Ionic 4: “Loading Controller” dismiss() is called before present() which will keep spinner without dismissing

Question

I used \"Ionic Loading Controller\" to show a spinner until the data is retrieved then it calls \"dismiss()\" to dismissed it. it works fine, but sometimes when the app alre

Answer 1

Here's how I've solved the same issue in my project. I use this service in the HTTP Interceptor to show the loader for all the REST API calls inside my app.

loading.service.ts

import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
import {LoadingController} from '@ionic/angular';

@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root'
})
export class LoadingService {
  constructor(public loadingController: LoadingController) {
  }

  async present(options: object) {
    // Dismiss all pending loaders before creating the new one
    await this.dismiss();

    await this.loadingController
      .create(options)
      .then(res => {
        res.present();
      });
  }

  /**
   * Dismiss all the pending loaders, if any
   */
  async dismiss() {
    while (await this.loadingController.getTop() !== undefined) {
      await this.loadingController.dismiss();
    }
  }
}

In the original question context this could be used like below:

...
import {LoadingService} from '/path/to/loading.service';
...
customer: any;

constructor(public loadingService: LoadingService, private customerService: CustomerService)

ngOnInit() {
  this.loadingService.present({
    message: 'wait. . .',
    duration: 5000
  });
  this.customerService.getCustomer('1')
  .subscribe(customer => {
    this.customer = customer;
    this.loadingService.dismiss();
  }
}