Progress bars are used to show progress of a task. For example, when you are uploading or downloading something from the internet, it is better to show the progress of download/upload to the user.
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<ProgressBar
android:id="@+id/progressBar1"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="23dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:indeterminate="false"
android:max="100"
android:minHeight="50dp"
android:minWidth="200dp"
android:progress="1" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/progressBar1"
android:layout_below="@+id/progressBar1"/>
</RelativeLayout>
MainActivity.Java
package com.androidian.progressbar;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private ProgressBar progressBar;
private int progressStatus = 0;
private TextView textView;
private Handler handler = new Handler();
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
progressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar1);
textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
// Start long running operation in a background thread
new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
while (progressStatus < 100) {
progressStatus += 1;
// Update the progress bar and display the
//current value in the text view
handler.post(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
progressBar.setProgress(progressStatus);
textView.setText(progressStatus+"/"+progressBar.getMax());
}
});
try {
// Sleep for 200 milliseconds.
//Just to display the progress slowly
Thread.sleep(200);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}).start();
}
}