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Hi all,

I’m trying to use the metal support in a little test project.
I have following lines to enable metal:

if SCIChartSurface.isMetalSupported {
      sciChartSurface.renderSurface = SCIMetalRenderSurface(frame: sciChartSurface.bounds)
 } else {
       sciChartSurface.renderSurface = SCIOpenGLRenderSurface(frame: sciChartSurface.bounds)
 }

the surface keeps empty until I remove the

sciChartSurface.renderSurface = SCIMetalRenderSurface(frame: sciChartSurface.bounds)

line – or in other words I use OpenGL.
Then the chart will render properly. I am using an iPhoneX (not simulator).

Thank you for your support!

Wall of Code:

import UIKit
import SciChart
import SnapKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    // MARK: - UIElements
    private var sciChartSurface: SCIChartSurface!

    // MARK: - Vars
    private var series: SCIXyDataSeries?

    // MARK: - Lifecycle
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        setupSurface()
        setupData()
        renderData()
    }

       // MARK: - Chart
     private func setupSurface() {
        // Create a SCIChartSurface. This is a UIView so can be added directly to the UI
        sciChartSurface = SCIChartSurface.init(frame: view.bounds)
        sciChartSurface.debugWhySciChartDoesntRender = true
        view.addSubview(sciChartSurface)

        // Detect metal with this static property
        if SCIChartSurface.isMetalSupported {
            sciChartSurface.renderSurface = SCIMetalRenderSurface(frame: sciChartSurface.bounds)
        } else {
            sciChartSurface.renderSurface = SCIOpenGLRenderSurface(frame: sciChartSurface.bounds)
        }
        sciChartSurface.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in
            make.edges.equalToSuperview()
        }

        sciChartSurface.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = true
        sciChartSurface.backgroundColor = .gray
        // Create an XAxis and YAxis. This step is mandatory before creating series
        let xAxis = SCICategoryNumericAxis()
        setup(axis: xAxis)
        sciChartSurface.xAxes.add(xAxis)
        let yAxis = SCINumericAxis()
        setup(axis: yAxis)
        sciChartSurface.yAxes.add(yAxis)
    }

    private func setup(axis: SCIAxisBase) {
        let axisStyle = SCIAxisStyle()

        let majorPen = SCISolidPenStyle(colorCode: 0xFF393532, withThickness: 0.5)
        let minorPen = SCISolidPenStyle(colorCode: 0xFF262423, withThickness: 0.5)

        let textFormat = SCITextFormattingStyle()
        textFormat.fontSize = 16

        axisStyle.majorTickBrush = majorPen
        axisStyle.majorGridLineBrush = majorPen
        axisStyle.gridBandBrush = SCISolidBrushStyle(colorCode: 0xE1232120)
        axisStyle.minorTickBrush = minorPen
        axisStyle.minorGridLineBrush = minorPen
        axisStyle.labelStyle = textFormat
        axisStyle.drawMinorGridLines = true
        axisStyle.drawMajorBands = true
        axis.style = axisStyle
    }

    private func setupData() {
        series = SCIXyDataSeries(xType: .int16, yType: .int16)
        TestData.testData.forEach { (testData) in
            let xGeneric = SCIGenericType(type: .int16, .init(int32Data: testData.x))
            let yGeneric = SCIGenericType(type: .int16, .init(int32Data: testData.y))
            series?.appendX(xGeneric, y: yGeneric)
        }
    }

    private func renderData() {
        let renderSeries = SCIFastColumnRenderableSeries()
        renderSeries.dataSeries = series
        sciChartSurface.renderableSeries.add(renderSeries)
    }
}



struct TestData {
    var x: Int32
    var y: Int32

    static let testData = [TestData(x: 2017, y: 5),
                           TestData(x: 2018, y: 8),
                           TestData(x: 2019, y: 2),
                           TestData(x: 2020, y: 9)]
}
Version
installation from cocoa pods -> 2.5.0.2574
  • Hubert Weid
    Sorry for the strange code formatting.
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Hey!

With a different project it works fine – so I don’t know what the error was in this code but now it works fine for me.
Thank you for you help!

Regards
Benedikt

  • Andrew Burnett-Thompson
    Hi Benedikt, thank you for the info. If you experience this issue again please let us know and we will do our best to help. Best regards, Andrew
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Hi Benedikt,

Our iOS team has pasted your code into Swift Playgrounds (removing SnapKit as it’s an external dependency) and it shows up just fine on iPhoneX.

Can you provide a complete code sample that reproduces the problem?

Best regards,
Andrew

  • Hubert Weid
    Hey, I uploaded the complete project to https://uploads.mobivention.eu/a8b57cd0d05d. The Password is: SecurePW. The link is valid for four weeks. You have to replace the bundleIdentifier, signing profiles and the license key. I hope it helps. Greetings Benedikt
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Hi Benedikt,

Can you try moving the line

view.addSubview(sciChartSurface)

to the end of the setupSurface() function? After the ScIChartSurface has been initialised and all axis added.

Best regards
Andrew

  • Hubert Weid
    Sadly it’s still Gray with no chart.
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