iOS / Swift - UIButton subclass for showing loading spinner aka activity indicator inside button

LoadingButton.swift

import UIKit

class LoadingButton: UIButton {

    var originalButtonText: String?
    var activityIndicator: UIActivityIndicatorView!

    func showLoading() {
        originalButtonText = self.titleLabel?.text
        self.setTitle("", forState: UIControlState.Normal)

        if (activityIndicator == nil) {
            activityIndicator = createActivityIndicator()
        }

        showSpinning()
    }

    func hideLoading() {
        self.setTitle(originalButtonText, forState: UIControlState.Normal)
        activityIndicator.stopAnimating()
    }

    private func createActivityIndicator() -> UIActivityIndicatorView {
        let activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView()
        activityIndicator.hidesWhenStopped = true
        activityIndicator.color = UIColor.lightGrayColor()
        return activityIndicator
    }

    private func showSpinning() {
        activityIndicator.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        self.addSubview(activityIndicator)
        centerActivityIndicatorInButton()
        activityIndicator.startAnimating()
    }

    private func centerActivityIndicatorInButton() {
        let xCenterConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: self, attribute: .CenterX, relatedBy: .Equal, toItem: activityIndicator, attribute: .CenterX, multiplier: 1, constant: 0)
        self.addConstraint(xCenterConstraint)

        let yCenterConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: self, attribute: .CenterY, relatedBy: .Equal, toItem: activityIndicator, attribute: .CenterY, multiplier: 1, constant: 0)
        self.addConstraint(yCenterConstraint)
    }

}

Swift3 Version https://gist.github.com/vnagendra/cd396af8135b059de0795589d8fcc39f

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