How do I add a UIActivityIndicatorView spinner circle into a UIBarButton, so that when a user taps on one of those buttons on the navigation bar, they see a spinner while the lo
Actually activity indicator is not added as toolbar item. It's a subview of current view.
UIActivityIndicatorView *act = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc] initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleWhite];
[act setCenter:CGPointMake(20, 20)];
[act startAnimating];
[self.view addSubview:act];
Remember to release it in -(void)dealloc
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