# Power Apps Mobile Preview > Companion app for developers to test their react-native Power Apps Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.microsoft.PreviewApp](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.microsoft.PreviewApp) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.microsoft.PreviewApp` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Microsoft Corporation - **Category:** TOOLS - **Downloads:** 148 - **Version:** 1.260901.01 - **Last updated:** 2026-09-01 - **First published:** 2026-08-31 - **Publisher country:** US - **Size:** 92 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-10 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.PreviewApp) - **Website:** [https://www.powerapps.com](https://www.powerapps.com/) - **Privacy policy:** [http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=512132](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=512132) ## Description Test your in-development Power Apps mobile experiences on a real device — no rebuild, no resign, no store submission. Power Apps Mobile Preview is the developer companion app for the new React Native–based Power Apps mobile runtime: scan a QR code from your local Metro bundler (or paste a dev URL) and your app loads instantly on your phone or tablet, exactly the way it will run in production.

Think of it as the Power Apps equivalent of a dev sandbox — purpose-built for makers and engineers iterating on the next generation of Power Apps mobile.

WHAT'S INSIDE
Power Apps Mobile Preview is a thin host that loads your in-progress app bundles over the wire so you can see code, layout, and data changes in seconds.

• Scan-to-load: Point the in-app scanner at the QR code printed by your local Metro / Expo dev server and the JS bundle streams onto the device.
• Manual URL entry: Type or paste any reachable dev-server URL (e.g., http://192.168.1.20:8081) when QR scanning isn't an option — tunnels, remote machines, restricted networks.
• Fast Refresh: Save a file in your editor and watch the change appear on device, with component state preserved where possible.
• Native module parity: Bundled with the same native modules the production Power Apps client ships — auth, connectors, file system, camera, location, secure storage, telemetry — so what you test is what your users will get.
• Sign-in with your work or school account: Authenticate once with Microsoft Entra and your dev apps can call Dataverse, Microsoft Graph, and custom connectors with real tokens.
• Recent connections list: Quickly re-open previously loaded dev URLs without re-scanning.
• Diagnostic overlay: Surface bundle URL, runtime version, JS errors, and red-box stacks for fast triage.

WHO IT'S FOR
• Makers previewing custom React Native components and pages before publishing.
• ISVs and partners building native extensions against the Power Apps mobile runtime.
• Engineers on the Power Apps platform team validating SDK and connector changes end-to-end on real hardware.

TIPS
• Make sure your phone and dev machine are on the same Wi-Fi network — if they aren't, use a tunnel (e.g., expo start --tunnel) and paste the public URL.
• Shake the device (or use the menu) to reload the bundle, toggle the element inspector, or open the dev menu.
• Long-press a recent connection to remove it from the list.
• This app is for development only. Production apps should be installed via the regular Power Apps mobile app or your enterprise distribution channel.

PREVIEW DISCLAIMER
This is a preview release intended for development and evaluation. APIs, behaviors, and supported native modules may change before general availability. Do not rely on this app for production workloads.

Accessibility: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2121429 ## Rankings - #2,802,633 — Overall - #22 — preview ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE` - `android.permission.CAMERA` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS` - `android.permission.NFC` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE` - `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED` - `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO` - `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW` - `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC` - `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE` - `com.microsoft.PreviewApp.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [Rey: Mobile Preview](https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.reyapp.preview) — 15 users - [Apex Mobile Preview](https://chrome-stats.com/d/net.apexmobile.amprvw) — 629 users - [Preview Your App](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.previewapp11.layout) — 93,625 users, 4.06 / 5 - [WP MAM Previewer App](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.wpmobileappmanager.app) — 3 users - [Poool mobile preview](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tech.poool.pooolpreviewappearance) — 3 users - [Brewmyapp - Store App Builder](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.brewmyapp.preview) — 20 users - [UnifyApps Preview](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.unifyapps.matrix) — 326 users - [Adalo](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.adalo.preview) — 497 users - [Atrox Builder](https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.atrox.mobileappbuilder) — 7 users - [Viewer Applizen](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.citeopolis.preview_app_citeopolis) — 3 users - [Shopymate Preview](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.shopymate.preview) — 23 users - [Appza Preview - WordPress](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lazycoders.appzapreview) — 35 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.microsoft.PreviewApp)