Custom Drawable for ProgressBar/ProgressDialog

Question

Reading the limited documentation that goggle has provided, I get the feeling that it is possible to change the look (drawable) of a ProgressBar/ProgressDialog by simply creating a new style an assigning it to the style property of the ProgressBar. But I cannot get this to work properly. Here is what I did so far.

I created a shape like this (mp2.xml)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:shape="ring"
  android:innerRadiusRatio="4"
  android:thicknessRatio="4"
  android:useLevel="false">
 <size android:width="50dip" android:height="50dip" />
 <gradient android:type="sweep" android:useLevel="false" android:startColor="#300000ff" android:centerColor="#500000ff" android:endColor="#ff0000ff" />
</shape>

then created an animation (mp3.xml) like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:oneshot="false">
 <item android:duration="70">
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/mp2" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="0" android:toDegrees="30" android:repeatCount="1" />
 </item>
 <item android:duration="70">
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/mp2" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="30" android:toDegrees="60" android:repeatCount="1" />
 </item>
 <item android:duration="70">
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/mp2" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="60" android:toDegrees="90" android:repeatCount="1" />
 </item>
 <item android:duration="70">
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/mp2" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="90" android:toDegrees="120" android:repeatCount="1" />
 </item>
 <item android:duration="70">
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/mp2" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="120" android:toDegrees="150" android:repeatCount="1" />
 </item>
 <item android:duration="70">
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/mp2" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="150" android:toDegrees="180" android:repeatCount="1" />
 </item>
 <item android:duration="70">
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/mp2" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="180" android:toDegrees="210" android:repeatCount="1" />
 </item>
 <item android:duration="70">
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/mp2" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="210" android:toDegrees="240" android:repeatCount="1" />
 </item>
 <item android:duration="70">
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/mp2" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="240" android:toDegrees="270" android:repeatCount="1" />
 </item>
 <item android:duration="70">
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/mp2" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="270" android:toDegrees="300" android:repeatCount="1" />
 </item>
 <item android:duration="70">
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/mp2" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="300" android:toDegrees="330" android:repeatCount="1" />
 </item>
 <item android:duration="70">
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/mp2" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="330" android:toDegrees="360" android:repeatCount="1" />
 </item>
</animation-list>

then created a style (attrs.xml) like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
 <style parent="@android:style/Widget.ProgressBar" name="customProgressBar">
  <item name="android:progressDrawable">@anim/mp3</item>
 </style>
</resources>

and the in my main.xml I have set the style like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
       android:orientation="vertical"
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:drawingCacheQuality="high">
 <ProgressBar android:id="@+id/ProgressBar01"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content" style="@style/customProgressBar"/>
</LinearLayout>

But is still shows the same drawable as before. Waht am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Just happened to be browsing samples and came across yours after reading this. Hopefully it solves your problem.

Answer 2

Have you tried to set android:drawable instead of android:progressDrawable?

Answer 3

i do your code .i can run but i need modify two places: 1: name="android:indeterminateDrawable" instead of android:progressDrawable 2: modify name attrs.xml ---> styles.xml