Custom Indeterminate progressBar for android?

Hello everyone…

Today we will see how to customize an indeterminate progressBar in android.
For that we have to create an xml with a progress animation.For this I used these three images

Inside the folder res/drawable create an xml named “progress_indeterminate_horizontal.xml” and copy this code into it

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animation-list
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:oneshot="false">
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/p1" android:duration="200" />
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/p2" android:duration="200" />
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/p3" android:duration="200" />
</animation-list>

Now the layout file containing the progressBar.I named it main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >
<TextView
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/hello"
    />

    <ProgressBar
    	android:id="@+id/progress_bar"
         android:layout_width="fill_parent"
         android:layout_height="20dip"
         android:indeterminateDrawable="@drawable/progress_indeterminate_horizontal"
     />
 </LinearLayout>

See the line

android:indeterminateDrawable=”@drawable/progress_indeterminate_horizontal”

where I have added the xml as drawable.

Done. Now goon and run the project. Nothing needs to be done in the java code. Enjoy.

Custom Indeterminate progressBar

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How to build a custom progressBar in android- Part 2?

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