MpAndroidChart HorizontalBarChart Customize label

Question

I want to add my bar values to the left of the bar and the bar labels to the right of the bar.

Below is the code that initilizes HorizontalBarChart

    HorizontalBarChart mChart = (HorizontalBarChart) findViewById(R.id.chart1);
    mChart.setOnChartValueSelectedListener(this);
    mChart.setDrawBarShadow(false);
    mChart.setDrawValueAboveBar(true);
    mChart.setDescription(strHeading);
    mChart.setMaxVisibleValueCount(60);
    mChart.setPinchZoom(false);
    mChart.setDrawGridBackground(false);
    XAxis xl = mChart.getXAxis();
    xl.setDrawLabels(false);
    YAxis yl = mChart.getAxisLeft();
    yl.setDrawLabels(false);
    YAxis yr = mChart.getAxisRight();
    yr.setTypeface(mTfLight);
    yr.setDrawAxisLine(true);
    yr.setDrawGridLines(false);
    setData(12, 50);
    mChart.setFitBars(true);
    mChart.animateY(2500);
    mChart.getXAxis().setPosition(XAxis.XAxisPosition.BOTTOM_INSIDE);
    Legend l = mChart.getLegend();
    l.setPosition(Legend.LegendPosition.ABOVE_CHART_LEFT);
    l.setFormSize(8f);
    l.setXEntrySpace(4f);

Below is the method that binds the data, The following code

float barWidth = 9f;
float spaceForBar = 10f;
ArrayList<BarEntry> yVals1 = new ArrayList<BarEntry>();

for (int i=0 ; i< arrayChart.size(); i++){
    ModelChart modelChart = arrayChart.get(i);
    String aString = modelChart.getHeader();
    float space = i * spaceForBar;
    BarEntry eachEntry = new BarEntry(i * spaceForBar, modelChart.getValue() , modelChart.getHeader());
    yVals1.add(eachEntry);
}

if (mChart.getData() != null &&
        mChart.getData().getDataSetCount() > 0) {
    BarDataSet  set1 = (BarDataSet)mChart.getData().getDataSetByIndex(0);
    set1.setValues(yVals1);
    mChart.getData().notifyDataChanged();
    mChart.notifyDataSetChanged();
} else {
    set1 = new BarDataSet(yVals1, "A , B , C");
    ArrayList<IBarDataSet> dataSets = new ArrayList<IBarDataSet>();
    dataSets.add(set1);
    BarData data = new BarData(dataSets);
    data.setValueTextSize(10f);
    data.setValueTypeface(mTfLight);
    data.setBarWidth(barWidth);
    mChart.setData(data);
}

Answer 1

Yes, this is definitely possible using the ValueFormatter and AxisValueFormatter interfaces.

1. Create a formatter that adds the labels to the right of your bars:

   public class LabelFormatter implements ValueFormatter {
       @Override
       public String getFormattedValue(float value, Entry entry, int dataSetIndex, ViewPortHandler viewPortHandler) {
           // assuming that getHeader() returned the label
           return (String) entry.getData();
       }
   }
   

2. Create an axis formatter that adds the values to the left of your bars:

   public class BarValueFormatter implements AxisValueFormatter {
       private final DataSet mData;
   
       public BarValueFormatter(DataSet data) {
           mData = data;
       }
   
       @Override
       public String getFormattedValue(float value, AxisBase axis) {
           return String.valueOf((int) mData.getEntryForXPos(value, DataSet.Rounding.CLOSEST).getY());
       }
   }
   

3. Set your formatters to the dataset and axis:

   set1.setValueFormatter(new LabelFormatter());
   mChart.getXAxis().setValueFormatter(new BarValueFormatter(set1));
   

Note that you need to remove the call to xl.setDrawLabels(false); for the x-axis, so the values are properly rendered.