Range Area Chart in .NET MAUI Chart

22 Jun 20238 minutes to read

Range Area Chart

Range Area Chart is a type of data visualization useful for displaying the relationship between two variables over time. In this Series, the area between two lines is filled to indicate a range of values, such as a high and low price range or an upper and lower limit.

By displaying ranges of data, range area series can make it easier to compare multiple datasets at once.

To render a range area chart, create an instance of the RangeAreaSeries, and add it to the Series collection property of the SfCartesianChart.

Since the RangeAreaSeries requires two Y values for each point, your data should contain both the high and low values. These high and low values specify the maximum and minimum ranges of the point.

NOTE

The Cartesian chart has the Series as its default content.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>
    ...
    <chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
        <chart:CategoryAxis/>
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>

    <chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
        <chart:NumericalAxis/>
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>   
     
    <chart:RangeAreaSeries ItemsSource="{Binding Data}"
                           XBindingPath="XValue"
                           High="HighValue"
                           Low="LowValue"/>
    
    </chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
    CategoryAxis primaryAxis = new CategoryAxis();
    chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);
    NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
    chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

    RangeAreaSeries series = new RangeAreaSeries()
    {
        ItemsSource = new ViewModel().Data,
        XBindingPath = "XValue",
        High="HighValue",
        Low="LowValue",
    };

    chart.Series.Add(series);
    this.Content = chart;

Range Area chart type in MAUI Chart

Enable Marker

A marker, also known as a symbol, is used to determine or highlight the position of the data point. To enable markers in the series, set the ShowMarkers property to true.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>
    ...
    <chart:RangeAreaSeries XBindingPath="XValue"
                           High="HighValue"
                           Low="LowValue"
                           ItemsSource="{Binding Data}"
                           ShowMarkers="True"/>

    </chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
    ...
    RangeAreaSeries series = new RangeAreaSeries()
    {
        XBindingPath = "XValue",
        High = "HighValue",
        Low = "LowValue",
        ItemsSource = new ViewModel().Data,
        ShowMarkers= true,
    };

    chart.Series.Add(series);
    this.Content= chart;

Marker Customization

In order to change the series markers’ appearance, create an instance of the MarkerSettings property. The following properties are used to customize marker appearance.

  • Type, of type ShapeType, describes the shape of the series marker. The default value of this property is the ShapeType.Circle.
  • Stroke, of type Brush, indicates the brush used to paint the marker border.
  • StrokeWidth, of type double, indicates the width of the marker border.
  • Fill, of type Brush, indicates the color of the marker.
  • Width, of type double, indicates the width of the marker.
  • Height, of type double, indicates the height of the marker.
<chart:SfCartesianChart>
    ...
    <chart:RangeAreaSeries XBindingPath="XValue"
                           High="HighValue"
                           Low="LowValue"
                           ItemsSource="{Binding Data}"
                           ShowMarkers="True">
        <chart:RangeAreaSeries.MarkerSettings>
            <chart:ChartMarkerSettings Type="Diamond"
                                       Fill="Brown"
                                       Stroke="Black"
                                       StrokeWidth="1"
                                       Height="8"
                                       Width="8"/>
        </chart:RangeAreaSeries.MarkerSettings>
    </chart:RangeAreaSeries>
    
    </chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
    ...
    ChartMarkerSettings chartMarker= new ChartMarkerSettings();
        chartMarker.Type = ShapeType.Diamond;
        chartMarker.Fill = Colors.Brown;
        chartMarker.Stroke = Colors.Black;
        chartMarker.StrokeWidth= 1;
        chartMarker.Height = 8;
        chartMarker.Width = 8;

    RangeAreaSeries series = new RangeAreaSeries()
    {
        XBindingPath = "XValue",
        High = "HighValue",
        Low = "LowValue",
        ItemsSource = new ViewModel().Data,
        ShowMarkers = true,
    };

    chart.Series.Add(series);
    this.Content = chart;