Stock Market App for .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) (Part 2)

In this second post of our .NET MAUI “Stock App” blog series, we'll show you how to leverage the capabilities of the DevExpress Chart View for .NET MAUI and illustrate how to display historical data (daily open-close-high-low stock prices and transaction volume) within your next mobile app. If you are new to this series, please be sure to review our first post for background information on this app. The complete sample is available here: https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/maui-stocks-mini.

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Prerequisites

The following step-by-step tutorial details how to reproduce this application. In this blog post, I will show how to use our Japanese Candlestick Chart.

The Historical Data Page

<ContentPage
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
    xmlns:dxc="clr-namespace:DevExpress.Maui.Charts;assembly=DevExpress.Maui.Charts"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Stocks"
    x:Class="Stocks.HistoricalDataPage"
    BackgroundColor="{DynamicResource BackgroundColor}">
    <ContentPage.Content>
    </ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace Stocks {
    public class HistoricalDataViewModel {
        public ItemViewModel Item { get; set; }
        public IList<StockPrice> StockPrices { get; set; }
        public DateTime RangeStart { get; set; }
        public DateTime RangeEnd { get; set; }

        public HistoricalDataViewModel(ItemViewModel item) {
            Item = item;
            Symbol symbol = Data.Symbols.Where(s => s.Ticker == this.Item.Ticker).First();
            RangeStart = symbol.Prices.First().Date;
            RangeEnd = RangeStart.AddDays(-60);
            StockPrices = new List<StockPrice>();
            foreach(StockPrice price in symbol.Prices) {
                StockPrices.Add(price);
            }
        }
    }
}

Update the Historical Data Page Markup

We can now update the historical data page so it displays data from the view model. We set the ContentPage.BindingContext property to a view model object in the page constructor.

using Microsoft.Maui.Controls;

namespace Stocks {
    public partial class HistoricalDataPage : ContentPage {
        public HistoricalDataPage(HistoricalDataViewModel viewModel) {
            InitializeComponent();
            BindingContext = viewModel;
            Title = viewModel.Item.Ticker;
        }
    }
}

At the top of the page, the app displays company name and the last price. Below company name, the app displays a chart. We place these elements within a grid layout.

<Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="115"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
</Grid>

The first grid row contains company name and the last price. We use labels and images to display this information.

<StackLayout
    Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"
    BackgroundColor="Transparent"
    Orientation="Vertical"
    HorizontalOptions="StartAndExpand"
    VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand"
    Spacing="0"
    Margin="12">
    <Label
        Text="{Binding Item.CompanyName}"
        TextColor="{DynamicResource TextColor}"
        FontSize="Subtitle"
        Margin="0,0,12,0"/>
    <StackLayout
        Orientation="Horizontal"
        Spacing="0"
        HorizontalOptions="StartAndExpand">
        <Label
            Text="{Binding Item.ClosePrice, StringFormat='{0:0.00}'}"
            TextColor="{DynamicResource TextColor}"
            FontSize="Title"
            Margin="0,0,12,0"
            VerticalOptions="End"
            VerticalTextAlignment="End"
            LineBreakMode="TailTruncation"/>
        <Image
            WidthRequest="18"
            HeightRequest="18"
            HorizontalOptions="End"
            Margin="0,0,3,0"
            Source="{Binding Item.Change, 
            Converter={local:DoubleToImageSourceConverter
                PositiveValue='quote_arrow_up.svg', 
                NegativeValue='quote_arrow_down.svg',
                ZeroValue='not_changed.svg'}}"
            VerticalOptions="End">
            <Image.WidthRequest>
                <OnPlatform x:TypeArguments="x:Double">
                    <On Platform="Android" Value="20"/>
                    <On Platform="iOS" Value="24"/>
                </OnPlatform>
            </Image.WidthRequest>
            <Image.HeightRequest>
                <OnPlatform x:TypeArguments="x:Double">
                    <On Platform="Android" Value="20"/>
                    <On Platform="iOS" Value="24"/>
                </OnPlatform>
            </Image.HeightRequest>
        </Image>
        <Label
            Text="{Binding Item.Change, StringFormat='{0:+0.00;-0.00;0.00}'}"
            TextColor="{Binding Item.Change, 
            Converter={local:DoubleToColorConverter
                PositiveValue='RisingValueColor', 
                NegativeValue='FallingValueColor', 
                ZeroValue='TextColor'}}"
            HorizontalOptions="End"
            VerticalOptions="End"
            FontSize="Caption"
            Margin="3,0"/>
        <Label
            Text="{Binding Item.ChangePercent, StringFormat='{0:(+0.00%);(-0.00%);(0.00%)}'}"
            TextColor="{Binding Item.Change, 
            Converter={local:DoubleToColorConverter
                PositiveValue='RisingValueColor', 
                NegativeValue='FallingValueColor', 
                ZeroValue='TextColor'}}"
            HorizontalOptions="End"
            VerticalOptions="End"
            Margin="3,0,0,0"
            FontSize="Caption"/>
    </StackLayout>
    <Label
        Text="{Binding Item.Date, StringFormat='Date: {0:d}'}"
        TextColor="{DynamicResource SecondaryTextColor}"
        FontSize="Caption"/>
</StackLayout>

We place the chart in the second row.

<dxc:ChartView
    Theme="Dark"
    Grid.Row="1"
    AxisXNavigationMode="ScrollingAndZooming"
    AxisMaxZoomPercent="100000">
    <dxc:ChartView.ChartStyle>
        <dxc:ChartStyle
            BackgroundColor="{StaticResource BackgroundColor}">
            <dxc:ChartStyle.Padding>
                <dxc:Padding Left="8" Right="8"/>
            </dxc:ChartStyle.Padding>
        </dxc:ChartStyle>
    </dxc:ChartView.ChartStyle>
</dxc:ChartView>

Axes

<dxc:ChartView.AxisX>
    <dxc:DateTimeAxisX
        x:Name="axisX"
        EmptyRangesVisible="False"
        MeasureUnit="Day">
        <dxc:DateTimeAxisX.Range>
            <dxc:DateTimeRange
                SideMargin="3"
                VisualMin="{Binding RangeStart}"
                VisualMax="{Binding RangeEnd}"/>
        </dxc:DateTimeAxisX.Range>
    </dxc:DateTimeAxisX>
</dxc:ChartView.AxisX>
<dxc:ChartView.AxisY>
    <dxc:NumericAxisY
        AlwaysShowZeroLevel="False"
        AutoRangeMode="VisibleValues">
        <dxc:NumericAxisY.DisplayPosition>
            <dxc:AxisDisplayPositionFar/>
        </dxc:NumericAxisY.DisplayPosition>
        <dxc:NumericAxisY.Layout>
            <dxc:AxisLayout Anchor1="0.333" Anchor2="1.0" />
        </dxc:NumericAxisY.Layout>
        <dxc:NumericAxisY.Label>
            <dxc:AxisLabel Position="Inside" TextFormat="$#.#"/>
        </dxc:NumericAxisY.Label>
        <dxc:NumericAxisY.Style>
            <dxc:AxisStyle
                LineVisible="False"
                MajorGridlinesVisible="True"
                MajorGridlinesColor="{StaticResource SeparatorColor}"/>
        </dxc:NumericAxisY.Style>
    </dxc:NumericAxisY>
</dxc:ChartView.AxisY>

Japanese Candlestick Chart

The CandleStickSeries contains open-close-high-low stock prices. The CandleStickSeries.Data property is set to a SeriesDataAdapter object. This object interprets bound data source fields. To specify data source fields with data, we use ValueDataMember objects. Review the following topic for more information: Data Adapters.

<dxc:ChartView.Series>
    <dxc:CandleStickSeries>
        <dxc:CandleStickSeries.Data>
            <dxc:SeriesDataAdapter
                DataSource="{Binding StockPrices}"
                ArgumentDataMember="Date">
                <dxc:ValueDataMember Type="Open" Member="Open"/>
                <dxc:ValueDataMember Type="High" Member="High"/>
                <dxc:ValueDataMember Type="Low" Member="Low"/>
                <dxc:ValueDataMember Type="Close" Member="Close"/>
            </dxc:SeriesDataAdapter>
        </dxc:CandleStickSeries.Data>
    </dxc:CandleStickSeries>
</dxc:ChartView.Series>

We assign a CandleStickSeriesStyle object to the CandleStickSeries.Style property to specify candlestick-related appearance settings.

<dxc:CandleStickSeries.Style>
    <dxc:CandleStickSeriesStyle
        RisingFill="{StaticResource RisingValueColor}"
        RisingStroke="{StaticResource RisingValueColor}"
        FallingFill="{StaticResource FallingValueColor}"
        FallingStroke="{StaticResource FallingValueColor}"/>
</dxc:CandleStickSeries.Style>

Bar Chart

The BarSeries display data as bars. We use Bar charts to display daily stock volumes.

<dxc:BarSeries>
    <dxc:BarSeries.Data>
        <dxc:SeriesDataAdapter DataSource="{Binding StockPrices}"
                                ArgumentDataMember="Date">
            <dxc:ValueDataMember Type="Value"
                                Member="Volume" />
        </dxc:SeriesDataAdapter>
    </dxc:BarSeries.Data>
    <dxc:BarSeries.Style>
        <dxc:BarSeriesStyle
            Fill="{StaticResource SymbolDetailPage_VolumeChartColor}"
            Stroke="{StaticResource SymbolDetailPage_VolumeChartColor}"/>
    </dxc:BarSeries.Style>
</dxc:BarSeries>

<dxc:BarSeries.AxisY>
    <dxc:NumericAxisY
        AutoRangeMode="VisibleValues">
        <dxc:NumericAxisY.LabelValueNotation>
            <dxc:AxisLabelEngineeringNotation/>
        </dxc:NumericAxisY.LabelValueNotation>
        <dxc:NumericAxisY.Layout>
            <dxc:AxisLayout Anchor1="0" Anchor2="0.333" />
        </dxc:NumericAxisY.Layout>
        <dxc:NumericAxisY.DisplayPosition>
            <dxc:AxisDisplayPositionFar/>
        </dxc:NumericAxisY.DisplayPosition>
        <dxc:NumericAxisY.Label>
            <dxc:AxisLabel Position="Inside" TextFormat="$#">
                <dxc:AxisLabel.Style>
                    <dxc:AxisLabelStyle>
                        <dxc:AxisLabelStyle.TextStyle>
                            <dxc:TextStyle Color="{StaticResource TextColor}"/>
                        </dxc:AxisLabelStyle.TextStyle>
                    </dxc:AxisLabelStyle>
                </dxc:AxisLabel.Style>
            </dxc:AxisLabel>
        </dxc:NumericAxisY.Label>
        <dxc:NumericAxisY.Style>
            <dxc:AxisStyle
                LineVisible="False"
                MajorGridlinesVisible="True"
                MajorGridlinesColor="{StaticResource SeparatorColor}"/>
        </dxc:NumericAxisY.Style>
    </dxc:NumericAxisY>
</dxc:BarSeries.AxisY>

Navigation Between Two Pages

When a user taps a company in the list on the main page, the application displays historical data for that company on the second page. Let's wrap the main page in a NavigationPage to support navigation from the main page to the second page (and back). Update the App.xaml.cs file as follows:

using Microsoft.Maui.Controls;
using Application = Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Application;

namespace Stocks {
    public partial class App : Application {
        public App() {
            InitializeComponent();
            MainPage = new NavigationPage(new MainPage());
        }
    }
}

In the MainPage.xaml file and the code-behind, handle the DXCollectionView.Tap event as follows:

using DevExpress.Maui.CollectionView;

private void DXCollectionView_Tap(object sender, CollectionViewGestureEventArgs e) {
	var item = (ItemViewModel)e.Item;
	var historicalDataViewModel = new HistoricalDataViewModel(item);
	Navigation.PushAsync(new HistoricalDataPage(historicalDataViewModel));
}

Run the Application

Let’s execute the application once more. Users can now tap a company name on the main page and analyze the company's historical data on the second page.

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