Show Page Loading Spinner on Ajax Call in jQuery Mobile

Question

I\'m using $.ajax() to populate a list in my mobile web app. What I\'d like to do is have the jQuery mobile loading spinner appears while this call is being performed and di

Answer 1

Before JQM 1.2:

$(document).ajaxStart(function() {
    $.mobile.showPageLoadingMsg();
});

$(document).ajaxStop(function() {
    $.mobile.hidePageLoadingMsg();
});

Since JQM 1.2:

$(document).ajaxStart(function() {
    $.mobile.loading('show');
});

$(document).ajaxStop(function() {
    $.mobile.loading('hide');
});

http://api.jquerymobile.com/page-loading/