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I have created a powerapp which will be primarily used on mobile.

I created a deep link workflow but if the app is already up and running - the link won't work due to the fact it won't run OnStart if the app is already started. Has anyone got any other ideas on how to deep link?

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WiZey 3,023 Moderator on at

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Hello @honganhuynh1 ,

You can define which screen to display first with the "StartScreen" property of the app.

Basically, you get a parameter from your deeplink, and test this parameter to either start the app on the screen "Screen1" or "Screen4" from my example.

Hope this was helpful to you.

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I currently have this inside of my StartScreen - it does what I want on desktop but when mobile since the app is typical running in background the link won't work
Switch( Param("Start"), "Screen1", Home, "Screen2", Manager, "Screen3", HomeNotAccepted, Blank(), Home)

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WiZey 3,023 Moderator on at

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I'm not so sure as I've never made an app for mobile, but let's see.

I've looked up the documentation on deep links with mobile devices.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/mobile/mobile-deep-links

It seems the deep link can be as follow:

ms-apps:///providers/Microsoft.PowerApps/apps/<appID>?tenantId=<tenantId>

And from another paragraph, I noticed they're using a "restartApp=true" parameter, although it's about model-driven app and not canvas. Can you still try with this parameter and see if it does anything?

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