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Can a custom-built React frontend be hosted inside a Power Apps Canvas App

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Posted on by johnjohnPter 1,837 Season of Giving Solutions 2025
We can build SPFX and host it inside sharepoint, so c
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    Sunil Kumar Pashikanti 773 Moderator on at
    Hi @johnjohnPter

    Yes, you can use a custom-built React frontend inside a Power Apps Canvas App, but it can’t run as a normal standalone web app on its own. Instead, the supported and best-integrated way to do this is by wrapping your React code inside a Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) component.

    PCF allows developers to create custom code components that can be used in model-driven apps, portals, and canvas apps. These components can be built using modern web technologies like TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and critically, JavaScript frameworks such as React.

    References:
    Power Apps Component Framework overview & getting started
    This Microsoft Learn page introduces PCF and how to create reusable code components for Power Apps.
    ➡️ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/powerful-devs/get-started-with-power-apps-component-framework-pcf

    React-based PCF components repository
    Collection of React PCF controls built with Fluent UI.
    ➡️ https://github.com/khoait/DCE.PCF



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    Chriddle 8,527 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    I haven't tried it myself yet, but it looks exciting.

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