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?

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Answer 1

I know this is an older question but I've written a global static method for doing this type of thing from any view, based on the above answers.

Main updates are:

• support optional opaque overlay behind the activity indicator
• use default frame sizing for the activity indicator
• use .WhiteLarge indicator style

In my AppHelper.swift:

static func showActivityIndicator(view: UIView, withOpaqueOverlay: Bool) {

    // this will be the alignment view for the activity indicator
    var superView: UIView = view

    // if we want an opaque overlay, do that work first then put the activity indicator within that view; else just use the passed UIView to center it
    if withOpaqueOverlay {
        let overlay = UIView()
        overlay.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, view.frame.width, view.frame.height)
        overlay.layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.blackColor().CGColor
        overlay.alpha = 0.7
        overlay.tag = activityIndicatorOverlayViewTag

        overlay.center = superView.center
        overlay.hidden = false
        superView.addSubview(overlay)
        superView.bringSubviewToFront(overlay)

        // now we'll work on adding the indicator to the overlay (now superView)
        superView = overlay
    }

    let indicator: UIActivityIndicatorView = UIActivityIndicatorView(activityIndicatorStyle: .WhiteLarge)

    indicator.center = superView.center
    indicator.tag = activityIndicatorViewTag
    indicator.hidden = false

    superView.addSubview(indicator)
    superView.bringSubviewToFront(indicator)

    indicator.startAnimating()

    // also indicate network activity in the status bar
    UIApplication.sharedApplication().networkActivityIndicatorVisible = true
}

static func hideActivityIndicator(view: UIView) {

    // stop the network activity animation in the status bar
    UIApplication.sharedApplication().networkActivityIndicatorVisible = false

    // remove the activity indicator and optional overlay views
    view.viewWithTag(activityIndicatorViewTag)?.removeFromSuperview()
    view.viewWithTag(activityIndicatorOverlayViewTag)?.removeFromSuperview()
}