Power Apps has a load of functionality you can use in your apps, but some of the real workhorse controls used in the majority of apps are the humble, Input Boxes and Galleries In this post I’ll cover some of […]
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What is a Connector? A Connector (including a Custom Connector) is a wrapper around an API that allows a service to communicate with Power Apps or Power Automate. Connectors allow the Power Platform to access data hosted on other Microsoft products
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Web Service APIs In the previous post: Build a Basic Custom Connector, I showed how to create a Custom Connector to access a simple web service API that didn’t require any authorisation or other information to be passed to it, to
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Custom Connectors Power Apps is a fantastic platform not only to build great Apps quickly, but also to connect to remote services. There are a huge amount of zero-cost web services out there and even many of the premium sites
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Components Components are reusable building blocks for canvas apps allowing app makers to create custom controls to use inside an app, or across multiple apps. Components are a fantastic way to re-use functionality either that you’ve created yourself or to
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Push Notifications Push notifications are messages that pop up on a mobile device. Power Apps publishers can send them at any time either manually via the app or automated using a trigger or timer and recipients don’t have to be
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In the second post in this series using HTML text boxes and CSS to create animated Power Apps buttons, I’ll demo how to dynamically change the button color by adding a variable into the inline CSS Animated Buttons Start by inserting
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In the post: Beautiful Buttons with CSS, we created some really cool looking Power Apps buttons using a HTML text box and inline CSS. Now we are going to take it to the next level and created animated Power Apps
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In this post I’ll demonstrate how to dynamically change the colors of a Power Apps control to create some striking dayglo effects! This is straightforward to achieve with the help of a timer control and high school maths! Watch on
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CSS makes websites look fantastic and it can do the same for Power Apps. Using a HTML box and inline CSS you can create great looking gradients for both backgrounds and buttons and all render perfectly on handhelds and desktops
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With Power Apps, not only can you build apps quickly, you can also drive the transfer of data between platforms though the huge number of connectors. Twitter is the social media platform that really makes it easy to exchange data
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How can you keep your app fully functional even when your users don’t have Wifi? If your users are working on a handheld device, you can conveniently save data locally. Here’s an example of how you can easily do this
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