Show ProgressBar for a certain time in Android

Question

I have to wait some seconds in my Android App and I want to show a progress bar during this time, how can I do this?

I tried for example this code:

    public boolean WaitTask() {

        pDialog = ProgressDialog.show(context,null, "Lädt..",true);
        new Thread() {
        public void run() {
            try{
                // just doing some long operation
                sleep(2000);
             } catch (Exception e) {  }
             pDialog.dismiss();
             }
         }.start();
        return true;
   }

But the progressbar closes immediately without waiting the two seconds. Where is my problem?

The progressbar should look like the activity circle showing in this site from Android Developers.

UPDATE The AsyncTask

private class WaitTime extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        super.onPreExecute();
        mDialog.show();
    }
    protected void onPostExecute() {
        mDialog.dismiss();
    }

@Override
protected void onCancelled() {
    mDialog.dismiss();
    super.onCancelled();
}

    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
        long delayInMillis = 2000;
        Timer timer = new Timer();
        timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                mDialog.dismiss();
            }
        }, delayInMillis);
        return null;
    }
}

I call it like this:

        mDialog = new ProgressDialog(CreateProject.this);
        mDialog = ProgressDialog.show(context,null, "Lädt..",true);

        WaitTime wait = new WaitTime();
        wait.execute();

Answer 1

I reccomend you to use AsyncTask, then you can do something like this:

    AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> updateTask = new AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>(){
        ProgressDialog dialog = new ProgressDialog(MyActivity.this);
        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute() {
            // what to do before background task
            dialog.setTitle("Loading...");
            dialog.setMessage("Please wait.");
            dialog.setIndeterminate(true);
            dialog.setCancelable(false);
            dialog.show();
        }

        @Override
        protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
            // do your background operation here
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
            // what to do when background task is completed
            dialog.dismiss();
        };

        @Override
        protected void onCancelled() {
            dialog.dismiss();
            super.onCancelled();
        }
    };
    updateTask.execute((Void[])null);

and if you want to wait for some specific time, maybe you would like to use Timer:

    final ProgressDialog dialog = new ProgressDialog(MyActivity.this);
    dialog.setTitle("Loading...");
    dialog.setMessage("Please wait.");
    dialog.setIndeterminate(true);
    dialog.setCancelable(false);
    dialog.show();

    long delayInMillis = 5000;
    Timer timer = new Timer();
    timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            dialog.dismiss();
        }
    }, delayInMillis);