How to get a non-maker to open an app in Power Apps app and not the browser?

[BenDonahue]

The Question

How to require that users who are not makers open an app in the Power Apps application and not in the browser?

The Problem

Sharing apps with users in the default environment shares the connectors with those users who can then use those connectors in apps they make as if they were me, so, sharing a OneDrive connector in the default environment will allow every user with whom that app is shared to write an app of their own and have full access to my OneDrive as if they were me.

The Solution

Create a custom environment where I am the only maker, migrate my apps to the new environment, un-share apps in default environment, share apps in new environment.

The New Problem

Apps shared in the new environment never show up in the users' app lists in the Power Apps app nor online, so the only way to open the app is clicking the link that is emailed when the app is shared. This will open the app in the browser only; as this app requires offline capability, I am saving the data to a local file, which is not allowed in a browser -based app.

The Question Again
Which brings us back to the original question; how to require that users who are not makers open an app in the Power Apps application and not in the browser?

Thank You

Thank you for your assistance with this problem.

[WarrenBelz · Accepted solution]

Hi @BenDonahue ,

I believe your fundamental assumption is wrong regarding the connections - only you can create an app with your connectors. When a user creates an app, they have to create their own connectors. Also unless you give the joint ownership of the app in the sharing, they cannot edit it. 

However to answer your question, to launch in the app, replace (in your URL)

https://apps.powerapps.com/play/   with

ms-apps:///providers/Microsoft.PowerApps/apps/

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[BenDonahue]

@WarrenBelz  ,
Thank you for your excellent response.
Thank you, also, for pointing out a potential error in my understanding of connectors. Please, if you would, clear something up for me. I have posted this follow up question here (Can someone who is shared my connector use it in t... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)) so you can get credit for this solution, too.

Thank you, again.