I have the following a class containing properties that get their data values from a database.
public partial class Fruit
{
public double Apples { get; set; }
public double Oranges { get; set; }
public double Grapes { get; set; }
public double Bananas { get; set; }
}
I want to bind these properties to the PieSeries Values in a LiveCharts PieChart.
When I try Values="{Binding Source= Apples}"
the control breaks.
Can anyone help?
My code is below.
C#
using LiveCharts;
using LiveCharts.Wpf;
using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
namespace Wpf.PieChart
{
public partial class PieChartExample : UserControl
{
public Fruit Fruit => new Fruit();
public Fruit fruitData = new Fruit();
public static readonly DependencyProperty FruitPieChartModelProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(
"FruitPieChartModel",
typeof(FruitPieChartDataModel),
typeof(PieChartExample),
new PropertyMetadata(default(FruitPieChartDataModel)));
public FruitPieChartDataModel FruitPieChartModel
{
get => (FruitPieChartDataModel)GetValue(PieChartExample.FruitPieChartModelProperty);
set => SetValue(PieChartExample.FruitPieChartModelProperty, value);
}
public PieChartExample()
{
InitializeComponent();
PointLabel = chartPoint =>
string.Format("{0} ({1:P})", chartPoint.Y, chartPoint.Participation);
DataContext = this;
CreatePieChartData(fruitData);
}
private void CreatePieChartData(Fruit fruitData)
{
this.FruitPieChartModel = new FruitPieChartDataModel(fruitData);
}
public Func<ChartPoint, string> PointLabel { get; set; }
private void Chart_OnDataClick(object sender, ChartPoint chartpoint)
{
var chart = (LiveCharts.Wpf.PieChart)chartpoint.ChartView;
//clear selected slice.
foreach (PieSeries series in chart.Series)
series.PushOut = 0;
var selectedSeries = (PieSeries)chartpoint.SeriesView;
selectedSeries.PushOut = 8;
}
}
public class FruitPieChartDataModel
{
public FruitPieChartDataModel(Fruit entityFrameworkDataModel)
{
this.AppleDataSeries = new ChartValues<double>() { entityFrameworkDataModel.Apples };
this.OrangeDataSeries = new ChartValues<double>() { entityFrameworkDataModel.Oranges };
this.GrapeDataSeries = new ChartValues<double>() { entityFrameworkDataModel.Grapes };
this.BananaDataSeries = new ChartValues<double>() { entityFrameworkDataModel.Bananas };
}
public ChartValues<double> AppleDataSeries { get; set; }
public ChartValues<double> OrangeDataSeries { get; set; }
public ChartValues<double> GrapeDataSeries { get; set; }
public ChartValues<double> BananaDataSeries { get; set; }
}
public partial class Fruit
{
public double Apples { get; set; } = 6;
public double Oranges { get; set; } = 4;
public double Grapes { get; set; } = 8;
public double Bananas { get; set; } = 5;
}
}
XAML
<UserControl
x:Class="Wpf.PieChart.PieChartExample"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Wpf.PieChart"
xmlns:lvc="clr-namespace:LiveCharts.Wpf;assembly=LiveCharts.Wpf"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance local:PieChartExample}"
d:DesignHeight="300"
d:DesignWidth="500"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<Grid>
<lvc:PieChart
DataClick="Chart_OnDataClick"
DataTooltip="{x:Null}"
Hoverable="False"
LegendLocation="Bottom">
<lvc:PieChart.Series>
<lvc:PieSeries
Title="Apples"
DataLabels="True"
LabelPoint="{Binding PointLabel}"
Values="{Binding FruitPieChartModel.AppleDataSeries}" />
<lvc:PieSeries
Title="Oranges"
DataLabels="True"
LabelPoint="{Binding PointLabel}"
Values="{Binding FruitPieChartModel.OrangeDataSeries}" />
<lvc:PieSeries
Title="Grapes"
DataLabels="True"
LabelPoint="{Binding PointLabel}"
Values="{Binding FruitPieChartModel.GrapeDataSeries}" />
<lvc:PieSeries
Title="Bananas"
DataLabels="True"
LabelPoint="{Binding PointLabel}"
Values="{Binding FruitPieChartModel.BananaDataSeries}" />
</lvc:PieChart.Series>
</lvc:PieChart>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
This code incorporates the valuable suggestions made by BionicCode.
Unfortunately I cant get the software to run because I am encountering a "System.NullReferenceException: 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'
Please advise what I am doing wrong?".
The property Apples
doesn't exist and instance of Fruit
exists. You have to add a property to your UserControl
and create an instance of Fruit
.
Additionally the type of the properties must be a collection of type ChartValues<T>
.
Since Fruit
is a POCO returned by the Entity Framework you have to create a wrapper class for charts to serve as the chart model.
FruitPieChartDataModel.cs
public class FruitPieChartDataModel
{
public FruitPieChartDataModel(Fruit entityFrameworkDataModel)
{
this.AppleDataSeries = new ChartValues<double>() { entityFrameworkDataModel.Apples };
this.OrangeDataSeries = new ChartValues<double>() { entityFrameworkDataModel.Oranges };
this.GrapeDataSeries = new ChartValues<double>() { entityFrameworkDataModel.Grapes };
this.BananaDataSeries = new ChartValues<double>() { entityFrameworkDataModel.Bananas };
}
public ChartValues<double> AppleDataSeries { get; set; }
public ChartValues<double> OrangeDataSeries { get; set; }
public ChartValues<double> GrapeDataSeries { get; set; }
public ChartValues<double> BananaDataSeries { get; set; }
}
PieChartExample.xaml.cs
public partial class PieChartExample : UserControl
{
public static readonly DependencyProperty FruitPieChartModelProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(
"FruitPieChartModel",
typeof(FruitPieChartDataModel),
typeof(PieChartExample),
new PropertyMetadata(default(FruitPieChartDataModel)));
public FruitPieChartDataModel FruitPieChartModel
{
get => (FruitPieChartDataModel) GetValue(PieChartExample.FruitPieChartModelProperty);
set => SetValue(PieChartExample.FruitPieChartModelProperty, value);
}
private void CreatePieChartData(Fruit fruitData)
{
this.FruitPieChartModel = new FruitPieChartDataModel(fruitData);
}
...
}
Then you can bind the pie chart to the FruitPieChartModel property:
PieChartExample.xaml
<lvc:PieSeries Title="Apples"
Values="{Binding FruitPieChartModel.AppleDataSeries}"
DataLabels="True"
LabelPoint="{Binding PointLabel}"/>
If you want to set a Binding
on the FruitPieChartModel
property (as a binding target) then you must make it a DependencyProperty
.