Web and WebWorks Development

[zahirw]

The app I'm developing loads all its content into a local sqllite db using xmlhttp requests. As you can imagine, this takes awhile depending on the network.

I'd like to show users a native 'Loading..' Msg + spinner while sending the requests & a 'Updating...' Msg while updating the sql db.

How can this be achieved?

[rorybarnes]

Probably best to load a stylized <div> with your loading message + spinner and remove it when your data is done loading.

[zahirw]

No way to use the default native dialog with the spinner?

[rorybarnes]

Not sure, never tried it. I don't think WebWorks has access to a native dialog like that.

[zahirw]

That's too bad, wouldve been perfect.

Thanks anyway

[astanley]

If you are referring to a Java UI control. they can be invoked from a WebWorks app, however you will need to wrap that call as a JavaScript extension.  

Here is our repo of community extensions, including a getting-started template:

https://github.com/blackberry/WebWorks-Community-APIs

[zahirw]

Thanks for the link. Could you be more specific as to what section I should use?

What I want to acheive is the loading spinner + msg when the app performs certain activities such as, logging in a user, loading new content etc.

Would you have a sample code?