ProgressBar is not showing in center of device when using indeterminateDrawable

Question

I am working with custom progress bar using indeterminateDrawable property, code is below, when I removed indeterminateDrawable property then it shown in center but not shown center with this property. please help me.

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@id/android:empty"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:gravity="center" >

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/workingProgressBar"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:indeterminateDrawable="@drawable/startup_anim"
        android:indeterminateOnly="true" />
</LinearLayout>

drawable/startup_anim.xml

<animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

<item
    android:drawable="@drawable/animation4"
    android:duration="100"/>
<item
    android:drawable="@drawable/animation3"
    android:duration="100"/>
<item
    android:drawable="@drawable/animation2"
    android:duration="100"/>
<item
    android:drawable="@drawable/animation1"
    android:duration="100"/>
<item
    android:drawable="@drawable/animation0"
    android:duration="100"/>

</animation-list>

try giving it `layout_centerHorizontal="true"` instead of `android:layout_gravity` — bakriOnFire, Jul 06 '13 at 07:32
@KunalS.Kushwah and bakriOnFire Thanks for comment but I tried both way you suggested — Jignesh Ansodariya, Jul 06 '13 at 07:41
may be sharing the `animation(s)` code can help us understand the problem. — Shajeel Afzal, Jul 06 '13 at 07:56

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

The answer here solves such issues by using a <scale> inside each <item> of an <animation-list> like this:

<animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:duration="100">
        <scale
            android:drawable="@drawable/img_1"
            android:scaleGravity="center"/>
    </item>
    <item android:duration="100">
        <scale
            android:drawable="@drawable/img_2"
            android:scaleGravity="center"/>
    </item>
</animation-list>

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '13 at 08:24

Never use android:layout_width="match_parent" or android:layout_width="fill_parent" while creating ProgressBar, it will stretch it and the result won't be as you expect. And if you want to center your ProgressBar in your Activity or Fragment just use this layout :

    <RelativeLayout
    android:id="@id/android:empty"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/workingProgressBar"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:indeterminateDrawable="@drawable/startup_anim"
        android:indeterminateOnly="true" />

   </RelativeLayout>

I tried this code also, when I set `android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"` its doesn't show anything — Jignesh Ansodariya, Jul 06 '13 at 10:48
than set them to match_parent, it's probably something with your custom progress images. — hardartcore, Jul 07 '13 at 12:08

ProgressBar is not showing in center of device when using indeterminateDrawable

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