Loading an “overlay” when running long tasks in iOS

Question

What is example for loading overlay in Swift IOS application when do a long tasks. Example for loading data from remote server. I googled but not found any answer.

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Answer 1

Swift 5

class func showUniversalLoadingView(_ show: Bool, loadingText : String = "") {
    let existingView = UIApplication.shared.windows[0].viewWithTag(1200)
    if show {
        if existingView != nil {
            return
        }
        let loadingView = self.makeLoadingView(withFrame: UIScreen.main.bounds, loadingText: loadingText)
        loadingView?.tag = 1200
        UIApplication.shared.windows[0].addSubview(loadingView!)
    } else {
        existingView?.removeFromSuperview()
    }

}



 class func makeLoadingView(withFrame frame: CGRect, loadingText text: String?) -> UIView? {
    let loadingView = UIView(frame: frame)
    loadingView.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0, alpha: 0.5)
    let activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100))
    //activityIndicator.backgroundColor = UIColor(red:0.16, green:0.17, blue:0.21, alpha:1)
    activityIndicator.layer.cornerRadius = 6
    activityIndicator.center = loadingView.center
    activityIndicator.hidesWhenStopped = true
    activityIndicator.style = .white
    activityIndicator.startAnimating()
    activityIndicator.tag = 100 // 100 for example

    loadingView.addSubview(activityIndicator)
    if !text!.isEmpty {
        let lbl = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 200, height: 30))
        let cpoint = CGPoint(x: activityIndicator.frame.origin.x + activityIndicator.frame.size.width / 2, y: activityIndicator.frame.origin.y + 80)
        lbl.center = cpoint
        lbl.textColor = UIColor.white
        lbl.textAlignment = .center
        lbl.text = text
        lbl.tag = 1234
        loadingView.addSubview(lbl)
    }
    return loadingView
}

Uses

showUniversalLoadingView(true, loadingText: "Downloading Data.......")

showUniversalLoadingView(true)

Remove loader

showUniversalLoadingView(false)