Photos in catalog from SharePoint list are displayed in the browser but not in the PowerApps app

[Sebastian_Geige]

Hello everybody,

I'm having a problem viewing photos from a shared SharePoint site in a Powerapps catalog.

Regarding the framework:

The Sharepoint website is approved for all by the administrator. Authentication is not required. The photo links are given in a SharePoint list. The links point directly to the photo. Example: https://....../Freigegebene%20Dokumente/Fotos%20Spielger%C3%A4te/Baumhaus4.jpeg

Problem:

When I display the app in the browser I can see the photos. When I view the app in the PowerApps tablet app, I cannot see the photos.

If I enter the photo link via the browser, it will be displayed.

Why is that?

greeting

Sebi

[WarrenBelz · Accepted solution]

Hi @Sebastian_Geige ,

This is as a result of the way that the mobile app version of Power Apps accesses URLs anonymously. I won't get into the depths of this, however as you have discovered, they do not work, however there is an easy solution.

You can display photos from either attachments to a SharePoint List or a from items in SharePoint document library on Apple and Android devices easily.

If from a SharePoint Library - in a Gallery  the Image control Image property is 

ThisItem.'{Thumbnail}'.Large

For a Standalone picture on the form

GalleryName.Selected.'{Thumbnail}'.Large

 (you can also use Small and Medium) 

For an Attachment in a gallery with Items showing attachments for selected item - Items of Gallery

GalleryName.Selected.Attachments

Image property in gallery

ThisItem.Value

For standalone picture

GalleryName.Selected.Value

To show the first attachment on a form

First(GalleryName.Selected).Value

We do this with thousands of pictures in the field and it works very reliably.

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[Sebastian_Geige]

@WarrenBelz Thank a lot, this is a very easy way to fix my problem!