Canvas App

 Introduction

Design and build a business app from a canvas in Microsoft Power Apps without writing code. Design the app by dragging and dropping elements onto a canvas. Create Excel-like expressions for specifying logic and working with data. Canvas apps are not responsive by design. They come with two basic layout options: Landscape or portrait orientation. That said, it is possible to make canvas apps responsive by adjusting the size and positioning of different controls in relative terms to screen size using hard-coded values. However, this process must be repeated for every individual control within the app, of which there could be hundreds, making it tedious and time-consuming. Canvas apps are ideal for building task-based or role-based applications.

>We can create canvas app by two method:-

1.Create an app from a template:-

A good way to create an app is to start from a template. Templates use sample data to help you determine what's possible. By opening templates in Power Apps Studio, you can learn, hands-on, how an app is built.

2.Create an app from a data source:-

Another great way to get started is to generate an app from your own data. Simply point Power Apps at the data source of your choice (for example, a list in Microsoft SharePoint or Microsoft Data verse ), and watch as Power Apps automatically builds a three-screen app. This three-screen app lets you display, edit, delete, and create records.

>How to create Canvas App:

1. Sign in to Power Apps.

2. If necessary, switch to the environment that contains the solution in which you want to create a canvas app.

3. In the left navigation bar, select Solutions.

   
   
   

4. In the list of solutions, select the solution in which you want to create a canvas app.

5. In the banner under the title bar, select New > App > Canvas app, and then select the form factor (phone or tablet) of the app that you want to create.

   
   
   

                       Power Apps Studio opens with a blank canvas in another browser tab.

1. Create your app (or make at least one change), and then save your changes.

2. On the browser tab where you selected your solution, select Done to refresh the list of components in your solution. 

   
   
   

Your new app appears in the list of components for that solution. If you save any changes to your app, they will be reflected in the version that's in the solution.