Using List Models as Data Sources in QML
Note: This is part of the Charts with QML Gallery example.

Let's define an empty ChartView first:
ChartView {
id: chartView
title: "Driver Speeds, lap 1"
anchors.fill: parent
legend.alignment: Qt.AlignTop
animationOptions: ChartView.SeriesAnimations
antialiasing: true
}Our ListModel uses hard-coded test data. In a real application the data source would be a timing system.
ListModel {
// Hard-coded test data
ListElement { speedTrap:0; driver: "Fittipaldi"; speed:104.12 }
ListElement { speedTrap:0; driver:"Stewart"; speed:106.12 }
ListElement { speedTrap:0; driver:"Hunt"; speed:106.12 }
...
// An example ListModel containing F1 legend drivers' speeds at speed traps
SpeedsList {
id: speedsList
Component.onCompleted: {
timer.start();
}
}The data is parsed with a timer. The line series representing each driver are created on the fly.
// A timer to mimic refreshing the data dynamically
Timer {
id: timer
interval: 700
repeat: true
triggeredOnStart: true
running: false
onTriggered: {
root.currentIndex++;
if (root.currentIndex < speedsList.count) {
// Check if there is a series for the data already
// (we are using driver name to identify series)
var lineSeries = chartView.series(speedsList.get(root.currentIndex).driver);
if (!lineSeries) {
lineSeries = chartView.createSeries(ChartView.SeriesTypeLine,
speedsList.get(root.currentIndex).driver);
chartView.axisY().min = 0;
chartView.axisY().max = 250;
chartView.axisY().tickCount = 6;
chartView.axisY().titleText = "speed (kph)";
chartView.axisX().titleText = "speed trap";
chartView.axisX().labelFormat = "%.0f";
}
lineSeries.append(speedsList.get(root.currentIndex).speedTrap,
speedsList.get(root.currentIndex).speed);
if (speedsList.get(root.currentIndex).speedTrap > 3) {
chartView.axisX().max = Number(speedsList.get(root.currentIndex).speedTrap) + 1;
chartView.axisX().min = chartView.axisX().max - 5;
} else {
chartView.axisX().max = 5;
chartView.axisX().min = 0;
}
chartView.axisX().tickCount = chartView.axisX().max - chartView.axisX().min + 1;
} else {
// No more data, change x-axis range to show all the data
timer.stop();
chartView.animationOptions = ChartView.AllAnimations;
chartView.axisX().min = 0;
chartView.axisX().max = speedsList.get(root.currentIndex - 1).speedTrap;
}
}
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