Is achartengine ready for realtime graphing?

Question

I\'m trying to graph some real-time data, \"realtime\" here means < 10msec data, ideally as low as possible. I\'ve been able to get Android to fetch and process data this

Answer 1

After a big effort on optimizing everything else on my app I still can't make it plot in what I understand for "realtime". The library is great, and very fast but the way in which every onDraw allocates memory inevitably triggers an avalanche of garbage collection which collides with its own allocation and thus android freezes your app momentarily causing stutter which is totally incompatible with "realtime" graphing. The "stutter" here can range from 50-250ms (yes milliseconds) but that's enough to kill a realtime app.

AChartengine will allow you to create "dynamic" graphs just as long as you don't require them to be "realtime" (10 frames/sec, (<100ms refresh rate) or what you'd call "smooth").

If someone needs more information on the core problem here, or why I'm saying that the library is fast enough but memory allocation patterns end up causing performance problems take a look at Google I/O 2009 - Writing Real-Time Games for Android