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

I know this question is to ask about a year ago. I facing the same problem. I just want to post my solution. I hope the upcoming visitor will get help.

async dismissLoading() {
    console.log("dismiss");
    this.isLoading = false;
  }
 private async presentLoading(msg) {
    console.log("loading");
    const loading = await this.loadingCtrl.create({
      message: msg,
    });
    await loading.present();
    var timer = setInterval(() => {
      if (!this.isLoading) {
        loading.dismiss();
        clearInterval(timer);
        console.log("set dismiss");
      }
    }, 1000);
  }
  async loadingmsg() {
    this.isLoading = true;
    await this.presentLoading("Please wait while...");
  }

this solution work for me. Please correct me if I am wrong.