An adaptive scrollable graph view for iOS to visualise simple discrete datasets. Written in Swift. Originally written for a small personal project.
The main goal of the this graph component is to visualise simple discrete datasets and allow the the user to scroll through the graph.
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Initialisation animations and range adaption animations.  |
Range adaption when scrolling through the graph. The range of the y-axis will automatically adapt to to the min and max of the visible points.  |
Smooth scrolling around the graph.  |
Handles a relatively large number of points without lagging.  |
Many customisation options. (Check the customisation section)  |
Add the ScrollableGraphView class to your project. There are two ways to add the ScrollableGraphView to your project.
Add ScrollableGraphView.swift to your project in Xcode
Add pod 'ScrollableGraphView' to your Podfile and then make sure to import ScrollableGraphView in your code.
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Create a ScrollableGraphView instance and set the data and labels
let graphView = ScrollableGraphView(frame: someFrame) let data: [Double] = [4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42] let labels = ["one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six"] graphView.setData(data, withLabels: labels)
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Add the ScrollableGraphView to the view hierarchy.
someViewController.view.addSubview(graphView)
- ✔ Study applications to show time studied/etc
- ✔ Weather applications
- ✔ Prototyping
- ✔ Simple data visualisation
- ✘ Rigorous statistical software
- ✘ Important & complex data visualisation
- ✘ Graphing continuous mathematical functions
The graph can be customised by setting any of the following public properties before displaying the ScrollableGraphView. The defaults are shown below.
| Property | Description |
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| lineWidth: CGFloat | Specifies how thick the graph of the line is. In points. |
| lineColor: UIColor | The color of the graph line. UIColor. |
| lineStyle: ScrollableGraphViewLineStyle | Whether or not the line should be rendered using bezier curves are straight lines. Possible values:
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| lineJoin | How each segment in the line should connect. Takes any of the Core Animation LineJoin values. |
| lineCap | The line caps. Takes any of the Core Animation LineCap values. |
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| backgroundFillColor: UIColor | The background colour for the entire graph view, not just the plotted graph. |
| shouldFill: Bool | Specifies whether or not the plotted graph should be filled with a colour or gradient. |
| fillType: ScrollableGraphViewFillType | Specifies whether to fill the graph with a solid colour or gradient. Possible values:
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| fillColor: UIColor | If fillType is set to .Solid then this colour will be used to fill the graph. |
| fillGradientStartColor: UIColor | If fillType is set to .Gradient then this will be the starting colour for the gradient. |
| fillGradientEndColor: UIColor | If fillType is set to .Gradient, then this will be the ending colour for the gradient. |
| fillGradientType:ScrollableGraphViewGradientType | If fillType is set to .Gradient, then this defines whether the gradient is rendered as a linear gradient or radial gradient. Possible values:
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| Property | Description |
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| shouldDrawBarLayer: Bool | Whether bars should be drawn or not. If you want a bar graph, this should be set to true. However, you will probably want to disable drawing the data points with shouldDrawDataPoint = false. If you want to hide the line as well: lineColor = UIColor.clearColor() |
| barWidth: CGFloat | The width of an individual bar on the graph. |
| barColor: UIColor | The actual colour of the bar. |
| barLineWidth: CGFloat | The width of the outline of the bar |
| barLineColor: UIColor | The colour of the bar outline |
| Property | Description |
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| topMargin: CGFloat | How far the "maximum" reference line is from the top of the view's frame. In points. |
| bottomMargin: CGFloat | How far the "minimum" reference line is from the bottom of the view's frame. In points. |
| leftmostPointPadding: CGFloat | How far the first point on the graph should be placed from the left hand side of the view. |
| rightmostPointPadding: CGFloat | How far the final point on the graph should be placed from the right hand side of the view. |
| dataPointSpacing: CGFloat | How much space should be between each data point. |
| direction: ScrollableGraphViewDirection | Which way the user is expected to scroll from. Possible values:
.RightToLeft, the graph will start on the "right hand side" of the graph and the user will have to scroll towards the left. |
| Property | Description |
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| rangeMin: Double | The minimum value for the y-axis. This is ignored when shouldAutomaticallyDetectRange or shouldAdaptRange = true |
| rangeMax: Double | The maximum value for the y-axis. This is ignored when shouldAutomaticallyDetectRange or shouldAdaptRange = true |
| shouldAutomaticallyDetectRange: Bool | If this is set to true, then the range will automatically be detected from the data the graph is given. |
| shouldRangeAlwaysStartAtZero: Bool | Forces the graph's minimum to always be zero. Used in conjunction with shouldAutomaticallyDetectRange or shouldAdaptRange, if you want to force the minimum to stay at 0 rather than the detected minimum. |
| Property | Description |
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| shouldDrawDataPoint: Bool | Whether or not to draw a symbol for each data point. |
| dataPointType: ScrollableGraphViewDataPointType | The shape to draw for each data point. Possible values:
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| dataPointSize: CGFloat | The size of the shape to draw for each data point. |
| dataPointFillColor: UIColor | The colour with which to fill the shape. |
| customDataPointPath: ((centre: CGPoint) -> UIBezierPath)? | If dataPointType is set to .Custom then you,can provide a closure to create any kind of shape you would like to be displayed instead of just a circle or square. The closure takes a CGPoint which is the centre of the shape and it should return a complete UIBezierPath. |
| Property | Description |
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| shouldAdaptRange: Bool | Whether or not the y-axis' range should adapt to the points that are visible on screen. This means if there are only 5 points visible on screen at any given time, the maximum on the y-axis will be the maximum of those 5 points. This is updated automatically as the user scrolls along the graph. |
| shouldAnimateOnAdapt: Bool | If shouldAdaptRange is set to true then this specifies whether or not the points on the graph should animate to their new positions. Default is set to true. Looks very janky if set to false. |
| animationDuration: Double | How long the animation should take. Affects both the startup animation and the animation when the range of the y-axis adapts to onscreen points. |
| adaptAnimationType: ScrollableGraphViewAnimationType | The animation style. Possible values:
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| customAnimationEasingFunction: ((t: Double) -> Double)? | If adaptAnimationType is set to .Custom, then this is the easing function you would like applied for the animation. |
| shouldAnimateOnStartup: Bool | Whether or not the graph should animate to their positions when the graph is first displayed. |
| Property | Description |
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| shouldShowReferenceLines: Bool | Whether or not to show the y-axis reference lines and labels. |
| referenceLineColor: UIColor | The colour for the reference lines. |
| referenceLineThickness: CGFloat | The thickness of the reference lines. |
| referenceLinePosition: ScrollableGraphViewReferenceLinePosition | Where the labels should be displayed on the reference lines. Possible values:
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| referenceLineType: ScrollableGraphViewReferenceLineType | The type of reference lines. Currently only .Cover is available. |
| numberOfIntermediateReferenceLines: Int | How many reference lines should be between the minimum and maximum reference lines. If you want a total of 4 reference lines, you would set this to 2. This can be set to 0 for no intermediate reference lines.This can be used to create reference lines at specific intervals. If the desired result is to have a reference line at every 10 units on the y-axis, you could, for example, set rangeMax to 100, rangeMin to 0 and numberOfIntermediateReferenceLines to 9. |
| shouldAddLabelsToIntermediateReferenceLines: Bool | Whether or not to add labels to the intermediate reference lines. |
| shouldAddUnitsToIntermediateReferenceLineLabels: Bool | Whether or not to add units specified by the referenceLineUnits variable to the labels on the intermediate reference lines. |
| Property | Description |
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| referenceLineLabelFont: UIFont | The font to be used for the reference line labels. |
| referenceLineLabelColor: UIColor | The colour of the reference line labels. |
| shouldShowReferenceLineUnits: Bool | Whether or not to show the units on the reference lines. |
| referenceLineUnits: String? | The units that the y-axis is in. This string is used for labels on the reference lines. |
| referenceLineNumberOfDecimalPlaces: Int | The number of decimal places that should be shown on the reference line labels. |
| Property | Description |
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| shouldShowLabels: Bool | Whether or not to show the labels on the x-axis for each point. |
| dataPointLabelTopMargin: CGFloat | How far from the "minimum" reference line the data point labels should be rendered. |
| dataPointLabelBottomMargin: CGFloat | How far from the bottom of the view the data point labels should be rendered. |
| dataPointLabelFont: UIFont? | The font for the data point labels. |
| dataPointLabelColor: UIColor | The colour for the data point labels. |
| dataPointLabelsSparsity: Int | Used to force the graph to show every n-th dataPoint label |
Note: Examples here use a "colorFromHex" extension for UIColor.
let graphView = ScrollableGraphView(frame: frame)
graphView.setData(data, withLabels: labels)
self.view.addSubview(graphView)
let graphView = ScrollableGraphView(frame: frame)
graphView.backgroundFillColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#333333")
graphView.rangeMax = 50
graphView.lineWidth = 1
graphView.lineColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#777777")
graphView.lineStyle = ScrollableGraphViewLineStyle.Smooth
graphView.shouldFill = true
graphView.fillType = ScrollableGraphViewFillType.Gradient
graphView.fillColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#555555")
graphView.fillGradientType = ScrollableGraphViewGradientType.Linear
graphView.fillGradientStartColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#555555")
graphView.fillGradientEndColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#444444")
graphView.dataPointSpacing = 80
graphView.dataPointSize = 2
graphView.dataPointFillColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
graphView.referenceLineLabelFont = UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(8)
graphView.referenceLineColor = UIColor.whiteColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.2)
graphView.referenceLineLabelColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
graphView.dataPointLabelColor = UIColor.whiteColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.5)
graphView.setData(data, withLabels: labels)
self.view.addSubview(graphView)Bar Dark (Bar layer thanks to @RedBlueThing)
let graphView = ScrollableGraphView(frame:frame)
// Disable the lines and data points.
graphView.shouldDrawDataPoint = false
graphView.lineColor = UIColor.clearColor()
// Tell the graph it should draw the bar layer instead.
graphView.shouldDrawBarLayer = true
// Customise the bar.
graphView.barWidth = 25
graphView.barLineWidth = 1
graphView.barLineColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#777777")
graphView.barColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#555555")
graphView.backgroundFillColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#333333")
graphView.referenceLineLabelFont = UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(8)
graphView.referenceLineColor = UIColor.whiteColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.2)
graphView.referenceLineLabelColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
graphView.numberOfIntermediateReferenceLines = 5
graphView.dataPointLabelColor = UIColor.whiteColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.5)
graphView.shouldAnimateOnStartup = true
graphView.shouldAdaptRange = true
graphView.adaptAnimationType = ScrollableGraphViewAnimationType.Elastic
graphView.animationDuration = 1.5
graphView.rangeMax = 50
graphView.shouldRangeAlwaysStartAtZero = true
let graphView = ScrollableGraphView(frame:frame)
graphView.backgroundFillColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#00BFFF")
graphView.lineColor = UIColor.clearColor()
graphView.dataPointSize = 5
graphView.dataPointSpacing = 80
graphView.dataPointLabelFont = UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(10)
graphView.dataPointLabelColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
graphView.dataPointFillColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
graphView.referenceLineLabelFont = UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(10)
graphView.referenceLineColor = UIColor.whiteColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.5)
graphView.referenceLineLabelColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
graphView.referenceLinePosition = ScrollableGraphViewReferenceLinePosition.Both
graphView.numberOfIntermediateReferenceLines = 9
graphView.rangeMax = 50
self.view.addSubview(graphView)
let graphView = ScrollableGraphView(frame:frame)
graphView.backgroundFillColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#222222")
graphView.lineColor = UIColor.clearColor()
graphView.shouldFill = true
graphView.fillColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#FF0080")
graphView.shouldDrawDataPoint = false
graphView.dataPointSpacing = 80
graphView.dataPointLabelFont = UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(10)
graphView.dataPointLabelColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
graphView.referenceLineThickness = 1
graphView.referenceLineLabelFont = UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(10)
graphView.referenceLineColor = UIColor.whiteColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.5)
graphView.referenceLineLabelColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
graphView.referenceLinePosition = ScrollableGraphViewReferenceLinePosition.Both
graphView.numberOfIntermediateReferenceLines = 1
graphView.rangeMax = 50
self.view.addSubview(graphView)You can use the top and bottom margin to leave space for other content:
let graphView = ScrollableGraphView(frame:frame)
graphView.bottomMargin = 350
graphView.topMargin = 20
graphView.backgroundFillColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#222222")
graphView.lineColor = UIColor.clearColor()
graphView.lineStyle = ScrollableGraphViewLineStyle.Smooth
graphView.shouldFill = true
graphView.fillColor = UIColor.colorFromHex("#FF0080")
graphView.shouldDrawDataPoint = false
graphView.dataPointSpacing = 80
graphView.dataPointLabelFont = UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(10)
graphView.dataPointLabelColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
graphView.referenceLineThickness = 1
graphView.referenceLineLabelFont = UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(10)
graphView.referenceLineColor = UIColor.whiteColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.25)
graphView.referenceLineLabelColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
graphView.numberOfIntermediateReferenceLines = 0
graphView.rangeMax = 50
self.view.addSubview(graphView)Pull requests, improvements & criticisms to any and all of the code are more than welcome.
If you find any bugs please create an issue on Github.
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