.theme = theme
        self.isModal = isModal

        self.container = UIStackView()
        self.activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView()
        self.label = UILabel()
        self.glass = UIView()

        // Get proper width by text message
        let fontName = self.label.font.fontName
        let fontSize = self.label.font.pointSize
        if let font = UIFont(name: fontName, size: fontSize) {
            let fontAttributes = [NSFontAttributeName: font]
            let size = (message as NSString).size(attributes: fontAttributes)
            super.init(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width + 50, height: 50))
        } else {
            super.init(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 200, height: 50))
        }

        // Detect rotation
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(onRotate), name: NSNotification.Name.UIDeviceOrientationDidChange, object: nil)

        // Style
        self.layer.cornerRadius = 3
        if (self.theme == .dark) {
            self.backgroundColor = .darkGray
        } else {
            self.backgroundColor = .lightGray
        }

        // Label
        if self.theme == .dark {
            self.label.textColor = .white
        }else{
            self.label.textColor = .black
        }
        self.label.text = self.message
        // Container
        self.container.frame = self.frame
        self.container.spacing = 5
        self.container.layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsets(top: 5, left: 5, bottom: 5, right: 5)
        self.container.isLayoutMarginsRelativeArrangement = true
        // Activity indicator
        if (self.theme == .dark) {
            self.activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView(activityIndicatorStyle: .whiteLarge)
            self.activityIndicator.color = .white
        } else {
            self.activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView(activityIndicatorStyle:.whiteLarge)
            self.activityIndicator.color = .black
        }
        self.activityIndicator.startAnimating()
        // Add them to container

        // First glass
        if let superview = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow {
            if (self.isModal) {
                // glass
                self.glass.frame = superview.frame;
                if (self.theme == .dark) {
                    self.glass.backgroundColor = UIColor.black.withAlphaComponent(0.5)
                } else {
                    self.glass.backgroundColor = UIColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.5)
                }
                superview.addSubview(glass)
            }
        }
        // Then activity indicator and label
        container.addArrangedSubview(self.activityIndicator)
        container.addArrangedSubview(self.label)
        // Last attach it to container (StackView)
        self.addSubview(container)
        if let superview = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow {
            self.center = superview.center
            superview.addSubview(self)
        }
        //Do not show until show() is called
        self.hide()
    }

    required init(coder: NSCoder) {
        self.theme = .dark
        self.Message = "Not set!"
        self.isModal = true
        self.container = UIStackView()
        self.activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView()
        self.label = UILabel()
        self.glass = UIView()
        super.init(coder: coder)!
    }

    func onRotate() {
        if let superview = self.superview {
            self.glass.frame = superview.frame
            self.center = superview.center
//            superview.addSubview(self)
        }
    }

    public func show() {
        self.glass.isHidden = false
        self.isHidden = false
    }

    public func hide() {
        self.glass.isHidden = true
        self.isHidden = true
    }
}