Charts with swift

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I'm new in iOS development and want to create an app with some charts. I decided to start development with swift because it seemed to be more easy to learn for me as Java developer. But meanwhile I think using objective-c would have been the better choice because AFAIK there is no chart library available that match my criteria:

usable with swift
has line and bar charts
ability to draw charts with date and time axis
free to use or low price < 100 USD

Common chart libraries like JBChartView, ~~Core-Plot~~ and iOSPlot do not fulfill my criteria so I'm thinking about either to use a JavaScript chart library in a WebView or switching completely to objective-c

Is it good practice to use a JavaScript chart API in a WebView? If so, may this make problems on different devices with different screen sizes and orientations? What are common pitfalls with this approach?

Edit: Core-Plot release-2.0 works well with Swift

I think it's pretty clunky using JS and UIWebView - avoid IMHO. What's wrong with core plot? — Woodstock
– Woodstock, Commented Mar 16, 2015 at 13:11
@Woodstock Core-Plot seems not be usable with swift because of incompatible datatypes github.com/core-plot/core-plot/issues/96 — eztam
– eztam, Commented Mar 16, 2015 at 14:03

sam_smith · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-07 04:20:43Z

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You could use iOS-Charts

This is a great chart library written in swift and is on github:

There are some great tutorials going through the basics here.

iOS-Charts seems to fit your criteria

It is completely free
It is written specifically for Swift
It has 8 different graph types

answered Oct 7, 2015 at 4:20

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Evgeniy Kubyshin · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-25 15:34:51Z

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You can use this powerful ios charts library https://github.com/danielgindi/Charts

or you can use this SVG library to create your own https://github.com/exyte/Macaw

If you are looking for commercial library (I haven't used this yet) https://www.shinobicontrols.com

This is a great telegram channel, where you can find different useful information about ios development and libraries https://t.me/iostalks

answered Dec 25, 2017 at 15:34

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Eric Skroch · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-17 01:05:22Z

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As noted in the comments on the linked Core Plot issue, you can use Core Plot in Swift as long as you use the code from the release-2.0 branch. The changes on that branch resolve the issues with NSDecimal that 1.x versions of Core Plot have.

answered Mar 17, 2015 at 1:05

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eztam Over a year ago

I already tried to use the release-2.0 version and thought there are still problems with NSDecimal in CPTPlotRange.length, but after trying it again it turned out that it works perfectly! So core-plot works great with Swift but this little difficulties has taught me to better switch to Objective-C because it is a more proved technology and especially for me as iOS beginner its important that there is much more documentation available.

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