feat(ui): show a loading state while transaction history loads

DashWallet/Sources/UI/Home/Views/HomeView.swift

@@ -356,10 +356,27 @@ struct HomeViewContent<Content: View>: View {
                     })
 
                     if viewModel.txItems.isEmpty {
-                        Text(NSLocalizedString("There are no transactions to display", comment: ""))
-                            .font(.caption)
-                            .foregroundColor(Color.primary.opacity(0.5))
+                        // An empty feed means "nothing yet" only once the first
+                        // load has finished; before that it just means the
+                        // reload is still running, so show progress rather than
+                        // telling the user they have no transactions.
+                        if viewModel.hasLoadedInitialTxItems {
+                            Text(NSLocalizedString("There are no transactions to display", comment: ""))
+                                .font(.caption)
+                                .foregroundColor(Color.primary.opacity(0.5))
+                                .padding(.top, 20)
+                        } else {
+                            HStack(spacing: 10) {
+                                SwiftUI.ProgressView()
+                                    .progressViewStyle(CircularProgressViewStyle())
+
+                                Text(NSLocalizedString("Loading transactions", comment: "Home"))
+                                    .font(.caption)
+                                    .foregroundColor(Color.primary.opacity(0.5))
+                            }
+                            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
                             .padding(.top, 20)
+                        }
                     } else {
                         ForEach(viewModel.txItems) { group in
                             Section(header: SectionHeader(key: group.id, date: group.date)

DashWallet/Sources/UI/Home/Views/HomeViewModel.swift

@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ class HomeViewModel: ObservableObject {
     }
 
     @Published private(set) var txItems: [TransactionGroup] = []
+
+    /// Whether the first full transaction load has finished, published on the
+    /// main thread for the home feed.
+    ///
+    /// Distinct from the worker-queue `hasCompletedInitialLoad`, which guards
+    /// reload/incremental-update sequencing off the main thread. This one
+    /// exists so the view can tell "still loading" from "genuinely empty" —
+    /// `txItems` is empty in both cases, and rendering the empty-state copy
+    /// during the initial load tells the user they have no transactions
+    /// before that is known.
+    @Published private(set) var hasLoadedInitialTxItems: Bool = false
     @Published var shortcutItems: [ShortcutAction] = []
     @Published var showTimeSkewAlertDialog: Bool = false
     @Published var showCoinJoinSweepDialog: Bool = false
@@ -243,9 +254,12 @@ class HomeViewModel: ObservableObject {
             self.hasCompletedInitialLoad = false
             self.isReloading = false
 
-            // Update UI-bound property on main thread
+            // Update UI-bound properties on main thread. The new network's
+            // history is loading from scratch, so the feed goes back to its
+            // loading state rather than claiming the wallet is empty.
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 self.txItems = []
+                self.hasLoadedInitialTxItems = false
             }
 
             // Reload fresh data from the new network's wallet
@@ -501,6 +515,7 @@ class HomeViewModel: ObservableObject {
 
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 self.txItems = array
+                self.hasLoadedInitialTxItems = true
                 if self.hasRewardsHistory != hasRewards {
                     self.hasRewardsHistory = hasRewards
                 }

DashWallet/en.lproj/Localizable.strings

@@ -1959,6 +1959,9 @@
 /* No comment provided by engineer. */
 "Local requested amount: %@" = "Local requested amount: %@";
 
+/* Home */
+"Loading transactions" = "Loading transactions";
+
 /* Explore Dash/Merchants/Filters */
 "Location" = "Location";