how to display UIActivityIndicatorView BEFORE rotation begins

Question

I\'d like to display an activity indicator BEFORE the work undertaken by willAnimateRotationToInterfaceOrientation:duration: begins. Most of the time in my

Answer 1

Try performing you work on a second thread after showing the activity view.

[self showActivityIndicatorView];
[self performSelector:@selector(simulateHardWorkNeededToGetDisplayInShapeBeforeRotation) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.01];