Best way to show a loading/progress indicator?

Question

What is the best way to show a loading spinner while the app is waiting for a response from the server?

Can this be done programmatically? So that I don\'t have to a

Answer 1

Use ProgressDialog

ProgressDialog.show(Context context, CharSequence title, CharSequence message);

However this is considered as an anti pattern today (2013): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEGWcMTxs3I