Google Drive now supported in Word for iPad?

Anonymous
2015-02-24T08:32:55+00:00

So Word for iPad's latest update allows integration with Google Drive, but I can't get it to work.

I checked in 'Add a place' - I can select OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, Dropbox or Sharepoint, but no sign of (Google) Drive.

Under ". . . more" , and "Locations" there's a slide button to select Google Drive, but I can't see any effect.  Even with this switched on, Drive doesn't appear under any of the menus.

Is this a bug?

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-09-28T13:38:17+00:00

    This was the best solution I could find:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmVg5MWR3PI

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-03-07T19:59:33+00:00

    This is now working for me, but took a little bit to find it.  I had the same problem.  I could see the options for OneDrive, DropBox, etc.  But had to dig a little deeper.

    In the app (Word, Excel, etc.)

    • Press Open
    • Press   " ...  More" in the selection list
    • Press "Locations" in the top left of the iCloud Drive header bar
    • Press the "More ...." option
    • Toggle the Google Drive slider to ON
    • Follow the prompts to log into your Google account.

    Hope this is helpful.

    -Chris

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-05-24T01:52:52+00:00

    I also am having this issue. Is it perhaps a permissions issue with Google?  I've tried everything. I can access Drive with the mobile Outlook app.

    So I've been having the same issue and found this link which I'm pretty sure explains what the problem is:

    http://www.infoworld.com/article/2845623/cloud-storage/cloud-storage-in-ios-81-doesnt-work-as-you-expect.html

    It looks like Google have not yet implemented the required xcode APIs to allow Microsoft to save files back into Drive. This is possibly why Drive only works in Outlook - Outlook just needs read only access so all works fine.

    I have confirmed that this issue is not limited to Microsoft products - Google Drive is also not accessible via apple's own iWork apps (Pages, etc). I installed box as referenced in the artcile above and all works fine - I can open and save files from box exactly as expected in all the office apps.

    While it's pretty poor form for Microsoft to have advertised this feature when it doesn't yet work as expected in the real world it looks like this is not actuallly their fault or within their power to fix - we need Google to update the Drive app to support the necessary APIs.

    Time to hit the google product forums!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-03-13T23:44:19+00:00

    Same problem.

    Can anybody comfirm that they have got word for iPad access google drive ? Anybody?

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-03-06T16:41:46+00:00

    I'm having the same problem.  I've verified that Google Drive is installed and I set the slide switch under Locations for Google Drive to on.  However, Google Drive does not show up as a place.

    Any help?

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