iOS & macOS Charting Documentation - SciChart iOS & macOS Charts SDK v4.x

SciChart v4 Migration guide

SciChart v4.0 is the latest major release of SciChart - High-Performance Real-time Charts framework for iOS.

This guide is provided to ease the transition of existing applications using SciChart v3.0 to the latest APIs, as well as explain the design and structure of new and updated functionality.

Benefits of Upgrading

SciChart library starts to support macOS
All the API was improved, became more flexible and more consistent with other platforms
A lot of bug fixes
Whole SciChart API became even more Swift-friendly

Breaking Changes

In version 4.x iOS SciChart library has started to support macOS. API hasn’t changed dramatically except Pie/Donut API which has been rewritten completely to match other platforms. Also, SciChart API has been slightly updated to improve flexibility, Swift compatibility, and become consistent with other platforms. There’s no possibility to document every single change, so we’re going to attempt to identify the most commonly used parts of SciChart and describe what has been changed there.

Pie/Donut API

In version 4.x Pie/Donut API has been rewritten completely to match other platforms, for example:

SCIPieRenderableSeries and SCIDonutRenderableSeries segments became segmentsCollection
SCIPieLegendModifier became SCIPieChartLegendModifier
SCIPieSelectionModifier became SCIPieSegmentSelectionModifier
SCIPieSelectionModifier.selectionMode removed
SCIPieTooltipModifier became SCIPieChartTooltipModifier

Custom theme applying

In version 4.x you can to add your custom themes from different bundles like this:

    // SciChart v4.x
    [SCIThemeManager addThemeByThemeKey:@“customThemeId” fromBundle:[NSBundle bundleWithIdentifier:@“bundleIdentifier”]];
    [SCIThemeManager applyThemeToThemeable:self.surface withThemeKey:@“customThemeId”];
    

    // SciChart v4.x
    if let exampleBundle = Bundle(identifier: “bundleIdentifier”) {
        SCIThemeManager.addTheme(byThemeKey: “customThemeId”, from: exampleBundle)
        SCIThemeManager.applyTheme(to: self.surface, withThemeKey: “customThemeId”)
    }

Minor API changes

Some methods and properties have been changed to non-optional:
- SciChart v3.x: UIColor.fromARGBColorCode(0xffff4500)?.cgColor
- SciChart v4.x: UIColor.fromARGBColorCode(0xffff4500).cgColor
SCIAnnotationDragListener has been changed to `ISCIAnnotationDragListener
ISCIAxis methods parameters have been changed from double to CGFloat like this:
- SciChart v3.x: - (void)zoomFrom:(double)fromCoord to:(double)toCoord
- SciChart v4.x: - (void)zoomFrom:(CGFloat)fromCoord to:(CGFloat)toCoord
SCIModifierBehavior+Protected.lastUpdatePoint has been removed. Instead SCIGestureModifierEventArgs.lastUpdateArgs has been added. So, now you can use lastUpdateArgs.location to get a location at which the associated gesture occurred.
SCIModifierGroup.eventGroup has been removed. Instead ISCIChartModifierCore.eventsGroupTag preperty has been added. So, in case you want to sync your modifier between charts you set eventsGroupTag to some string like this:

    // SciChart v3.x
    SCIModifierGroup *modifierGroup = [SCIModifierGroup new];
    modifierGroup.eventGroup = @“SharedEventGroup”;
    modifierGroup.receiveHandledEvents = YES;
    [modifierGroup.childModifiers add:rolloverModifier];
    [surface.chartModifiers add:modifierGroup];
    
    // SciChart v4.x
    SCIRolloverModifier *rolloverModifier = [SCIRolloverModifier new];
    rolloverModifier.receiveHandledEvents = YES;
    rolloverModifier.eventsGroupTag = @“SharedEventGroup”;
    [surface.chartModifiers add:rolloverModifier];

    // SciChart v3.x
    let rolloverModifier = SCIRolloverModifier()
    modifierGroup.eventGroup = “SharedEventGroup”
    modifierGroup.childModifiers.add(rolloverModifier)
    surface.chartModifiers.add(modifierGroup)
    
    // SciChart v4.x
    let rolloverModifier = SCIRolloverModifier()
    rolloverModifier.receiveHandledEvents = true
    rolloverModifier.eventsGroupTag = “SharedEventGroup”
    surface.chartModifiers.add(rolloverModifier)   

[SCIGestureModifierBase+Protected internalHandleGesture:] method has been replaced with four separate methods which handle each gesture state separately like this:

    // SciChart v3.x
    - (void)internalHandleGesture:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
        // some code here
    }
    
    // SciChart v4.x
    - (void)onGestureBeganWithArgs:(SCIGestureModifierEventArgs *)args {
        // some code here
    }

    - (void)onGestureChangedWithArgs:(SCIGestureModifierEventArgs *)args {
        // some code here
    }

    - (void)onGestureEndedWithArgs:(SCIGestureModifierEventArgs *)args {
        // some code here
    }

    - (void)onGestureCancelledWithArgs:(SCIGestureModifierEventArgs *)args {
        // some code here
    }

    
    // SciChart v3.x
    override func internalHandleGesture(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) {
        // some code here
    }
    
    // SciChart v4.x
    override func onGestureBegan(with args: SCIGestureModifierEventArgs) {
        // some code here
    }
    
    override func onGestureChanged(with args: SCIGestureModifierEventArgs) {
        // some code here
    }
    
    override func onGestureEnded(with args: SCIGestureModifierEventArgs) {
        // some code here
    }
    
    override func onGestureCancelled(with args: SCIGestureModifierEventArgs) {
        // some code here
    }