How to implement a loading animation when navigating in a iPhone app?

Question

It seems like a pretty simple problem, but I have been unable to find any good answers.

What I\'m trying to do is to make some sort of animation while some function is l

Answer 1

I guess it depends on what is being loaded? Are you waiting for a response from a server? In that case I usually put a spinning wheel (UIActivityIndicatorView) on my view that has the hide when not animating checkbox checked (there is a message to set this programmatically as well). Then when the data is received from the server I simply call stopAnimating on the UIActivityIndicator view and it will hide. You can then show whatever it is you need to show.