Hey Tope, thank you for posting it.
I could not work on this till now but will start using your code. I hope it will do what I need. Thanks again for atleast getting me started on this thing. Achie. On Feb 1, 4:35 pm, Temitope Akinwande <takinwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > So here is an example I created by following this > tutorialhttp://developer.android.com/intl/fr/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html > under the heading "Example ProgressDialog with a second thread" > > I modified it a little to load a webpage and use the progress of the > page to display/dismiss the dialog > > package com.test.progressdialog; > > import android.app.Activity; > import android.app.Dialog; > import android.app.ProgressDialog; > import android.os.Bundle; > import android.os.Handler; > import android.os.Message; > import android.util.Log; > import android.view.View; > import android.view.View.OnClickListener; > import android.webkit.WebView; > import android.widget.Button; > > public class ProgressDialogTest extends Activity { > static final int PROGRESS_DIALOG = 0; > ProgressThread progressThread; > ProgressDialog progressDialog; > > private Button mButton; > private WebView mWebView; > > /** Called when the activity is first created. */ > @Override > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > setContentView(R.layout.main); > > mButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.progressDialog); > mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.content); > mButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() { > public void onClick(View v) { > mButton.setVisibility(View.GONE); > mWebView.loadUrl("http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/::Home";); > showDialog(PROGRESS_DIALOG); > } > }); > } > > protected Dialog onCreateDialog(int id) { > switch(id) { > case PROGRESS_DIALOG: > progressDialog = new > ProgressDialog(ProgressDialogTest.this); > progressDialog.setMessage("Loading..."); > progressDialog.setIndeterminate(true); > progressThread = new ProgressThread(handler); > progressThread.start(); > return progressDialog; > default: > return null; > } > } > > // Define the Handler that receives messages from the thread > and update the progress > final Handler handler = new Handler() { > public void handleMessage(Message msg) { > int total = msg.getData().getInt("total"); > if (total >= 100) { > dismissDialog(PROGRESS_DIALOG); > progressThread.setState(ProgressThread.STATE_DONE); > } > } > }; > > /** Nested class that performs progress calculations (counting) */ > private class ProgressThread extends Thread { > Handler mHandler; > final static int STATE_DONE = 0; > final static int STATE_RUNNING = 1; > int mState; > > ProgressThread(Handler h) { > mHandler = h; > } > > public void run() { > mState = STATE_RUNNING; > //total = 0; > while (mState == STATE_RUNNING) { > try { > Thread.sleep(100); > } catch (InterruptedException e) { > Log.e("ERROR", "Thread Interrupted"); > } > Message msg = mHandler.obtainMessage(); > Bundle b = new Bundle(); > b.putInt("total", mWebView.getProgress()); > msg.setData(b); > mHandler.sendMessage(msg); > } > } > > /* sets the current state for the thread, > * used to stop the thread */ > public void setState(int state) { > mState = state; > } > } > > } > > Hopefully that helps you in your task. > > -Tope > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Achanta <krishna.acha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I saw that tutorial earlier and have also tried it. > > > Yes for now even a progress dialog in that way works for me. > > I know i need to use getProgress but do not know how to send the > > progress to the thread running the progress dialog. > > > Thanks again. > > > On Feb 1, 11:58 am, Temitope Akinwande <takinwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I found this tutorial > > >>http://www.helloandroid.com/tutorials/using-threads-and-progressdialog > > >> What you can try to do and see if it works is to create a new thread > >> on button click so that when the page is loading, you can display an > >> indeterminate progress dialog while you are waiting on the page to be > >> done loading using Webview's getProgress() > >> methodhttp://developer.android.com/intl/fr/reference/android/webkit/WebView...() > >> . > > >> Create a handler so that when the page is done loading, you can > >> dismiss the dialog. > >> Hope that helps you(see the tutorial). > > >> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Achanta <krishna.acha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Thank you for the reply, > > >> >> as I'm sure this question has been asked before. > >> > I was also sure that it has been asked before because its a common > >> > task, But searching the web or this group did not give me the > >> > appropriate results. > > >> >> From what I gather, you'll have to start a thread using AsyncTask and > >> >> that way you can show your progress dialog. > >> > I may have to but I am not sure. Here I am loading a webpage and this > >> > is happening in the same thread or it appears to be. I can also get > >> > the progress of it from the WebView. I am not doing any background > >> > activity like calculations or downloading stuff, but loading the page > >> > which is on the same thread. So I am a little lost on how to get this > >> > done. > > >> > Thanks again. > > >> > On Feb 1, 11:12 am, Temitope Akinwande <takinwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi, > > >> >> You can check this > >> >> outhttp://developer.android.com/intl/fr/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html#Pro... > > >> >> From what I gather, you'll have to start a thread using AsyncTask and > >> >> that way you can show your progress dialog. > >> >> A search of progress dialog and async task should yield more results > >> >> as I'm sure this question has been asked before. > > >> >> -Tope > > >> >> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Achanta <krishna.acha...@gmail.com> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > I have a search box and a web view in my activity. > > >> >> > I also have a search button which when someone clicks opens a the url > >> >> > in the webview below the search box. > > >> >> > Everything is working fine except that it remains blank while the page > >> >> > loads. > >> >> > I want to show a loading message with a spinning icon/animation while > >> >> > the page loads. [similar to one in the market app]. > > >> >> > please let me know how to do it. > >> >> > Thank you. > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> >> > To post to this group, send email to > >> >> > android-developers@googlegroups.com > >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> >> > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> >> >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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