How to Show Progress Dialog with Spinning Wheel in Android?

Here is source code of the Program to Demonstrate Progress Dialog with Spinning Wheel in Android using Java. The program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system using Eclipse Ide. The program output is also shown below.

The following program demonstrates Progress Dialog which is simply an extension to Android’s Alert Dialog Box.A Progress Dialog Box typically displays a progress bar beneath a message text box. This can be used to keep users informed of the ongoing progress of a time-consuming operation.

In order to display Progress Dialog box with a ring simply call

ProgressDialog progressdialog = ProgressDialog.show(
                        MainActivity.this, "Please wait",
                        "Loading please wait..", true);

The rest of the code is given below.

MainActivity.java

package com.example.progressdialogspinnigwheel;
 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
 
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
        button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                final ProgressDialog progressdialog = ProgressDialog.show(
                        MainActivity.this, "Please wait",
                        "Loading please wait..", true);
                progressdialog.setCancelable(true);
                new Thread(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                        try {
                            // put the thread to sleep for 2 seconds
                            Thread.sleep(2000);
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                        }
                        progressdialog.dismiss();
                    }
                }).start();
            }
        });
    }
 
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }
 
}

Activity_Main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >
 
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_alignRight="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_below="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_marginTop="80dp"
        android:text="Launch" />
 
</RelativeLayout>