User interface stencil automation

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are capable of causing a computing device to implement operations comprising:

• receiving a request to generate stencils for a user interface (UI), wherein the request includes i) an automatically rendered version of the UI and ii) automatically generated metadata including program code for the UI;
• identifying, based on the request, one or more bounding regions of content within the rendered version of the UI, wherein the identifying includes analyzing the rendered version of the UI using one or more computer vision techniques;
• automatically generating, based on the one or more identified bounding regions and in response to an initial portion of data specifying content of the UI arriving, one or more base UI placeholders that are displayable as progress indicators indicative of the initial portion;
• transmitting, to a different computing device, the one or more base UI placeholders to cause the different computing device to automatically display the one or more base UI placeholders;
• and
• in response to an additional portion of data specifying content of the UI arriving:
• generating one or more updated UI placeholders that are displayable as progress indicators indicative of both the initial portion and the additional portion;
• and
• transmitting, to the different computing device, the one or more updated placeholders to cause the different computing device to automatically display the one or more updated UI placeholders.

A system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a non-transitory, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by the at least one processor to cause the system to:
• receive a request to generate stencils for a user interface (UI), wherein the request includes i) an automatically rendered version of the UI and ii) automatically generated metadata including program code for the UI;
• identify, based on the request, one or more bounding regions of content within the rendered version of the UI, wherein the identifying includes analyzing the metadata and the rendered version of the UI;
• automatically generate, based on the one or more identified bounding regions and in response to an initial portion of data specifying content of the UI arriving, one or more base UI stencils that are displayable as progress indicators indicative of the initial portion;
• transmit to a different computer system, the one or more base UI stencils to cause the different computer system to automatically display the one or more base UI stencils;
• and
• in response to an additional portion of data specifying content of the UI arriving, the system:
• generating one or more updated UI stencils that are displayable as progress indicators indicative of both the initial portion and the additional portion;
• and
• transmitting, to the different computer system, the one or more updated UI stencils to cause the different computer system to automatically display the one or more updated UI stencils.