iOS Loading Overlay View - SWIFT

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//
//  LoadingOverlay.swift
//  app
//
//  Created by Igor de Oliveira Sa on 25/03/15.
//  Copyright (c) 2015 Igor de Oliveira Sa. All rights reserved.
//
//  Usage:
// 
//  # Show Overlay
//  LoadingOverlay.shared.showOverlay(self.navigationController?.view)
// 
//  # Hide Overlay
//  LoadingOverlay.shared.hideOverlayView()

import UIKit
import Foundation


public class LoadingOverlay{
    
    var overlayView = UIView()
    var activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView()
    
    class var shared: LoadingOverlay {
        struct Static {
            static let instance: LoadingOverlay = LoadingOverlay()
        }
        return Static.instance
    }
    
    public func showOverlay(view: UIView!) {
        overlayView = UIView(frame: UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds)
        overlayView.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0, alpha: 0.5)
        activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView(activityIndicatorStyle: UIActivityIndicatorViewStyle.WhiteLarge)
        activityIndicator.center = overlayView.center
        overlayView.addSubview(activityIndicator)
        activityIndicator.startAnimating()
        view.addSubview(overlayView)
    }
    
    public func hideOverlayView() {
        activityIndicator.stopAnimating()
        overlayView.removeFromSuperview()
    }
}

What about user interactions?

This won't work for view gestures

if there is UIKit, then Foundation is unnecessary to import