Negative values not displayed in line charts using ios-charts using Swift

Question

I have negative values in my line chart using ios-charts. Positive values are displayed but negative values are clipped at 0. I have set the left and right axes not to start at 0 but no help.

    LineChart1.leftAxis.startAtZeroEnabled = false
    LineChart1.rightAxis.startAtZeroEnabled = false

Any ideas? TIA.

Code snippet below.

    override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.

    self.navigationController?.navigationBar.translucent = false

    self.title = "Line Chart 1"
    LineChart1.bounds = CGRectMake(-20, -20, 275, 250)
    LineChart1.data = getMyData()
    LineChart1.drawBordersEnabled = false
    LineChart1.legend.enabled = false
    LineChart1.leftAxis.startAtZeroEnabled = false
    LineChart1.rightAxis.startAtZeroEnabled = false
    LineChart1.xAxis.setLabelsToSkip(0)
    LineChart1.xAxis.drawGridLinesEnabled = false
    LineChart1.leftAxis.drawGridLinesEnabled = true
    LineChart1.rightAxis.drawLabelsEnabled = false
    LineChart1.animate(xAxisDuration: 0.3)
    LineChart1.animate(yAxisDuration: 0.3)

    LineChart1.setNeedsDisplay()
}

func getMyData() -> LineChartData {

    var xVals = ["2008","2009","2010","2011","2012"]

    var courses: [ChartDataEntry] = []
    courses.append(ChartDataEntry(value: 3, xIndex: 0))
    courses.append(ChartDataEntry(value: -40, xIndex: 1))
    courses.append(ChartDataEntry(value: 4, xIndex: 2))
    courses.append(ChartDataEntry(value: 4, xIndex: 3))
    courses.append(ChartDataEntry(value: 3, xIndex: 4))

    let bcds = LineChartDataSet(yVals: courses, label: "")
    bcds.valueTextColor = UIColor.blackColor()

    return LineChartData(xVals: xVals, dataSet: bcds)
}

Try setting the data after you call LineChart1.leftAxis.startAtZeroEnabled = false. — Philipp Jahoda
Maybe it is too late but I want to share my experience and maybe save someone's life. If you have several points for xAxis both negative and positive, you have to sort them first and then put them on the graph. Otherwise when you tap on a specific value at a certain point you will not get the correct coordinates for that specific point. — Thomas

daniel.gindi daniel.gindi · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-19T08:15:59

You should call notifyDataSetChanged() after setting startAtZeroEnabled - like in the sample app.

The chart does not know of a change in a property like startAtZeroEnabled on an inner component, so you have to tell it. And because min/max are calculated in notifyDataSetChanged according to startAtZeroEnabled, that's a case where you have to notify, and just setNeedsDisplay...

Negative values not displayed in line charts using ios-charts using Swift

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