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Asked: 2026-05-20T12:40:12+00:00

I’ve read a lot here about misusage of UIAlertView and the fact that Apple

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I’ve read a lot here about misusage of UIAlertView and the fact that Apple may reject an app where UIAlertView is overused.

In my app I’m writing I have to update data rarely via online request and recalculating internal data structures. While this is in effect and running in a second thread I don’t want that the user touches the GUI and the app’s current settings etc. So I decided to show an UIAlertView with UIActivityIndicator and a UIProgessView for some seconds which is dismissed automatically when background work is done.

Do you think that it is a reason against HIG rules? If so do you have suggestions for good practice on this kind of work flow?

Cheers,
Konran

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  1. Editorial Team

    Instead of a UIAlertView, I’d use MBProgressHUD. It looks nicer and has a built in activity indicator. Apple uses a similar component in some of their apps.

    https://github.com/matej/MBProgressHUD

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