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I have created a memory polygon vector layer from my plugin in QGIS and it looks fine:

my_layer = QgsVectorLayer('Polygon', 'My layer', 'memory')
QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().addMapLayer(my_layer, False)

# I want to place the layer at a specified position in the layer tree.
root_node = QgsProject.instance().layerTreeRoot()
root_node.insertLayer(3, my_layer)

Then I applied some styling from the plugin and it works too. Finally I wanted to enable some labelling from within the plugin:

label = QgsPalLayerSettings()
label.readFromLayer(my_layer)
label.enabled = True
label.fieldName = '$area'
label.writeToLayer(my_layer)

The problem is that the labels are not showing. I need to manually change just one simple thing in the label settings for the specified layer afterwards and then they show with my customised settings.

I see that others are using the setCustomProperty on the layer instead:

my_layer.setCustomProperty('labeling', 'pal')
my_layer.setCustomProperty('labeling/enabled', 'true')
my_layer.setCustomProperty('labeling/fieldName', '$area')

But that doesn't work either, I still need to manually change something to get them to show.

I have tried both

my_layer.triggerRepaint()
iface.mapCanvas().refresh()

It doesn't seem to have any effect though.

It doesn't seem to have any effect either if I apply the labeling before or after I add the layer to the QgsMapLayerRegistry.

Is this a known problem, or can you see what it is that I am missing here?

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  • Have you checked this answer? gis.stackexchange.com/questions/136526/… Sep 29, 2016 at 13:50
  • How are you defining my_layer?
    – artwork21
    Sep 30, 2016 at 12:07
  • @Germán Carrillo, I have and thats why I tried the setCustomProperty approach.
    – Chau
    Oct 3, 2016 at 6:09
  • @artwork21, I have updated my question to answer your question. But I don't think any magic is hidden there.
    – Chau
    Oct 3, 2016 at 6:10
  • I have created an issue for this: hub.qgis.org/issues/15723
    – Chau
    Oct 19, 2016 at 11:39

2 Answers 2

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You need this:

my_layer.setCustomProperty("labeling/drawLabels",  "True")

, or

label.drawLabels = True

You choose.

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You want to show expression based label, so you have to set:

label.isExpression = True

and for visible labels (non blocking) you have to set:

label.drawLabels = True

Tested on QGIS 2.18.22

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