diff --git a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/app.tsx b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/app.tsx
index 55544844b22..8a36443da43 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/app.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/app.tsx
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react';
-import { EuiPageTemplate } from '@elastic/eui';
-
 import { CoreStart, ScopedHistory } from '../../../../core/public';
-import { Sidebar } from './sidebar';
 import { useView } from '../utils/use';
-import { NoView } from './no_view';
+import { AppContainer } from './app_container';
 
 interface DataExplorerAppDeps {
   basename: string;
@@ -18,24 +15,8 @@ interface DataExplorerAppDeps {
   history: ScopedHistory;
 }
 
-export const DataExplorerApp = ({ basename, history }: DataExplorerAppDeps) => {
+export const DataExplorerApp = (deps: DataExplorerAppDeps) => {
   const { view } = useView();
 
-  if (!view) {
-    return <NoView />;
-  }
-
-  // Render the application DOM.
-  // Note that `navigation.ui.TopNavMenu` is a stateful component exported on the `navigation` plugin's start contract.
-  return (
-    <EuiPageTemplate
-      pageSideBar={<Sidebar />}
-      className="dePageTemplate"
-      template="default"
-      restrictWidth={false}
-      paddingSize="none"
-    >
-      {view.ui.canvas}
-    </EuiPageTemplate>
-  );
+  return <AppContainer view={view} />;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/app_container.test.tsx b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/app_container.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4215f24e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/app_container.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { AppContainer } from './app_container';
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { View } from '../services/view_service/view';
+import { ViewMountParameters } from '../services/view_service';
+
+describe('DataExplorerApp', () => {
+  const createView = () => {
+    return new View({
+      id: 'test-view',
+      title: 'Test View',
+      defaultPath: '/test-path',
+      appExtentions: {} as any,
+      mount: async ({ canvasElement, panelElement }: ViewMountParameters) => {
+        const canvasContent = document.createElement('div');
+        const panelContent = document.createElement('div');
+        canvasContent.innerHTML = 'canvas-content';
+        panelContent.innerHTML = 'panel-content';
+        canvasElement.appendChild(canvasContent);
+        panelElement.appendChild(panelContent);
+        return () => {
+          canvasContent.remove();
+          panelContent.remove();
+        };
+      },
+    });
+  };
+
+  it('should render NoView when a non existent view is selected', () => {
+    const { container } = render(<AppContainer />);
+
+    expect(container).toContainHTML('View not found');
+  });
+
+  // TODO: Complete once state management is in place
+  // it('should render the canvas and panel when selected', () => {
+  //   const view = createView();
+  //   const { container } = render(<AppContainer view={view} />);
+
+  //   expect(container).toMatchSnapshot();
+  // });
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/app_container.tsx b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/app_container.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9044a6c69a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/app_container.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import React, { useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { EuiPageTemplate } from '@elastic/eui';
+
+import { Sidebar } from './sidebar';
+import { NoView } from './no_view';
+import { View } from '../services/view_service/view';
+
+export const AppContainer = ({ view }: { view?: View }) => {
+  const [showSpinner, setShowSpinner] = useState(false);
+  const canvasRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const panelRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const unmountRef = useRef<any>(null);
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    const unmount = () => {
+      if (unmountRef.current) {
+        unmountRef.current();
+        unmountRef.current = null;
+      }
+    };
+
+    if (!view) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // unmount the previous view
+    unmount();
+
+    const mount = async () => {
+      setShowSpinner(true);
+      try {
+        unmountRef.current =
+          (await view.mount({
+            canvasElement: canvasRef.current!,
+            panelElement: panelRef.current!,
+          })) || null;
+      } catch (e) {
+        // TODO: add error UI
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.error(e);
+      } finally {
+        // if (canvasRef.current && panelRef.current) {
+        if (canvasRef.current) {
+          setShowSpinner(false);
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    mount();
+
+    return unmount;
+  }, [view]);
+
+  // TODO: Make this more robust.
+  if (!view) {
+    return <NoView />;
+  }
+
+  // Render the application DOM.
+  // Note that `navigation.ui.TopNavMenu` is a stateful component exported on the `navigation` plugin's start contract.
+  return (
+    <EuiPageTemplate
+      pageSideBar={
+        <Sidebar>
+          <div ref={panelRef} />
+        </Sidebar>
+      }
+      className="dePageTemplate"
+      template="default"
+      restrictWidth={false}
+      paddingSize="none"
+    >
+      {/* TODO: improve loading state */}
+      {showSpinner && <div>Loading...</div>}
+      <div key={view.id} ref={canvasRef} />
+    </EuiPageTemplate>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/sidebar.tsx b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/sidebar.tsx
index 67ce3bae56d..3d6e5070a5e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/sidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/components/sidebar.tsx
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
+import React, { useMemo, FC } from 'react';
 import { EuiPanel, EuiComboBox, EuiSelect, EuiSelectOption } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { useView } from '../utils/use';
 
-export const Sidebar = () => {
+export const Sidebar: FC = ({ children }) => {
   const { view, viewRegistry } = useView();
   const views = viewRegistry.all();
   const viewOptions: EuiSelectOption[] = useMemo(
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const Sidebar = () => {
         />
         <EuiSelect options={viewOptions} value={view?.id} />
       </EuiPanel>
-      {view?.ui.panel}
+      {children}
     </>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/index.ts
index c999a605b52..ce419fbdce0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/index.ts
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ export function plugin() {
   return new DataExplorerPlugin();
 }
 export { DataExplorerPluginSetup, DataExplorerPluginStart, ViewRedirectParams } from './types';
+export { ViewMountParameters, ViewDefinition } from './services/view_service';
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/services/view_service/types.ts b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/services/view_service/types.ts
index 03d5c6bf47b..ee13e8a6b46 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/services/view_service/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/services/view_service/types.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
-import { ReactElement } from 'react';
 
 // TODO: Correctly type this file.
 
@@ -11,15 +10,19 @@ interface ViewListItem {
   label: string;
 }
 
+export interface ViewMountParameters {
+  canvasElement: HTMLDivElement;
+  panelElement: HTMLDivElement;
+}
+
 export interface ViewDefinition<T = any> {
   readonly id: string;
   readonly title: string;
-  readonly ui: {
-    panel: ReactElement;
-    canvas: ReactElement;
+  readonly ui?: {
     defaults: T;
     reducer: (state: T, action: any) => T;
   };
+  readonly mount: (params: ViewMountParameters) => Promise<() => void>;
   readonly defaultPath: string;
   readonly appExtentions: {
     savedObject: {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/services/view_service/view.ts b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/services/view_service/view.ts
index 5abd2676102..1e994a21b03 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/services/view_service/view.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_explorer/public/services/view_service/view.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export class View implements IView {
   public readonly defaultPath: string;
   public readonly appExtentions: IView['appExtentions'];
   readonly shouldShow?: (state: any) => boolean;
+  readonly mount: IView['mount'];
 
   constructor(options: ViewDefinition) {
     this.id = options.id;
@@ -21,5 +22,6 @@ export class View implements IView {
     this.defaultPath = options.defaultPath;
     this.appExtentions = options.appExtentions;
     this.shouldShow = options.shouldShow;
+    this.mount = options.mount;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/create_canvas.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/create_canvas.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index b223b336e44..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/create_canvas.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-import React from 'react';
-
-export const createCanvas = () => {
-  return <div>Test Canvas</div>;
-};
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/index.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7b894b18a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import { ViewMountParameters } from '../../../../../data_explorer/public';
+import { OpenSearchDashboardsContextProvider } from '../../../../../opensearch_dashboards_react/public';
+import { DiscoverServices } from '../../../build_services';
+
+export const renderCanvas = (
+  { canvasElement }: ViewMountParameters,
+  services: DiscoverServices
+) => {
+  ReactDOM.render(
+    <OpenSearchDashboardsContextProvider services={services}>
+      {/* This is dummy code, inline styles will not be added in production */}
+      <div style={{ whiteSpace: 'pre-wrap' }}>
+        {JSON.stringify(services.capabilities.navLinks, null, 2)}
+      </div>
+    </OpenSearchDashboardsContextProvider>,
+    canvasElement
+  );
+
+  return () => ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(canvasElement);
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/index.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/index.ts
similarity index 62%
rename from src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/index.ts
rename to src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/index.ts
index 4c418d41a67..45fd68cf128 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/index.ts
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-export * from './create_canvas';
+export * from './canvas';
+export * from './panel';
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/panel/create_panel.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/panel/create_panel.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 15735fe81d8..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/panel/create_panel.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-import React from 'react';
-
-export const createPanel = () => {
-  return <div>Test Panel</div>;
-};
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/panel/index.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/panel/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a992cb4994..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/panel/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-export * from './create_panel';
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/panel/index.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/panel/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e4d9a040e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/panel/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import { ViewMountParameters } from '../../../../../data_explorer/public';
+import { OpenSearchDashboardsContextProvider } from '../../../../../opensearch_dashboards_react/public';
+import { DiscoverServices } from '../../../build_services';
+
+export const renderPanel = ({ panelElement }: ViewMountParameters, services: DiscoverServices) => {
+  ReactDOM.render(
+    <OpenSearchDashboardsContextProvider services={services}>
+      <div>Side panel</div>
+    </OpenSearchDashboardsContextProvider>,
+    panelElement
+  );
+
+  return () => ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(panelElement);
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/plugin.ts
index 1070461abeb..34cc84ee26d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/plugin.ts
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ import {
 import { DISCOVER_LEGACY_TOGGLE, PLUGIN_ID } from '../common';
 import { DataExplorerPluginSetup, ViewRedirectParams } from '../../data_explorer/public';
 import { registerFeature } from './register_feature';
-import { createCanvas } from './application/view_components/canvas';
-import { createPanel } from './application/view_components/panel';
 
 declare module '../../share/public' {
   export interface UrlGeneratorStateMapping {
@@ -105,7 +103,6 @@ export interface DiscoverSetup {
   docViews: {
     /**
      * Add new doc view shown along with table view and json view in the details of each document in Discover.
-     * Both react and angular doc views are supported.
      * @param docViewRaw
      */
     addDocView(docViewRaw: DocViewInput | DocViewInputFn): void;
@@ -389,12 +386,20 @@ export class DiscoverPlugin
         },
       },
       ui: {
-        canvas: createCanvas(),
-        panel: createPanel(),
         defaults: {},
         reducer: () => ({}),
       },
       shouldShow: () => true,
+      mount: async (params) => {
+        const { renderCanvas, renderPanel } = await import('./application/view_components');
+        const [coreStart, pluginsStart] = await core.getStartServices();
+        const services = await buildServices(coreStart, pluginsStart, this.initializerContext);
+
+        renderCanvas(params, services);
+        renderPanel(params, services);
+
+        return () => {};
+      },
     });
 
     // this.registerEmbeddable(core, plugins);