Swipe to refresh

From the Google Material Design documentation

Swipe to refresh manually refreshes screen content with a user action or gesture.

How to add?

I. Add the last version of the support-v4 library to your build.gradle file.

dependencies {  
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:X.X.X'
    // where X.X.X is the last version available
}

II. Create your layout file and declare SwipeRefreshLayoutinside. This view is usually along with lists, but you can use it with any view that fits your design.

<android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
    android:id="@+id/swipe_refresh_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listview"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

</android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>

III. Proceed with the refresh listening the events in the Activity using a SwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener instance.

SwipeRefreshLayout swipeRefreshLayout =
        (SwipeRefreshLayout) findViewById(R.id.activity_main_swipe_refresh_layout);
swipeRefreshLayout.setOnRefreshListener(new SwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener() {
        @Override
        public void onRefresh() {
            refreshData();
        }
});

IV. To cancel the progress animation use setRefreshing method.

swipeRefreshLayout.setRefreshing(false);

How to style?

To define your own color scheme for the loading icon.

I. Define the colors you want to use it.

<resources>
    <color name="pink">#FF4081</color>
    <color name="indigo">#3F51B5</color>
    <color name="lime">#CDDC39</color>
</resources>

II. Assign the colors to the view with the setColorSchemeResources method.

swipeRefreshLayout.setColorSchemeResources(R.color.pink, R.color.indigo, R.color.lime);