I would to achieve that when you request something in my app (like a button pressed or whatever) I would like it to appear a small rectangle that says "loading.." and when the loading is completed it disappear with a "slide up effect". I've made a simple mockups for describing well what I'm trying to achieve. Do you have any hint for me? Thanks.
NOTE: I don't want pull to refresh effect (the loading view appears without the screen scrolling, it appears for example when you send a comment)
UPDATE:
I've tried the Cirrostratus code:
- (IBAction)displayLoadingScreen:(id)sender
{
NSLog(@"pressed");
UIView *loadingView = [[UIView alloc] init];
loadingView.frame = CGRectMake(0,-40,320,40);
[loadingView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blueColor]];
[self.view addSubview:loadingView];
//animate in within some method called when loading starts
[UIView animateWithDuration:1.0
animations:^{
loadingView.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,320,40);
}
completion:^(BOOL finished) {
}];
for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
NSLog(@"%d", i);
}
//animate out within some method called when loading ends
[UIView animateWithDuration:1.0
animations:^{
loadingView.frame = CGRectMake(0,-40,320,40);
}
completion:^(BOOL finished){
}];
}
Why the loading view slide in after the for loop? If you try it, before it prints the for loop and after executes the two animations. Ideas?
UPDATE 2
- (void)stopLoading {
[UIView animateWithDuration:1.0
animations:^{
loadingView.frame = CGRectMake(0,-40,320,40);
}
completion:^(BOOL finished){
}];
}
- (void)startLoading {
loadingView.frame = CGRectMake(0,-40,320,40);
[loadingView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blueColor]];
[self.view addSubview:loadingView];
//animate in within some method called when loading starts
[UIView animateWithDuration:1.0
animations:^{
loadingView.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,320,40);
}
completion:^(BOOL finished) {
}];
sleep(5);
[self stopLoading];
}
- (IBAction)displayLoadingScreen:(id)sender
{
NSLog(@"button pressed");
[self startLoading];
}
loadingView.frame = CGRectMake(0,-40,320,40);
[loadingView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blueColor]];
[self.view addSubview:loadingView];
//animate in within some method called when loading starts
[UIView animateWithDuration:1.0
animations:^{
loadingView.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,320,40);
}
completion:^(BOOL finished){
}];
//animate out within some method called when loading ends
[UIView animateWithDuration:1.0
animations:^{
loadingView.frame = CGRectMake(0,-40,320,40);
}
completion:^(BOOL finished){
}];