Title in Xamarin.Android Chart (SfChart)

25 Nov 20221 minute to read

You can define and customize the Chart title using Title property of SfChart. The Text property of ChartTitle is used to set the text for the title.

Following properties are used to customize its appearance.

• Text – used to set the chart title.
• TextColor – used to change the color of the title.
• TextSize – used to change the text size.
• Typeface – used to change the font family and font weight.
• Alpha - used to set the alpha value of title. It’s range from 0.0 to 1.0
• SetBackgroundColor(Color) – used to change the title background color.
• SetPadding(Left, Top, Right, Bottom) - used to change the padding value for title.

C#

[C#]

SfChart sfChart = new SfChart(this);

sfChart.Title.Text = "Efficiency of oil-fired power production";

sfChart.Title.SetTextColor( Color.Blue);

Text Alignment

You can align the title text content to the Start, Center or End of the title using the TextAlignment property of the ChartTitle.

C#

[C#]

SfChart sfChart = new SfChart(this);

sfChart.Title.Text = "Efficiency of oil-fired power production";

sfChart.Title.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.TextStart;

sfChart.Title.SetTextColor( Color.Blue);

Text Wrap

By using the LineBreakMode property, You can wrap the chart title text content. The default value of this property is NoWrap.

C#

[C#]

SfChart sfChart = new SfChart(this);

sfChart.Title.Text = "Percentage change in efficiency of oil-fired power production in Russia for six months;

sfChart.Title.SetTextColor( Color.Blue);

sfChart.Title.LineBreakMode = LineBreakMode.TailTruncation;