{"id":29373,"date":"2017-03-03T18:01:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T10:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=29373"},"modified":"2020-08-10T21:45:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T13:45:40","slug":"android-search-google-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/android-search-google-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Search Google Drive Files Directly via Google App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Going through your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-drive-tips-tricks\/\">Google Drive<\/a> folder to <strong>find that one specific file<\/strong> will no longer be as big of a pain as it currently is for Android device owners.<\/p>\n<p>Why you may ask? Because <strong>Google is rolling out an update to the Android Google app<\/strong> that will <strong>let you <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com\/2017\/02\/searching-for-google-drive-files-now.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">search for Google Drive files<\/a> directly from the app<\/strong> itself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-test-instant-apps-android\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Google Begins Testing Instant Apps Feature for Android\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google Begins Testing Instant Apps Feature for Android<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/google-test-instant-apps-android.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-29051 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/google-test-instant-apps-android.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Google Begins Testing Instant Apps Feature for Android<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBack at Google I\/O, Google teased a little feature called \"Instant Apps\" that will be making its way...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Once the update goes live, all of the files and folders inside your Google Drive will be <strong>indexed via Firebase App Indexing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With this system in place, you can launch the Google app and input your search parameters into the search box.<\/p>\n<p>Once the search is completed,<strong> scroll over to the \"In Apps\" tab, and you\u2019ll see all of the files that are relevant to the search<\/strong>. Tapping on the files will cause them to open in the appropriate app.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/android-search-google-drive\/01-search-files.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"295\" alt=\"search files in google drive\"><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, Google made no mention of whether or not this feature will be coming to either iOS or even the Chrome browser, so it appears that the <strong>feature will be Android-only for now<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/offline-mode-google-android\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Google App for Android Now Comes With an Offline Mode\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google App for Android Now Comes With an Offline Mode<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/offline-mode-google-android.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-29019 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/offline-mode-google-android.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Google App for Android Now Comes With an Offline Mode<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you're a frequent user of the Google app on your Android device, you may be interested to...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going through your Google Drive folder to find that one specific file will no longer be as big of a pain as it currently is for Android device owners. 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