How to make $ionicLoading.show() last for atleast given time

ionic-v1
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I am developing an ionic app where I load content dynamically on click event. I am using $ionicLoading.show() before hitting the API and $ionicLoading.hide() after getting the response.

I wish to retain loading atleast for 3 seconds even if data is completely loaded for some undefined reasons without using $timeout. I tried duration in $ionicLoading.show() but that does’nt help. Is this possible, if so how can I achieve that.

2 
As mentioned in docs you can use duration (in miliseconds).

This will retain loading until next $ionicLoading.hide() is called.

$ionicLoading.show({
        template: 'Loading...',
        duration: 3000
  })
3

As i mentioned in my question I tried duration but as soon as hide() is called after response is loaded it stops rendering loading before 3 seconds

4

Yeah, because duration is the duration, if you do not call hide… so do not call hide or pass a parameter/set a variable to not hide the loading overlay after a request

5

Yes it’s supposed to do that. As soon as hide is called it should hide the
loading. You can call hide in a timeout