How to do 'busy' animation in Android?

android animation busy-cursor busyindicator
Eno picture Eno · Feb 24, 2010 · Viewed 22.5k times · Source

Doesn't seem to be covered in the books Ive looked at.

Answer

CommonsWare picture CommonsWare · Feb 24, 2010

In addition to the progress dialogs described in the other answers, you can:

  • Add a ProgressBar to your activity, as shown here
  • Use the progress indicator in the title bar of your activity, as shown here
  • Use a RotateAnimation and your own custom image

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