Delayed Animations

The [ObservableObject], [ObservableProperty] and [ICommand] attributes come from the CommunityToolkit.Mvvm package, you can read more about it here.

This web site wraps every sample using a UserControl instance, but LiveCharts controls can be used inside any container.

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View model

using System.Collections.Generic;
using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
using LiveChartsCore;
using LiveChartsCore.Easing;
using LiveChartsCore.Kernel;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Drawing.Geometries;

namespace ViewModelsSamples.Bars.DelayedAnimation;

public partial class ViewModel : ObservableObject
{
    public ViewModel()
    {
        var values1 = new List<float>();
        var values2 = new List<float>();

        var fx = EasingFunctions.BounceInOut; // this is the function we are going to plot
        var x = 0f;

        while (x <= 1)
        {
            values1.Add(fx(x));
            values2.Add(fx(x - 0.15f));
            x += 0.025f;
        }

        var columnSeries1 = new ColumnSeries<float>
        {
            Values = values1,
            Stroke = null,
            Padding = 2
        };

        var columnSeries2 = new ColumnSeries<float>
        {
            Values = values2,
            Stroke = null,
            Padding = 2
        };

        columnSeries1.PointMeasured += OnPointMeasured;
        columnSeries2.PointMeasured += OnPointMeasured;

        Series = new List<ISeries> { columnSeries1, columnSeries2 };
    }

    private void OnPointMeasured(ChartPoint<float, RoundedRectangleGeometry, LabelGeometry> point)
    {
        var visual = point.Visual;
        if (visual is null) return;

        var delayedFunction = new DelayedFunction(EasingFunctions.BuildCustomElasticOut(1.5f, 0.60f), point, 30f);

        _ = visual
            .TransitionateProperties(
                nameof(visual.Y),
                nameof(visual.Height))
            .WithAnimation(animation =>
                animation
                    .WithDuration(delayedFunction.Speed)
                    .WithEasingFunction(delayedFunction.Function));
    }

    public List<ISeries> Series { get; set; }
}

XAML

<UserControl x:Class="AvaloniaSample.Bars.DelayedAnimation.View"
             xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:lvc="using:LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Avalonia"
             xmlns:vms="using:ViewModelsSamples.Bars.DelayedAnimation">
  <UserControl.DataContext>
    <vms:ViewModel/>
  </UserControl.DataContext>
  <Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
      <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <lvc:CartesianChart Series="{Binding Series}"></lvc:CartesianChart>
  </Grid>  
</UserControl>

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