On Magento 2 when we submit ajax request we can add “showLoader: true” below code in ajax call and trigger processStart and processStop will show and hide loading image
$('body').trigger('processStart');
$.ajax({
url: url,
type: "POST",
data: formdata,
async: true,
contentType: false,
showLoader: true,
success: function (result) {
$('body').trigger('processStop');
}
});
