How to Use the Power Apps Host Object to Enhance Your Mobile Experience
Do you wish there was an easy way to get information about the browser and operating system users are running your Power Apps on?
The new Host Object in Power Apps offers an efficient way to acquire information about the browser and operating system that users are utilizing for your Power Apps. The video guide explores the data that the Host object provides access to in your Power Apps, with a focus on two significant scenarios.
Firstly, the Host Object can enhance the feedback and troubleshooting aspects of your Power Apps experience. Secondly, it can enable you to easily customize the user experience in Power Apps to open hyperlinks in users’ native mobile applications. This includes opening native map applications, LinkedIn, YouTube, and hundreds of other apps. The guide provides examples of how to use this feature to improve the overall user experience.
In this Video
- 00:00 - Intro
- 00:14 - What is the Host Object?
- 00:55 - What information does the Host object give us?
- 02:50 - Using Host Object for Troubleshooting
- 03:55 - Opening links in native apps
- 06:35 - Using Host Object to determine device you're on
- 09:55 - Full Demo of Mobile Experience
- 10:25 - Wrap Up
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