iOS & macOS charts - Examples
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Demonstrates axis border support to enhance chart structure and visual clarity. Axis borders help clearly separate chart regions and improve layout definition.
This example shows how to enable and customize border thickness, color, and positioning for X and Y axes to visually delineate chart areas.
axis.axisBorderStyle = SCIAxisBorderStyle(color: 0xFFAD3D8D, thickness: 2.0)The Swift and Objective-C source code for the iOS & macOS Axis Borders example is included below (Scroll down!).
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AxisBorderView.swift
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// The class defines a custom SciChart example that demonstrates how to configure
// multiple axes with customized borders and styles.
class AxisBorderView: SCDSingleChartViewController<SCIChartSurface> {
override var associatedType: AnyClass { return SCIChartSurface.self }
private let primaryColors: [UInt32] = [
0xFF4FBEE6, // Light blue
0xFFAD3D8D, // Magenta
0xFF6BBDAE, // Teal
0xFFE76E63, // Coral red
0xFF2C4B92 // Deep blue
]
override func initExample() {
let axisTitleSize: Float = 12.0
let labelSize: Float = 10.0
let tickSize: Float = 8.0
let tickThickness: Float = 2.0
let xAxis1 = SCINumericAxis()
xAxis1.axisId = "xAxis1"
xAxis1.axisTitle = "X Axis"
xAxis1.axisAlignment = .bottom
xAxis1.drawMajorBands = false
xAxis1.drawMajorGridLines = true
xAxis1.drawMinorGridLines = false
xAxis1.drawMajorTicks = true
xAxis1.visibleRange = SCIDoubleRange(min: -10.0, max: 110.0)
let xAxis2 = SCINumericAxis()
xAxis2.axisId = "xAxis2"
xAxis2.axisTitle = "Flipped X Axis"
xAxis2.axisAlignment = .bottom
xAxis2.flipCoordinates = true
xAxis2.drawMajorBands = false
xAxis2.drawMajorGridLines = false
xAxis2.drawMinorGridLines = false
xAxis2.drawMajorTicks = true
xAxis2.visibleRange = SCIDoubleRange(min: -10.0, max: 110.0)
// Apply only top border to distinguish this axis
xAxis2.axisBorderStyle = SCIAxisBorderStyle(color: primaryColors[1], antiAliasing: true, topThickness: 0.8, leftThickness: 0, bottomThickness: 0, rightThickness: 0) ?? SCIAxisBorderStyle()
let xAxis3 = SCINumericAxis()
xAxis3.axisId = "xAxis3"
xAxis3.axisTitle = "Stacked X Axis"
xAxis3.axisAlignment = .right
xAxis3.drawMajorBands = false
xAxis3.drawMajorGridLines = false
xAxis3.drawMinorGridLines = false
xAxis3.drawMajorTicks = true
xAxis3.visibleRange = SCIDoubleRange(min: -10.0, max: 110.0)
// Apply distinguish thickness for each side
xAxis3.axisBorderStyle = SCIAxisBorderStyle(color: primaryColors[2], antiAliasing: false, topThickness: 1, leftThickness: 0.5, bottomThickness: 5, rightThickness: 3) ?? SCIAxisBorderStyle()
let yAxis1 = SCINumericAxis()
yAxis1.axisId = "yAxis1"
yAxis1.axisTitle = "Flipped Y Axis - Left Aligned"
yAxis1.axisTitlePlacement = .right
yAxis1.axisAlignment = .left
yAxis1.flipCoordinates = true
yAxis1.drawMajorBands = false
yAxis1.drawMajorGridLines = true
yAxis1.drawMinorGridLines = false
yAxis1.drawMajorTicks = true
yAxis1.visibleRange = SCIDoubleRange(min: -10.0, max: 140.0)
// Apply uniform border styling
yAxis1.axisBorderStyle = SCIAxisBorderStyle(color: primaryColors[0], thickness: 2.0)
let yAxis2 = SCINumericAxis()
yAxis2.axisId = "yAxis2"
yAxis2.axisTitle = "Stacked Y Axis"
yAxis2.axisAlignment = .left
yAxis2.drawMajorBands = false
yAxis2.drawMajorGridLines = false
yAxis2.drawMinorGridLines = false
yAxis2.drawMajorTicks = true
yAxis2.visibleRange = SCIDoubleRange(min: -10.0, max: 140.0)
// Apply uniform border styling
yAxis2.axisBorderStyle = SCIAxisBorderStyle(color: primaryColors[1], thickness: 8)
let yAxis3 = SCINumericAxis()
yAxis3.axisId = "yAxis3"
yAxis3.axisTitle = "Y Axis - Top Aligned"
yAxis3.axisAlignment = .top
yAxis3.drawMajorBands = false
yAxis3.drawMajorGridLines = false
yAxis3.drawMinorGridLines = false
yAxis3.drawMajorTicks = true
yAxis3.visibleRange = SCIDoubleRange(min: -10.0, max: 140.0)
// Apply only bottom border
yAxis3.axisBorderStyle = SCIAxisBorderStyle(color: primaryColors[2], antiAliasing: true, topThickness: 0, leftThickness: 0, bottomThickness: 3, rightThickness: 0) ?? SCIAxisBorderStyle()
let xAxes = [xAxis1, xAxis2, xAxis3]
let yAxes = [yAxis1, yAxis2, yAxis3]
for i in 0..<xAxes.count {
let colorCode = self.primaryColors[i]
let xAxis = xAxes[i]
let yAxis = yAxes[i]
// Styling axis title and labels
xAxis.titleStyle = SCIFontStyle(fontSize: axisTitleSize, andTextColorCode: colorCode)
yAxis.titleStyle = SCIFontStyle(fontSize: axisTitleSize, andTextColorCode: colorCode)
xAxis.tickLabelStyle = SCIFontStyle(fontSize: labelSize, andTextColorCode: colorCode)
yAxis.tickLabelStyle = SCIFontStyle(fontSize: labelSize, andTextColorCode: colorCode)
// Ticks style
xAxis.majorTickLineStyle = SCISolidPenStyle.init(color: colorCode, thickness: tickThickness)
yAxis.majorTickLineStyle = SCISolidPenStyle.init(color: colorCode, thickness: tickThickness)
xAxis.majorTickLineLength = tickSize
yAxis.majorTickLineLength = tickSize
}
// Create data series
let dataSeries = SCIXyDataSeries(xType: .double, yType: .double)
for j in 0..<100 {
let x = Double(j)
let y = sin(Double(j) * 0.1) * Double(j) + 50.0
dataSeries.append(x: x, y: y)
}
// Create line series
let lineSeries = SCIFastLineRenderableSeries()
lineSeries.dataSeries = dataSeries
lineSeries.xAxisId = "xAxis1"
lineSeries.yAxisId = "yAxis1"
SCIUpdateSuspender.usingWith(surface) {
self.surface.xAxes.add(items: xAxis1, xAxis2, xAxis3)
self.surface.yAxes.add(items: yAxis1, yAxis2, yAxis3)
self.surface.renderableSeries.add(lineSeries)
self.surface.chartModifiers.add(items: SCDExampleBaseViewController.createDefaultModifiers())
}
}
}
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