The idea of re-implementing standard UI components from iOS has been floating around in my head for a while now. The UI kit controls and views are great, but when working with designers you’ll notice they always tend to tweak everything a little. I’ll always advice you to use the standard controlls wherever possible, but wouldn’t it be great if you could customize the color or change the size a little bit?
I recently came across the Spin.js which implements a activity indicator using css and javascipt. This lead me to start working on my own customizable view for iOS, usable in native applications.
Introducing JKActivityIndicatorView
A custom implementation of a UIActivityIndicatorView. Everything will be customizable. Current customizable properties:
- Number of lines
- Line width
- Line length
- Animation speed
- Radius
This is a work in progress, bug reports are welcome.
A demonstration video (available in HD):
Please remember that an activity indicator view alone is usually not enough! Make sure you place it on a contrasting background if it’s not visible enough or when you don’t know what will be displayed underneath. How not to do this:
