Android ProgessBar while loading WebView

Question

In my application, I have a WebView which loads any URL from the internet. Now, sometimes due to slow networks the page takes a long time to load and the user s

Answer 1

if you want to show the progressbar every time the user loads page (and not only the first load), then you can use this:

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends Activity
{
    private WebView webView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);

        final ProgressDialog progressBar = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
        progressBar.setMessage("Please wait...");

        webView.loadUrl("https://example.org/");
        webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
            public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
                view.loadUrl(url);
                return true;
            }

            @Override
            public void onPageStarted(WebView view, String url, Bitmap favicon) {
                super.onPageStarted(view, url, favicon);
                if (!progressBar.isShowing()) {
                    progressBar.show();
                }
            }

            public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
                if (progressBar.isShowing()) {
                    progressBar.dismiss();
                }
            }

            public void onReceivedError(WebView view, int errorCode, String description, String failingUrl) {
                if (progressBar.isShowing()) {
                    progressBar.dismiss();
                }
            }
        });

    }
}

activity_main.xml :