How can I show alertview with activity indicator?

NOTE: This solution won't work on iOS 7 and above.

This is my take on it:

alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Submitting Entry"                                       message:@"\n"                                      delegate:self                             cancelButtonTitle:nil                             otherButtonTitles:nil];UIActivityIndicatorView *spinner = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc] initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleWhiteLarge];   spinner.center = CGPointMake(139.5, 75.5); // .5 so it doesn't blur[alertView addSubview:spinner];[spinner startAnimating];[alertView show];

and dismiss in code using:

[alertView dismissWithClickedButtonIndex:0 animated:YES];

This works on iOS 7

addSubView doesn't work on UIAlertView in iOS 7 and above. Try this instead

UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Loading data" message:nil delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles: nil];UIActivityIndicatorView *indicator = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc] initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleGray];[indicator startAnimating];[alertView setValue:indicator forKey:@"accessoryView"];[alertView show];

and to dismiss it

[alertView dismissWithClickedButtonIndex:0 animated:YES];

you can add a label and activityindicator as subviews of your alert view. you have to do some thing like this

myAlertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Loading" message:@"\n\n"                                        delegate:self                               cancelButtonTitle:@""                               otherButtonTitles:@"OK", nil];  UIActivityIndicatorView *loading = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc]                initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleGray];   loading.frame=CGRectMake(150, 150, 16, 16);[myAlertView addSubview:loading];[myAlertView show];

..better to use a UIActionSheet in this situation...