ProgressDialog is deprecated What is the alternate one to use

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I have come across to see that ProgressDialog is now deprecated  What would be alternate one to use in place of that apart from ProgressBar   I am using android studio version 2 3 3    ProgressDialog progressDialog new ProgressDialog this   progressDialog show

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You can use this class I wrote  It offers only the basic   functions  If you want a fully functional ProgressDialog  then use   this lightweight library    Gradle Setup  Add the following dependency to module build gradle   compile  com lmntrx android library livin missme missme 0 1 5    How to use it   Usage is similar to original ProgressDialog  ProgressDialog progressDialog   new  progressDialog YourActivity this   progressDialog setMessage  Please wait    progressDialog setCancelable false   progressDialog show    progressDialog dismiss      NB  You must override activity s onBackPressed    Java8 Implementation    Override public void onBackPressed         progressDialog onBackPressed                 - gt                    super onBackPressed                    return null                           Kotlin Implementation   override fun onBackPressed        progressDialog onBackPressed   super onBackPressed          Refer Sample App for the full implementation Full documentation can be found here

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Yes  ProgressDialog is deprecated but Dialog isn t  You can inflate your own XML file   containing a progress bar and a loading text  into your dialog object and then display or hide it using the show   and dismiss   functions  Here is an example  Kotlin   ProgressDialog class  class ProgressDialog   companion object       fun progressDialog context  Context   Dialog          val dialog   Dialog context          val inflate   LayoutInflater from context  inflate R layout progress dialog  null          dialog setContentView inflate          dialog setCancelable false          dialog window   setBackgroundDrawable                  ColorDrawable Color TRANSPARENT           return dialog              XML  lt  xml version  quot 1 0 quot  encoding  quot utf-8 quot   gt   lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  quot http   schemas android com apk res android quot  android layout width  quot match parent quot  android background  quot  fff quot  android padding  quot 13dp quot  android layout height  quot wrap content quot  gt   lt ProgressBar     android id  quot   id progressBar quot      style  quot  android attr progressBarStyle quot      android layout width  quot 100dp quot      android layout margin  quot 7dp quot      android layout height  quot 100dp quot   gt   lt TextView     android layout width  quot wrap content quot      android layout height  quot wrap content quot      android layout centerVertical  quot true quot      android layout margin  quot 7dp quot      android layout toEndOf  quot   id progressBar quot      android text  quot Loading    quot    gt   lt  RelativeLayout gt   In your code  Just do var dialog   ProgressDialog progressDialog context  To show  dialog show   To hide  dialog dismiss

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Yes  in API level 26 it s deprecated  Instead  you can use progressBar   To create it programmatically   First get a reference to the root layout  RelativeLayout layout   findViewById R id display      specify here Root layout Id   or  RelativeLayout layout   findViewById this     Then add the progress bar  progressBar   new ProgressBar youractivity this  null  android R attr progressBarStyleLarge   RelativeLayout LayoutParams params   new RelativeLayout LayoutParams 100  100   params addRule RelativeLayout CENTER IN PARENT   layout addView progressBar  params     To show the progress bar  progressBar setVisibility View VISIBLE     To hide the progress bar  progressBar setVisibility View GONE     To disable the user interaction you just need to add the following  code  getWindow   setFlags WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG NOT TOUCHABLE                             WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG NOT TOUCHABLE     To get user interaction back you just need to add the following code  getWindow   clearFlags WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG NOT TOUCHABLE     Just for future reference  change the android R attr progressBarStyleSmall to android R attr progressBarStyleHorizontal   The code below only works above API level 21  progressBar setProgressTintList ColorStateList valueOf Color RED        To create it via xml    lt ProgressBar         android id    id progressbar          style   android attr progressBarStyleHorizontal          android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  wrap content          android indeterminate  true          android max  100          android backgroundTint   color white          android layout below    id framelauout          android indeterminateTint   1a09d6          android layout marginTop  -7dp   gt    In your activity      progressBar    ProgressBar  findViewById R id progressbar     Showing hiding the progress bar is the same   progressBar setVisibility View VISIBLE      To show the ProgressBar   progressBar setVisibility View INVISIBLE      To hide the ProgressBar   Here is a sample image of what it would look like     For more details  1  Reference one 2  Reference Two

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ProgressDialog was deprecated in API level 26      Deprecated  refers to functions or elements that are in the process of being replaced by newer ones      ProgressDialog is a modal dialog  which prevents the user from interacting with   the app  Instead of using this class  you should use a progress   indicator like ProgressBar  which can be embedded in your app s   UI    Advantage  I would personally say that ProgressBar has the edge over the two  ProgressBar is a user interface element that indicates the progress of an operation  Display progress bars to a user in a non-interruptive way  Show the progress bar in your app s user interface

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As mentioned on the documentation page the alternative is ProgressBar  ProgressDialog s look can be replicated by placing a ProgressBar into an AlertDialog   You can still use it  but Android does not want you to use it  that is why it is deprecated  So you should consider solving your problem in another way  like embedding a ProgressBar into your Layout

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This class was deprecated in API level 26  ProgressDialog is a modal   dialog  which prevents the user from interacting with the app  Instead   of using this class  you should use a progress indicator like   ProgressBar  which can be embedded in your app s UI  Alternatively    you can use a notification to inform the user of the task s progress  link   It s deprecated at Android O because of Google new UI standard

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You don t need to import any custom library   I prefer to use the modern AlertDialog so this is the Kotlin version for the great answer posted by Kishan Donga in this page   Kotlin code   fun setProgressDialog context Context  message String  AlertDialog       val llPadding   30     val ll   LinearLayout context      ll orientation   LinearLayout HORIZONTAL     ll setPadding llPadding  llPadding  llPadding  llPadding      ll gravity   Gravity CENTER     var llParam   LinearLayout LayoutParams                    LinearLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT                    LinearLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT      llParam gravity   Gravity CENTER     ll layoutParams   llParam      val progressBar   ProgressBar context      progressBar isIndeterminate   true     progressBar setPadding 0  0  llPadding  0      progressBar layoutParams   llParam      llParam   LinearLayout LayoutParams ViewGroup LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT                          ViewGroup LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT      llParam gravity   Gravity CENTER     val tvText   TextView context      tvText text   message     tvText setTextColor Color parseColor   000000        tvText textSize   20 toFloat       tvText layoutParams   llParam      ll addView progressBar      ll addView tvText       val builder   AlertDialog Builder context      builder setCancelable true      builder setView ll       val dialog   builder create       val window   dialog window     if  window    null            val layoutParams   WindowManager LayoutParams           layoutParams copyFrom dialog window  attributes          layoutParams width   LinearLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT         layoutParams height   LinearLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT                 dialog window  attributes   layoutParams           return dialog     Usage   val dialog   setProgressDialog this   Loading     dialog show     Output

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Maybe this guide could help you   Usually I prefer to make custom AlertDialogs with indicators  It solves such problems like customization of the App view

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ProgressBar is best alternative for ProgressDialog   A user interface element that indicates the progress of an operation   For more info see this Google doc  https   developer android com reference android widget ProgressBar html

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Well if you really wants to go against their will  still you can use Sweet Alert Dialog or create one on your own   progress dialog layout   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent  gt        lt TableRow         android layout centerInParent  true          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  64dp   gt            lt ProgressBar             android id    id progressBar2              style   android attr progressBarStyle              android layout width  wrap content              android layout height  match parent    gt            lt TextView             android gravity  center left              android id    id textView9              android layout width  match parent              android layout height  match parent              android textColor   color black              android textSize  18sp              android text  Downloading data  Please wait      gt       lt  TableRow gt   lt  RelativeLayout gt    Java code   AlertDialog b  AlertDialog Builder dialogBuilder   public void ShowProgressDialog     dialogBuilder   new AlertDialog Builder DataDownloadActivity this   LayoutInflater inflater    LayoutInflater  getSystemService  Context LAYOUT INFLATER SERVICE                View dialogView   inflater inflate R layout progress dialog layout  null               dialogBuilder setView dialogView               dialogBuilder setCancelable false               b   dialogBuilder create                b show                       public void HideProgressDialog                 b dismiss

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You can use SpotDialog by using the library wasabeef you can find the complete tutorial from the following link      SpotsDialog Example in Android

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you can use AlertDialog as ProgressDialog refer below code for the ProgressDialog  This function you need to call whenever you show a progress dialog  Code      public void setProgressDialog          int llPadding   30      LinearLayout ll   new LinearLayout this       ll setOrientation LinearLayout HORIZONTAL       ll setPadding llPadding  llPadding  llPadding  llPadding       ll setGravity Gravity CENTER       LinearLayout LayoutParams llParam   new LinearLayout LayoutParams              LinearLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT              LinearLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT       llParam gravity   Gravity CENTER      ll setLayoutParams llParam        ProgressBar progressBar   new ProgressBar this       progressBar setIndeterminate true       progressBar setPadding 0  0  llPadding  0       progressBar setLayoutParams llParam        llParam   new LinearLayout LayoutParams ViewGroup LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT              ViewGroup LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT       llParam gravity   Gravity CENTER      TextView tvText   new TextView this       tvText setText  quot Loading     quot        tvText setTextColor Color parseColor  quot  000000 quot         tvText setTextSize 20       tvText setLayoutParams llParam        ll addView progressBar       ll addView tvText        AlertDialog Builder builder   new AlertDialog Builder this       builder setCancelable true       builder setView ll        AlertDialog dialog   builder create        dialog show        Window window   dialog getWindow        if  window    null            WindowManager LayoutParams layoutParams   new WindowManager LayoutParams            layoutParams copyFrom dialog getWindow   getAttributes             layoutParams width   LinearLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT          layoutParams height   LinearLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT          dialog getWindow   setAttributes layoutParams            Output

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In the progress dialog  user cannot do any kind of work  All the background processes are stopped during progress dialog  So  It is advisable to user progress-bar instead of progress dialog

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It may help to other people   Lots of popular apps have the different approach to show the progress of anything like network request  file loading etc  Loading spinner doesn t show the how much content has been loaded or remaining to load  There is a period of uncertainty which is bad in the perspective of UI UX  Lot of popular apps Facebook  Linkedin etc  has resolved this issue by showing the bare bones UI displays first  Then the loaded content is gradually populated on-screen    I have used the shimmer  for my apps to solve this issue   There is a good article about this which will be beneficial for other people

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ProgressBar is very simple and easy to use  i am intending to make this same as simple progress dialog  first step is that you can make xml layout of the dialog that you want to show  let say we name this layout      layout loading dialog xml    lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  wrap content      android orientation  horizontal      android padding  20dp  gt       lt ProgressBar         android layout width  0dp          android layout height  wrap content          android layout weight  1    gt        lt TextView         android layout width  0dp          android layout height  match parent          android layout weight  4          android gravity  center          android text  Please wait  This may take a moment     gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    next step is create AlertDialog which will show this layout with ProgressBar  AlertDialog Builder builder   new AlertDialog Builder context   builder setCancelable false      if you want user to wait for some process to finish  builder setView R layout layout loading dialog   AlertDialog dialog   builder create      now all that is left is to show and hide this dialog in our click events like this  dialog show       to show this dialog dialog dismiss       to hide this dialog   and thats it  it should work  as you can see it is farely simple and easy to implement ProgressBar instead of ProgressDialog  now you can show dismiss this dialog box in either Handler or ASyncTask  its up to your need

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You can simply design an xml interface for your progressbar and pass it as a view to a AlertDialog  then show or dismiss the dialog anytime you want   progress xml     lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android orientation  horizontal      android padding  13dp      android layout centerHorizontal  true      android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content  gt        lt ProgressBar         android id    id loader          android layout marginEnd  5dp          android layout width  45dp          android layout height  45dp    gt       lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android text  Loading             android textAppearance   android textAppearanceSmall          android layout gravity  center vertical          android id    id loading msg          android layout toEndOf    id loader          android layout height  wrap content    gt    lt  LinearLayout gt    The code code that displays the progress dialog  Just copy this code and paste it your fragment     AlertDialog Builder builder   new AlertDialog Builder getActivity            private void setDialog boolean show               builder setView R layout progress               Dialog dialog   builder create                if  show dialog show                else dialog dismiss                Then just call the method whenever you want to show the progressdialog and pass true as an argument to show it or false to dismiss the dialog

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I use DelayedProgressDialog from https   github com Q115 DelayedProgressDialog It does the same as ProgressDialog with the added benefit of a delay if necessary   Using it is similar to ProgressDialog before Android O   DelayedProgressDialog progressDialog   new DelayedProgressDialog    progressDialog show getSupportFragmentManager     tag

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