Realtime chart

Realtime updates / Live chart

It is possible to alter the data of the graph at runtime, so you can plot realtime data. To do so you have two important method in the Series subclasses:

• resetData

  This method resets the whole data, so the current data will be replaced with the new.

• appendData

  This methods adds a single data set to the current data. There's also a flag "scrollToEnd", that will scroll the GraphView automatically to the last X value.

See a full example:

public class RealtimeUpdates extends Fragment {
    private final Handler mHandler = new Handler();
    private Runnable mTimer1;
    private Runnable mTimer2;
    private LineGraphSeries<DataPoint> mSeries1;
    private LineGraphSeries<> mSeries2;
    private double graph2LastXValue = 5d;

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main2, container, false);

        GraphView graph = (GraphView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.graph);
        mSeries1 = new LineGraphSeries<>(generateData());
        graph.addSeries(mSeries1);

        GraphView graph2 = (GraphView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.graph2);
        mSeries2 = new LineGraphSeries<>();
        graph2.addSeries(mSeries2);
        graph2.getViewport().setXAxisBoundsManual(true);
        graph2.getViewport().setMinX(0);
        graph2.getViewport().setMaxX(40);

        return rootView;
    }

    @Override
    public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
        super.onAttach(activity);
        ((MainActivity) activity).onSectionAttached(
                getArguments().getInt(MainActivity.ARG_SECTION_NUMBER));
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        mTimer1 = new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                mSeries1.resetData(generateData());
                mHandler.postDelayed(this, 300);
            }
        };
        mHandler.postDelayed(mTimer1, 300);

        mTimer2 = new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                graph2LastXValue += 1d;
                mSeries2.appendData(new DataPoint(graph2LastXValue, getRandom()), true, 40);
                mHandler.postDelayed(this, 200);
            }
        };
        mHandler.postDelayed(mTimer2, 1000);
    }

    @Override
    public void onPause() {
        mHandler.removeCallbacks(mTimer1);
        mHandler.removeCallbacks(mTimer2);
        super.onPause();
    }

    private DataPoint[] generateData() {
        int count = 30;
        DataPoint[] values = new DataPoint[count];
        for (int i=0; i<count; i++) {
            double x = i;
            double f = mRand.nextDouble()*0.15+0.3;
            double y = Math.sin(i*f+2) + mRand.nextDouble()*0.3;
            DataPoint v = new DataPoint(x, y);
            values[i] = v;
        }
        return values;
    }

    double mLastRandom = 2;
    Random mRand = new Random();
    private double getRandom() {
        return mLastRandom += mRand.nextDouble()*0.5 - 0.25;
    }
}