iPhone Development - Non documented UIProgressHUD class

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I've only heard about what UIProgressHUD class do, but i cannot find the implementation of this class or any documentation. Reference to this class can be found in "The iPhone Developer's Cookbook 1st Edition" book, and other articles on the internet:

http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?UIProgressHUD

http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone/2008/02/using-a-progress-heads-up-disp.html

... and maybe others. I just want to know if i can still use this class somehow. Does anyone has the .h and .m class files? Or is there any other class that does something what UIProgressHUD is suppose to do (open an alert like window showing progress indicator with a message).

Thanks. Mustafa

As the class is part of UIKit (according to those pages), the .m file stays with Apple. All you would need, and all you would have access to if this were a public API (which it doesn't seem to be), is the .h file. — Peter Hosey, Jan 06 '09 at 11:08

Matej Bukovinski · Answer 1 · 2011-06-27T07:33:22.117

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I've created my own "progress HUD", the MBProgressHUD. I've recently published the code on my blog. If you want, you can check it out and see if it meets your needs.

You can find the code at: http://github.com/matej/MBProgressHUD

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answered Apr 08 '09 at 23:05

Matej Bukovinski

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Great! I'm collecting such reusable components on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/843167/is-there-a-gallery-of-reusable-iphone-components-on-the-web — I'll repost you link there in a day if you don't do it yourself. – Andrey Tarantsov May 09 '09 at 21:56

Peter Hosey · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-04T15:17:08.237

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Don't use private APIs. If you're lucky, Apple will approve your app, then change or remove the API in an OS update, angering your customers. If you're unlucky, Apple will reject your app.

On the Mac, you can get away with it (at least temporarily). On the iPhone, don't use private APIs, EVER.

Edit: And since this answer was originally written, Apple added an App Store to the Mac. Same rule applies there: If you want to distribute your app in the App Store, don't use private APIs, EVER.

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answered Jan 06 '09 at 11:03

Peter Hosey

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Don't cross the streams! It would be bad. – Genericrich Apr 08 '09 at 23:07
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Or one could argue that, if you are lucky, Apple will reject your app. :-) – Prof. Falken Feb 21 '11 at 10:43

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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I think UIProgressView is what you're supposed to use now.

http://www.iphonedevcentral.org/tutorials.php?page=ViewTutorial&id=43&uid=34167348

How to integrate NSURLConnection with UIProgressView?

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answered Jan 15 '09 at 03:41

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 07 '09 at 17:09

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At the moment, the only alternative is to roll your own, or find someone else who has done the same and is willing to share their code with you.

answered Jan 07 '09 at 17:09

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