Displaying download Progress in iOS status bar

Question

I would like to display the download progress in the iOS status bar the same way android does. I know we can show the activity indicator but I was thinking

Answer 1

You cannot display download progress in the iOS status bar. The iOS Human Interface Guidelines for Progress Indicators shows some alternatives: https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/controls/progress-indicators/

A brief summary of the options:

1. Display a spinner using a UIActivityIndicatorView.
2. Display a progress bar with UIProgressView.
3. Show the network activity indicator in the status bar.

You can also roll your own implementations of the spinner or progress bar, or use one of many third-party frameworks.

Hope that helps!