MBProgressHUD dismissal

Question

I have a MBProgressHUD that shows when data is being pulled on the background asynchronously. Sometimes when the network is slow this will take forever. So as of now I am just hiding it after 30 seconds if it hasn't been dismissed. What is a good way to dismiss this HUD for a slow network connection?

Answer 1

I would say that the best solution is probably to keep the HUD up the whole time the data is loading so that the user knows that something is happening, and perhaps give them an option to cancel it if that is appropriate for your app. Alternatively, if it is possible for you to load and display the data piecemeal (i.e. before you have the entire set of data), then you should just display the HUD until you have enough data that you can start displaying something in the UI that the user can interact with.

Basically, what you want to avoid is a situation where it could appear to the user that nothing is happening and the UI is essentially blank with nothing for them to do.

Answer 2

Implement MBProgressHUD delegate

it will be called every time whether if it is fast or slow network connection,In case of slow network connection there will be a time out and this delegate will be fired,remove the hud from the superview in this delegate

-(void)hudWasHidden
{
    [HUD removeFromSuperview];

}