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    Default QML ChartView updates

    I am developing a smartphone app (Android & iOS). I have successfully implemented a Chartview and added a lineseries... no problems there...

    However, I would like to update the lineseries on-the-fly... as in, I want to remove the first item and append a new item as data comes in (usually every 2 seconds or so).

    Any ideas or thoughts on doing that? I've reviewed the docs, but don't readily see a way to handle this.
    Thanks!

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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    It seems to have a removeSeries() method: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qml-qtcharts-c...eSeries-method

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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    Good Point.
    I'll try using that with adding a new series and see how that will work, although there is no "addSeires"... Maybe 'createSeries' will work.

    Will post back with an update...

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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    Using removeSeries and createSeries works for Android.
    For iOS, I get an error about AbstractSeries being undefined... same source code for both.

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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    You probably don't have the include paths set up properly for iOS and it can't find the QML where AbstractSeries is defined.
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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    QT and Xcode both compile this project without any issues...and run on my testbed iPhone. Everything works except the Qt Charts on iOS.

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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    Compiling is probably not the issue. AFAIK, the QML is loaded at runtime, and your error implies that it can't find the base QML where AbstractSeries is defined. Look at how and where you are deploying the QML files and where your app is expecting them to be.
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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    My code:

    var wseries = windChart.createSeries(ChartView.SeriesTypeLine, "",axisXw, axisYw);

    ios Error:

    Error: Unknown method return type: QAbstractSeries*

    Thoughts?

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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    Anyone have any thoughts?

    D_Stranz, can you elaborate on your idea? I've checked everything I can think of, and it appears to be OK... QT Creator and XCode both compile and seem to 'see' all libraries and headers ok...

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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    I don't know what to tell you. When you build and run something under Qt Creator, you are running in a different environment than on the actual device (or in a test bed or on your desktop). Paths are different, the "current directory" is different, and so forth. "QAbstractSeries" is probably defined in a QML file associated with the Qt Charts package, and either you aren't deploying that file on iOS or you aren't deploying it in a search path that QML is using on iOS.

    On my 5.4.1 distribution, "QAbstractSeries" is defined in the qabstractseries.h file down in the Charts source tree, and is referenced as a Component in the plugins.qmltypes file in the chartsqml2 directory.

    Have you followed the instructions on Deploying QML Applications?
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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    Seems that the overall issue was running in Debug mode. Once I switched to a Release mode on iOS, the QAbstractSeries error went away... and the charts worked.

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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    I know it's been a while, but I wanted to update this thread with how I ended up getting this to work best on iOS and Android...

    I use the QML charts, and am dynamically updating them by doing a 'remove' followed by and 'append'. I have 4 charts, 3 of which have a single series, and one which has 2 series.

    I define the each series at Chart creation, the populate the entire series with data from a MySQL DB... then as new data is added to the DB, I do this for each series ( as appropriate ):

    Qt Code:
    1. series1.remove(0);
    2. series1.append(incomingData.msec,incomingData.dataPoint);
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    This removes the first item from the series (the oldest), and appends the newest item as the last in the series... works like a charm.

    I was originally destroying and recreating each series... which worked, but this way is cleaner and is less effort.

    I would assume that since I can do this via QML, you could do it via C++.

    --Sam

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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    Quote Originally Posted by scgrant327 View Post
    I know it's been a while, but I wanted to update this thread with how I ended up getting this to work best on iOS and Android...

    I use the QML charts, and am dynamically updating them by doing a 'remove' followed by and 'append'. I have 4 charts, 3 of which have a single series, and one which has 2 series.

    I define the each series at Chart creation, the populate the entire series with data from a MySQL DB... then as new data is added to the DB, I do this for each series ( as appropriate ):

    Qt Code:
    1. series1.remove(0);
    2. series1.append(incomingData.msec,incomingData.dataPoint);
    To copy to clipboard, switch view to plain text mode 

    This removes the first item from the series (the oldest), and appends the newest item as the last in the series... works like a charm.

    I was originally destroying and recreating each series... which worked, but this way is cleaner and is less effort.

    I would assume that since I can do this via QML, you could do it via C++.

    --Sam
    Thanks for this post. It was very helpful.
    I did similar coding in QML, but has an event with new data coming in.
    I append the data to the lineseries during the event, but the chart doesn't get updated.
    I also tried remove then append and it doesn't update to the new data.
    Was there something else you call to cause the chart to get repaint?

    -Qtino

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    Default Re: QML ChartView updates

    I append the data to the lineseries during the event, but the chart doesn't get updated.
    I also tried remove then append and it doesn't update to the new data.
    Are you sure that the line series you are modifying in your slot is the same one you added to the chart, and not some temporary line series you are creating in the slot (which then gets destroyed immediately)?

    Since you haven't showed any of your code, there's no way to tell what you might be doing wrong.
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