Busy Indication
The Master-Detail app implements a busy indication concept as specified by the SAP Fiori Design Guidelines.
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Only initially a global busy indicator is displayed that overlays the whole app until the metadata of the service is loaded.
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Afterwards, a local busy indicator is displayed on the master list and the detail page.
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When the detail page is loaded, the line item table on the detail page is set to busy until the line items are loaded with a separate service call.
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When controls are loading additional data or getting refreshed, a local busy indication is displayed automatically.
By default, the busy indicator delay is set to one second for all controls. This would first show the UI for a second, then show a busy indication until the data is loaded. To avoid this behavior initially and show the busy indicator immediately without delay, the following concept is implemented in the app: The busyIndicatorDelay and busy properties of certain controls (AppView, List on the Master page, DetailPage and Table on the Detail page) are bound to the local view model and manipulated in the controllers of the app. The delay is initially set to "0" for displaying the busy indicator immediately, and reset to the previous value after the initial loading is done.
You can simulate server delays to test this implementation running with mocked application data by using the URL parameter serverDelay=true in the hash. The default is set to 1000ms.
You can find more information about busy indicators, busy states, and busy handling in general in the SAP Fiori Design Guidelines.