Bars Background

Hover over the image to see the chart animation

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 ContentPage instance, but LiveCharts controls can be used inside any container.

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View Model

using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
using LiveChartsCore;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Painting;
using SkiaSharp;

namespace ViewModelsSamples.Bars.WithBackground;

public partial class ViewModel : ObservableObject
{
    public ISeries[] Series { get; set; } =
    {
        new ColumnSeries<double>
        {
            IsHoverable = false, // disables the series from the tooltips // mark
            Values = new double[] { 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 },
            Stroke = null,
            Fill = new SolidColorPaint(new SKColor(30, 30, 30, 30)),
            IgnoresBarPosition = true
        },
        new ColumnSeries<double>
        {
            Values = new double[] { 3, 10, 5, 3, 7, 3, 8 },
            Stroke = null,
            Fill = new SolidColorPaint(SKColors.CornflowerBlue),
            IgnoresBarPosition = true
        }
    };

    public Axis[] YAxes { get; set; } =
    {
        new Axis { MinLimit = 0, MaxLimit = 10 }
    };
}

XAML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             x:Class="XamarinSample.Bars.WithBackground.View"
             xmlns:lvc="clr-namespace:LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Xamarin.Forms;assembly=LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.XamarinForms"
             xmlns:vms="clr-namespace:ViewModelsSamples.Bars.WithBackground;assembly=ViewModelsSamples">
    <ContentPage.BindingContext>
        <vms:ViewModel/>
    </ContentPage.BindingContext>
    <Grid>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <lvc:CartesianChart Series="{Binding Series}" YAxes="{Binding YAxes}"></lvc:CartesianChart>
    </Grid>
</ContentPage>

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