Null ref after clearing series points

Here's the trace:

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at OxyPlot.Series.LineSeries.GetNearestPoint (ScreenPoint point, Boolean interpolate) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at OxyPlot.Series.Series.HitTestOverride (OxyPlot.HitTestArguments args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at OxyPlot.UIElement.HitTest (OxyPlot.HitTestArguments args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at OxyPlot.Model+<HitTest>d__0.MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at OxyPlot.Model.HandleTouchStarted (System.Object sender, OxyPlot.OxyTouchEventArgs e) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at OxyPlot.ControllerBase.HandleTouchStarted (IView view, OxyPlot.OxyTouchEventArgs args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at OxyPlot.Xamarin.iOS.PlotView.TouchesBegan (Foundation.NSSet touches, UIKit.UIEvent evt) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at at (wrapper managed-to-native) UIKit.UIApplication:UIApplicationMain (int,string[],intptr,intptr)
at UIKit.UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, IntPtr principal, IntPtr delegate) [0x00005] in /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/monotouch/src/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:62
at UIKit.UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, System.String principalClassName, System.String delegateClassName) [0x00038] in /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/monotouch/src/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:46
at Verto.iOS.Application.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00008] in /Users/ryanpalmer/Documents/Clients/Git_Repos/V/Verto/verto iOS/Verto.iOS/Main.cs:17

Ok, I have tracked it down to the 'smooth' option on the series. Switching smoothing OFF eliminates the problem. The line that triggers the null ref in LineSeries.GetNearestPoint()  is in this block, when it tries to access the result's item:

if (interpolate && this.Smooth && this.SmoothedPoints != null)
{
var result = this.GetNearestInterpolatedPointInternal(this.SmoothedPoints, point);
result.Text = this.Format( this.TrackerFormatString, 
result.Item, // Crashes here!!
this.Title, 
this.XAxis.Title ?? XYAxisSeries.DefaultXAxisTitle,
this.XAxis.GetValue(result.DataPoint.X),
this.YAxis.Title ?? XYAxisSeries.DefaultYAxisTitle
this.YAxis.GetValue(result.DataPoint.Y));
}

At a guess, when the 'normal' point collection is modified, the smoothed points aren't updated?? I am using the Xamarin component so I had to just make my 'own' class which is a duplicate of LineSeries and step through it, but that means I cant dive any deeper very easily and I don't have time right now.

Cheers,
Ryan

Commenting out that whole block seems to make the problem go away. I might be being thick, but it seems like 'result' isn't actually being used for anything?! 

Please provide some code that reproduces the bug, then we can add it to the GitHub issues!
Could it be a race condition issue? Or can it be reproduced in a simple example?

Hi Oystein,
I will try to do that when I get time. I have my boss breathing down my neck for a slipping deadline but I will do my best! :) Thanks for all your hard work, cheers dude.
Ryan

Hi, building a big project with Oxyplot in WPF with complex line series and area series and ran into the same issue. Only occurred on loading certain plots(Have not been able to locate the exact differences causing the issue). I took RyanBuzzInteractive 's observations and tried simply disabling Smooth for each line series and "Problem fixed".

Hi, I'm having the same problem but my case is very easy to replicate. I have created a xaml file with

<oxy:PlotView x:Name="plotView"">
<oxy:PlotView.Axes>
<oxy:LinearAxis Title="[°C]" Position="Left" Key="Left" TickStyle="Inside" IsZoomEnabled="False" IsPanEnabled="False" MajorGridlineThickness="1" MajorGridlineStyle="Solid" MaximumPadding="0.05" MinimumPadding="0.05"/>
<oxy:DateTimeAxis Position="Bottom" StringFormat="dd/MM/yy HH:mm" AxisTitleDistance="22" AxisTickToLabelDistance="20" IntervalLength="75" MajorGridlineThickness="1" MajorGridlineStyle="Solid"/>
<oxy:LinearAxis Title="[%]" Position="Right" Key="Right" IsZoomEnabled="False" IsPanEnabled="False" MaximumPadding="0.05" MinimumPadding="0.05"/>
</oxy:PlotView.Axes>
<oxy:PlotView.Series>
<oxy:LineSeries x:Name="TIn" Title="T In" ItemsSource="{Binding t_in_series}" Color="{DynamicResource t_in_color}"/>
<oxy:LineSeries Title="T In0" ItemsSource="{Binding t_in0_series}" Color="{DynamicResource t_in0_color}"/>
<oxy:LineSeries Title="T Out" ItemsSource="{Binding t_out_series}" Color="{DynamicResource t_out_color}"/>
</oxy:PlotView.Series> </oxy:PlotView>

In constructor I'm dynamically creating custom legend using checkbox IsCheckedProperty two way binding with series VisibilityProperty. This allows to hide/unhide series of a plot.

to replicate a problem one needs to do a trick
in constructor of a control I'm setting all series Visibility to Hidden.
when control is render at starts all series are hidden and all checkboxes are "unchecked"
"checking" checkbox causes exception described by RyanBuzzInteractive
I have discovered that calling series visibility using a button click function is not causing an exception after "checking" checkbox. It seems that plot has to rendered before setting series visibility.
By now I do not know how to call rendering manually.

Regards,
Rafal

I have found a solution. Once you set Visibility property of a series you have to call
plotView.InvalidatePlot(true);
it was possible to create a two way binding between checkbox and series visibility but I had to add Click callback just to call InvalidatePlot(true)

duration 7h :D