Notes on Dynamics 365 for Phones and Tablets app – Part 7 (Custom Controls)

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Continuing the previous post on the Dynamics 365 mobile app, here we will cover the custom controls.

Custom controls were added to the product in version 9.0 and were part of the new Unified Interface, for us to use at that time. Now we all can create custom control using PowerApps Component Framework (earlier known as Custom Control Framework).

Check out the PCF Gallery for all the custom controls developed by the community.

https://pcf.gallery/

In this post let us look at out of the box custom controls available in the product and how it renders within the Dynamics 365 for Phone App.

Let us start with the custom control for the list.

For the opportunity entity, we have defined below custom control. The Editable Grid option is disabled for Phone.

The tablet app shows the Editable grid as default with the option of switching the view.

For the Phone App, it seems Kanban’s view has some issues. We can switch to all other views configured except the editable which is not available for the phone app.

Below is the table that lists the out of the box custom control, along with its properties and how they are rendered in the phone app, for quick reference.

Field Type	Control	Property
Whole Number & Money	Arc Knob
	Radial Knob
	Number Input
	Linear Gauge
	Linear Slider
Whole Number	Star Rating (max 5)
URL	Website Preview
	Multimedia
Boolean	Flip Switch
Single line of text	Input mask
	Auto complete
Multiline of text	Pen
Option set	Option set (max 3)

Hope it helps..

Author: Nishant Rana

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