SwiftUI How can I add an activity indicator in WKWebView? - swiftui

Question

How can I add an activity indicator in WKWebView which will display the indicator while the webpage is loading and disappears when loaded ?
I've looked at some of the old posts but could not figure out how to do it in SwiftUI
see link to one of the old solutions below
How to add Activity Indicator to WKWebView (Swift 3)

Answer 1

Use UIViewRepresentable to create a UIActivityIndicatorView:
You control when an activity indicator animates by calling the startAnimating() and stopAnimating() methods. To automatically hide the activity indicator when animation stops, set the hidesWhenStopped property to true.
You can set the color of the activity indicator by using the color property.
struct ActivityIndicatorView: UIViewRepresentable {
#Binding var isAnimating: Bool
let style: UIActivityIndicatorView.Style
func makeUIView(context: UIViewRepresentableContext<ActivityIndicatorView>) -> UIActivityIndicatorView {
return UIActivityIndicatorView(style: style)
}
func updateUIView(_ uiView: UIActivityIndicatorView, context: UIViewRepresentableContext<ActivityIndicatorView>) {
isAnimating ? uiView.startAnimating() : uiView.stopAnimating()
}
}
Create a LoadingView to allow you to wrap around your views:
This allows you to style the activity views content.
struct LoadingView<Content>: View where Content: View {
#Binding var isShowing: Bool
var content: () -> Content
var body: some View {
GeometryReader { geometry in
ZStack(alignment: .center) {
self.content()
.disabled(self.isShowing)
.blur(radius: self.isShowing ? 3 : 0)
VStack {
Text("Loading...")
ActivityIndicatorView(isAnimating: .constant(true), style: .large)
}
.frame(width: geometry.size.width / 2, height: geometry.size.height / 5)
.background(Color.secondary.colorInvert())
.foregroundColor(Color.red)
.cornerRadius(20)
.opacity(self.isShowing ? 1 : 0)
}
}
}
}
If you want to be able to update the LoadingView(...) status you'll need to introduce a view model that inherits from ObservableObject:
Based on this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/58825642/264802
class WebViewModel: ObservableObject {
#Published var url: String
#Published var isLoading: Bool = true
init (url: String) {
self.url = url
}
}
struct WebView: UIViewRepresentable {
#ObservedObject var viewModel: WebViewModel
let webView = WKWebView()
func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator {
Coordinator(self.viewModel)
}
class Coordinator: NSObject, WKNavigationDelegate {
private var viewModel: WebViewModel
init(_ viewModel: WebViewModel) {
self.viewModel = viewModel
}
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, didFinish navigation: WKNavigation!) {
self.viewModel.isLoading = false
}
}
func updateUIView(_ uiView: UIView, context: UIViewRepresentableContext<WebView>) { }
func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UIView {
self.webView.navigationDelegate = context.coordinator
if let url = URL(string: self.viewModel.url) {
self.webView.load(URLRequest(url: url))
}
return self.webView
}
}
Then to use it inside your views you would do the following:
struct ContentView: View {
#StateObject var model = WebViewModel(url: "http://www.google.com")
var body: some View {
LoadingView(isShowing: self.$model.isLoading) {
WebView(viewModel: self.model)
}
}
}

Answer 2

Using 3 Steps I do it in my project.
Step 1: Create a Loading View
import SwiftUI
import UIKit
struct ActivityIndicatorView: UIViewRepresentable {
#Binding var isAnimating: Bool
let style: UIActivityIndicatorView.Style
func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UIActivityIndicatorView {
return UIActivityIndicatorView(style: style)
}
func updateUIView(_ uiView: UIActivityIndicatorView, context: Context) {
isAnimating ? uiView.startAnimating() : uiView.stopAnimating()
}
}
// Main View
struct LoadingView<Content>: View where Content: View {
#Binding var isShowing: Bool
let message: String
var content: () -> Content
var body: some View {
GeometryReader { geometry in
ZStack(alignment: .center) {
self.content()
.disabled(self.isShowing)
.blur(radius: self.isShowing ? 3 : 0)
VStack {
Text(self.message)
.bold()
ActivityIndicatorView(isAnimating: .constant(true), style: .large)
}
.frame(width: geometry.size.width / 2,
height: geometry.size.height / 5)
.background(Color.secondary.colorInvert())
.foregroundColor(Color.primary)
.cornerRadius(20)
.opacity(self.isShowing ? 1 : 0)
}
}
}
}
// Mark: Testing
struct LoadingIndicator: View {
var body: some View {
LoadingView(isShowing: .constant(true), message: "Loading...") {
NavigationView {
List(["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"], id: \.self) { row in
Text(row)
}.navigationBarTitle(Text("A List"), displayMode: .large)
}
}
}
}
struct ActivityIndicatorView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
LoadingIndicator()
}
}
Step 2: Create a WebView and WebViewModel
import SwiftUI
import WebKit
class WebViewModel: ObservableObject {
#Published var isLoading: Bool = false
}
struct WebView: UIViewRepresentable {
#ObservedObject var webViewModel: WebViewModel
let urlString: String
func makeUIView(context: Context) -> WKWebView {
let wkWebView = WKWebView()
if let url = URL(string: urlString) {
let urlRequest = URLRequest(url: url)
wkWebView.load(urlRequest)
}
return wkWebView
}
func updateUIView(_ wkWebView: WKWebView, context: Context) {
// do nothing
}
class Coordinator: NSObject, WKNavigationDelegate {
let webViewModel: WebViewModel
init(_ webViewModel: WebViewModel) {
self.webViewModel = webViewModel
}
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, didStartProvisionalNavigation navigation: WKNavigation!) {
webViewModel.isLoading = true
}
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, didFinish navigation: WKNavigation!) {
webViewModel.isLoading = false
}
}
func makeCoordinator() -> WebView.Coordinator {
Coordinator(webViewModel)
}
}
struct WebView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
WebView(webViewModel: WebViewModel(),
urlString: "https://instagram.com/mahmudahsan/")
}
}
Step 3: In your main view use the following code to show indicator and webview
ZStack {
WebView(webViewModel: webViewModel, urlString: "http://ithinkdiff.net")
.frame(height: 1000)
if webViewModel.isLoading {
LoadingView(isShowing: .constant(true), message: "Loading...") {
EmptyView()
}
}
}