Fermin, Anthony +1. Thanks to all, you gave me the part of answer.
My final solution:
1.Create or generate (free Ajax loading gif generator) animation and add it to project.
2.Create ResponseCallback interface (see Coderholic - Blackberry WebBitmapField) to receive thread execution result:
public interface ResponseCallback {
public void callback(String data);
}
3.Create a class to handle your background thread job. In my case it was http request:
public class HttpConnector
{
static public void HttpGetStream(final String fileToGet,
final ResponseCallback msgs) {
Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
HttpConnection hc = null;
DataInputStream din = null;
try {
hc = (HttpConnection) Connector.open("http://" + fileToGet);
hc.setRequestMethod(HttpsConnection.GET);
din = hc.openDataInputStream();
ByteVector bv = new ByteVector();
int i = din.read();
while (-1 != i) {
bv.addElement((byte) i);
i = din.read();
}
final String response = new String(bv.toArray(), "UTF-8");
UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeLater(
new Runnable() {
public void run() {
msgs.callback(response);
}
});
}
catch (final Exception e) {
UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeLater(
new Runnable() {
public void run() {
msgs.callback("Exception (" + e.getClass() + "): "
+ e.getMessage());
}
});
}
finally {
try {
din.close();
din = null;
hc.close();
hc = null;
}
catch (Exception e) {
}
}
}
});
t.start();
}
}
4.Create WaitScreen (a hybrid of FullScreen and AnimatedGIFField with ResponseCallback interface):
public class WaitScreen extends FullScreen implements ResponseCallback
{
StartScreen startScreen;
private GIFEncodedImage _image;
private int _currentFrame;
private int _width, _height, _xPos, _yPos;
private AnimatorThread _animatorThread;
public WaitScreen(StartScreen startScreen) {
super(new VerticalFieldManager(), Field.NON_FOCUSABLE);
setBackground(
BackgroundFactory.createSolidTransparentBackground(
Color.WHITE, 100));
this.startScreen = startScreen;
EncodedImage encImg =
GIFEncodedImage.getEncodedImageResource("ajax-loader.gif");
GIFEncodedImage img = (GIFEncodedImage) encImg;
// Store the image and it's dimensions.
_image = img;
_width = img.getWidth();
_height = img.getHeight();
_xPos = (Display.getWidth() - _width) >> 1;
_yPos = (Display.getHeight() - _height) >> 1;
// Start the animation thread.
_animatorThread = new AnimatorThread(this);
_animatorThread.start();
UiApplication.getUiApplication().pushScreen(this);
}
protected void paint(Graphics graphics) {
super.paint(graphics);
// Draw the animation frame.
graphics
.drawImage(_xPos, _yPos, _image
.getFrameWidth(_currentFrame), _image
.getFrameHeight(_currentFrame), _image,
_currentFrame, 0, 0);
}
protected void onUndisplay() {
_animatorThread.stop();
}
private class AnimatorThread extends Thread {
private WaitScreen _theField;
private boolean _keepGoing = true;
private int _totalFrames, _loopCount, _totalLoops;
public AnimatorThread(WaitScreen _theScreen) {
_theField = _theScreen;
_totalFrames = _image.getFrameCount();
_totalLoops = _image.getIterations();
}
public synchronized void stop() {
_keepGoing = false;
}
public void run() {
while (_keepGoing) {
// Invalidate the field so that it is redrawn.
UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeAndWait(
new Runnable() {
public void run() {
_theField.invalidate();
}
});
try {
// Sleep for the current frame delay before
// the next frame is drawn.
sleep(_image.getFrameDelay(_currentFrame) * 10);
} catch (InterruptedException iex) {
} // Couldn't sleep.
// Increment the frame.
++_currentFrame;
if (_currentFrame == _totalFrames) {
// Reset back to frame 0
// if we have reached the end.
_currentFrame = 0;
++_loopCount;
// Check if the animation should continue.
if (_loopCount == _totalLoops) {
_keepGoing = false;
}
}
}
}
}
public void callback(String data) {
startScreen.updateScreen(data);
UiApplication.getUiApplication().popScreen(this);
}
}
5.In the end, create Start screen to call HttpConnector.HttpGetStream and to show WaitScreen:
public class StartScreen extends MainScreen
{
public RichTextField text;
WaitScreen msgs;
public StartScreen() {
text = new RichTextField();
this.add(text);
}
protected void makeMenu(Menu menu, int instance) {
menu.add(runWait);
super.makeMenu(menu, instance);
}
MenuItem runWait = new MenuItem("wait", 1, 1) {
public void run() {
UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeLater(
new Runnable() {
public void run() {
getFile();
}
});
}
};
public void getFile() {
msgs = new WaitScreen(this);
HttpConnector.HttpGetStream(
"stackoverflow.com/faq", msgs);
}
//you should implement this method to use callback data on the screen.
public void updateScreen(String data)
{
text.setText(data);
}
}
UPDATE: another solution naviina.eu: A Web2.0/Ajax-style loading popup in a native BlackBerry application
