Line Graph View in Android with Example
If you are looking for a view to represent some statistical data or looking for a UI for displaying a graph in your app then in this article we will take a look on creating a line graph view in our Android App.
What we are going to build in this article?
We will be building a simple Line Graph View in our Android app and we will be displaying some sample data in our application. A sample image is given below to get an idea about what we are going to do in this article. Note that we are going to implement this project using the Java language.
Step by Step Implementation
Step 1: Create a New Project
To create a new project in Android Studio please refer to How to Create/Start a New Project in Android Studio. Note that select Java as the programming language.
Step 2: Add dependency to the build.gradle(Module:app) file
Navigate to the Gradle Scripts > build.gradle(Module:app) and add the below dependency in the dependencies section.
implementation ‘com.jjoe64:graphview:4.2.2’
After adding this dependency sync your project and now we will move towards its implementation.
Step 3: Working with the activity_main.xml file
Navigate to the app > res > layout > activity_main.xml and add the below code to that file. Below is the code for the activity_main.xml file.
XML
<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8" ?>
< RelativeLayout
android:layout_width = "match_parent"
android:layout_height = "match_parent"
tools:context = ".MainActivity" >
< com.jjoe64.graphview.GraphView
android:id = "@+id/idGraphView"
android:layout_width = "match_parent"
android:layout_height = "wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop = "true" />
</ RelativeLayout >
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Step 4: Working with the MainActivity.java file
Go to the MainActivity.java file and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the MainActivity.java file. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.
Java
import android.os.Bundle;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import com.jjoe64.graphview.GraphView;
import com.jjoe64.graphview.series.DataPoint;
import com.jjoe64.graphview.series.LineGraphSeries;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
GraphView graphView;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super .onCreate(savedInstanceState);
graphView = findViewById(R.id.idGraphView);
LineGraphSeries<DataPoint> series = new LineGraphSeries<DataPoint>( new DataPoint[]{
new DataPoint( 0 , 1 ),
new DataPoint( 1 , 3 ),
new DataPoint( 2 , 4 ),
new DataPoint( 3 , 9 ),
new DataPoint( 4 , 6 ),
new DataPoint( 5 , 3 ),
new DataPoint( 6 , 6 ),
new DataPoint( 7 , 1 ),
new DataPoint( 8 , 2 )
});
graphView.setTitle( "My Graph View" );
graphView.setTitleColor(R.color.purple_200);
graphView.setTitleTextSize( 18 );
graphView.addSeries(series);
}
}
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Now run your app and see the output of the app.
Output:
Last Updated :
31 Jan, 2021
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