Working and looking good on material design with accent color (if you have them)
Tried hard to make it work on both 5.0+ and lower API version. And the solution is to make it with a dialog instead of a progress.
in layout folder create a file aux_progress_spinner.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@android:color/transparent"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ProgressBar
android:id="@+id/progressBar1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="@android:color/transparent"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Create a function somewhere...let's say Utils.class
public static Dialog LoadingSpinner(Context mContext){
Dialog pd = new Dialog(mContext, android.R.style.Theme_Black);
View view = LayoutInflater.from(mContext).inflate(R.layout.aux_progress_spinner, null);
pd.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
pd.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawableResource(R.color.transparent);
pd.setContentView(view);
return pd;
}
In your fragment/activity call:
private Dialog progress_spinner;
progress_spinner = Utils.LoadingSpinner(mContext);
//------ Where you want it ------
progress_spinner.show();
//------- Dismiss it --------
progress_spinner.dismiss();
Optional: add a simple CountDownTimer to test how it looks
new CountDownTimer(1000,1000){
@Override public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
}
@Override public void onFinish() {
progress.dismiss();
}
}.start();
