Titanium SDK

# Titanium.UI.ActivityIndicator

An activity indicator that lets the user know an action is taking place.

Availability
0.8
0.8
9.2.0
Extends
Titanium.UI.View

# Overview

Android iOS
Android iOS

An activity indicator can be used to show the progress of an operation in the UI to let the user know that some action is taking place. An activity indicator consists of a spinning animation and an optional text message, and is used to indicate an ongoing activity of indeterminate length. To show progress, use Titanium.UI.ProgressBar instead.

Use the Titanium.UI.createActivityIndicator method or <ActivityIndicator> Alloy element to create an ActivityIndicator object.

ActivityIndicator is a view and, like any view, must be added to a window or other top-level view before it can be shown. Unlike most views, ActivityIndicator is hidden by default and must be shown explicitly by calling its Titanium.UI.ActivityIndicator.show method.

# Examples

# Simple Activity Indicator

Open a yellow window immediately after a blue window. Show an activity indicator while some code executes and hide it on completion. Then close the yellow window.

Ti.UI.backgroundColor = 'white';

var win1 = Ti.UI.createWindow({
  backgroundColor: 'blue'
});

var win2 = Ti.UI.createWindow({
  backgroundColor: 'yellow'
});

var activityIndicator = Ti.UI.createActivityIndicator({
  color: 'green',
  message: 'Loading ...',
  style: Ti.UI.ActivityIndicatorStyle.DARK,
  top: 10,
  left: 10,
  height: Ti.UI.SIZE,
  width: Ti.UI.SIZE
});

// The activity indicator must be added to a window or view for it to appear
win2.add(activityIndicator);

// eventListeners must always be loaded before the event is likely to fire
// hence, the open() method must be positioned before the window is opened
win2.addEventListener('open', function (e) {
  activityIndicator.show();
  // do some work that takes 6 seconds
  // ie. replace the following setTimeout block with your code
  setTimeout(function() {
    e.source.close();
    activityIndicator.hide();
  }, 6000);
});

win1.open();
win2.open();

# Alloy XML Markup

Previous example as two Alloy views.

win1.xml:

<Alloy>
    <Window onOpen="openWin2" backgroundColor="blue" />
</Alloy>

win1.js:

function openWin2 () {
    var win2 = Alloy.createController('win2').getView();
    win2.open();
}

win2.xml:

<Alloy>
    <Window onOpen="showIndicator" backgroundColor="yellow">
        <!-- Define the styling properties in the TSS file -->
        <ActivityIndicator id="activityIndicator" message="Loading..."/>
    </Window>
</Alloy>

win2.js:

function showIndicator(e) {
    $.activityIndicator.show();
    // do some work that takes 6 seconds
    // ie. replace the following setTimeout block with your code
    setTimeout(function() {
        e.source.close();
        $.activityIndicator.hide();
    }, 6000);
}

# Properties

# apiName READONLY

Availability
3.2.0
3.2.0
9.2.0
apiName :String

The name of the API that this proxy corresponds to.

The value of this property is the fully qualified name of the API. For example, Titanium.UI.Button returns Ti.UI.Button.

# bottom

Availability
0.9
0.9
9.2.0
bottom :Number | String

Bottom position of the view.

Determines the absolute position of the view relative to its parent.

Can be either a float value or a dimension string (for example 100 or '50%'.)

# bubbleParent

Availability
3.0.0
3.0.0
9.2.0
bubbleParent :Boolean

Indicates if the proxy will bubble an event to its parent.

Some proxies (most commonly views) have a relationship to other proxies, often established by the add() method. For example, for a button added to a window, a click event on the button would bubble up to the window. Other common parents are table sections to their rows, table views to their sections, and scrollable views to their views. Set this property to false to disable the bubbling to the proxy's parent.

Default: true

# color

Availability
0.8
0.8
9.2.0
color :String | Titanium.UI.Color

Color of the message text, as a color name or hex triplet.

For information about color values, see the "Colors" section of Titanium.UI.

# elevation

Availability
5.0.0
elevation :Number

Base elevation of the view relative to its parent in pixels.

The elevation of a view determines the appearance of its shadow. Higher elevations produce larger and softer shadows.

Note: The elevation property only works on Titanium.UI.View objects. Many Android components have a default elevation that cannot be modified. For more information, see Google design guidelines: Elevation and shadows.

# filterTouchesWhenObscured

Availability
9.3.0
filterTouchesWhenObscured :Boolean

Discards touch related events if another app's system overlay covers the view.

This is a security feature to protect an app from "tapjacking", where a malicious app can use a system overlay to intercept touch events in your app or to trick the end-user to tap on UI in your app intended for the overlay.

Setting this property to true causes touch related events (including "click") to not be fired if a system overlay overlaps the view.

Default: false

# font

Availability
0.8
0.8
9.2.0
font :Font

Font used for the message text.

# height

Availability
0.9
0.9
9.2.0
height :String

Width of the view. Only accepts value of SIZE, which must be explicitly set in order to display the message and to position the view correctly.

Defaults to: If undefined, defaults to either FILL or SIZE depending on the view. See "View Types and Default Layout Behavior" in Transitioning to the New UI Layout System.

Can be either a float value or a dimension string (for example, '50%' or '40dp'). Can also be one of the following special values:

  • SIZE. The view should size itself to fit its contents.
  • FILL. The view should size itself to fill its parent.
  • 'auto'. Represents the default sizing behavior for a given type of view. The use of 'auto' is deprecated, and should be replaced with the SIZE or FILL constants if it is necessary to set the view's behavior explicitly.

This is an input property for specifying the view's height dimension. To determine the view's size once rendered, use the rect or size properties.

This API can be assigned the following constants:

# hiddenBehavior

Availability
6.1.0
hiddenBehavior :Number

Sets the behavior when hiding an object to release or keep the free space

If setting hiddenBehavior to HIDDEN_BEHAVIOR_GONE it will automatically release the space the view occupied. For example: in a vertical layout the views below the object will move up when you hide an object with hiddenBehavior:Titanium.UI.HIDDEN_BEHAVIOR_GONE.

Defaults to Titanium.UI.HIDDEN_BEHAVIOR_INVISIBLE.

This API can be assigned the following constants:

# horizontalMotionEffect

Availability
7.3.0
9.2.0
horizontalMotionEffect :MinMaxOptions

Adds a horizontal parallax effect to the view

Note that the parallax effect only happens by tilting the device so results can not be seen on Simulator. To clear all motion effects, use the <Titanium.UI.clearMotionEffects> method.

# id

Availability
0.9
0.9
9.2.0
id :String

View's identifier.

The id property of the Ti.UI.View represents the view's identifier. The identifier string does not have to be unique. You can use this property with getViewById method.

# indicatorColor

Availability
2.1.0
2.1.0
9.2.0
indicatorColor :String | Titanium.UI.Color

Color of the animated indicator.

For information about color values, see the "Colors" section of Titanium.UI.

Default: white

# left

Availability
0.9
0.9
9.2.0
left :Number | String

Left position of the view.

Determines the absolute position of the view relative to its parent.

Can be either a float value or a dimension string (for example 100 or '50%'.)

# lifecycleContainer

Availability
3.6.0
lifecycleContainer :Titanium.UI.Window | Titanium.UI.TabGroup

The Window or TabGroup whose Activity lifecycle should be triggered on the proxy.

If this property is set to a Window or TabGroup, then the corresponding Activity lifecycle event callbacks will also be called on the proxy. Proxies that require the activity lifecycle will need this property set to the appropriate containing Window or TabGroup.

# message

Availability
0.8
0.8
9.2.0
message :String

Message text.

# messageid

Availability
0.8
0.8
9.2.0
messageid :String

Key identifying a string in the locale file to use for the message text.

Only one of message or messageid should be specified.

# previewContext

Availability
5.1.0
previewContext :Titanium.UI.iOS.PreviewContext

The preview context used in the 3D-Touch feature "Peek and Pop".

Preview context to present the "Peek and Pop" of a view. Use an configured instance of Titanium.UI.iOS.PreviewContext here.

Note: This property can only be used on devices running iOS9 or later and supporting 3D-Touch. It is ignored on older devices and can manually be checked using forceTouchSupported.

right :Number | String

Right position of the view.

Determines the absolute position of the view relative to its parent.

Can be either a float value or a dimension string (for example 100 or '50%'.)

# rotation

Availability
5.4.0
12.3.0
rotation :Number

Clockwise 2D rotation of the view in degrees.

Translation values are applied to the static post layout value.

# rotationX

Availability
5.4.0
rotationX :Number

Clockwise rotation of the view in degrees (x-axis).

Translation values are applied to the static post layout value.

# rotationY

Availability
5.4.0
rotationY :Number

Clockwise rotation of the view in degrees (y-axis).

Translation values are applied to the static post layout value.

# scaleX

Availability
5.4.0
scaleX :Number

Scaling of the view in x-axis in pixels.

Translation values are applied to the static post layout value.

# scaleY

Availability
5.4.0
scaleY :Number

Scaling of the view in y-axis in pixels.

Translation values are applied to the static post layout value.

# style

Availability
0.8
0.8
9.2.0
style :Number

The style for the activity indicator.

One of the activity indicator style constants.

See also: indicatorColor

This API can be assigned the following constants:

Default: Titanium.UI.ActivityIndicatorStyle.PLAIN

# tooltip

Availability
12.1.0
12.1.0
12.1.0
tooltip :String

The default text to display in the control's tooltip.

Assigning a value to this property causes the tool tip to be displayed for the view. Setting the property to null cancels the display of the tool tip for the view. Note: This property is only used for apps targeting macOS Catalyst.

# top

Availability
0.9
0.9
9.2.0
top :Number | String

Top position of the view.

Determines the absolute position of the view relative to its parent.

Can be either a float value or a dimension string (for example 100 or'50%'.)

# touchFeedback

Availability
6.1.0
touchFeedback :Boolean

A material design visual construct that provides an instantaneous visual confirmation of touch point.

Touch feedback is only applied to a view's background. It is never applied to the view's foreground content such as a Titanium.UI.ImageView's image.

For Titanium versions older than 9.1.0, touch feedback only works if you set the backgroundColor property to a non-transparent color.

Default: false

# touchFeedbackColor

Availability
6.1.0
touchFeedbackColor :String

Optional touch feedback ripple color. This has no effect unless touchFeedback is true.

Defaults to provided theme color.

# transitionName

Availability
5.0.2
transitionName :String

A name to identify this view in activity transition.

Name should be unique in the View hierarchy.

# translationX

Availability
5.0.0
translationX :Number

Horizontal location of the view relative to its left position in pixels.

Translation values are applied to the static post layout value.

# translationY

Availability
5.0.0
translationY :Number

Vertical location of the view relative to its top position in pixels.

Translation values are applied to the static post layout value.

# translationZ

Availability
5.0.0
translationZ :Number

Depth of the view relative to its elevation in pixels.

Translation values are applied to the static post layout value.

# verticalMotionEffect

Availability
7.3.0
9.2.0
verticalMotionEffect :MinMaxOptions

Adds a vertical parallax effect to the view

Note that the parallax effect only happens by tilting the device so results can not be seen on Simulator. To clear all motion effects, use the <Titanium.UI.clearMotionEffects> method.

# width

Availability
0.9
0.9
9.2.0
width :String

Width of the view. Only accepts value of SIZE, which must be explicitly set in order to display the message and to position the view correctly.

Defaults to: If undefined, defaults to either FILL or SIZE depending on the view. See "View Types and Default Layout Behavior" in Transitioning to the New UI Layout System.

Can be either a float value or a dimension string (for example, '50%' or '40dp'). Can also be one of the following special values:

  • SIZE. The view should size itself to fit its contents.
  • FILL. The view should size itself to fill its parent.
  • 'auto'. Represents the default sizing behavior for a given type of view. The use of 'auto' is deprecated, and should be replaced with the SIZE or FILL constants if it is necessary to set the view's behavior explicitly.

This is an input property for specifying the view's width dimension. To determine the view's size once rendered, use the rect or size properties.

This API can be assigned the following constants:

# Methods

# addEventListener

Availability
0.8
0.8
9.2.0
addEventListener(name, callback) → void

Adds the specified callback as an event listener for the named event.

Parameters

Name Type Description
name String

Name of the event.

callback Callback<Titanium.Event>

Callback function to invoke when the event is fired.

Returns

Type
void

# applyProperties

Availability
3.0.0
3.0.0
9.2.0
applyProperties(props) → void

Applies the properties to the proxy.

Properties are supplied as a dictionary. Each key-value pair in the object is applied to the proxy such that myproxy[key] = value.

Parameters

Name Type Description
props Dictionary

A dictionary of properties to apply.

Returns

Type
void

# clearMotionEffects

Availability
8.2.0
9.2.0
clearMotionEffects() → void

Removes all previously added motion effects.

Use this method together with <Titanium.UI.horizontalMotionEffect> and <Titanium.UI.verticalMotionEffect>.

Returns

Type
void

# fireEvent

Availability
0.8
0.8
9.2.0
fireEvent(name[, event]) → void

Fires a synthesized event to any registered listeners.

Parameters

Name Type Description
name String

Name of the event.

event Dictionary

A dictionary of keys and values to add to the Titanium.Event object sent to the listeners.

Returns

Type
void

# getViewById

Availability
6.1.0
6.1.0
9.2.0
getViewById(id) → Titanium.UI.View

Returns the matching view of a given view ID.

Parameters

Name Type Description
id String

The ID of the view that should be returned. Use the id property in your views to enable it for indexing in this method.

Returns

Type
Titanium.UI.View

# hide

Availability
0.9
0.9
9.2.0
hide([options]) → void

Hides the activity indicator and stops the animation.

Parameters

Name Type Description
options AnimatedOptions

Animation options for Android only. Since SDK 5.1.0 and used only on Android 5.0+

Determines whether to enable a circular reveal animation. Note that the default here is equivalent to passing in { animated: false }

Returns

Type
void

# insertAt

Availability
3.3.0
3.3.0
9.2.0
insertAt(params) → void

Inserts a view at the specified position in the children array.

Useful if the layout property is set to horizontal or vertical.

Parameters

Name Type Description
params ViewPositionOptions

Pass an object that specifies the view to insert and optionally at which position (defaults to end)

Returns

Type
void

# removeEventListener

Availability
0.8
0.8
9.2.0
removeEventListener(name, callback) → void

Removes the specified callback as an event listener for the named event.

Multiple listeners can be registered for the same event, so the callback parameter is used to determine which listener to remove.

When adding a listener, you must save a reference to the callback function in order to remove the listener later:

var listener = function() { Ti.API.info("Event listener called."); }
window.addEventListener('click', listener);

To remove the listener, pass in a reference to the callback function:

window.removeEventListener('click', listener);

Parameters

Name Type Description
name String

Name of the event.

callback Callback<Titanium.Event>

Callback function to remove. Must be the same function passed to addEventListener.

Returns

Type
void

# show

Availability
0.9
0.9
9.2.0
show([options]) → void

Shows the activity indicator and starts the animation.

Remember to add the activity indicator to a parent view first, so it centers properly. This is optional for Android and required for iOS.

Parameters

Name Type Description
options AnimatedOptions

Animation options for Android only. Since SDK 5.1.0 and only used on Android 5.0+

Determines whether to enable a circular reveal animation. Note that the default here is equivalent to passing in { animated: false }

Returns

Type
void

# stopAnimation

Availability
12.1.0
stopAnimation() → void

Stops a running animation.

Stops a running view Titanium.UI.Animation.

Returns

Type
void

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