Android ProgressBar setIndeterminateDrawable()

Question

I'm trying to change a progress bar's indeterminate drawable on an event. When calling

mProgressBar.setIndeterminateDrawable(drawable);

The progress has no background. The drawable is valid and works if I set it in XML. Any idea's on how to fix this issue?

Answer 1

Looking at the ProgressBar source code, it looks like setIndeterminateDrawable doesn't call updateDrawableBounds so you'll have to manually set the bounds on your new drawable.

Answer 2

After setting new drawable, we have to set its bounds.

Drawable drawable = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.your_new_custom_drawable);
Rect bounds = progress.getIndeterminateDrawable().getBounds(); // re-use bounds from current drawable
progress.setIndeterminateDrawable(drawable); // set new drawable
progress.getIndeterminateDrawable().setBounds(bounds); // set bounds to new drawable

Answer 3

After setIndeterminateDrawable() you must call requestLayout()

Ex:

progressBar.setIndeterminateDrawable(yourDrawable)
progressBar.requestLayout();

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