mobileBusyIndicatorStart

Type

command

Summary

Displays an animated activity indicator on the screen

Syntax

mobileBusyIndicatorStart [<type>], <message>, [<opacity>]

Description

Use the mobileBusyIndicatorStart command to show a native busy indicator on iOS and Android.

Use the mobileBusyIndicatorStart command to display a native busy indicator on the top of the LiveCode stack that is running.

You can turn the busy indicator off by calling mobileBusyIndicatorStop.

While this busy indicator is displayed, user input is blocked. This is different to the behavior from the indicator displayed by iphoneActivityIndicatorStart.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
type	enum	Specifies the type of animation that is to be displayed. The default is "square". Supported options:
message		Specifies the message that is to appear on the busy indicator dialog.
opacity		Specifies the opacity of the busy indicator, which can lie in the range 1 - 100. The default value is 42. This option is only available for iOS.

Examples

mobileBusyIndicatorStart

mobileBusyIndicatorStart "square", "This is a message"

mobileBusyIndicatorStart "square", "My message", 50

Related

command: mobileBusyIndicatorStop, iphoneActivityIndicatorStart

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 5.5

OS

ios

android

Platforms

mobile