I am working on an application that will let a user make a graph using the number of hours that the user has slept. Currently the attached code will take the input and make a graph expecting an integer values from the user. I want to be able to instead, allow the user to input a date or a string value, and place that into the x-axis instead. Is there a way to do this? Currently the add method for the mCurrentSeries is expecting two double values in its parameters. I have been searching for a solution all night, but I am not even sure if this is possible. Most of the examples that I found, have the dates already hardcoded in. I want everything to come from the editText boxes. Any help will be appreciated. My code below:

.XML file

    <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent">

        <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@string/add_values"/>

        <RelativeLayout android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="0.05">
            <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/x" android:padding="5dp"
                android:id="@+id/dateTextView"
                android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
            <EditText android:id="@+id/xValue" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:inputType="numberDecimal"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1" android:enabled="false"
                android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/dateTextView" />
            <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/y" android:padding="5dp"
                android:layout_below="@+id/xValue"
                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
                android:id="@+id/sleepHoursTextView" />
            <EditText android:id="@+id/yValue" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:inputType="number"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1" android:enabled="false"
                android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/sleepHoursTextView"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/sleepHoursTextView"
                android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/sleepHoursTextView" />
            <Button android:id="@+id/add" android:text="@string/add"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:enabled="false"
                android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/yValue"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />
        </RelativeLayout>

        <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/chart" android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="0dp" android:layout_weight="1"/>

        <LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
            <Button android:id="@+id/new_series" android:text="@string/new_series"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

.Java file

import org.achartengine.ChartFactory;
import org.achartengine.GraphicalView;
import org.achartengine.chart.PointStyle;
import org.achartengine.model.SeriesSelection;
import org.achartengine.model.XYMultipleSeriesDataset;
import org.achartengine.model.XYSeries;
import org.achartengine.renderer.XYMultipleSeriesRenderer;
import org.achartengine.renderer.XYSeriesRenderer;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class XYChartBuilder extends Activity {
    /** The main dataset that includes all the series that go into a chart. */
    private XYMultipleSeriesDataset mDataset = new XYMultipleSeriesDataset();
    /** The main renderer that includes all the renderers customizing a chart. */
    private XYMultipleSeriesRenderer mRenderer = new XYMultipleSeriesRenderer();
    /** The most recently added series. */
    private XYSeries mCurrentSeries;
    /** The most recently created renderer, customizing the current series. */
    private XYSeriesRenderer mCurrentRenderer;
    /** Button for creating a new series of data. */
    private Button mNewSeries;
    /** Button for adding entered data to the current series. */
    private Button mAdd;
    /** Edit text field for entering the X value of the data to be added. */
    private EditText mX;
    /** Edit text field for entering the Y value of the data to be added. */
    private EditText mY;
    /** The chart view that displays the data. */
    private GraphicalView mChartView;

    @Override
    protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
        // save the current data, for instance when changing screen orientation
        outState.putSerializable("dataset", mDataset);
        outState.putSerializable("renderer", mRenderer);
        outState.putSerializable("current_series", mCurrentSeries);
        outState.putSerializable("current_renderer", mCurrentRenderer);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedState) {
        super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedState);
        // restore the current data, for instance when changing the screen
        // orientation
        mDataset = (XYMultipleSeriesDataset) savedState.getSerializable("dataset");
        mRenderer = (XYMultipleSeriesRenderer) savedState.getSerializable("renderer");
        mCurrentSeries = (XYSeries) savedState.getSerializable("current_series");
        mCurrentRenderer = (XYSeriesRenderer) savedState.getSerializable("current_renderer");
    }

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

        // the top part of the UI components for adding new data points
        mX = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.xValue);
        mY = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yValue);
        mAdd = (Button) findViewById(R.id.add);

        // set some properties on the main renderer
        mRenderer.setApplyBackgroundColor(true);
        mRenderer.setBackgroundColor(Color.argb(100, 50, 50, 50));
        mRenderer.setAxisTitleTextSize(50);
        mRenderer.setChartTitleTextSize(50);
        mRenderer.setLabelsTextSize(50);
        mRenderer.setLegendTextSize(50);
        mRenderer.setMargins(new int[] { 20, 30, 15, 0 });
        mRenderer.setZoomButtonsVisible(true);
        mRenderer.setPointSize(5);

        // the button that handles the new series of data creation
        mNewSeries = (Button) findViewById(R.id.new_series);
        mNewSeries.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                String seriesTitle = "Sleep Data " + (mDataset.getSeriesCount() + 1);
                // create a new series of data
                XYSeries series = new XYSeries(seriesTitle);
                mDataset.addSeries(series);
                mCurrentSeries = series;
                // create a new renderer for the new series
                XYSeriesRenderer renderer = new XYSeriesRenderer();
                mRenderer.addSeriesRenderer(renderer);
                // set some renderer properties
                renderer.setPointStyle(PointStyle.CIRCLE);
                renderer.setFillPoints(false);
                renderer.setDisplayChartValues(true);
                renderer.setDisplayChartValuesDistance(50);
                renderer.setLineWidth(10);
                renderer.setPointStrokeWidth(20);
                mCurrentRenderer = renderer;
                setSeriesWidgetsEnabled(true);
                mChartView.repaint();
            }
        });

        mAdd.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                double x = 0;
                double y = 0;
                try {
                    x = Double.parseDouble(mX.getText().toString());
                } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                    mX.requestFocus();
                    return;
                }
                try {
                    y = Double.parseDouble(mY.getText().toString());
                } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                    mY.requestFocus();
                    return;
                }
                // add a new data point to the current series
                mCurrentSeries.add(x, y);
                mX.setText("");
                mY.setText("");
                mX.requestFocus();
                // repaint the chart such as the newly added point to be visible
                mChartView.repaint();
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        if (mChartView == null) {
            LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.chart);
            mChartView = ChartFactory.getLineChartView(this, mDataset, mRenderer);
            // enable the chart click events
            mRenderer.setClickEnabled(true);
            mRenderer.setSelectableBuffer(10);
            mChartView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    // handle the click event on the chart
                    SeriesSelection seriesSelection = mChartView.getCurrentSeriesAndPoint();
                    if (seriesSelection == null) {
                        Toast.makeText(XYChartBuilder.this, "No chart element", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    } else {
                        // display information of the clicked point
                        Toast.makeText(
                                XYChartBuilder.this,
                                "Chart element in series index " + seriesSelection.getSeriesIndex()
                                        + " data point index " + seriesSelection.getPointIndex() + " was clicked"
                                        + " closest point value X=" + seriesSelection.getXValue() + ", Y="
                                        + seriesSelection.getValue(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    }
                }
            });
            layout.addView(mChartView, new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
                    LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT));
            boolean enabled = mDataset.getSeriesCount() > 0;
            setSeriesWidgetsEnabled(enabled);
        } else {
            mChartView.repaint();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Enable or disable the add data to series widgets
     *
     * @param enabled the enabled state
     */
    private void setSeriesWidgetsEnabled(boolean enabled) {
        mX.setEnabled(enabled);
        mY.setEnabled(enabled);
        mAdd.setEnabled(enabled);
    }
}

Still hoping someone can come up with an answer for this one

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