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Customizing SharePoint forms using Power Apps Vs Building standalone apps? Can I have a hybrid appro
john john it is possible to export a customised form and the steps are described https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-deploy-power-app-list-form-from-one-tenant-to-another-tenant.
We normally use the second approach and don't tell our staff where the datasource and list is as they don't need to know and therefore they don't create or edit items in the list directly, only via the app.
Rob
Los Gallardos
Intranet, SharePoint and Power Platform Manager (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)
RobElliott Thanks for the reply, but i have these 3 points:-
1) but in our case we do not only use the SharePoint site to manage this list , we have news pages other lists, document libraries etc.. also hiding the list from the users, does not mean that they can investigate the url and access the source list. also we still want to benefit from SharePoint built-in features, so users can filter, search & export the list items... i do not want to reinvent the wheel inside the Power Apps i just want to customize the new,edit & view forms,.. that why i am asking this question.
2) Also for the approach to export/import power apps customized list forms.. i think this approach is not supported by Microsoft and is considered as a hack.. so officially MS does not support export/import customized power apps.
3) now since i asked this question, i came access this hybrid solution.. to create a standalone app and define deep linking on it , then customized the SharePoint forms using Power Apps, and inside the customized forms >> to just define a redirect to the standalone app... in this case we can export/import the standalone app + users can not use the SharePoint built-in forms.. so what do you think of this? any drawbacks i am unaware of ?