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In playing Minecraft on iPad, this animated graphic pops up randomly in the center of the screen… what does it mean?

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It looks sort of like an animated audio waveform (the bars on the graphic go up and down like audio). I don’t think I’m doing anything to make it appear, it’s just random. And when it pops up, I can’t tap any buttons or get it to go away. I can move around though.

The only thing I can do is to force quit the game. 5-10 minutes later it pops up again.

What is it? What is causing it to appear? And how do I stop it/make it go away?

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  • Does it come up in multiplayer only or also in single player? If it comes up in single player as well, it’s likely not your internet connection.
    – DM01131
    Commented Dec 27, 2019 at 16:22
  • @DM01131 good point. Yes, I only play in single. Happens both in Creative and survival.
    – Sam
    Commented Dec 27, 2019 at 16:25
  • Weird. I can’t think what is causing this
    – DM01131
    Commented Dec 27, 2019 at 18:19
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    That’s the loading animation in Minecraft Bedrock Edition. I have no clue why it keeps popping up, though.
    – CocoTheMii
    Commented Dec 27, 2019 at 21:49
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    Putting this in a comment because I don't have a full answer, but your error sounds somewhat similar to this guy's: reddit.com/r/MCPE/comments/b6jk37/world_loading_fails to me. He says he didn't get the error when he played with internet disabled on his device; do you happen to know if that's also the case for your issue?
    – Lamprey
    Commented Dec 28, 2019 at 5:01

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Your game is loading something. Don't necessarily know what exactly, but it's loading something.

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its loading. this is the loading icon.

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I think it's your internet connection.

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    Could you clarify why it's your internet connection? In my experience an internet symbol is much smaller and simpler, this looks more like a volume level?
    – Ben
    Commented Dec 27, 2019 at 7:08
  • Thanks. My internet connection is rock solid and strong. I never have internet problems on that iPad (or any other device). But do we know definitively that that is what that graphic is indicating? Or is this just a guess?
    – Sam
    Commented Dec 27, 2019 at 15:08
  • Yea I guessed cause I don’t play Minecraft but since I played so many video games I just used my experience with games like urs
    – James
    Commented Dec 27, 2019 at 17:05

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