help with show the Network Activity Indicator ( like spinning wheel in the iOS status bar)

[Alessandro P]

hello everyone i ve just sitched from iOs and i m impressed how good android is in every aspect just one stupid thing i miss from ios : show the Network Activity Indicator (spinning wheel in the iOS status bar) can someone suggest me some app to get what i want thanks!

 

[douglerner]

hello everyone i ve just sitched from iOs and i m impressed how good android is in every aspect just one stupid thing i miss from ios : show the Network Activity Indicator (spinning wheel in the iOS status bar) can someone suggest me some app to get what i want thanks!

I first had the same impression, and thought this went to iOS, because on my iPhone and iPad I can tell if an app (e.g. MyFitnessPal or Flipboard) is updating because there is a standard network activity indicator at the top - a little whirling circle. On my Nexus 7 (2013 model - not sure about the 2012 model) I didn't see anything similar, so was wondering if things had updated or not.

But it was there - just more subtle than in iOS. Instead of a stand-alone separate indicator, it's embedded in the wifi signal strength indicator. A blinking up arrow shows upload activity and a blinking down arrow shows download activity.

So now I'm giving this one to the Nexus because there is actually more information than the single indicator in iOS. See if the 2012 model is showing the same thing. It's easy to overlook at first.

doug