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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...
Hi Jay!
thanks for your reply!
I try to open an xlsx file on an ipadpro from dropbox.com choosing the option open with Google Sheets for the web. It seems to open it and I see it correctly and after a while it tells me that it can't upload it and the I get the login screen of Google.
I'm now using Excel for the web and that is giving me good results (on opening and editing the file). I would have preferred to use Google Sheets as this was the software I'm used to, but am happy now with this workaround (for the moment).
Best regards!
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorNo worries, Inesita, I'm glad to hear it's working better with Excel for the web. Let me know if you require any further assistance in future.
Enjoy your weekend!
Hi!
finally I would like to revert to Google Sheets as there we can simoultaneously work on a document. Is there a workaround in the meantime to open xlsx files from Dropbox with Google Sheets on an iPad Pro without saving them first on Drive?
Thanks for your help!
- Jay
It wouldn't be possible to do this on an iPad. Only the Dropbox site on a desktop machine allows you to open files in Excel or Google Sheets.
- Jay - iPad safari on the iPad Pro is now desktop standard - and it does work as so. The issue is the prompting to “open in Dropbox” tab at the top, or, when google sheets is open (when opened through dropbox online) it misses the bottom row of the spreadsheet. It almost does it, just some minor changes need to be made. Fundamentally, iPad safari on the Pro is now a desktop browser - you can open google sheets through iPad safari. Try it yourself on an iPad Pro before making an incorrect assumption.
Hi, for me it doesn't behave the same way. When i choose the xlsx file to open in Dropbox in the safari browser it first tells me to allow cookies for google sheets.
i do so, then it opens the file, everything looks fine, it keeps loading and at a certain point it tells me it had a problem and next time when i ask him to open the file it keeps telling me t open my google session and nothing else happens. So annoying!
Any idea?
- Dropbox team, please create the feature where a user can create a Google Doc when you click on the “create” button within the mobile app on an iPad. It is extremely frustrating to have to log in using safari to create a Google Doc on an iPad when you already have an app installed! It’s crazy that you can do it for Excel but not the google software.
- Jay
Hi Tall_English2021, if you wish, you can suggest this change for others to vote on, so the dev team can look into this in future!
- +1 for dropbox app.
Please make google products natively editable via dropbox app. It is really annoying.
Cheers
