NativeScript Highcharts

⚠️ If you are using NativeScript 7.0.0 and above: Use this package @mhtghn/nativescript-highcharts

This plugins allows you to use Highcharts in NativeScript.

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Demo apps

NativeScript-Core (XML)

Check out the demo folder. This is how to clone and run it:

git clone https://github.com/mhtghn/nativescript-ui-highcharts
cd nativescript-ui-highcharts/src
npm run demo.ios # or demo.android

NativeScript-Angular

Check out the demo-angular folder. This is how to clone and run it:

git clone https://github.com/mhtghn/nativescript-ui-highcharts
cd nativescript-ui-highcharts/src
npm run demo-angular.ios # or demo-angular.android

Installation

tns plugin add nativescript-ui-highcharts

Usage

NativeScript-Core

TypeScript

Create your Highcharts options object just like you did with plain Highcharts. You can find all the possible options there. Then convert the options to a string because for now you have to pass the options as a string to the plugin.

...
export class HomeViewModel extends Observable {
    chartOptions = {
        chart: {
            type: 'column'
        },
        title: {
            text: 'Stacked column chart'
        },
        xAxis: {
            categories: ['Apples', 'Oranges', 'Pears', 'Grapes', 'Bananas']
        },
        yAxis: {
            min: 0,
            title: {
                text: 'Total fruit consumption'
            },
            stackLabels: {
                enabled: true,
                style: {
                    fontWeight: 'bold',
                    color: 'gray'
                }
            }
        },
        legend: {
            align: 'right',
            x: -30,
            verticalAlign: 'top',
            y: 25,
            floating: true,
            backgroundColor: 'white',
            borderColor: '#CCC',
            borderWidth: 1,
            shadow: false
        },
        tooltip: {
            headerFormat: '<b>{point.x}</b><br/>',
            pointFormat: '{series.name}: {point.y}<br/>Total: {point.stackTotal}'
        },
        plotOptions: {
            column: {
                stacking: 'normal',
                dataLabels: {
                    enabled: true
                }
            }
        },
        series: [{
            name: 'John',
            data: [5, 3, 4, 7, 2]
        }, {
            name: 'Jane',
            data: [2, 2, 3, 2, 1]
        }, {
            name: 'Joe',
            data: [3, 4, 4, 2, 5]
        }]
    };
    chartOptionsString = JSON.stringify(this.chartOptions);
    ...
}

XML

<Page class="page"
    navigatingTo="onNavigatingTo"
    xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd"  xmlns:ui="nativescript-ui-highcharts">

    <ActionBar class="action-bar">
        <Label class="action-bar-title" text="Home"></Label>
    </ActionBar>

    <GridLayout>
        <!-- Add your page content here -->
        <ui:Highcharts options="{{chartOptionsString}}"></ui:Highcharts>
    </GridLayout>
</Page>

NativeScript Angular

TypeScript

Import the HighchartsModule in your module.

...
import {HighchartsModule} from "nativescript-ui-highcharts/angular";

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        ...
        HighchartsModule
    ],
    ...
})
export class HomeModule { }

Create your Highcharts options object just like you did with plain Highcharts. You can find all the possible options there. Then convert the options to a string because for now you have to pass the options as a string to the plugin.

import { Component, OnInit } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
    selector: "Home",
    moduleId: module.id,
    templateUrl: "./home.component.html"
})
export class HomeComponent implements OnInit {
    chartOptions = {
        chart: {
            type: 'column'
        },
        title: {
            text: 'Stacked column chart'
        },
        xAxis: {
            categories: ['Apples', 'Oranges', 'Pears', 'Grapes', 'Bananas']
        },
        yAxis: {
            min: 0,
            title: {
                text: 'Total fruit consumption'
            },
            stackLabels: {
                enabled: true,
                style: {
                    fontWeight: 'bold',
                    color: 'gray'
                }
            }
        },
        legend: {
            align: 'right',
            x: -30,
            verticalAlign: 'top',
            y: 25,
            floating: true,
            backgroundColor: 'white',
            borderColor: '#CCC',
            borderWidth: 1,
            shadow: false
        },
        tooltip: {
            headerFormat: '<b>{point.x}</b><br/>',
            pointFormat: '{series.name}: {point.y}<br/>Total: {point.stackTotal}'
        },
        plotOptions: {
            column: {
                stacking: 'normal',
                dataLabels: {
                    enabled: true
                }
            }
        },
        series: [{
            name: 'John',
            data: [5, 3, 4, 7, 2]
        }, {
            name: 'Jane',
            data: [2, 2, 3, 2, 1]
        }, {
            name: 'Joe',
            data: [3, 4, 4, 2, 5]
        }]
    };

    chartOptionsString = JSON.stringify(this.chartOptions);
    ...
}

HTML

<ActionBar class="action-bar">
<ActionBar class="action-bar">
    <Label class="action-bar-title" text="Home"></Label>
</ActionBar>

<GridLayout class="page">
    <!-- Add your page content here -->
    <Highcharts options="{{chartOptionsString}}"></Highcharts>
</GridLayout>

Highcharts Compatibility

• highcharts.js: v7.2.0
• highcharts-more.js: v7.2.0
• highcharts-3d.js: v7.2.0
• sankey.js: v7.2.0
• organization.js: v7.2.0

About performance

This plugin is addressed to people who really want to use Highcharts in their NS apps. Because it uses a WebView to display the chart. So performance-wise it is not the best solution. If you want a pure native solution you should use NativeScript UI's Chart component

Tips

• Add the next option to the chart options to disable the display of the Highcharts.com Hyperlink in the webview

  credits: {
     enabled: false
  }

Credit

This plugin is greatly inspired by this demo from Eddy Verbruggen