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GradientLoadingBar
====================
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A customizable animated gradient loading bar. Inspired by [iOS 7 Progress Bar from Codepen](https://codepen.io/marcobiedermann/pen/LExXWW).
### Example
![Example][example]
To run the example project, clone the repo, and open the workspace from the Example directory.
### Requirements
- Swift 5.5
- Xcode 13.2+
- iOS 9.0+
### Integration
##### CocoaPods
[CocoaPods](https://cocoapods.org) is a dependency manager for Cocoa projects. For usage and installation instructions, visit their website. To integrate GradientLoadingBar into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your `Podfile`:
```ruby
pod 'GradientLoadingBar', '~> 2.0'
```
##### Carthage
[Carthage](https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage) is a decentralized dependency manager that builds your dependencies and provides you with binary frameworks. To integrate GradientLoadingBar into your Xcode project using Carthage, specify it in your `Cartfile`:
```ogdl
github "fxm90/GradientLoadingBar" ~> 2.0
```
Run carthage update to build the framework and drag the built `GradientLoadingBar.framework`, as well as the dependency `LightweightObservable.framework`, into your Xcode project.
##### Swift Package Manager
The [Swift Package Manager](https://swift.org/package-manager/) is a tool for automating the distribution of Swift code and is integrated into the `swift` compiler. It is in early development, but Gradient Loading Bar does support its use on supported platforms.
Once you have your Swift package set up, adding Gradient Loading Bar as a dependency is as easy as adding it to the `dependencies` value of your `Package.swift`.
```swift
dependencies: [
.package(url: "https://github.com/fxm90/GradientLoadingBar", from: "2.0.3")
]
```
### How to use
This framework provides four classes:
- **GradientLoadingBar**: A controller, managing the visibility of the `GradientActivityIndicatorView` on the current key window.
- **NotchGradientLoadingBar**: A subclass of `GradientLoadingBar`, wrapping the `GradientActivityIndicatorView` around the notch of the iPhone.
- **GradientActivityIndicatorView**: A `UIView` containing the gradient with the animation. It can be added as a subview to another view either inside the interface builder or programmatically. Both ways are shown inside the example application.
- **GradientLoadingBarView**: A `View` for SwiftUI containing the gradient with the animation. The view can be added to any other SwiftUI view. The example application also contains sample code for this use case.
#### GradientLoadingBar
To get started, import the module `GradientLoadingBar` into your file and save an instance of `GradientLoadingBar()` on a property of your view-controller. To show the loading bar, simply call the `fadeIn(duration:completion)` method and after your async operations have finished call the `fadeOut(duration:completion)` method.
```swift
final class UserViewController: UIViewController {
private let gradientLoadingBar = GradientLoadingBar()
// ...
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
gradientLoadingBar.fadeIn()
userService.loadUserData { [weak self] _ in
// ...
// Be sure to call this on the main thread!
self?.gradientLoadingBar.fadeOut()
}
}
}
```
##### Configuration
You can override the default configuration by calling the initializers with the optional parameters `height` and `isRelativeToSafeArea`:
```swift
let gradientLoadingBar = GradientLoadingBar(
height: 4.0,
isRelativeToSafeArea: true
)
```
###### – Parameter `height: CGFloat`
By setting this parameter you can set the height for the loading bar (defaults to `3.0`)
###### – Parameter `isRelativeToSafeArea: Bool`
With this parameter you can configure, whether the loading bar should be positioned relative to the safe area (defaults to `true`).
Example with `isRelativeToSafeArea` set to `true`.
[![Example][basic-example--thumbnail]][basic-example]
Example with `isRelativeToSafeArea` set to `false`.
[![Example][safe-area-example--thumbnail]][safe-area-example]
##### Note
There is a third option which will wrap the loading bar around the iPhone notch. See documentation of the class `NotchGradientLoadingBar` for further details.
##### Properties
###### – `gradientColors: [UIColor]`
This property adjusts the gradient colors shown on the loading bar.
###### – `progressAnimationDuration: TimeInterval`
This property adjusts the duration of the animation moving the gradient from left to right.
##### Methods
###### – `fadeIn(duration:completion)`
This method fades-in the loading bar. You can adjust the duration with corresponding parameter. Furthermore you can pass in a completion handler that gets called once the animation is finished.
###### – `fadeOut(duration:completion)`
This methods fades-out the loading bar. You can adjust the duration with corresponding parameter. Furthermore you can pass in a completion handler that gets called once the animation is finished.
##### Custom shared instance (Singleton)
If you need the loading bar on multiple / different parts of your app, you can use the given static `shared` variable:
```swift
GradientLoadingBar.shared.fadeIn()
// Do e.g. server calls etc.
GradientLoadingBar.shared.fadeOut()
```
If you wish to customize the shared instance, you can add the following code e.g. to your app delegate `didFinishLaunchingWithOptions` method and overwrite the `shared` variable:
```swift
GradientLoadingBar.shared = GradientLoadingBar(height: 5.0)
```
#### NotchGradientLoadingBar
This subclass of the `GradientLoadingBar` will wrap the loading bar around the notch of the iPhone.
For iPhones without a safe area, the behaviour stays the same as mentioned in the above documentation of the `GradientLoadingBar`.
```swift
let notchGradientLoadingBar = NotchGradientLoadingBar(
height: 3.0
)
```
[![Example][notch-example--thumbnail]][notch-example]
#### GradientActivityIndicatorView
In case you don't want to add the loading bar onto the key-window, this framework provides the `GradientActivityIndicatorView`, which is a direct subclass of `UIView`. You can add the view to another view either inside the interface builder or programmatically.
E.g. View added as a subview to a `UINavigationBar`.
[![Example][navigation-bar-example--thumbnail]][navigation-bar-example]
E.g. View added as a subview to a `UIButton`.
[![Example][advanced-example--thumbnail]][advanced-example]
##### Note
The progress-animation starts and stops according to the `isHidden` flag. Setting this flag to `false` will start the animation, setting this to `true` will stop the animation. Often you don't want to directly show / hide the view and instead smoothly fade it in or out. Therefore the view provides the methods `fadeIn(duration:completion)` and `fadeOut(duration:completion)`. Based on the gist [`UIView+AnimateAlpha.swift`](https://gist.github.com/fxm90/723b5def31b46035cd92a641e3b184f6), these methods adjust the `alpha` value of the view and update the `isHidden` flag accordingly.
##### Properties
###### – `gradientColors: [UIColor]`
This property adjusts the gradient colors shown on the loading bar.
###### – `progressAnimationDuration: TimeInterval`
This property adjusts the duration of the animation moving the gradient from left to right.
*To see all these screenshots in a real app, please have a look at the **example application**. For further customization you can also subclass `GradientLoadingBar` and overwrite the method `setupConstraints()`.*
#### GradientLoadingBarView
This is the SwiftUI variant for the `GradientActivityIndicatorView`. The view can be configured via the two parameters `gradientColors: [Color]` and `progressDuration: TimeInterval` passed to the initializer.
##### – `gradientColors: [Color]` :
This parameter adjusts the gradient colors shown on the loading bar.
##### – `progressDuration: TimeInterval` :
This parameter adjusts the duration of the animation moving the gradient from left to right.
The visibility of the view can be updated with the view modifier [`opacity()`](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view/opacity(_:)) or [`hidden()`](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view/hidden()).
To animate the visibility changes you need to create a property with the `@State` property wrapper, and update the value from a [`withAnimation`](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/withanimation(_:_:)) block, e.g.
```swift
struct ExampleView: some View {
@State
private var isVisible = false
var body: some View {
VStack {
GradientLoadingBarView()
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: 3)
.cornerRadius(1.5)
.opacity(isVisible ? 1 : 0)
Button("Toggle visibility") {
withAnimation(.easeInOut) {
isVisible.toggle()
}
}
}
}
}
```
### Troubleshooting
#### Interface Builder Support
Unfortunately the Interface Builder support is currently broken for Cocoapods frameworks. If you need Interface Builder support, add the following code to your Podfile and run `pod install` again. Afterwards you should be able to use the `GradientLoadingBar` inside the Interface Builder :)
```
post_install do |installer|
installer.pods_project.build_configurations.each do |config|
next unless config.name == 'Debug'
config.build_settings['LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS'] = [
'$(FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS)'
]
end
end
```
Source: [Cocoapods – Issue 7606](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/7606#issuecomment-484294739)
### Author
Felix Mau (me(@)felix.hamburg)
### License
GradientLoadingBar is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.
[example]: Assets/screen.gif
[basic-example]: Assets/basic-example.png
[basic-example--thumbnail]: Assets/basic-example--thumbnail.png
[safe-area-example]: Assets/safe-area-example.png
[safe-area-example--thumbnail]: Assets/safe-area-example--thumbnail.png
[notch-example]: Assets/notch-example.png
[notch-example--thumbnail]: Assets/notch-example--thumbnail.png
[navigation-bar-example]: Assets/navigation-bar-example.png
[navigation-bar-example--thumbnail]: Assets/navigation-bar-example--thumbnail.png
[advanced-example]: Assets/advanced-example.png
[advanced-example--thumbnail]: Assets/advanced-example--thumbnail.png