UIActivityIndicatorView not appearing in Subview - ios

So previously in my application, I had an UIActivityIndicatorView for processes that let the User know that something is loading. I wanted to add a layer of text to inform the user such as signing up,retrieving data, etc. I created a UIView, set it's frame to be in the center of the screen, than my hope was to create the UIActivityIndicatorView in the center and the UILabel in the bottom fourth. My label appears as planned, however now my UIActivityIndicatorView does not appear anymore so I'm curious to as why. I have made sure that the UIActivityIndicatorView is white so it's visible against the black background color and checked other common pitfalls. It seems I'm not understanding something and I was curious if someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks
/*Create the UIView that will serve as the frame to our label and activity view*/
UIView *indicatorFrame=[[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(self.view.frame.size.width/2-50, (self.view.frame.size.height-self.navigationController.navigationBar.frame.size.height-self.tabBarController.tabBar.frame.size.height)/2.0-50, 100, 100)];
indicatorFrame.backgroundColor=[UIColor blackColor];
indicatorFrame.layer.borderColor=[[UIColor whiteColor]CGColor];
indicatorFrame.layer.borderWidth=2.0f;
indicatorFrame.layer.cornerRadius=10.0f;
indicatorFrame.layer.masksToBounds=YES;
[self.view addSubview:indicatorFrame];
/*Create activity indicator*/
UIActivityIndicatorView *spinner=[[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc]initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleWhiteLarge];
[spinner setCenter:CGPointMake(indicatorFrame.frame.size.width/2.0,indicatorFrame.frame
.size.height/2)];
[indicatorFrame addSubview:spinner];
/*Create Text Label to be added to the indicatorFrame*/
UILabel *indicatorViewText=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5,indicatorFrame.frame.size.height/2,indicatorFrame.frame.size.width-5,30)];
[indicatorViewText setCenter:CGPointMake(indicatorFrame.frame.size.width/2,(indicatorFrame.frame.size.height)*3/4)];
indicatorViewText.text=#"Logging In";
indicatorViewText.font=[UIFont fontWithName:#"Georgia" size:18];
indicatorViewText.numberOfLines=1;
indicatorViewText.textColor=[UIColor whiteColor];
indicatorViewText.textAlignment=NSTextAlignmentCenter;
indicatorViewText.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth=YES;
[indicatorFrame addSubview:indicatorViewText];
[spinner startAnimating];

Tried your code and it works without a problem. Your problem could be somewhere else in the rest of your view controller.
Your codes' output http://i.imgur.com/6i5zxBP.png
However, the only change i did is to make the text visible by settings its background color to clear color.
My personal opinion however, is to use a library like MBProgressHUD or JGProgressHUD. They cut down your code drastically and you do not have to worry about these kind of problems.

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Here's what the sequence looks like on 4.7" iPhone, the red box indicates the image I'm talking about:
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I'm pretty sure the issue is with
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But I'm not sure how to resolve this.
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I'm facing a strange request by my client.
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Thanks,
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I apologize if this question is very basic. I have been googling around but can't seem to find the api/reference for a drop down alert banner/label (I do not know the proper term for this), therefore I am posting here.
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So here a my questions:
What is the proper term for this (alert banner? notification? label?)
I am trying accomplish similar functionality to what is shown in the image, so basically if any field is invalid, the "label/banner" expands from underneath the navigation bar with the message in it:
If this is just a UILabel, what is the simplest way of adding the expand animation?
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Check out my project - it might be just the thing you're looking for.
https://github.com/alobi/ALAlertBanner
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Is there a way to set the color of the activity indicator (probably UIActivityIndicatorView) of a UIRefreshControl?
I was able to set the color of the 'rubber' and the indicator:
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But I want to have the 'rubber' blue and the activity indicator white, is this possible?
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#implementation WhiteRefreshControl : UIRefreshControl
- (void)beginRefreshing
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[super beginRefreshing];
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If you investigate subviews of UIRefreshControl it turns out that it contains one subview, of class _UIRefreshControlDefaultContentView.
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UILabel
UIActivityIndicatorView
UIImageView
UIImageView
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No, that's not possible. You'll need to file an enhancement request to ask Apple to implement this.

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I'm building an application that needs an MPVolumeView to control the volume. It worked perfectly before iOS 5.1 but since the 5.1 update the thumb image is no longer vertically centered. I tried a few things like changing imagine dimensions, resizing my views (and slider) but nothing seems to work, the thumb is just not vertically centered anymore. The only way i get a centered thumb is if i use the default iOS one.
I tried adding a UISlider to another view with the exact min, max and thumb image and that one is centered fine.
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Maybe a better solution:
User a bigger image with a transparent border on the bottom. Should be around 10px for Retina Displays.
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