Liquid Glass Effect in .NET MAUI Polar Chart

15 Jul 20264 minutes to read

The Liquid Glass Effect is a modern design style that provides a sleek, minimalist appearance with clean lines, subtle visual effects, and elegant styling. It features smooth rounded corners and sophisticated visual treatments that create a polished, professional look for your charts.

NOTE

Prerequisite: Ensure that the required NuGet package is installed, the necessary namespaces are imported, and the SfPolarChart control is properly configured in your application. For detailed setup and configuration instructions, refer to the Getting Started guide.

NOTE

The liquid glass effect is supported only on .NET 10 and on iOS and macOS versions 26 or later

How it Enhances Chart UI on macOS and iOS

The Liquid Glass Effect enhances MAUI SfPolarChart with a sleek, glassy look and improved interactivity.

  • Tooltip: Applies a glassy appearance to tooltips for clearer data highlights.
  • Chart Background: Wrap the chart in an SfGlassEffectView to give the chart surface a blurred or clear glass background.

Apply Liquid Glass Effect to SfPolarChart

Wrap the SfPolarChart inside an SfGlassEffectView to give the chart surface a glass (blurred or clear) appearance. SfGlassEffectView is available in the Syncfusion.Maui.Core package.

<core:SfGlassEffectView CornerRadius = "20"
                        Padding = "12"
                        EffectType = "Regular"
                        EnableShadowEffect = "True">

    <chart:SfPolarChart>

        <chart:PolarLineSeries
            ItemsSource = "{Binding Data}"
            XBindingPath = "Category"
            YBindingPath = "Value" />
    </chart:SfPolarChart>
</core:SfGlassEffectView>
SfPolarChart chart = new SfPolarChart();

chart.Series.Add(new PolarLineSeries
{
    ItemsSource = viewModel.Data,
    XBindingPath = "Category",
    YBindingPath = "Value"
});

var glass = new SfGlassEffectView
{
    CornerRadius = 20,
    Padding = 12,
    EffectType = GlassEffectType.Regular, // Regular (blurrier) or Clear (glassy)
    EnableShadowEffect = true,
    Content = chart
};

For detailed guidance on SfGlassEffectView, refer to the Getting Started documentation.

Enable Liquid Glass Effect to SfPolarChart Tooltip

To Enable Liquid Glass Effect to the tooltip, set True to EnableLiquidGlassEffect property of SfPolarChart and EnableTooltip property of ChartSeries.

<chart:SfPolarChart EnableLiquidGlassEffect = "True">
    <!-- code omitted for brevity -->
    <chart:PolarLineSeries ItemsSource = "{Binding Data}"
                           XBindingPath = "Category"
                           YBindingPath = "Value"
                           EnableTooltip = "True">
    </chart:PolarLineSeries>
</chart:SfPolarChart>
SfPolarChart chart = new SfPolarChart();
chart.EnableLiquidGlassEffect = true;
// code omitted for brevity
PolarLineSeries series = new PolarLineSeries()
{
    ItemsSource = viewModel.Data,
    XBindingPath = "Category",
    YBindingPath = "Value",
    EnableTooltip = true
};

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

Polar line Chart with Liquid Glass Tooltip

Best Practices and Tips

  • Host the chart inside an SfGlassEffectView to give the chart body a glass appearance.
  • Liquid glass effects are most visible over images or colorful backgrounds.
  • Set EffectType property of SfGlassEffectView as Regular for a blurrier look and Clear for a crisper, glassy look.
  • Tune CornerRadius and Padding to balance content density and visual polish.
  • When using a custom template for tooltip using TooltipTemplate, set the background to Transparent to display the liquid glass effect.