Table of Contents

• AALoaders
  • Description
  • Demonstration
  • Requirements
• Installation
  • CocoaPods
  • Carthage
  • Manual Installation
• Getting Started
  • AANavigationLoader
  • AAButtonLoader
  • AAImageLoader
  • AADialogLoader
• Contributions & License

#AALoaders

##Description

AALoaders is a lightweight, easy-to-use and powerful progress view loaders framework, written in Swift. It uses simple native elements for progress loading with customisations and allow to use without creating instance.

##Demonstration

It includes four type of loading views as follows:

• AANavigationLoader
• AAButtonLoader
• AAImageLoader
• AADialogLoader

To run the example project, clone the repo, and run pod install from the Example directory first.

##Requirements

• iOS 8.0+
• Xcode 8.0+
• Swift 3+

Installation

AALoaders can be installed using CocoaPods, Carthage, or manually.

##CocoaPods

AALoaders is available through CocoaPods. To install CocoaPods, run:

$ gem install cocoapods

Then create a Podfile with the following contents:

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '8.0'
use_frameworks!

target '<Your Target Name>' do
pod 'AALoaders'
end

Finally, run the following command to install it:

$ pod install

##Carthage

To install Carthage, run (using Homebrew):

$ brew update
$ brew install carthage

Then add the following line to your Cartfile:

github "EngrAhsanAli/AALoaders" "master"

Then import the library in all files where you use it:

import AALoaders

##Manual Installation

If you prefer not to use either of the above mentioned dependency managers, you can integrate AALoaders into your project manually by adding the files contained in the Classes folder to your project.

#Getting Started

##AANavigationLoader

AANavigationLoader is basically UIProgressView bar loading in UINavigationController with options for customization.

AANavigationOptions can be configured using following types:

AANavigationOptions	Types	Description
maxProgress	Float	Max progress value allowed for animation
barHeight	CGFloat	UIProgressView bar height (1.0 to 5.0)
barProgressColor	UIColor	UIProgressView bar progress color
barBackgroundColor	UIColor	UIProgressView bar tracking color
progressStep	Float	Progress animation step (0.05 to 0.0025)

Usage:

let options = AANavigationOptions()
// Configure options
//
//
//

// Show loader with options
self.navigationController?.aa_showLoader(options)
// Show loader without options
self.navigationController?.aa_showLoader()
// Cancel loader
self.navigationController?.aa_hideLoader(true)
// Complete loader
self.navigationController?.aa_hideLoader(false)

##AAButtonLoader

AAButtonLoader is basically UIActivityIndicatorView loading in UIButton with options for customization.

AAButtonOptions can be configured using following types:

AAButtonOptions	Types	Description
color	UIColor?	Activity indicator color
position	LoaderPosition?	Activity indicator position in UIButton

LoaderPosition has following types:

• left
• right
• before
• after
• middle

Usage:

let options = AAButtonOptions()
// Configure options
//
//
//

// Toggle loader with options
self.button.aa_toggleLoader(options)
// Toggle loader without options
self.button.aa_toggleLoader()

##AAImageLoader

AAImageLoader is basically UIActivityIndicatorView loading with downloading from given HTTP URL in UIImageView with options for customization.

AAImageOptions can be configured using following types:

AAImageOptions	Types	Description
color	UIColor	Activity indicator color

Usage:

let options = AAImageOptions()
// Configure options
//
//
//

// Set image with options
self.imageView.aa_setImage(string: <URL_HERE>, withOptions: options)
// Set image without options
self.imageView.aa_setImage(string: <URL_HERE>)

##AADialogLoader

AADialogLoader is basically UIActivityIndicatorView loading with title and message in UIAlertController and options for customization.

AADialogOptions can be configured using following types:

AADialogOptions	Types	Description
title	String?	Title string
message	String?	Message string
titleAttributes	Dictionary<String, Any>?	Title attributes
messageAttributes	Dictionary<String, Any>?	Message attributes
loaderColor	UIColor?	Activity indicator color
cancelColor	UIColor?	Cancel button color
cornerRadius	CGFloat?	Corner radius
borderWidth	CGFloat?	Border width
borderColor	UIColor?	Border color
shadowColor	UIColor?	Shadow color
blurEffect	UIBlurEffectStyle?	UIBlurEffectStyle style
backgroundColor	UIColor?	Background color

Usage:

let options = AADialogOptions()
// Configure options
//
//
//

// Show dialog with options
self.aa_showLoader(deadline: dismissTime, options: options, withCancel: "Cancel")
// Show dialog without options
self.aa_showLoader(deadline: dismissTime)
// Show dialog without deadline
self.aa_showLoader()

#Contributions & License

AALoaders is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.

Pull requests are welcome! The best contributions will consist of substitutions or configurations for classes/methods known to block the main thread during a typical app lifecycle.

I would love to know if you are using AALoaders in your app, send an email to Engr. Ahsan Ali