Listen "Spend Days Making Your Power Apps? Use This Tool: Power Hour Podcast #29 - Lukas Pavelka #2"
Episode Synopsis
Stop wrestling with responsive Canvas Apps. Lukas Pavelka is back to demo the brand-new Power Apps for Figma DesignKit UI, a beta responsive layout system, rapid icon swapping, one-click PDF docs, and a Power BI DesignKit prototype for dataflows. If you build on the Power Platform and care about speed, consistency, and client-ready prototypes—this one’s loaded.What you’ll learn1. New DesignKit UI (v4.1.3) and layout improvements2. Responsive screens (beta): top/content/bottom containers + quick tweaks in Power Apps3. Swap Icons while preserving size and color (huge time-saver)4. Clickable Figma prototypes that mirror Power Apps navigation (import now, export planned)5. Theme & style controls across containers (batch text/background updates)6. Auto-generated PDF documentation (screens, colors, typography, icons)Roadmap: annotation maker, user prefix, extended property maker, inherited naming, property helper, UDF makerModel-driven progress + Power BI DesignKit (free) for dataflows import/export between Figma & Power BITimestamps00:01 Intro & why this episode matters00:28 What’s new: rebuilt UI + release v4.1.304:31 The pain of responsive Canvas Apps (and the fix)05:03 Responsive containers: top/content/bottom (beta)09:56 Getting parity in Power Apps (and plans for v4.5)12:28 Swap Icons demo13:21 Prototyping flows between screens in Figma16:38 Model-driven updates in progress17:15 Styles/Theming: fast container-wide edits18:18 Training & GoCollab community plan20:56 Documentation push & videos21:52 One-click PDF doc export22:15 Roadmap deep-dive (annotations, prefixes, UDFs)27:50 Power BI DesignKit (free) first look: dataflows import/export31:28 Lukas’ ask: honest feedback from the community---Try/buy DesignKit for Power Apps: https://designkit.cz/Follow Lukas Pavelka on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukas-lp-pavelka/Powercademy: https://powercademy.com---
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