ActivityIndicator

The .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) ActivityIndicator displays an animation to show that the application is engaged in a lengthy activity. Unlike ProgressBar, ActivityIndicator gives no indication of progress.

The appearance of an ActivityIndicator is platform-dependent, and the following screenshot shows an ActivityIndicator on Android:

ActivityIndicator defines the following properties:

• Color is a Color value that defines the color of the ActivityIndicator.
• IsRunning is a bool value that indicates whether the ActivityIndicator should be visible and animating, or hidden. The default value of this property is false, which indicates that the ActivityIndicator isn't visible.

These properties are backed by BindableProperty objects, which means that they can be targets of data bindings, and styled.

Create an ActivityIndicator

To indicate a lengthy activity, create an ActivityIndicator object and sets its properties to define its appearance.

The following XAML example shows how to display an ActivityIndicator:

<ActivityIndicator IsRunning="true" />

The equivalent C# code is:

ActivityIndicator activityIndicator = new ActivityIndicator { IsRunning = true };

The following XAML example shows how to change the color of an ActivityIndicator:

<ActivityIndicator IsRunning="true"
                   Color="Orange" />

The equivalent C# code is:

ActivityIndicator activityIndicator = new ActivityIndicator
{
    IsRunning = true,
    Color = Colors.Orange
};