Add Custom New/ Edit/ Display Form To List Using SharePoint Hosted App

SharePoint lists provide OOTB New, Edit and Display forms. However if we have specific requirements to create and attach a new form we can either create a new form via designer and make it the default form or else we can custom code and deploy aspx forms to the list.

In one of the requirements I had to create a Share Point Hosted App, create a custom form and attach it to the list. This is fairly straightforward and involves editing the list schema.xml. Let’s see the steps involved.