Showing indeterminate progress in Sherlock Action Bar

Question

i`m trying to show indeterminate progress bar in ABS v. 4.0.2 by following code

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_INDETERMINATE_PROGRESS);

    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    getSherlock().setProgressBarIndeterminateVisibility(true);
}

on ICS virtual device it works fine, but progress do not shows in device with Android 2.1. what i`m doing wrong?

Answer 1

Make sure you import com.actionbarsherlock.view.Window, not android.view.Window.

Answer 2

Try setSupportProgressBarIndeterminateVisibility(boolean) to get backward compatibility.

Answer 3

do this:

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_INDETERMINATE_PROGRESS);
setContentView(R.layout.section_one1);
setSupportProgressBarIndeterminateVisibility(false);  

on anything clickable like starting an activity via intent or adapters or whatever show your progressbar on click

setSupportProgressBarIndeterminateVisibility(true);

but using this method when the user goes back to the activity the progress dialog will be visible still. There are many ways to stop it but the easiest one is just to use

   @Override
    public void onBackPressed()
    { 
    NavUtils.navigateUpFromSameTask(this);
        super.onBackPressed();
    }