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Maximizing User-Friendliness: Understanding Android ProgressDialog
Dive into the realm of Android development and learn how to effectively display progress using the ProgressDialog. Our blog post explains the difference between ProgressDialog and ProgressBar and provides a step-by-step guide for implementation.
Android ProgressDialog
Android ProgressDialog is an extension of AlertDialog. To learn more about an AlertDialog, check out the tutorial here. An Android ProgressDialog is a dialog/window that displays the progress of a task. An Android ProgressDialog is almost identical to a ProgressBar, except it is displayed as a dialog. To create a ProgressDialog displaying a ProgressBar, we need to instantiate it as follows:
ProgressDialog progress = new ProgressDialog(this);
Difference between Android ProgressDialog and ProgressBar
1. ProgressBar is a view (like TextView, ImageView, Button, etc.) that can be used in the layout to display progress. A ProgressBar is used to indicate that something is still loading in the app while the user may still interact with other parts.
2. ProgressDialog is a dialog with a built-in ProgressBar. A ProgressDialog is used when we want to prevent the user from interacting with the application while waiting. The dialog aspect prevents the user from doing anything until it is dismissed.
Attributes of Android ProgressDialog
Some important attributes of Android ProgressDialog are listed below:
1. setMessage(): This method is used to display the message for the user. Example: Loading…
2. setTitle(): This method is used to set a title for the dialog.
3. setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_HORIZONTAL): This method is used to display the horizontal progress bar in the dialog.
4. setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_SPINNER): This method is used to display the circular/spinning progress bar in the dialog.
5. setMax(): This method is used to set the maximum value.
6. getProgress(): This method is used to get the current progress value in numbers.
7. getMax(): This method returns the maximum value of the progress.
8. show(Context context, CharSequence title, CharSequence message): This is a static method used to display the progress dialog.
9. incrementProgressBy(int diff): This method increments the progress display by the value passed as a parameter.
Project Structure of Android ProgressDialog
The activity_main.xml contains a button that calls a ProgressDialog upon click, as shown in the following XML code:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="https://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<Button
android:id="@+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Start ProgressDialog"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="57dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
The MainActivity.java file is as follows:
package com.journaldev.progressdialog;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
Button button;
ProgressDialog progressDialog;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
button = findViewById(R.id.button);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
progressDialog.setMax(100);
progressDialog.setMessage("Loading...");
progressDialog.setTitle("ProgressDialog Example");
progressDialog.setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_HORIZONTAL);
progressDialog.show();
new Thread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
while (progressDialog.getProgress() <= progressDialog.getMax()) {
Thread.sleep(200);
handle.sendMessage(handle.obtainMessage());
if (progressDialog.getProgress() == progressDialog.getMax()) {
progressDialog.dismiss();
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}).start();
}
Handler handle = new Handler() {
@Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
super.handleMessage(msg);
progressDialog.incrementProgressBy(1);
}
};
});
}
}
In this tutorial, we are developing an application that contains a ProgressDialog containing a horizontal ProgressBar that increments every 200 milliseconds.
That concludes our guide to Android ProgressDialog with an example. With this information, you are ready to implement progress displays in your Android applications. If you have any questions, feel free to let us know!
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