Installation and first chart

Open visual studio 2022, select "Create a new project", then select the WPF Application template.

Name the project and the solution WpfSample, and select .NET 6.0 as the framework, if the framework is not available for you, you can also use .NET 5.0, .NET core 3.1 or .NET 4.6.2 or greater.

Install from NuGet

Now install LiveCharts from NuGet. If you need more help to install a package from NuGet, please follow this guide.

LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.WPF

Create a View Model

After the package is installed add a new class to your project as follows:

using LiveChartsCore;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView;

namespace WpfSample
{
    public class ViewModel
    {
        public ISeries[] Series { get; set; } 
            = new ISeries[]
            {
                new LineSeries<double>
                {
                    Values = new double[] { 2, 1, 3, 5, 3, 4, 6 },
                    Fill = null
                }
            };
    }
}

Add the chart control to the UI

Finally go to the MainWindow.xaml file and add the LiveCharts namespace, don't forget to add also the namespace of your ViewModel class, then add a CartesianChart control and bind the Series property:

<!-- mark -skip 3 -take 2 -->
<Window x:Class="MyApp"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WPFSample"
    xmlns:lvc="clr-namespace:LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.WPF;assembly=LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.WPF">

    <Window.DataContext>
        <local:ViewModel /><!-- mark -->
    </Window.DataContext>

    <lvc:CartesianChart<!-- mark -->
        Series="{Binding Series}"><!-- mark -->
    </lvc:CartesianChart><!-- mark -->

</Window>

And that's it, start your application and you will see the chart in your main window.

Configure themes and mappers (Optional)

Optionally you could configure LiveCharts to add a theme or a custom mapper, add the following code when your application starts:

Go to the Solution Explorer and browse for App.xaml.cs file, then override the OnStartup method as follows.

using System.Windows;
using LiveChartsCore;// mark
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView;// mark

namespace WPFSample
{
    public partial class App : Application
    {
        protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnStartup(e);

            LiveCharts.Configure(config =>// mark
                config// mark
                    // registers SkiaSharp as the library backend
                    // REQUIRED unless you build your own
                    .AddSkiaSharp()// mark

                    // adds the default supported types
                    // OPTIONAL but highly recommend
                    .AddDefaultMappers()// mark

                    // select a theme, default is Light
                    // OPTIONAL
                    //.AddDarkTheme()
                    .AddLightTheme()// mark

                    // finally register your own mappers
                    // you can learn more about mappers at:
                    // ToDo add website link...
                    .HasMap<City>((city, point) =>// mark
                    {// mark
                        point.PrimaryValue = city.Population;// mark
                        point.SecondaryValue = point.Context.Index;// mark
                    })// mark
                    // .HasMap<Foo>( .... )// mark
                    // .HasMap<Bar>( .... )// mark
                );
        }
    }
}