Gradient options about smoothprogressbar

[castorflex]

I'm not sure to understand what you want to do. Do you want to simply add a background? If yes, you can add a background to your ProgressBar (you will probably have to clip it though)

[derekcsm]

Hey thanks for the reply, I've asked this question on stack overflow if you'd like to take a look

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23019072/how-would-i-use-a-gradient-drawable-to-paint-this-canvas

I'm trying to make the solid colors in the indeterminate progress bar gradients, by using a gradient drawable, and I'm not sure how to make it work or if it would actually work.

Here is an example gif: http://bit.ly/1hyG5TF

[castorflex]

Are you talking about the generated background or the moving lines?

[derekcsm]

The moving lines

[derekcsm]

I'm thinking that something like this might work:

int x1 = 0, y1 = 0, x2 = 100,  y2 = 40;
Shader shader = new LinearGradient(x1, y1, x2, y2, Color.WHITE, Color.BLACK,
TileMode.CLAMP);
Paint paint = new Paint();
paint.setShader(shader);
canvas.drawRect(new RectF(x1, y1, x2, y2), paint);

[castorflex]

Do you mean something like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8y7f10F5lc

[derekcsm]

Wow amazing reply! was not expecting that, sadly no that's not what I'm looking for but it's close, is there any way of having the gradient move along the line?

Like shown in this gif: http://bit.ly/1hyG5TF

[derekcsm]

If it's not possible to have it move along the line could you please let me know how you got the gradient background shown in your video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8y7f10F5lc). I'm going to try using a transition drawable.

[castorflex]

Oh yes, now I see. I'll try to have a look this week end

[derekcsm]

I've actually had some luck using the shimmer library just by creating a custom font and overlaying it on top. It would be really cool to see some of of integration between the two libraries for that nice "shimmery" loading style.

Thanks again for the help!

TLDR; Gradient loading bars are the future :)

[castorflex]

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