Saturday, August 29, 2015

Android horizontal ProgressBar example

activity_main.xml 

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/rl"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="10dp"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"
    android:background="#eff1f7"
    >
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tv"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="0"
        />
    <!--
        ProgressBar
            Visual indicator of progress in some operation. Displays a bar to the user
            representing how far the operation has progressed; the application can change
            the amount of progress (modifying the length of the bar) as it moves forward.
    -->
    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/pb"
        android:layout_width="250dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@id/tv"
        style="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
        />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Start"
        android:layout_below="@id/pb"
        />
</RelativeLayout>
MainActivity.java 

package com.cfsuman.me.androidcodesnippets;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
import android.os.Handler;


public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    private int progressStatus = 0;
    private Handler handler = new Handler();

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // Get the widgets reference from XML layout
        final RelativeLayout rl = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.rl);
        final Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn);
        final TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv);
        final ProgressBar pb = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.pb);

        btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                // Set the progress status zero on each button click
                progressStatus = 0;

                /*
                    A Thread is a concurrent unit of execution. It has its own call stack for
                    methods being invoked, their arguments and local variables. Each application
                    has at least one thread running when it is started, the main thread,
                    in the main ThreadGroup. The runtime keeps its own threads
                    in the system thread group.
                */
                // Start the lengthy operation in a background thread
                new Thread(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        while(progressStatus < 100){
                            // Update the progress status
                            progressStatus +=1;

                            // Try to sleep the thread for 20 milliseconds
                            try{
                                Thread.sleep(20);
                            }catch(InterruptedException e){
                                e.printStackTrace();
                            }

                            // Update the progress bar
                            handler.post(new Runnable() {
                                @Override
                                public void run() {
                                    pb.setProgress(progressStatus);
                                    // Show the progress on TextView
                                    tv.setText(progressStatus+"");
                                }
                            });
                        }
                    }
                }).start(); // Start the operation
           }
        });
    }
}




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