If you want a ProgressBar to work, you have to be doing the work in a separate thread, as in AsyncTask. Since the ProgressBar runs in the UI thread, if you block that, you won't get the effect that you are looking for.
Is loading your tabs really that slow? On Apr 28, 3:59 pm, Alain <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to show a progress dialog or bar in the main activity of > a tabhost based app, while the tabs are loaded. > > I have tried: > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > // > requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_INDETERMINATE_PROGRESS); > //requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_PROGRESS); > //setProgressBarVisibility(true); > > setContentView(R.layout.main); > myProgressDialog = > ProgressDialog.show( Activity.this, > "Please wait...", "Loading Tabs...", true); > doCalc(); > myProgressDialog.dismiss(); > setTabs(); > } //END onCreate > > In all cases, the initial screen stays blank until the first tab > activity gets loaded. > > Adding a text view would also work, but the textview then shows up on > each the views of the tab activities. > > Is there a way of doing this? > > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
