Question

a progess bar does not come up on the screen with the follow code. why?

protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
        super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);

        ProgressBar pBar = new ProgressBar(this, null, android.R.attr.progressBarStyleSmall);
        pBar.setLeft(5);
        pBar.setTop(5);
        pBar.setIndeterminate(true);
        pBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        pBar.bringToFront();

Answer 1

its looks like you actually want ProgressDialog

but if you actually do want to use ProgressBar you need to add it to the current view with addView(view)

hope this helps -ck