freeyourgadget/mpandroidchart — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-07-21 · repo last pushed 2018-02-08
Show weekly workout stats in a bar chart in a fitness app.
Display spending categories in a pie chart in a personal finance app.
Visualize stock prices over time using candlestick charts.
Overlay a line chart on a bar chart to compare two data sets.
| freeyourgadget/mpandroidchart | android-hacker/xposedwechathelper | fiberjw/chat.cool | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Language | Java | Java | Java |
| Last pushed | 2018-02-08 | 2018-03-13 | 2017-04-17 |
| Maintenance | Dormant | Dormant | Dormant |
| Setup difficulty | easy | hard | moderate |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Audience | developer | developer | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Standard Android library integration via Gradle dependency, no external services or infra required.
MPAndroidChart is a free toolkit that lets Android app developers add polished, interactive charts and graphs to their apps. Instead of building data visualizations from scratch, a developer can use this library to display information like sales trends, poll results, or stock prices in a visually appealing way. The guiding philosophy, as the project puts it, is that "it's all about the looks." The library supports a wide variety of chart types, including line charts, bar charts, pie charts, scatter plots, radar (spider web) charts, bubble charts, and candlestick charts for financial data. Users can interact with these visualizations through touch gestures like scaling (pinching to zoom) and dragging. The charts also support animations and can combine different types, such as overlaying a line chart on top of a bar chart. A matching iOS version exists, which helps teams building apps for both Android and Apple devices maintain a consistent look. This toolkit is meant for Android developers who need to display data in their apps but don't want to spend time building custom charting logic. For example, a fitness app could use it to show weekly workout stats in a bar chart, or a personal finance app could display spending categories in a pie chart. The project offers a downloadable demo app on the Google Play Store so potential users can see the charts in action before integrating the code. One notable tradeoff is that this is a free, community-maintained project, and as a result, dynamic or realtime data is not officially supported. The README directs users who need enterprise-grade performance for constantly updating data streams toward a paid commercial solution called SciChart, and even offers a small discount code for it. The project is open source, free to use under the Apache 2.0 license, and relies on community donations for ongoing maintenance.
A free Android library that lets developers add polished, interactive charts like line, bar, pie, and candlestick graphs to their apps without building custom charting logic from scratch.
Mainly Java. The stack also includes Java, Android SDK.
Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2018-02-08).
Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you include the license notice, this is the Apache 2.0 license.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
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