ShinobiCharts data labels/annotations/Tick Mark gesture recognizer - ios

Question

Using shinobi charts
Looking for examples how to add gesture recognizers (on touch up) to Tick Marks and schart annoations
I see the documentation for interacting with a series data series, but I need to add GestureRecognizers to tick marks and annotation events
I tried this for the tickMark/datapoint labels with no luck:
func sChart(chart: ShinobiChart!, alterTickMark tickMark: SChartTickMark!, beforeAddingToAxis axis: SChartAxis!) {
if let label = tickMark.tickLabel {
//added a gesture recognizer here but it didn't work
}
For the SchartAnnotations no idea how to go about adding one there

Answer 1

I think you're nearly there with labels. I found I just needed to set userInteractionEnabled = true e.g.
func sChart(chart: ShinobiChart!, alterTickMark tickMark: SChartTickMark!, beforeAddingToAxis axis: SChartAxis!) {
if let label = tickMark.tickLabel {
let tapRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "labelTapped")
tapRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
label.addGestureRecognizer(tapRecognizer)
label.userInteractionEnabled = true
}
}
Annotations are a little trickier, as they're on a view below SChartCanvasOverlay (responsible for listening for gestures). This results in the gestures being 'swallowed' before they get to the annotation.
It is possible however, but you'll need to add a UITapGestureRecognizer to your chart and then loop through the chart's annotations to check whether the touch point was inside an annotation. E.g.:
In viewDidLoad:
let chartTapRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "annotationTapped:")
chartTapRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
chart.addGestureRecognizer(chartTapRecognizer)
And then the annotationTapped function:
func annotationTapped(recognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
var touchPoint: CGPoint?
// Grab the first annotation so we can grab its superview for later use
if let firstAnnotation = chart.getAnnotations().first as? UIView {
// Convert touch point to position on annotation's superview
let glView = firstAnnotation.superview!
touchPoint = recognizer.locationInView(glView)
}
if let touchPoint = touchPoint {
// Loop through the annotations
for item in chart.getAnnotations() {
let annotation: SChartAnnotation = item as SChartAnnotation
if (CGRectContainsPoint(annotation.frame, touchPoint as CGPoint)) {
chart.removeAnnotation(annotation)
}
}
}
}