iPad - iPhone Large UIActivityIndicatorView

Question

I need to make a large spinner (with grey style, about 80x80px) but it looks low quality. Is there a way to make it high quality or to replace the animated image?

Answer 1

It can't be done using UIActivityIndicatorView. you can however write your own subclass of UIView using an UIImageView and some simple animation to do this for you.

Answer 2

Actually, you can set the indicator style of your UIActivityIndicatorView to Large White, and then in code do this:

// Objective-C
[myActivityView setColor:[UIColor grayColor]];
// Swift 4.0
myActivityView.color = .grayColor

Answer 3

Swift 2.0 Solution

myActivityView.activityIndicatorViewStyle = UIActivityIndicatorViewStyle.WhiteLarge
myActivityView.color = UIColor.grayColor()

Answer 4

Swift 3

extension UIActivityIndicatorView {
    func makeLargeGray() {
        activityIndicatorViewStyle = .whiteLarge
        color = .gray
    }
}

Answer 5

Swift 4.2

extension UIActivityIndicatorView {
    func makeLargeGray() {
        style = .whiteLarge
        color = .gray
    }
}

Answer 6

A useful project that you can start off with is MBProgressHUD.

Answer 7

You could try something like:

activityIndicator.transform = CGAffineTransform(scaleX: 1.3, y: 1.3)

However, if you make it big enough, you'll be able to see the pixels...