How to do 'busy' animation in Android ?

Question

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

Answer 1

Try to use a progress dialog: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ProgressDialog.html

Answer 2

http://www.anddev.org/tinytut_-_displaying_a_simple_progressdialog-t250.html

Answer 3

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