ProgressBar Tutorial With Example In Android Studio

In Android, ProgressBar is used to display the status of work being done like analyzing status of work or downloading a file etc. In Android, by default a progress bar will be displayed as a spinning wheel but If we want it to be displayed as a horizontal bar then we need to use style attribute as horizontal. It mainly use the “android.widget.ProgressBar” class.

Important Note: A progress bar can also be made indeterminate. In this mode a progress bar shows a cyclic animation without an indication of progress. This mode is used in application when we don’t know the amount of work to be done.

To add a progress bar to a layout (xml) file, you can use the <ProgressBar> element. By default, a progress bar is a spinning wheel (an indeterminate indicator). To change to a horizontal progress bar, apply the progress bar’s horizontal style.

ProgressBar code:

<ProgressBar
android:id="@+id/simpleProgressBar"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Horizontal ProgressBar code:

<ProgressBar
android:id="@+id/simpleProgressBar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal"/>

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Important Methods Used In ProgressBar:

1. getMax() – returns the maximum value of progress bar

We can get the maximum value of the progress bar in java class. This method returns a integer value. Below is the code to get the maximum value from a Progress bar.

ProgressBar simpleProgressBar=(ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.simpleProgressBar); // initiate the progress bar 
int maxValue=simpleProgressBar.getMax(); // get maximum value of the progress bar

2. getProgress() – returns current progress value

We can get the current progress value from a progress bar in java class. This method also returns a integer value. Below is the code to get current progress value from a Progress bar.

ProgressBar simpleProgressBar=(ProgressBar)findViewById(R.id.simpleProgressBar); // initiate the progress bar
int progressValue=simpleProgressBar.getProgress(); // get progress value from the progress bar

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Attributes of ProgressBar In Android:

Now let’s discuss important attributes that helps us to configure a Progress bar in xml file (layout).

1. id: id is an attribute used to uniquely identify a Progress bar.

<ProgressBar
android:id="@+id/simpleProgressBar" 
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal"/>

2. max: max is an attribute used in android to define maximum value of the progress can take. It must be an integer value like 100, 200 etc.

Below we set 100 maximum value for a progress bar.

<ProgressBar
    android:id="@+id/simpleProgressBar"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
    android:max="100" /><!--set 100 maximum value for the progress bar-->

Set Max Value of ProgressBar In Java Class :

ProgressBar simpleProgressBar=(ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.simpleProgressBar); // initiate the progress bar
simpleProgressBar.setMax(100); // 100 maximum value for the progress bar

3. progress: progress is an attribute used in android to define the default progress value between 0 and max. It must be an integer value.

Below we set the 100 max value and then set 50 default progress.

<ProgressBar
    android:id="@+id/simpleProgressBar"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:max="100"
    style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
    android:progress="50"/><!--// 50 default progress value-->

Setting Progress Value of ProgressBar In Java Class :

ProgressBar simpleProgressBar=(ProgressBar)findViewById(R.id.simpleProgressBar); // initiate the progress bar
simpleProgressBar.setMax(100); // 100 maximum value for the progress value
simpleProgressBar.setProgress(50); // 50 default progress value for the progress bar

4. progressDrawable: progress drawable is an attribute used in Android to set the custom drawable for the progress mode.

Below we set a custom gradient drawable for the progress mode of a progress bar. Before you try below code make sure to download a progress icon from the web and add in your drawable folder.

Step 1: Add this code in activity_main.xml or main.xml inside layout.

<ProgressBar
android:id="@+id/simpleProgressBar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:max="100"
android:progress="60"
android:layout_marginTop="100dp"
style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
android:progressDrawable="@drawable/custom_progress"/><!--custom progress drawable for progress mode-->

Step 2: Create a new drawable resource xml in drawable folder and name it custom_progress. Here add the below code which creates gradient effect in progressbar.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <item>
        <shape>
            <gradient
                android:endColor="#fff"
                android:startColor="#1f1"
                android:useLevel="true" />

        </shape>
    </item>


</layer-list>

5. background: background attribute is used to set the background of a Progress bar. We can set a color or a drawable in the background of a Progress bar.

Below we set the black color for the background of a Progress bar.

<ProgressBar
    android:id="@+id/simpleProgressBar"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:max="100"
    android:progress="50"
    style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
    android:background="#000"/><!-- black background color for progress bar-->

6. indeterminate: indeterminate attribute is used in Android to enable the indeterminate mode. In this mode a progress bar shows a cyclic animation without an indication of progress. This mode is used in application when we don’t know the amount of work to be done. In this mode the actual working will not be shown.

In below code we set the indeterminate to true.

<ProgressBar
    android:id="@+id/simpleProgressBar"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:max="100"
    android:progress="50"
    android:background="#000"
    android:padding="20dp" style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
    android:indeterminate="true"/><!--true value for indeterminate-->

Setting indeterminate of ProgressBar In Java class:

ProgressBar simpleProgressBar=(ProgressBar)findViewById(R.id.simpleProgressBar); // initiate the progress bar
simpleProgressBar.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK); // black background color for the progress bar

7. padding: padding attribute is used to set the padding from left, right, top or bottom of ProgressBar.

• paddingRight: set the padding from the right side of the Progress bar.
• paddingLeft: set the padding from the left side of the Progress bar.
• paddingTop: set the padding from the top side of the Progress bar.
• paddingBottom: set the padding from the bottom side of the Progress bar.
• Padding: set the padding from the all side’s of the Progress bar.

Below we set the 20dp padding from all the side’s of the Progress bar.

<ProgressBar
    android:id="@+id/simpleProgressBar"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:max="100"
    android:progress="50"
    android:background="#000"
    style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
    android:padding="20dp"/><!--// 20dp padding from all the sides of the progress bar-->

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ProgressBar Example In Android Studio:

In the first example of ProgressBar we displayed a default spinning wheel progress bar and a start button whenever a user click on the button the progress bar is displayed. Below is the final output, download code and step by step explanation:

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Step 1: Create a new project and name it ProgressBarExample.

Select File -> New -> New Project… then Fill the forms and click "Finish" button.

Step 2: Open res  -> layout -> activity_main.xml (or) main.xml and add following code:

In this step we open an xml file and add the code for displaying a progress bar  and set its visibility to invisible and one start button.

<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">

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/simpleProgressBar"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:visibility="invisible"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"/>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/startButton"
        android:layout_width="200dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Start"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="100dp"
        android:padding="10dp"
        android:background="#0f0"
        android:textColor="#fff"/>

</RelativeLayout>

Step 3: Now Open src -> package -> MainActivity.java

In this step we open MainActivity where we add the code to initiate the progress bar & button and then perform click event on button which display the progress bar.

package example.gb.progressbarexample;

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        // initiate progress bar and start button
        final ProgressBar simpleProgressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.simpleProgressBar);
        Button startButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.startButton);
        // perform click event on button
        startButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // visible the progress bar
                simpleProgressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            }
        });
    }


}

 

Output:

Now start the AVD in Emulator and run the App. Click on the start button and Progress Bar will be displayed on screen.

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Horizontal ProgressBar Example In Android Studio:

In the second example we display a horizontal progress bar with drawable background and a start button. Here whenever a user clicks on button a thread is used to start the progress. Below is the final output, download code and step by step explanation:

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Step 1: Create a new project and name it ProgressBarExample.

Select File -> New -> New Project… then Fill the forms and click "Finish" button.

Step 2: Open res -> layout -> activity_main.xml (or) main.xml and add following code:

In this step we open an xml file and add the code for displaying a horizontal progress bar by using style property, drawable progress xml and one start button.

<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:background="#000"
    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">

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/simpleProgressBar"
        style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="70dp"
        android:max="100"
        android:progress="0"
        android:progressDrawable="@drawable/custom_progress" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/startButton"
        android:layout_width="200dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="120dp"
        android:background="#0f0"
        android:padding="10dp"
        android:text="Start"
        android:textColor="#fff"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

</RelativeLayout>

Step 3:  Create an xml file  in drawable -> custom_progress.xml

In this step we create a custom drawable xml for the progress bar. In this xml we create a layer list in which we create an item and then set the gradient colors for our custom progress bar.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <item>
        <shape>
            <gradient
                android:endColor="#fff"
                android:startColor="#1f1"
                android:useLevel="true" />

        </shape>
    </item>


</layer-list>

Step 4: Open  app -> package -> MainActivity.java

In this step we open MainActivity and add the code to initiate the progress bar, button and then perform click event on button. After that we start the progressing in a progress bar using a thread.

package example.gb.progressbarexample;

import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.provider.Settings;
import android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    int progress = 0;
    ProgressBar simpleProgressBar;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        // initiate progress bar and start button
        simpleProgressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.simpleProgressBar);
        Button startButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.startButton);
        // perform click event on button
        startButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // call a function
                setProgressValue(progress);

            }
        });
    }

    private void setProgressValue(final int progress) {

        // set the progress
        simpleProgressBar.setProgress(progress);
        // thread is used to change the progress value
        Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(1000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                setProgressValue(progress + 10);
            }
        });
        thread.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.menu_main, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        int id = item.getItemId();

        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
        if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
            return true;
        }

        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

Output:

Now run the App in AVD, click on start button and you will see horizontal progressbar.

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Related Topic – ProgressDialog In Android

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