Custom Indicators
Although Apple supports native Activity Indicator now from the SwiftUI 2.0, You can Simply implement your own animations. These are all supported on SwiftUI 1.0. Also it is working in widgets.
Arcs
struct Arcs: View {
@Binding var isAnimating: Bool
let count: UInt
let width: CGFloat
let spacing: CGFloat
var body: some View {
GeometryReader { geometry in
ForEach(0..<Int(count)) { index in
item(forIndex: index, in: geometry.size)
.rotationEffect(isAnimating ? .degrees(360) : .degrees(0))
.animation(
Animation.default
.speed(Double.random(in: 0.2...0.5))
.repeatCount(isAnimating ? .max : 1, autoreverses: false)
)
}
}
.aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit)
}
private func item(forIndex index: Int, in geometrySize: CGSize) -> some View {
Group { () -> Path in
var p = Path()
p.addArc(center: CGPoint(x: geometrySize.width/2, y: geometrySize.height/2),
radius: geometrySize.width/2 - width/2 - CGFloat(index) * (width + spacing),
startAngle: .degrees(0),
endAngle: .degrees(Double(Int.random(in: 120...300))),
clockwise: true)
return p.strokedPath(.init(lineWidth: width))
}
.frame(width: geometrySize.width, height: geometrySize.height)
}
}
Demo of different variations
Bars
struct Bars: View {
@Binding var isAnimating: Bool
let count: UInt
let spacing: CGFloat
let cornerRadius: CGFloat
let scaleRange: ClosedRange<Double>
let opacityRange: ClosedRange<Double>
var body: some View {
GeometryReader { geometry in
ForEach(0..<Int(count)) { index in
item(forIndex: index, in: geometry.size)
}
}
.aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit)
}
private var scale: CGFloat { CGFloat(isAnimating ? scaleRange.lowerBound : scaleRange.upperBound) }
private var opacity: Double { isAnimating ? opacityRange.lowerBound : opacityRange.upperBound }
private func size(count: UInt, geometry: CGSize) -> CGFloat {
(geometry.width/CGFloat(count)) - (spacing-2)
}
private func item(forIndex index: Int, in geometrySize: CGSize) -> some View {
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: cornerRadius, style: .continuous)
.frame(width: size(count: count, geometry: geometrySize), height: geometrySize.height)
.scaleEffect(x: 1, y: scale, anchor: .center)
.opacity(opacity)
.animation(
Animation
.default
.repeatCount(isAnimating ? .max : 1, autoreverses: true)
.delay(Double(index) / Double(count) / 2)
)
.offset(x: CGFloat(index) * (size(count: count, geometry: geometrySize) + spacing))
}
}
Demo of different variations
Blinkers
struct Blinking: View {
@Binding var isAnimating: Bool
let count: UInt
let size: CGFloat
var body: some View {
GeometryReader { geometry in
ForEach(0..<Int(count)) { index in
item(forIndex: index, in: geometry.size)
.frame(width: geometry.size.width, height: geometry.size.height)
}
}
.aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit)
}
private func item(forIndex index: Int, in geometrySize: CGSize) -> some View {
let angle = 2 * CGFloat.pi / CGFloat(count) * CGFloat(index)
let x = (geometrySize.width/2 - size/2) * cos(angle)
let y = (geometrySize.height/2 - size/2) * sin(angle)
return Circle()
.frame(width: size, height: size)
.scaleEffect(isAnimating ? 0.5 : 1)
.opacity(isAnimating ? 0.25 : 1)
.animation(
Animation
.default
.repeatCount(isAnimating ? .max : 1, autoreverses: true)
.delay(Double(index) / Double(count) / 2)
)
.offset(x: x, y: y)
}
}
Demo of different variations
For the sake of preventing walls of code, you can find more elegant indicators in this repo hosted on the git.
Note that all these animations have a Binding
that MUST toggle to be run.