Displays an animated activity indicator on the screen
# Metadata
Platforms: mobile OS: ios, android Introduced: 5.5 Security:
# Syntax
mobileBusyIndicatorStart [type], message, [opacity]
# Params
- type : 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
# 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.
# Tags
# See
- **command:** mobileBusyIndicatorStop, iphoneActivityIndicatorStart