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I’m playing around AndroidPlot library. I’ve needed to add zomm and scroll functionality. There is one example at AndroidPlot wiki, but a bit outdated, and I don’t like the idea of messing around view events in the activiti. So I’ve created my own sample:

main.xml layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <pl.flex_it.androidplot.MultitouchPlot
    	android:id="@+id/multitouchPlot"
    	android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    	android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    	android:layout_marginTop="10px"
    	android:layout_marginLeft="10px"
    	android:layout_marginRight="10px"
    	title="A Simple multitouch XYPlot Example"/>

</LinearLayout>

MultitouchAndroidplotActivity.java file:

package pl.flex_it.androidplot;

import java.util.Arrays;

import com.androidplot.series.XYSeries;
import com.androidplot.xy.BoundaryMode;
import com.androidplot.xy.LineAndPointFormatter;
import com.androidplot.xy.SimpleXYSeries;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;

/**
*
* This example is based on:
* - multitouch example, by David Buezas (david.buezas at gmail.com) and Michael
* from http://androidplot.com/wiki/A_Simple_XYPlot_with_multi-touch_zooming_and_scrolling
* - AndroidPlot quickstart example http://androidplot.com/wiki/Quickstart
* No license was given with this samples, but I assume that use it for free on BSD-like license 
*
* @author Marcin Lepicki (marcin.lepicki at flex-it.pl)
*
*/
public class MultitouchAndroidplotActivity extends Activity
{

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);

MultitouchPlot multitouchPlot = (MultitouchPlot) findViewById(R.id.multitouchPlot);

// Create two arrays of y-values to plot:
Number[] series1Numbers = {1, 8, 5, 2, 7, 4};
Number[] series2Numbers = {4, 6, 3, 8, 2, 10};

// Turn the above arrays into XYSeries:
XYSeries series1 = new SimpleXYSeries(
Arrays.asList(series1Numbers), // SimpleXYSeries takes a List so turn our array into a List
SimpleXYSeries.ArrayFormat.Y_VALS_ONLY, // Y_VALS_ONLY means use the element index as the x value
"Obwód brzucha"); // Set the display title of the series

// Same as above, for series2
XYSeries series2 = new SimpleXYSeries(Arrays.asList(series2Numbers), SimpleXYSeries.ArrayFormat.Y_VALS_ONLY,
"Series2");

// Create a formatter to use for drawing a series using LineAndPointRenderer:
LineAndPointFormatter series1Format = new LineAndPointFormatter(
Color.rgb(0, 200, 0), // line color
Color.rgb(0, 100, 0), // point color
Color.rgb(150, 190, 150)); // fill color (optional)

// Add series1 to the xyplot:
multitouchPlot.addSeries(series1, series1Format);

// Same as above, with series2:
multitouchPlot.addSeries(series2, new LineAndPointFormatter(Color.rgb(0, 0, 200), Color.rgb(0, 0, 100),
Color.rgb(150, 150, 190)));

// Reduce the number of range labels
multitouchPlot.setTicksPerRangeLabel(3);

// By default, AndroidPlot displays developer guides to aid in laying out your plot.
// To get rid of them call disableAllMarkup():
multitouchPlot.disableAllMarkup();

multitouchPlot.setRangeBoundaries(0, 10, BoundaryMode.FIXED);
multitouchPlot.setDomainBoundaries(0, 2.2, BoundaryMode.FIXED);

}
}

MultitouchPlot.java file:

package pl.flex_it.androidplot;

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.PointF;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnTouchListener;
import com.androidplot.series.XYSeries;
import com.androidplot.xy.BoundaryMode;
import com.androidplot.xy.XYPlot;
import com.androidplot.xy.XYSeriesFormatter;

/**
*
* This example is based on:
* - multitouch example, by David Buezas (david.buezas at gmail.com) and Michael
* from http://androidplot.com/wiki/A_Simple_XYPlot_with_multi-touch_zooming_and_scrolling
* - AndroidPlot quickstart example http://androidplot.com/wiki/Quickstart
* No license was given with this samples, but I assume that use it for free on BSD-like license 
*
* @author Marcin Lepicki (marcin.lepicki at flex-it.pl)
*
*/
public class MultitouchPlot extends XYPlot implements OnTouchListener
{

// Definition of the touch states
static final private int NONE = 0;
static final private int ONE_FINGER_DRAG = 1;
static final private int TWO_FINGERS_DRAG = 2;
private int mode = NONE;

private Number minXSeriesValue;
private Number maxXSeriesValue;
private Number minYSeriesValue;
private Number maxYSeriesValue;

private PointF firstFinger;
private float lastScrolling;
private float distBetweenFingers;

private Number newMinX;
private Number newMaxX;

public MultitouchPlot(Context context, String title)
{
super(context, title);
initTouchHandling();
}

public MultitouchPlot(Context context, AttributeSet attributes)
{
super(context, attributes);
initTouchHandling();
}

public MultitouchPlot(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)
{
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
initTouchHandling();
}

private void initTouchHandling()
{
this.setOnTouchListener(this);
}

public boolean addSeries(XYSeries series, XYSeriesFormatter formatter)
{
//Overriden to compute min and max series values
for(int i = 0; i < series.size(); i++) { if(minXSeriesValue == null || minXSeriesValue.doubleValue() > series.getX(i).doubleValue())
minXSeriesValue = series.getX(i);
if(maxXSeriesValue == null || maxXSeriesValue.doubleValue() < series.getX(i).doubleValue()) maxXSeriesValue = series.getX(i); if(minYSeriesValue == null || minYSeriesValue.doubleValue() > series.getY(i).doubleValue())
minYSeriesValue = series.getY(i);
if(maxYSeriesValue == null || maxYSeriesValue.doubleValue() < series.getX(i).doubleValue()) maxYSeriesValue = series.getY(i); } return super.addSeries(series, formatter); } public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motionEvent) { switch(motionEvent.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) { case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN: //start gesture firstFinger = new PointF(motionEvent.getX(), motionEvent.getY()); mode = ONE_FINGER_DRAG; break; case MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_DOWN: //second finger { distBetweenFingers = distance(motionEvent); // the distance check is done to avoid false alarms if (distBetweenFingers > 5f || distBetweenFingers < -5f) mode = TWO_FINGERS_DRAG; break; } case MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_UP: //end zoom //should I count pointers and change mode after only one is left? mode = ONE_FINGER_DRAG; break; case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE: if(mode == ONE_FINGER_DRAG) { calculateMinMaxVals(); final PointF oldFirstFinger = firstFinger; firstFinger = new PointF(motionEvent.getX(), motionEvent.getY()); lastScrolling = oldFirstFinger.x - firstFinger.x; scroll(lastScrolling); fixBoundariesForScroll(); setDomainBoundaries(newMinX, newMaxX, BoundaryMode.FIXED); redraw(); } else if(mode == TWO_FINGERS_DRAG) { calculateMinMaxVals(); final float oldDist = distBetweenFingers; final float newDist = distance(motionEvent); if(oldDist > 0 && newDist < 0 || oldDist < 0 && newDist > 0) //sign change! Fingers have crossed 
break;

distBetweenFingers = newDist;

zoom(oldDist / distBetweenFingers);

fixBoundariesForZoom();
setDomainBoundaries(newMinX, newMaxX, BoundaryMode.FIXED);
redraw();
}
break;
}

return true;
}

private void scroll(float pan)
{
float calculatedMinX = getCalculatedMinX().floatValue();
float calculatedMaxX = getCalculatedMaxX().floatValue();
final float domainSpan = calculatedMaxX - calculatedMinX;
final float step = domainSpan / getWidth();
final float offset = pan * step;

newMinX = calculatedMinX + offset;
newMaxX = calculatedMaxX + offset;
}

private void fixBoundariesForScroll()
{
float diff = newMaxX.floatValue() - newMinX.floatValue();
if(newMinX.floatValue() < minXSeriesValue.floatValue()) { newMinX = minXSeriesValue; newMaxX = newMinX.floatValue() + diff; } if(newMaxX.floatValue() > maxXSeriesValue.floatValue())
{
newMaxX = maxXSeriesValue;
newMinX = newMaxX.floatValue() - diff;
}
}

private float distance(MotionEvent event)
{
final float x = event.getX(0) - event.getX(1);
return x;
}

private void zoom(float scale)
{
if(Float.isInfinite(scale) || Float.isNaN(scale) || (scale > -0.001 && scale < 0.001)) //sanity check
return;

float calculatedMinX = getCalculatedMinX().floatValue();
float calculatedMaxX = getCalculatedMaxX().floatValue();
final float domainSpan = calculatedMaxX - calculatedMinX;
final float domainMidPoint = calculatedMaxX - domainSpan / 2.0f;
final float offset = domainSpan * scale / 2.0f;
newMinX = domainMidPoint - offset;
newMaxX = domainMidPoint + offset;
}

private void fixBoundariesForZoom()
{
if(newMinX.floatValue() < minXSeriesValue.floatValue()) { newMinX = minXSeriesValue; } if(newMaxX.floatValue() > maxXSeriesValue.floatValue())
{
newMaxX = maxXSeriesValue;
}
}
}

If you want, you can download complete eclipse project here

Hi there.

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