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Are there any future clear plans that Power Apps will allow us to Export/Import SharePoint forms that have been customized using Power Apps

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Are there any future clear plans that Power Apps will allow us to Export/Import SharePoint forms that have been customized using Power Apps from one site to another.

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Pstork1 69,657 Most Valuable Professional on at

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I am not aware of any roadmap that includes Import/Export of custom SharePoint integrated forms. And I doubt there ever will be based on the way SharePoint works internally.

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@Pstork1 but if we customized the SharePoint forms using nintex then we can export/import that nintex forms between lists and sites.. so not sure if SharePoint really have a internal issue regarding this...

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@johnjohn123 There is no easy way of doing that but it is possible. Have a Look at this post.

https://poszytek.eu/en/microsoft-en/office-365-en/powerapps-en/importing-powerapps-package-as-a-sharepoint-list-form/

If this will be added as a build in function in powerapps I can't tell but I would guess so.

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@PowerRangerbut is this a supported way? seems it have a lot of hacks... am i correct?

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@johnjohn123 correct. This can be seen as a hack and is not yet officially supported by Microsoft.

You can also have a Look at this Blog Post. Seems there is even a Tool available. I never tried any of the mentioned approaches.

https://blog.aterentiev.com/migrating-power-apps-sharepoint-list-form

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1) Nintex forms don't use the SharePoint connector. They use their own code

2) You pay extra for Ninetex forms. But you want MS to include the same functionality for free. I don't see that happening.

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@PowerRangerThanks a lot.. this looks really promising.. but are you aware of certain scenarios that this approach might break? and we will not be able to export/import the customized forms?

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@johnjohn123 this approach might break as soon as Microsoft does apply any changes to SharePoint powerapps Integration. If this will ever Happen - I don't know.

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@PowerRangerbut if this work for our current app.. then our current app (imported apps) should not face any future issues?

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@johnjohn123 here is one approach

https://youtu.be/2jeG-1uScaU

This will also use a custom Form but a User has to click a Button on that Form to be redirected to the Standalone app.

When you customize a form you get a SharePoint Integration object. On that object (it will be visible in the tree view on the left) you have several properties like OnEdit, OnView, OnNew. Here you could change the existing Formular to Launch(urltostandaloneapp)... You could also pass a query String so your Standalone app would recognize if the User clicked New item or edit item.

Is the current SharePoint Custom Form Implementation Perfect? Probably not. But as @Pstork1 mentioned it is for free. Will it be enhanced in the future... Very likely yes. Will it ever have the same.functionalities like custom coded Apps, Nintex forms, Spfx Web parts, etc. Nobody knows.

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