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Dear Team,

 

I have faced problem in display in image on mobile phone through photo gallery. Before it was ok since I used this PowerApps. 

Currently, the image is showing in the PowerApps studio, but it won't display on mobile devices. 

 

What would be the cause of that issue? 


Thanks,

Phearin 

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  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    156,748 Most Valuable Professional on at

    HI @phearin ,

    You did not say where the image was kept - is it in a SharePoint Document library or is it an attachment. Also what are you currently using to display it? I am surprised it had worked in the past on mobile devices other than to launch it in SharePoint.

  • phearin Profile Picture
    162 on at

    @WarrenBelz 

    The image is store at SP document library. and The way I am loading image is by copy link (img url) to place in photo filed in SP list. 

     

    I am sure that before it was working in my case since I used PowerApps.

     

    Thanks,

    Phearin 

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    156,748 Most Valuable Professional on at

    OK @phearin ,

    You must have been lucky on that one as the way PowerApps launches URLs (anonymously), they have never displayed for me.

    However, to fix is not difficult. Create a field in your SharePoint library called Thumbnail and set this to type Hyperlink or Picture > Picture. You can also use this to display the picture in SharePoint.
    The Image property of the Image control in PowerApps is then (substitute your names)

    For a Gallery Items image

    ThisItem.'Thumbnail ({Thumbnail})'.Large //you can also use Medium and Small

    For a single matching image

    LookUp(
     YourSharePointLibraryName, 
     YourReference=MatchingLibraryValue, 
     'Thumbnail ({Thumbnail})'.Large
    )

     

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  • phearin Profile Picture
    162 on at

    @WarrenBelz 

     

    I have followed your advise based on the description. I did create field called Thumbnail in SP Library. My previous display option is getting display image from Photo filed which contains link from SP Library. 

     

    ThisItem.Photo 

     
     

     

    However, I couldn't reach result by applying this option below. 

    For a Gallery Items image

     

    ThisItem.'Thumbnail ({Thumbnail})'.Large //you can also use Medium and Small

     

    Thanks,

    Phearin  

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    156,748 Most Valuable Professional on at

    hi @phearin ,

    What is the Items property of the gallery. I assumed you removed the // comments at the end.

    Also below is a working example - you can also use just  '{Thumbnail}'.LargeThumbnail.png

  • phearin Profile Picture
    162 on at

    @WarrenBelz 

     

    I get lost from your question. here is what currently status I have done for my app. Thanks, Phearin

     

    2020-03-11 11_05_11-Window.png

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    156,748 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Try just ThisItem.'{Thumbnail}'.Large

    Also what is the Items property of the gallery the photo is in.

  • v-xida-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @phearin ,

    Actually, it is an known issue within PowerApps Mobile App -- Pictures that need authentication on SharePoint are not supported yet in PowerApps Mobile App.

     

    Please check the following thread for more details:

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/Share-point-pictures-can-not-be-seen-on-IOS-Devices/m-p/138416/highlight/false

     

    As an fixed solution, I think the '{Thumbnail}' system field from a SP Library could achieve your needs. I have made a test on my side, please take a try with the following workaround:

    4.JPG

    within your Gallery, set the Image property of the Image control to following:

    ThisItem.'Thumbnail ({Thumbnail})'.Medium

    or

    ThisItem.'{Thumbnail}'.Medium

    Note: The  '{Thumbnail}' field is a system field in SP Library, you should not create custom field called  '{Thumbnail}' in your SP Library. Please remove the custom field Thumbnail from your SP Library.

     

    In addition, please also check and see if the following solution would help in your scenario:

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Ideas/View-thumbnail-images-of-List-Item-Attachments-on-mobile-devices/idi-p/264476#M25817

     

    Best regards,

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    156,748 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @phearin ,

    As @v-xida-msft has confirmed, this approach is what you need.

    Please try this and confirm any issue - happy to help

     

    Please click Accept as solution if my post helped you solve your issue. This will help others find it more readily. It also closes the item. If the content was useful in other ways, please consider giving it Thumbs Up.

  • phearin Profile Picture
    162 on at

    @v-xida-msft & @WarrenBelz 

     

    Thank you for your input. 

    However, I am still couldn't link with the idea yet.

     

    Currently, my app work as below:

    1. I have SP list called StaffListUpdate which contains  field ( name, phone, photo, ....) in Photo field I set it to hyperlink setting, so I can obtain link from photo in Document folder to display the image

    2. Also I created one folder under Documents folder to store all photo 

     

    2020-03-11 14_56_34-Window.png

     

    2020-03-11 14_57_08-Window.png

    I tried your solution below, but nothing is happening. Might be sth wrong with context I used. 


    Thanks,

    Phearin 

     

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