this is my first question in SO:
I'm using Androidplot 0.6.0 in an Android app. I'm displaying a bar chart of six months (a bar per month), at this point everything is well, the trouble is the bar's width (very thin), I would like make the bars wider for better appearance. I have tried the following:
XYSeries series1 = new SimpleXYSeries(Arrays.asList(domain), Arrays.asList(range), "Title");
BarFormatter series1Format = new BarFormatter(Color.argb(255,0,0,100), Color.LTGRAY);
plot.addSeries(series1, series1Format);
//plot.addSeries(series1, BarRenderer.class, series1Format); //Not in version 0.6.0
//BarRenderer barRenderer = (BarRenderer) plot.getRenderer(BarRenderer.class); //This return null
BarRenderer barRenderer = new BarRenderer(plot);
if(barRenderer != null) {
barRenderer.setBarWidthStyle(BarRenderer.BarWidthStyle.FIXED_WIDTH);
barRenderer.setBarWidth(100); //This don't take effect
}
The result always is the same for whatever value in setBarWidth().
Thanks in advance.
Try this
BarRenderer renderer = (BarRenderer) plot.getRenderer(BarRenderer.class);
renderer.setBarWidth(20);
Update
Try this, make ur formatter and renderer.
class MyBarFormatter extends BarFormatter {
public MyBarFormatter(int fillColor, int borderColor) {
super(fillColor, borderColor);
}
@Override
public Class<? extends SeriesRenderer> getRendererClass() {
return MyBarRenderer.class;
}
@Override
public SeriesRenderer getRendererInstance(XYPlot plot) {
return new MyBarRenderer(plot);
}
}
class MyBarRenderer extends BarRenderer<MyBarFormatter> {
public MyBarRenderer(XYPlot plot) {
super(plot);
}
protected MyBarFormatter getFormatter(int index, XYSeries series) {
return getFormatter(series);
}
}
Now
MyBarRenderer renderer = ((MyBarRenderer) plot.getRenderer(MyBarRenderer.class));
renderer.setBarWidthStyle(BarRenderer.BarWidthStyle.FIXED_WIDTH);
renderer.setBarWidth(20);