MPAndroidChart - Change message "No chart data available"

Question

Is there any way to change the message "No chart data available" when the chart is not populated?

Edit: Found the answer

chart.setNoDataText("Description that you want");

Author found the answer to the question. – Philipp Jahoda Jun 17 '15 at 16:15 — Philipp Jahoda, Jun 17 '15 at 16:15
why you dont paste it as answer ? – Mina Fawzy Jan 13 '16 at 12:01 — Mina Fawzy, Jan 13 '16 at 12:01

Mina Fawzy · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-13T17:46:12.200

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update answer

chart.setNoDataText("Description that you want");

edited Mar 13 '19 at 17:46

answered Jan 13 '16 at 12:02

Mina Fawzy

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that is my reference https://github.com/PhilJay/MPAndroidChart/issues/2039 – Mina Fawzy May 09 '18 at 11:26
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I have seen above thread, setting both `mChart.setNoDataText("");` and `mChart.setNoDataTextColor(R.color.white);` has no effect. – Davoud May 12 '18 at 09:34
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try call chart.invalidate(); after set text let me know if this help – Mina Fawzy Mar 04 '19 at 14:14
this is not working - it seems as if this is only working after one has already set data once before – luckyhandler Oct 08 '19 at 19:59

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 04 '17 at 12:33

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If you also want to customize look & feel, you can do it through Paint object:

mChart.setNoDataText("Description that you want");
Paint p = mChart.getPaint(Chart.PAINT_INFO);
p.setTextSize(...);
p.setColor(...);
p.setTypeface(...);
...

answered Jan 04 '17 at 12:33

David Miguel

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score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 02 '18 at 11:10

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The Correct answer is here:

 pie_chart.setNoDataText("No Data Available");
 val paint:Paint =  pie_chart.getPaint(Chart.PAINT_INFO)
 paint.textSize = 40f
 pie_chart.invalidate()

You also set other properties like text color, text typeface etc

answered Nov 02 '18 at 11:10

Sundeep Badhotiya

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 04 '18 at 16:39

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_firestore__eintraege__heute);

    mChart = findViewById(R.id.chartZuckerHeute);
    mChart.setNoDataText("PUT IT HERE ON TOP; WORKED FOR ME");

score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 16 '19 at 07:12

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You need put pieChart.invalidate() after setNoDataText():

@Override
    public void setDataMessagePieChart() {
        pieChart.setNoDataText("... your message ...");
        pieChart.invalidate();
    }

edited Jul 16 '19 at 07:12

Shayki Abramczyk

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answered Jul 16 '19 at 06:46

tony esna

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 05 '20 at 21:51

It's a little bit old thread, but I had the same issue so my solution was to set nodatatext immediately after the initialization of a chart:

PieChart pieChart = findViewById(R.id.chart) //in case of fragment view.findViewById(R.id.chart)
pieChart.setNoDataText("Loading");

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 02 '21 at 18:57

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If setNoDataText is not working, you have to set it (and after that run an invalidate()) when you are initializing the chart. Don't do it when you are right away to set the data.

answered Dec 02 '21 at 18:57

Andrés S. García Sobrado

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MPAndroidChart - Change message "No chart data available"

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