API Reference / Android Widgets / Loading
Apr. 24, 2019

About this widget

Components that show a loading indicator during pending requests.

To add a loading indicator to your search experience, use these components:

  • Searcher: The Searcher that handles your searches.
  • LoadingViewModel: The logic applied to the loading indicator.
  • LoadingView: The concrete view displayed during loading.

Examples

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class MyActivity: AppCompatActivity() {

    val client = ClientSearch(
        ApplicationID("YourApplicationID"),
        APIKey("YourAPIKey")
    )
    val index = client.initIndex(IndexName("YourIndexName"))
    val searcher = SearcherSingleIndex(index)
    val viewModel = LoadingViewModel()
    val connection = ConnectionHandler()

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

        val swipeRefreshLayout = SwipeRefreshLayout(this)
        val view: LoadingView = LoadingViewSwipeRefreshLayout(swipeRefreshLayout)

        connection += viewModel.connectSearcher(searcher)
        connection += viewModel.connectView(view)

        searcher.searchAsync()
    }

    override fun onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy()
        connection.disconnect()
        searcher.cancel()
    }
}

Parameters

searcher
type: Searcher
Required

The Searcher that handles your searches.

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viewModel.connectSearcher(searcher)
loadingView
type: LoadingView
Required

The concrete view displayed during loading.

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viewModel.connectView(searchBoxView)
isLoading
type: Boolean
default: false
Optional

When true, the interface starts in a loading state.

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LoadingViewModel(isLoading = true)

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