How to programmatically add a simple default loading(progress) bar in iphone app

Question

I am using http communication in My iPhone app. I want to show a progress bar while it is loading data from server. How can I do it programmatically?

I just want a d

Answer 1

I'd recommend using NSURLConnection. The methods you would need are:

- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveResponse:(NSURLResponse *)response {
  [self.resourceData setLength:0];
  self.filesize = [NSNumber numberWithLongLong:[response expectedContentLength]];
}

-(void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveData:(NSData *)data
{
  [self.resourceData appendData:data];
  NSNumber *resourceLength = [NSNumber numberWithUnsignedInteger:[self.resourceData length]];
  self.progressBar.progress = [resourceLength floatValue] / [self.filesize floatValue];
}

-(void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection
{
  self.progressBar.hidden = YES;
}

And the header file:

@property (nonatomic, retain) UIProgressView *progressBar;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableData *resourceData;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber *filesize;

Hope it helps