How to create 'Horizontal style' progress bar programmatically in Android?

Question

I am creating a ProgressBar in my app programmatically it is of SPIN style by default however I want it in HORIZONTAL style. I don't see any method/constant to achieve this.

And I don't want to use ProgressDialog as it'd be inconsistent with my App UI theme.

Any suggestions please?

you haven't read this http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html — MKJParekh, Jan 04 '12 at 13:16
that explains ProgressDialog while I am appending ProgressBar directly in my view. It appears but not in Horizontal style. Please correct me if I missed anything in the link you suggested. — iuq, Jan 04 '12 at 13:24
I think there is something titled under **"Showing a progress bar"** can help you. — MKJParekh, Jan 04 '12 at 13:27
that article explains about ProgressDialog but not ProgressBar — waqaslam, Jan 04 '12 at 14:50

score 92 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 04 '12 at 13:25

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use this:

ProgressBar pb = new ProgressBar(context,
                                 null, 
                                 android.R.attr.progressBarStyleHorizontal);

edited Jan 04 '12 at 13:25

MKJParekh

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answered Jan 04 '12 at 13:24

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this works when we initialize it. How can we do it afterwards? How can we change the style online? – tasomaniac Jan 07 '13 at 11:58
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you cannot change view's `Style` once it is initialized. – waqaslam Jan 07 '13 at 12:22

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 06 '14 at 13:10

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If you are using a ProgressDialog then, here is a way to change the style of the progressBar in the ProgressDialog.

mProgressDialog.setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_HORIZONTAL);

answered May 06 '14 at 13:10

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How to create 'Horizontal style' progress bar programmatically in Android?

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