Developing template fields using components

When designing applications, any help is always welcomed. That’s why application development platforms continuously evolve to find more ways to help developers build great solutions.

As the user interface becomes as important as the expected functionality, we need to find more ways to achieve consistency across the app. This recipe will build a set of components to maintain the same style for controls used in data representation and gathering.

In the following screenshot, the fields and their labels come from a component, and with the use of custom properties, you can configure the behavior and even change the theme:

Figure 5.18: Template field components

How to do it...

1. Go to the Power Apps maker portal, https://make.powerapps.com, and from the left pane, select Apps, and click on New app | Canvas from the toolbar. We will create this example based on the Phone layout, so select this option.
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