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LoadingIndicator

Jetpack Compose loading indicator components for displaying loading state.

Android

Included in Expo Go

GitHub

npm

Changelog

Recommended version:

~58.0.0

Expo UI Loading Indicators match the official Jetpack Compose Loading Indicator API.

Default and contained loading indicators in indeterminate mode

Installation

Terminal

- npx expo install @expo/ui

- yarn expo install @expo/ui

- pnpm expo install @expo/ui

- bun expo install @expo/ui

If you are installing this in an existing React Native app, make sure to install expo in your project.

Usage

Loading indicator

A morphing-shape loading animation from Material 3 Expressive.

LoadingIndicatorExample.tsx

import { Host, LoadingIndicator } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';

export default function LoadingIndicatorExample() {
  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <LoadingIndicator />
    </Host>
  );
}

Contained loading indicator

A loading indicator inside a colored background.

ContainedLoadingIndicatorExample.tsx

import {
  Host,
  ContainedLoadingIndicator,
} from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';

export default function ContainedLoadingIndicatorExample() {
  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <ContainedLoadingIndicator />
    </Host>
  );
}

Indeterminate

Omit the progress prop to animate continuously without indicating a specific completion level.

IndeterminateExample.tsx

import {
  ContainedLoadingIndicator,
  Host,
  LoadingIndicator,
  Row,
} from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';

export default function IndeterminateExample() {
  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <Row horizontalArrangement={{ spacedBy: 16 }}>
        <LoadingIndicator />
        <ContainedLoadingIndicator />
      </Row>
    </Host>
  );
}

Determinate

Pass an observable state from useNativeState as progress. Update progress.value between 0 and 1.

DeterminateExample.tsx

import {
  ContainedLoadingIndicator,
  Host,
  LoadingIndicator,
  Row,
  useNativeState,
} from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';
import { useEffect } from 'react';

export default function DeterminateExample() {
  const progress = useNativeState(0);

  useEffect(() => {
    const interval = setInterval(() => {
      progress.value = (progress.value + 0.05) % 1;
    }, 500);
    return () => clearInterval(interval);
  }, [progress]);

  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <Row horizontalArrangement={{ spacedBy: 16 }}>
        <LoadingIndicator progress={progress} />
        <ContainedLoadingIndicator progress={progress} />
      </Row>
    </Host>
  );
}

API

import {
  LoadingIndicator,
  ContainedLoadingIndicator,
} from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';

Components

`ContainedLoadingIndicator`

Android

Type: React.Element<ComponentType<ContainedLoadingIndicatorProps>>

A loading indicator that displays loading using morphing shapes inside a container.

Matches the Jetpack Compose ContainedLoadingIndicator.

Common props shared by loading indicator variants.

ContainedLoadingIndicatorProps

`containerColor`

Android

Optional • Type: ColorValue

Loading indicator's container color

Inherited props

LoadingIndicatorCommonConfig

`LoadingIndicator`

Android

Type: React.Element<ComponentType<LoadingIndicatorCommonConfig>>

A loading indicator that displays loading using morphing shapes.

Matches the Jetpack Compose LoadingIndicator.

Types

`LoadingIndicatorCommonConfig`

Android

Common props shared by loading indicator variants.

Property	Type	Description
color(optional)	`ColorValue`	Loading indicator color.
modifiers(optional)	`ModifierConfig[]`	Modifiers for the component.
progress(optional)	`ObservableState<number \| null>`	An observable state that holds the current progress value. Create one with `useNativeState(0)`. Omit for indeterminate loading.

`ObservableState`

Android

Observable state shared between JavaScript and native views (Jetpack Compose on Android and SwiftUI on iOS).

Type: SharedObject extended by:

Property	Type	Description
onChange	`[listener] \| null`	A single listener invoked on the native UI runtime whenever the value changes (after iOS `didSet` and Android's setter). Assigning replaces the previous listener; assign `null` to clear. The initial value does not fire `onChange`. The callback must be a worklet so it can run synchronously on the UI thread. Attach it inside `useEffect` and clear it in the cleanup so the listener lifecycle matches the component lifecycle. Example `const state = useNativeState(0); useEffect(() => { state.onChange = (value) => { 'worklet'; console.log('changed to', value); }; }, []);`
value	`T`	The current value. Writes from a UI worklet are synchronous and immediately readable. Writes from the JS thread are scheduled to the UI thread asynchronously, the new value is not readable until the update has been applied. Prefer writing from a worklet when you need synchronous updates
get	`() => T`	Reads the current value. A React Compiler compliant alternative to reading `.value`
set	`(value: T) => void`	Writes a new value. A React Compiler-compliant alternative to assigning `.value`