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Olbliss
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7 years ago

IPad: Dropbox and Google Sheets Integration

Does anyone have any advice on how to use the google suite with Dropbox on an Ipad? As the pictures below show, the Dropbox ipad app can't open up google sheets files, even though the google sheets...
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Daphne's avatar
Daphne
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7 years ago

Hey again Olbliss, I hope you're doing well today!

At the moment, the mobile app can only be used to view your Google Sheets. To be able to edit them, you would indeed need to open the file via your browser.

Since I understand that this isn't viable for you and you prefer using the local apps on your iPad, can you try opening the Google Sheet from within the Files app into the local Google Sheets app?

Let me how it goes - thanks!

  • Olbliss's avatar
    Olbliss
    Collaborator | Level 8
    7 years ago
    Daphne wrote:

    Since I understand that this isn't viable for you and you prefer using the local apps on your iPad, can you try opening the Google Sheet from within the Files app into the local Google Sheets app?

    Opening from the files app has the same problem: it wants to save the file to Google Drive before opening. So I can open google sheets, but would have to re-save to Dropbox after I have finished with a file.

    • Daphne's avatar
      Daphne
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      7 years ago

      Thanks for getting back to me Olbliss!

      In that case, I'm afraid there isn't much I can suggest there since you would still need to save the file back to Dropbox.

      I've made a note of your feedback here as I understand that opening the files directly within the the Google apps would be very useful for you.

      Sorry that I can't be of much more help with this.

      Let me know if you have any other questions - thanks!

      • Viegaas 's avatar
        Viegaas
        New member | Level 2
        6 years ago

        Hello daphne, I'm passing through this same situation. Therefore, It's not comfortable to use the iPad to edit the files and I didn't come out with a viable option as well. In the end, I'm using the computer to edit them via google sheets and save them automatically. 

        I really hope that the Dropbox app futurely fixes that.

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