Create a loading animation while another layout is loading?

When I pressed button "Start the game" in my game ,it takes about 2 seconds to load the next layout. In that 2 seconds, the screen is frozen. While another layout is loading, all animations are stopped.

How can I create a loading sprite running while another layout is loading ?

Please help...

I have the same problem: But I also want to get rid of the freezing.

My short-term solution is the following:

If you click the play button (which directs you to a new layout), I display a loading image, then wait for 0.5sec (so the image has a chance to be displayed) and then call the 'go to layout' function.

Since the game is actually freezing the loading image can't be animated. But at least the player has some kind of feedback.

I tried to show "Loading..." text while waiting for Ashley to help us ...

try this tutorial

https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/533/fo ... ing-screen

try this tutorial

https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/533/fo ... ing-screen

Yes I considered that. But there are a few limitations with the loader layout, as mentioned in the tutorials.

"Loader layouts are not shown when publishing as native apps on mobile..."

" Loader layouts are only ever shown the very first time the game is being downloaded from the web..."

(source: https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/318/ho ... ng-screens)

Also: When switching to a layout that has quiet a lot to load, the engine freezes completely.