Looking for a graph layout framework for iOS

A:

graphviz is C source and has been ported to OSX/Xcode already. I would try to build a library in Xcode from source -- not a dylib (because that's not allowed on iOS devices), but a .a library. I bet the code is pretty close to portable to iOS already if not fully so.

Lou Franco 2010-09-11 23:35:40

Thought of that and even tried playing with it for a bit. Things weren't as simple though, but perhaps I'm not proficient in how to do it: should sources be added before or after a call to ./configure for example?

Aviad Ben Dov 2010-09-12 03:08:53

In other words, how do you suggest approaching such a solution? :)

Aviad Ben Dov 2010-09-12 03:13:15

I'm not really sure. The purpose of configure is to make you a makefile. Here's what I would do (1) figure out how to call configure in a way that targets iPhone target, starting with simulator (2) Call make to get a .a (3) use the .a in my project.

Lou Franco 2010-09-12 18:20:28

That's where I am extremely lacking knowledge: make and configure. I've been trying to play with configure for a few days now with no major success. I don't even know how to make gcc to compile for the armv7 architecture (even though Xcode seems to support it!). It's all quite fascinatingly new, and I have little time to study it properly.. Help would be appreciated :-)

Aviad Ben Dov 2010-09-12 22:53:27

+1 A:

According to a post on the graphviz development mailing list, Glen Low of pixelglow has already managed to port graphviz and uses it in Instaviz.

He also has some hints on the configure script.

spenthil 2010-09-15 20:34:38

I read about pixelglow. I tried contacting Glen Low, and if he'll open source the port I'll post it back here.

Aviad Ben Dov 2010-09-17 08:45:15

Okay, correcting my previous comment: I'll try the configure and the instructions there. If it works, great!

Aviad Ben Dov 2010-09-17 08:51:35

@spenthil: the instructions won't work. I couldn't figure it out though; after I try the build, it would shout "error: conditional "INSTALL_LTDL" was never defined". That is expected, as the instructions say not to install LTDL. Have any idea why this breaks the build?

Aviad Ben Dov 2010-09-17 12:04:46

Did you try adding `--disable-ltdl` to the configure?

spenthil 2010-09-17 19:42:55

BTW, I'm a he and not a she, says Glen. I have a suitable configure script embedded within an Xcode project that will build a libgraphviz.a, but currently it only works for Graphviz 2.24. Haven't updated it for the latest release yet.

Glen Low 2010-09-30 02:05:56

*Extremely* sorry Glen - I have corrected it above.

spenthil 2010-09-30 07:07:15

A:

mxGraph does work on iOS out of the box

David 2010-09-20 10:33:39

for 6000 euros I sure hope so :)

clearbrian 2010-10-11 13:38:39

A:

How about using Google Chart in a webview:

http://code.google.com/apis/chart/

Khurram Ali 2010-09-22 07:42:37

I'm looking for an more-or-less abstract layout engine, not a powerpoint-like chart engine. Thanks anyway! :)

Aviad Ben Dov 2010-09-25 15:31:42

+1 A:

Below are some libraries which might help you:

1) http://code.google.com/p/core-plot/

2) http://code.google.com/p/s7graphview/

3) http://github.com/duivesteyn-enterprises/deSimpleChart

4) http://www.rgraph.net/ (Will work on UIWebView only)

5) http://sebkade.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/basic-graph-class-for-iphone/ (a blog where demo is given to create a graph)

Sagar 2010-09-28 07:23:03

Thanks for your help but these are graph plotting frameworks, and not graph layout frameworks. I'll add a note stating that this is NOT what I need specifically, since it seems a lot of people are confused about this.

Aviad Ben Dov 2010-09-28 20:55:23

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