Line Geometries
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.
View model
using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
using LiveChartsCore;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Painting;
using SkiaSharp;
namespace ViewModelsSamples.Lines.Custom;
public partial class ViewModel : ObservableObject
{
public ISeries[] Series { get; set; } =
{
new LineSeries<double>
{
Values = new double[] { 3, 1, 4, 3, 2, -5, -2 },
GeometrySize = 10,
Fill = null
},
// use the second argument type to specify the geometry to draw for every point
// there are already many predefined geometries in the
// LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Drawing.Geometries namespace
new LineSeries<double, LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Drawing.Geometries.RectangleGeometry>
{
Values = new double[] { 3, 3, -3, -2, -4, -3, -1 },
Fill = null
},
// you can also define your own SVG geometry
new LineSeries<double, MyGeometry>
{
Values = new double[] { -2, 2, 1, 3, -1, 4, 3 },
Stroke = new SolidColorPaint(SKColors.DarkOliveGreen, 3),
Fill = null,
GeometryStroke = null,
GeometryFill = new SolidColorPaint(SKColors.DarkOliveGreen),
GeometrySize = 40
}
};
}
MyGeometry.cs
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Drawing;
using SkiaSharp;
namespace ViewModelsSamples.Lines.Custom;
public class MyGeometry : LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Drawing.Geometries.SVGPathGeometry
{
// the static field is important to prevent the svg path is parsed multiple times // mark
// Icon from Google Material Icons font.
// https://fonts.google.com/icons?selected=Material%20Icons%20Outlined%3Atask_alt%3A
public static SKPath svgPath = SKPath.ParseSvgPathData(
"M22,5.18L10.59,16.6l-4.24-4.24l1.41-1.41l2.83,2.83l10-10L22,5.18z M19.79,10.22C19.92,10.79,20,11.39,20,12 " +
"c0,4.42-3.58,8-8,8s-8-3.58-8-8c0-4.42,3.58-8,8-8c1.58,0,3.04,0.46,4.28,1.25l1.44-1.44C16.1,2.67,14.13,2,12,2C6.48,2,2,6.48,2,12 " +
"c0,5.52,4.48,10,10,10s10-4.48,10-10c0-1.19-0.22-2.33-0.6-3.39L19.79,10.22z");
public MyGeometry()
: base(svgPath)
{ }
public override void OnDraw(SkiaSharpDrawingContext context, SKPaint paint)
{
// lets also draw a white circle as background before the svg path is drawn
// this will just make things look better
using (var backgroundPaint = new SKPaint())
{
backgroundPaint.Style = SKPaintStyle.Fill;
backgroundPaint.Color = SKColors.White;
var r = Width / 2;
context.Canvas.DrawCircle(X + r, Y + r, r, backgroundPaint);
}
base.OnDraw(context, paint);
}
}
XAML
<UserControl x:Class="WPFSample.Lines.Custom.View"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:lvc="clr-namespace:LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.WPF;assembly=LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.WPF"
xmlns:vms="clr-namespace:ViewModelsSamples.Lines.Custom;assembly=ViewModelsSamples">
<UserControl.DataContext>
<vms:ViewModel/>
</UserControl.DataContext>
<lvc:CartesianChart Series="{Binding Series}"/>
</UserControl>
