| Android shortcuts for Docs | clintmayer | 4/12/12 9:45 AM | I think it would be nice to shortcut a specific doc or a specific folder to the Android home screen. Gmail lets you shortcut labels, and Books lets you shortcut specific books. This would provide consistency but is also a needed step. Right now users |
| Re: Android shortcuts for Docs | Papa Bear | 7/1/12 12:38 PM | Create Tasks using Google Drive. See Shopping List example http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2429894 View files offline http://support.google.com/drive/bin/search.py?hl=en&gs_l=partner.3...2755.5459.0.5806.9.8.1.0.0.0.192. |
| Re: Android shortcuts for Docs | acidboy | 9/7/12 9:04 PM | How is your answer even the slightest bit helpful for answering this question? I'm so confused, your answer is so categorically unhelpful. |
| Re: Android shortcuts for Docs | Papa Bear | 9/8/12 4:59 AM | @acidboy The original Post asks, Android shortcuts for Docs. Google provides Feedback forms for Docs and its sister product Drive. |
| Re: Android shortcuts for Docs | gkorobkov | 11/1/12 9:18 AM | Your answer is not helpful. I can't create shortcut to the specific Drive doc on the homescreen. Even I place Drive shortcut (from widgets) on the homescreen and then select specific Drive doc, it will only open the Drive app, but not the specific do |
| Re: Android shortcuts for Docs | John3791 | 11/1/12 2:09 PM | Which version of Android are you using? I am able to create shortcuts directly to documents using the following steps. I've not attempted to create a shortcut to a folder, but I'll look into that. I am using Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on my |
| Re: Android shortcuts for Docs | John3791 | 11/1/12 2:12 PM | Just to note, when you select the "Drive shortcut" widget, make sure you select the one named "Drive shortcut". The "Drive" widget will just open up the My Drive list, but the "Drive shortcut" widget opens the specific document that I selected. |
| Re: Android shortcuts for Docs | gkorobkov | 11/2/12 12:40 AM | Thank you John. Your advice was a little helpful. I'm using andriod 4.0.3 on Huawei MediaPad 7 tablet. I'm creating shortcut exactly how you describe. If doc placed in root folder in Drive I successfully created shortcut to the doc and it opened, bu |
| Re: Android shortcuts for Docs | gkorobkov | 11/2/12 12:45 AM | Forgot to mention that i need to create shortcutsto docs into Note subfolder in Drive, because i use it to sync notes with Outlook and my tablet and my mobilephone. |