How to dismiss LoadingController through code in Ionic 5 app?

Ionic Framework
1

In my Ionic 5 app, I am displaying a LoadingController like so:

async presentLoading() {
    const loading = await this.loadingCtrl.create({
      message: 'Please wait...',
    });
    await loading.present();
  }

getPosts() {
    this.presentLoading();

query.get()
      .then((docs) => {
        docs.forEach((doc) => {
          this.posts.push(doc);
        })
        this.cursor = this.posts[this.posts.length - 1];
      }).catch((err) => {
        console.log(err)
      })
}

Once this.posts is populated, I want the LoadingController to be dismissed.

Can someone please tell me how to do this? Thanks a lot in advance!

2

I would return the loading indicator out of presentLoading and call dismiss on it.