Loading indicators for Silverlight

Question

I'm looking for nice loading indicators for Silverlight.

I found a few, but all are terrible.

I would like something this - http://preloaders.net/

Answer 1

I don't know if these are among the terrible, but here are a few.

Silverlight ‘Loading’ Spin Icon in XAML

Simple Ajax Style Loading Animation in Silverlight

Customizable Loading Indicator for Silverlight 3

Answer 2

If you're looking for the functionality of masking/disabling an area while loading data and displaying a message above it, the Silverlight Toolkit has something like that. It's called BusyIndicator there. The default template will show a progress bar, but you can change it to anything you like.

If you're looking for some fancy style/design/animation, I can't help you much. But you can browse the Silverlight galleries out there and look for just any animation then (and not just specifically for a "loading indicator") that you could then use for that purpose.

Answer 3

There are ActivityControl in project template of Business Application (WCF Ria Services).