Spinner

Overview

Spinner is a control that shows an image indicating that something is running in the background. It has two styles: iPhone and Android.

Source Code

SpinnerSample.java

  //Spinner inside the Bar
Bar bar = new Bar (“text text”);
add(bar, LEFT, TOP, FILL, PREFERRED);
bar.createSpinner(Color.WHITE);
bar.startSpinner;

  //Spinner inside the Loop
Spinner spinner = new Spinner(Spinner.IPHONE);
spinner.setForeColor(Color.WHITE);
add(spinner, CENTER, AFTER,, FONTSIZE + 200, FONTSIZE + 200);

while (Vm.getTimeStamp()  < (Vm.getTimeStamp() + 5000))
{
    spinner.update();
}

  //Spinner inside the ProgressBox
Spinner.spinnerType = Spinner.ANDROID;
ProgressBox pb = new ProgressBox("Alert!", “msg”, null);
pb.setBackColor(Color.getRGB(12, 98, 200));
pb.popupNonBlocking();

Methods

Type	Name	Description
Constructor	Spinner( )	Creates a simple Spinner
Constructor	Spinner(Image anim)	Creates a spinner from an animated GIF
Constructor	Spinner(int type)	Creates a spinner of the given type
boolean	isRunning( )	Returns if the spin is running
void	setImage(Image anim)	Changes the gif image of this Spinner
void	setType(int t)	Changes the Spinner to one of the predefined types
void	start( )	Starts the spinning thread
void	stop( )	Stops the spinning thread
void	update( )	Updates the spinner; call this when using the spinner inside a loop

References

• See also our quick tutorial video showing how to use Spinner.

• See the JavaDocs for more information.