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Will Nelson
Will Nelson

Reputation: 976

Showing network activity indicator when status bar is hidden in IOS

I am developing an IOS game. As in many IOS games, I hide the status bar and never show it at any point. My app includes a feature to download new application data stored in moderately large files on my server. The problem is: how do I indicate network activity to the user when downloading is in progress? The standard approach is to display the network activity indicator in the status bar, but the status bar is hidden in my app. Of course, I want to conform to Apple User Interface Guidelines and pass the App Store review process.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 747

Answers (2)

Igor Bulgakov
Igor Bulgakov

Reputation: 183

I sure you can choose any way to inform user about that. But you should also update standard indicator because it becomes visible when your app becomes hidden (if you want to download in background).

Upvotes: 1

Bourne
Bourne

Reputation: 10312

Why don't you show a loader element inside the app? Something like this:

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Upvotes: 1

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