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

You should do $.mobile.showPageLoadingMsg() just before the ajax call, and $.mobile.hidePageLoadingMsg() in the success (or fail) block so it goes away once a result comes back.

I've never used jQuery mobile, but it should operate the same as showing/hiding a regular ol' spinning image.