How can I convert a figure into a uifigure?

Hello there

I am trying to load a saved figure in app designer (Axes Object). Is there a simple and easy way to do that?

Here's my example:

fig = openfig('storage/psychplot_base.fig', 'invisible');
plot(app.UIaxes, fig);

Thanks in advance

Mario

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

You can use copyobj() to copy the content on the external axis on to your UIAxis. This will not copy axis labels, titile, or legends but those items can be copied separately.

Step 1 is to open your external figure and get the axis handle. I'm assuming there is only 1 axis on the figure, otherwise this will need to be adapted to get the handle of the specific axis being copied.

fig = openfig('storage/psychplot_base.fig', 'invisible');
ax = findobj(fig,'Type','Axes');  % assuming 1 and only 1 handle is returned

Step 2 is to copy the children of the external axes to the app's UIAxes.

% Assuming app.UIAxes is the handle to your axes, 
copyobj(ax.Children, app.UIAxes)

Step 3 is to delete the external figure

delete(fig)

[Mario]

Thank you very much, your solution works fine for me :)