What is the difference between Progressbar and progressDialog?

Question

I have searched everywhere and read the official doc of Google. But I still don\'t see the difference between them.

When should we use ProgressBar and when should w

Answer 1

In addition to the differences pointed out in the rest of answers, you should take into account the following recommendation from Dialogs @ Android Developer:

Avoid ProgressDialog

Android includes another dialog class called ProgressDialog that shows a dialog with a progress bar. However, if you need to indicate loading or indeterminate progress, you should instead follow the design guidelines for Progress & Activity and use a ProgressBar in your layout.

It may be also usefull to consider the following answers:

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/12559601/2482894
• How to avoid ProgressDialog in Android