When opening sharepoint file from powerapps in mobile, open it in browser and not office 365

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Hi Community,

I'm trying to open sharepoint files (pptx,pdf's and stream videos) from powerapps in mobile and Office 365 is installed on my mobile.

I want to force the files to open in mobile browser and not office 365 because some files are having restricted view permission which doesn't get open in office 365 but only in browser.

Read permission files do get open in office mobile.

All files works fine when using powerapp on desktop/laptop because it opens in browser by default.

Same thing I want for mobile.

I tried :

1. Launch(
Gallery2.Selected.'Link to item'&"?web=1"
)

2. Launch(
Gallery2.Selected.'Link to item',
Blank(),
LaunchTarget.New
)

But no luck.

Any response would be helpful.

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Griffin_C 125 on at

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Try Launch(Gallery2.Selected.AbsolutUri)
I know this works for List attachments, but I'm not sure if it will work for library files.
r_voyager 130 on at

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Hi @Griffin_C ,

I tried you formula but got the error AbsolutUri is not recognized. You were right AbsolutUri works only for list attachments not for sharepoint library files.
Griffin_C 125 on at

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The other option would be to build a document browser inside your app, but it can be a lot of work if you're trying to account for every possible document type. Check out this video if you want to try that route:
https://youtu.be/JxPznTUsaiQ
RajnishMahaseth 58 on at

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The issue you are facing is because by default, when you open a SharePoint file from Power Apps in mobile, it will try to open it in the Office app if it is installed on your device. The Launch function you tried does not have the option to force the file to open in the browser.
To force the file to open in the browser, you can use the LaunchUri function. The LaunchUri function takes two arguments: the URL of the file you want to open, and the launch target. The launch target specifies where the file should be opened. In this case, you want to open the file in the browser, so you will set the launch target to LaunchTarget.Browser.
The following code will force a SharePoint file to open in the browser in Power Apps mobile:
LaunchUri(Gallery2.Selected.'Link to item', LaunchTarget.Browser)
r_voyager 130 on at

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Hi @RajnishMahaseth

There is no LaunchUri function available in powerapps.

Can you recheck if function was something else.
r_voyager 130 on at

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Hi @Griffin_C ,

Thank you for the suggestion, I will give it a try to preview documents in PowerApps itself and if it worked properly, I'll let you know.