“animated circle” in an ImageView while loading stuff

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You can do this by using the following xml <RelativeLayout     style="@style/GenericProgressBackground"     android:id="@+id/loadingPanel"     >     <ProgressBar         style="@style/GenericProgressIndicator"/> </RelativeLayout> With this style <style name="GenericProgressBackground" parent="android:Theme">     <item name="android:layout_width">fill_parent</item>         <item name="android:layout_height">fill_parent</item>     <item name="android:background">#DD111111</item>         <item name="android:gravity">center</item>  </style> <style name="GenericProgressIndicator" parent="@android:style/Widget.ProgressBar.Small">     <item name="android:layout_width">wrap_content</item>     <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>     <item name="android:indeterminate">true</item> </style> To use this, you must hide your UI elements by setting the visiblity value to GONE and whenever the data is loaded, call setVisiblity(View.VISIBLE) on all your views to restore them. Don't forget to callfindViewByID(R.id.loadingPanel).setVisiblity(View.GONE) to hide the loading animation. If you dont have a loading event/function but just want the loading panel to disappear after x seconds use a Handle to trigger the hiding/showing. From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5442183/using-the-animated-circle-in-an-imageview-while-loading-stuff link|improve this answer