Testing the component on a canvas app

The final step of our deployment process is to import the PCF component to a canvas app and verify the result. We will do this by creating an app from scratch.

How to do it…

1. Go to the Power Apps maker portal, https://make.powerapps.com/, and select the environment where we deployed the code component.
2. Create a solution and select New | App | Canvas app from its toolbar. In the opening dialog, enter Font Awesome Test for App name, keep Tablet as Format, and click Create.
3. Once Power Apps Studio opens, from the Insert panel on the left, click on the little folder icon just below the search field.
4. On the pane that opens on the right, look for the Code tab at the top and select it. From the list of elements to import, you should see FontAwesomeComponent, as seen in the following screenshot:

Figure 12.5: FontAwesomeComponent in the Component section

Select it and click on Import.

5. You...