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Seems interesting! I see I can access the remotes from Google drive (using the upload functionality), but I don't see a way to just browse the files. Tried what the readme says, but I don't see it there
With the Google files app I see the app, but surveying l selecting it just opens the UI, not the remote. Any idea?
Honest to God, if this works then there is nothing I can say iOS does better than android (for me)
@Railcar8095 Google Files doesn't seem to support SAF. Android's system file manager does it (it's the one that opens as a file picker usually). You can access it by going to Settings>Storage then tap on Documents & Others. Or you can use this app as a shortcut to it
From the settings>storage>documents & others it opens the Files by Google app, not the android default, probably because it's a Pixel.
The shortcut app you linked did the trick, thanks!
@Railcar8095 no worries. Perhaps it is set as default for some reason. Maybe if you clear the defaults for the Google Files app it should work from there as well 😁
But frankly, it's great that the app did the trick. It's way easier than heading to settings all the time and you can add it to the home screen and have it in the app list as well. I prefer this method myself as well tbh 😁