Chapter 6: Displaying Data in Charts and with Custom 2D Graphics
This chapter will look at apps that need to show graphs, reports, and complex graphics. It's common for apps to include some sort of graph or chart. It's also becoming increasingly common to include elements in the UI that can't easily be made with standard controls.
As we progress through this chapter, we'll build a dashboard app for our fictional business that will display information appropriate to different parts of the business. Such apps are common as part of management reporting tools. You can imagine the different screens being displayed on monitors mounted on the walls in each department. This enables staff to instantly see what's going on in their part of the business.
In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:
- Displaying graphs and charts
- Creating custom graphics with SkiaSharp
- Having the UI layout respond to changes in the screen size
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