How to build an offline canvas app?

Canvas apps empower users, even those without coding experience, to craft dynamic applications using Microsoft Power Apps. What's even more remarkable is the ability to use these apps on mobile devices without an internet connection. All the necessary data for the app is stored directly on your device. Any edits you make will be synced with the app server once your device reconnects to the internet. 

Let’s get started!! 

Begin by logging in to your Power Apps account, if you don't have an account create one. 

Navigate to the Tables section and create a new table. Ensure to enable the 'Can be taken offline' option under advanced settings. 

Create a new solution.

And in that solution, click on ‘New’ to create a new canvas app.

Name your canvas app, select the Phone format because we are creating an offline app for phone format and click on create to proceed.

Once the canvas app is created, access its settings by clicking on the ellipsis icon. 

Navigate to the General tab and toggle the 'Can be used Offline' setting to enable offline usage. This setting not only allows native offline functionality but also adds a new screen for your offline app.