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Xamarin.Forms Xamarin Charts Column Chart

Overview

The Xamarin.Forms column chart uses vertical bars (called columns) to display different values of one or more items. Column chart is the most common chart types that are being used. It is like a bar chart except that here the bars are vertical and not horizontal. Points from adjacent series are drawn as bars next to each other.

Beautiful Xamarin.Forms Column Chart

Key features

The Xamarin.Forms column chart shows the overlapping bars

Overlapping bars

Compare two different types of relational values using bar chart that overlap one another in Xamarin.Forms.

The Xamarin.Forms column chart shows the gradient color support

Gradient

Applies gradient colors to visualize data in different colors, improving the readability and appearance of the chart.

The Xamarin.Forms column chart shows the corner radius customization of bars

Corner radius

Modernize the UI by applying rounded corners to the bar chart.

The Xamarin.Forms column chart shows the multiple axes support

Multiple axes

Use multiple axes to plot different data sets that widely vary from one other.

Code example

Easily get started with the Xamarin Column Chart using a few simple lines of C# code example as demonstrated below,

<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ChartExample"
             xmlns:chart="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.SfChart.XForms;assembly=Syncfusion.SfChart.XForms"
             x:Class="ChartExample.MainPage">

    <ContentPage.BindingContext>
        <local:ViewModel/>
    </ContentPage.BindingContext>

    <chart:SfChart>

        <chart:SfChart.PrimaryAxis>
            <chart:CategoryAxis/>
        </chart:SfChart.PrimaryAxis>

        <chart:SfChart.SecondaryAxis>
            <chart:NumericalAxis/>
        </chart:SfChart.SecondaryAxis>

        <chart:ColumnSeries ItemsSource="{Binding Data}" XBindingPath="Month" YBindingPath="Target"/>

    </chart:SfChart>

</ContentPage>
public class Model
{
    public string Month { get; set; }

    public double Target { get; set; }

    public Model(string xValue, double yValue)
    {
        Month = xValue;
        Target = yValue;
    }
}

public class ViewModel
{
    public ObservableCollection<Model> Data { get; set; }

    public ViewModel()
    {
        Data = new ObservableCollection<Model>()
        {
            new Model("Jan", 50),
            new Model("Feb", 70),
            new Model("Mar", 65),
            new Model("Apr", 57),
            new Model("May", 48), 
        };
    }
}

Learning resources

Navigate to GitHub code used to configure the Xamarin.Forms column chart

GitHub Code

Explore the Xamarin.Forms Column Chart example from GitHub to learn how to render and configure charts.

Navigate to the options available in User Guide to customize the Xamarin.Forms column chart

Column Chart User Guide

Learn available options to customize the Xamarin.Forms column chart.

Navigate to the API references documentation of Xamarin.Forms column chart

Column Chart API Reference

Explore the Xamarin.Forms column chart APIs.

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