Adding Coreplot Graph UIViewController to another UIViewController's view - uiview

Question

So I am having an issue with Coreplot.
I am currently attempting to add my Coreplot graph that i implemented within one of my UIViewController's subviews.
I implemented the Coreplot graph in a UIViewCOntroller class and attempted to add the coreplot viewcontroller's ".view" to the subview of another Viewcontroller.
ScatterPlotViewController *scatterPlot = [[ScatterPlotViewController alloc] init];
[graphView addSubview:scatterPlot.view];
Where graphview is a small uiview among a few other's inside my mainview controller.
CorePlot example
The example implements a 3 graphs but currently I just implemented one (the scatter plot) without using storyboard. The graph displays fine when I ask the main view controller to push to another viewcontroller
ScatterPlotViewController *scatter = [[ScatterPlotViewController alloc] init];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:scatter animated:YES];
I am lost :(.
I tried to read several more similar questions but all lead me to using the HOSTVIEW or
graphView = [(CPTGraphHostingView *) [CPTGraphHostingView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(120, 296, 200, 120)];
graphView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
[self.view addSubview:graphView];
ScatterPlotViewController *scatterPlot = [[ScatterPlotViewController alloc] init];
[graphView.hostedGraph.hostingView addSubview:scatterPlot.hostView.inputView];
I have changed this around a few times, channging
scatterPlot.hostView.inputView to scatterPlot.view
changing
graphView.hostedGraph.hostingView to graphView.view
And several others.
Here is the entire code for the class I used, it is basically the entire code that is used in the tutorial link. I also didn't use storyboards like the tutorial. I just used the code.
.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "CorePlot-CocoaTouch.h"
#import "CPDConstants.h"
#import "CPDStockPriceStore.h"
#interface ScatterPlotViewController : UIViewController <CPTPlotDataSource>
#property (nonatomic, strong) CPTGraphHostingView *hostView;
.m
#import "ScatterPlotViewController.h"
#implementation ScatterPlotViewController
#synthesize hostView = hostView_;
-(void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
// Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}
#pragma mark - UIViewController lifecycle methods
-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
[self initPlot];
}
#pragma mark - Chart behavior
-(void)initPlot {
[self configureHost];
[self configureGraph];
[self configurePlots];
[self configureAxes];
}
-(void)configureHost {
self.hostView = [(CPTGraphHostingView *) [CPTGraphHostingView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
self.hostView.allowPinchScaling = YES;
[self.view addSubview:self.hostView];
}
-(void)configureGraph {
// 1 - Create the graph
CPTGraph *graph = [[CPTXYGraph alloc] initWithFrame:self.hostView.bounds];
[graph applyTheme:[CPTTheme themeNamed:kCPTDarkGradientTheme]];
self.hostView.hostedGraph = graph;
// 2 - Set graph title
NSString *title = #"Portfolio Prices: April 2012";
graph.title = title;
// 3 - Create and set text style
CPTMutableTextStyle *titleStyle = [CPTMutableTextStyle textStyle];
titleStyle.color = [CPTColor whiteColor];
titleStyle.fontName = #"Helvetica-Bold";
titleStyle.fontSize = 16.0f;
graph.titleTextStyle = titleStyle;
graph.titlePlotAreaFrameAnchor = CPTRectAnchorTop;
graph.titleDisplacement = CGPointMake(0.0f, 10.0f);
// 4 - Set padding for plot area
[graph.plotAreaFrame setPaddingLeft:30.0f];
[graph.plotAreaFrame setPaddingBottom:30.0f];
// 5 - Enable user interactions for plot space
CPTXYPlotSpace *plotSpace = (CPTXYPlotSpace *) graph.defaultPlotSpace;
plotSpace.allowsUserInteraction = YES;
}
-(void)configurePlots {
// 1 - Get graph and plot space
CPTGraph *graph = self.hostView.hostedGraph;
CPTXYPlotSpace *plotSpace = (CPTXYPlotSpace *) graph.defaultPlotSpace;
// 2 - Create the three plots
CPTScatterPlot *aaplPlot = [[CPTScatterPlot alloc] init];
aaplPlot.dataSource = self;
aaplPlot.identifier = CPDTickerSymbolAAPL;
CPTColor *aaplColor = [CPTColor redColor];
[graph addPlot:aaplPlot toPlotSpace:plotSpace];
CPTScatterPlot *googPlot = [[CPTScatterPlot alloc] init];
googPlot.dataSource = self;
googPlot.identifier = CPDTickerSymbolGOOG;
CPTColor *googColor = [CPTColor greenColor];
[graph addPlot:googPlot toPlotSpace:plotSpace];
CPTScatterPlot *msftPlot = [[CPTScatterPlot alloc] init];
msftPlot.dataSource = self;
msftPlot.identifier = CPDTickerSymbolMSFT;
CPTColor *msftColor = [CPTColor blueColor];
[graph addPlot:msftPlot toPlotSpace:plotSpace];
// 3 - Set up plot space
[plotSpace scaleToFitPlots:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:aaplPlot, googPlot, msftPlot, nil]];
CPTMutablePlotRange *xRange = [plotSpace.xRange mutableCopy];
[xRange expandRangeByFactor:CPTDecimalFromCGFloat(1.1f)];
plotSpace.xRange = xRange;
CPTMutablePlotRange *yRange = [plotSpace.yRange mutableCopy];
[yRange expandRangeByFactor:CPTDecimalFromCGFloat(1.2f)];
plotSpace.yRange = yRange;
// 4 - Create styles and symbols
CPTMutableLineStyle *aaplLineStyle = [aaplPlot.dataLineStyle mutableCopy];
aaplLineStyle.lineWidth = 2.5;
aaplLineStyle.lineColor = aaplColor;
aaplPlot.dataLineStyle = aaplLineStyle;
CPTMutableLineStyle *aaplSymbolLineStyle = [CPTMutableLineStyle lineStyle];
aaplSymbolLineStyle.lineColor = aaplColor;
CPTPlotSymbol *aaplSymbol = [CPTPlotSymbol ellipsePlotSymbol];
aaplSymbol.fill = [CPTFill fillWithColor:aaplColor];
aaplSymbol.lineStyle = aaplSymbolLineStyle;
aaplSymbol.size = CGSizeMake(6.0f, 6.0f);
aaplPlot.plotSymbol = aaplSymbol;
CPTMutableLineStyle *googLineStyle = [googPlot.dataLineStyle mutableCopy];
googLineStyle.lineWidth = 1.0;
googLineStyle.lineColor = googColor;
googPlot.dataLineStyle = googLineStyle;
CPTMutableLineStyle *googSymbolLineStyle = [CPTMutableLineStyle lineStyle];
googSymbolLineStyle.lineColor = googColor;
CPTPlotSymbol *googSymbol = [CPTPlotSymbol starPlotSymbol];
googSymbol.fill = [CPTFill fillWithColor:googColor];
googSymbol.lineStyle = googSymbolLineStyle;
googSymbol.size = CGSizeMake(6.0f, 6.0f);
googPlot.plotSymbol = googSymbol;
CPTMutableLineStyle *msftLineStyle = [msftPlot.dataLineStyle mutableCopy];
msftLineStyle.lineWidth = 2.0;
msftLineStyle.lineColor = msftColor;
msftPlot.dataLineStyle = msftLineStyle;
CPTMutableLineStyle *msftSymbolLineStyle = [CPTMutableLineStyle lineStyle];
msftSymbolLineStyle.lineColor = msftColor;
CPTPlotSymbol *msftSymbol = [CPTPlotSymbol diamondPlotSymbol];
msftSymbol.fill = [CPTFill fillWithColor:msftColor];
msftSymbol.lineStyle = msftSymbolLineStyle;
msftSymbol.size = CGSizeMake(6.0f, 6.0f);
msftPlot.plotSymbol = msftSymbol;
}
-(void)configureAxes {
// 1 - Create styles
CPTMutableTextStyle *axisTitleStyle = [CPTMutableTextStyle textStyle];
axisTitleStyle.color = [CPTColor whiteColor];
axisTitleStyle.fontName = #"Helvetica-Bold";
axisTitleStyle.fontSize = 12.0f;
CPTMutableLineStyle *axisLineStyle = [CPTMutableLineStyle lineStyle];
axisLineStyle.lineWidth = 2.0f;
axisLineStyle.lineColor = [CPTColor whiteColor];
CPTMutableTextStyle *axisTextStyle = [[CPTMutableTextStyle alloc] init];
axisTextStyle.color = [CPTColor whiteColor];
axisTextStyle.fontName = #"Helvetica-Bold";
axisTextStyle.fontSize = 11.0f;
CPTMutableLineStyle *tickLineStyle = [CPTMutableLineStyle lineStyle];
tickLineStyle.lineColor = [CPTColor whiteColor];
tickLineStyle.lineWidth = 2.0f;
CPTMutableLineStyle *gridLineStyle = [CPTMutableLineStyle lineStyle];
tickLineStyle.lineColor = [CPTColor blackColor];
tickLineStyle.lineWidth = 1.0f;
// 2 - Get axis set
CPTXYAxisSet *axisSet = (CPTXYAxisSet *) self.hostView.hostedGraph.axisSet;
// 3 - Configure x-axis
CPTAxis *x = axisSet.xAxis;
x.title = #"Day of Month";
x.titleTextStyle = axisTitleStyle;
x.titleOffset = 15.0f;
x.axisLineStyle = axisLineStyle;
x.labelingPolicy = CPTAxisLabelingPolicyNone;
x.labelTextStyle = axisTextStyle;
x.majorTickLineStyle = axisLineStyle;
x.majorTickLength = 4.0f;
x.tickDirection = CPTSignNegative;
CGFloat dateCount = [[[CPDStockPriceStore sharedInstance] datesInMonth] count];
NSMutableSet *xLabels = [NSMutableSet setWithCapacity:dateCount];
NSMutableSet *xLocations = [NSMutableSet setWithCapacity:dateCount];
NSInteger i = 0;
for (NSString *date in [[CPDStockPriceStore sharedInstance] datesInMonth]) {
CPTAxisLabel *label = [[CPTAxisLabel alloc] initWithText:date textStyle:x.labelTextStyle];
CGFloat location = i++;
label.tickLocation = CPTDecimalFromCGFloat(location);
label.offset = x.majorTickLength;
if (label) {
[xLabels addObject:label];
[xLocations addObject:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:location]];
}
}
x.axisLabels = xLabels;
x.majorTickLocations = xLocations;
// 4 - Configure y-axis
CPTAxis *y = axisSet.yAxis;
y.title = #"Price";
y.titleTextStyle = axisTitleStyle;
y.titleOffset = -40.0f;
y.axisLineStyle = axisLineStyle;
y.majorGridLineStyle = gridLineStyle;
y.labelingPolicy = CPTAxisLabelingPolicyNone;
y.labelTextStyle = axisTextStyle;
y.labelOffset = 16.0f;
y.majorTickLineStyle = axisLineStyle;
y.majorTickLength = 4.0f;
y.minorTickLength = 2.0f;
y.tickDirection = CPTSignPositive;
NSInteger majorIncrement = 100;
NSInteger minorIncrement = 50;
CGFloat yMax = 700.0f; // should determine dynamically based on max price
NSMutableSet *yLabels = [NSMutableSet set];
NSMutableSet *yMajorLocations = [NSMutableSet set];
NSMutableSet *yMinorLocations = [NSMutableSet set];
for (NSInteger j = minorIncrement; j <= yMax; j += minorIncrement) {
NSUInteger mod = j % majorIncrement;
if (mod == 0) {
CPTAxisLabel *label = [[CPTAxisLabel alloc] initWithText:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%i", j] textStyle:y.labelTextStyle];
NSDecimal location = CPTDecimalFromInteger(j);
label.tickLocation = location;
label.offset = -y.majorTickLength - y.labelOffset;
if (label) {
[yLabels addObject:label];
}
[yMajorLocations addObject:[NSDecimalNumber decimalNumberWithDecimal:location]];
} else {
[yMinorLocations addObject:[NSDecimalNumber decimalNumberWithDecimal:CPTDecimalFromInteger(j)]];
}
}
y.axisLabels = yLabels;
y.majorTickLocations = yMajorLocations;
y.minorTickLocations = yMinorLocations;
}
#pragma mark - Rotation
-(BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft);
}
#pragma mark - CPTPlotDataSource methods
-(NSUInteger)numberOfRecordsForPlot:(CPTPlot *)plot {
return [[[CPDStockPriceStore sharedInstance] datesInMonth] count];
}
-(NSNumber *)numberForPlot:(CPTPlot *)plot field:(NSUInteger)fieldEnum recordIndex:(NSUInteger)index {
NSInteger valueCount = [[[CPDStockPriceStore sharedInstance] datesInMonth] count];
switch (fieldEnum) {
case CPTScatterPlotFieldX:
if (index < valueCount) {
return [NSNumber numberWithUnsignedInteger:index];
}
break;
case CPTScatterPlotFieldY:
if ([plot.identifier isEqual:CPDTickerSymbolAAPL] == YES) {
return [[[CPDStockPriceStore sharedInstance] monthlyPrices:CPDTickerSymbolAAPL] objectAtIndex:index];
} else if ([plot.identifier isEqual:CPDTickerSymbolGOOG] == YES) {
return [[[CPDStockPriceStore sharedInstance] monthlyPrices:CPDTickerSymbolGOOG] objectAtIndex:index];
} else if ([plot.identifier isEqual:CPDTickerSymbolMSFT] == YES) {
return [[[CPDStockPriceStore sharedInstance] monthlyPrices:CPDTickerSymbolMSFT] objectAtIndex:index];
}
break;
}
return [NSDecimalNumber zero];
}
Any help is fine!!!
Just need to get this darn app working correctly :P

Answer 1

Placing one view controller under another requires special handling. Read the "Implementing a Container View Controller" section in the Overview of the UIViewController class docs.

Answer 2

Did you try (??):
ScatterPlotViewController *scatterPlot = [[ScatterPlotViewController alloc] init];
[(yourViewController *) addChildViewController:scatterPlot];
[graphView addSubview:scatterPlot.view];
[scatterPlot didMoveToParentViewController:(yourViewController *)];