Dashed Lines

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This sample uses C# 12 features, it also uses features from the CommunityToolkit.Mvvm package, you can learn more about it here.

View Model

using LiveChartsCore;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Painting;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Painting.Effects;
using SkiaSharp;

namespace ViewModelsSamples.Design.StrokeDashArray;

public class ViewModel
{
    public ISeries[] Series { get; set; }

    public ViewModel()
    {
        // The LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Painting.EffectsPathEffect abstract class is a wrapper for
        // the SkiaSharp.SKPathEffect object, in this case we will use the DashEffect class
        // to create a dash line as the stroke of our line series

        // notice the stroke thickness affects the stroke dash array
        // if you want to learn more about stroke dash arrays please see:
        // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/graphics/skiasharp/curves/effects#dots-and-dashes

        var strokeThickness = 10;
        var strokeDashArray = new float[] { 3 * strokeThickness, 2 * strokeThickness };
        var effect = new DashEffect(strokeDashArray);

        Series = [
            new LineSeries<int>
            {
                Values = [4, 2, 8, 5, 3],
                LineSmoothness = 1,
                GeometrySize = 22,
                Stroke = new SolidColorPaint
                {
                    Color = SKColors.CornflowerBlue,
                    StrokeCap = SKStrokeCap.Round,
                    StrokeThickness = strokeThickness,
                    PathEffect = effect
                },
                Fill = null
            }
        ];
    }
}

XAML

<UserControl x:Class="WPFSample.Design.StrokeDashArray.View"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
             xmlns:lvc="clr-namespace:LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.WPF;assembly=LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.WPF"
             xmlns:vms="clr-namespace:ViewModelsSamples.Design.StrokeDashArray;assembly=ViewModelsSamples">
    <UserControl.DataContext>
        <vms:ViewModel/>
    </UserControl.DataContext>
    <Grid>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <lvc:CartesianChart Series="{Binding Series}"></lvc:CartesianChart>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>