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Aspect ratio corrupt when importing from another environment

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Hi, I'm using the packaging preview (export / import) to promote a powerapp from the dev/default environment to another powerapp environment (production) in the same O365 tenant. The app's aspect ratio is landscape with locked orientation, however when importing to the prod environment, it forces portrait when run, even though the app settings indicate landscape with locked orientation. Worse still, it has corrupted the orientation because if i restore the prod app back to an earlier working version, it still stuffers the same problem.

 

Here's what works:

  • Save-as from dev to file system, then from file system into the prod environment. This only works if save-as to a new app in prod, or to an existing app in prod that hasn't been corrupted by import.
  • Save-as or import to another app within the default environment (ie not across environments)
  • Run in browser (always shows landscape)

 

Here's what doesn't work:

  • Importing to a new or replace existing app in the prod environment
  • Rolling back to an earlier working version after corrupting from an import
  • Save-as to an existing prod app that was corrupted by an import

 

I only see the corruption when running in iPad or convertable Win10 laptop in tablet mode (keyboard detached). If my Win10 laptop has keyboard attached, or I run the app in a browser, then the app always renders landscape.

 

The source app is version 2.0.690, though i also saw this bug in 2.0.681. Not sure if the bug was there earlier than that.

 

I am not the source app owner, but i do have edit rights.

 

-Mark

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    bean Profile Picture
    568 on at

    Hey, I think I had the same problem...

     

    Try, once you have imported the application, go edit it (maybe  add a blank label) and then save + publish it.. See if this works..

     

    Sean

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    568 on at

    My own post for referece. It's not very descriptive because well.. I don't know why it stuffed up like it did. But I managed to get it working, so I resolved it.

     

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Forum/App-locking-to-portrait-orientation/m-p/57835#M23935

     

    Sean

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    Microsoft Employee on at

    Ha, yeh that restores the orientation. Thanks Sean!

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    Microsoft Employee on at

    I noticed that powerapps version 2.0.702 has just been released. I tried import again and it worked fine. Unless your save-and-republish allowed subsequent imports to avoid corrputing aspect?

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    568 on at

    @Anonymous

     

    Good to hear that it worked.

     

    Sean

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