Integration of Google drive in Android Apps?

Question

I need to upload files to Google drive and see/download the files i had uploaded in my android application.How to do this in the simplest way..?Any suggestions ,sample codes,explanations to do this are welcomed. Thanking you in advance .

PS:WITHOUT INSTALLING GOOGLE DRIVE IN DEVICE..

Answer 1

The simplest way is to follow the Android quickstart guide for Drive

It explains how to build an Android application that uploads photos to Drive in less than 10 minutes.

Answer 2

Google has deprecated Google Drive API for Android. So we have to use REST API.

Use this answer and check if it useful.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/59063198/9538854

Answer 3

Refer this, Complete Step by Step Guide

Code for Uploading Only (I am still figuring out how to browse files):

package com.example.drivequickstart;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

import android.accounts.AccountManager;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.google.api.client.extensions.android.http.AndroidHttp;
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.extensions.android.gms.auth.GoogleAccountCredential;
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.extensions.android.gms.auth.UserRecoverableAuthIOException;
import com.google.api.client.http.FileContent;
import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
import com.google.api.services.drive.Drive;
import com.google.api.services.drive.DriveScopes;
import com.google.api.services.drive.model.File;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    static final int REQUEST_ACCOUNT_PICKER = 1;
    static final int REQUEST_AUTHORIZATION = 2;
    static final int CAPTURE_IMAGE = 3;

    private static Uri fileUri;
    private static Drive service;
    private GoogleAccountCredential credential;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        credential = GoogleAccountCredential.usingOAuth2(this, DriveScopes.DRIVE);
        startActivityForResult(credential.newChooseAccountIntent(), REQUEST_ACCOUNT_PICKER);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(final int requestCode, final int resultCode, final Intent data) {
        switch (requestCode) {
        case REQUEST_ACCOUNT_PICKER:
            if (resultCode == RESULT_OK && data != null && data.getExtras() != null) {
                String accountName = data.getStringExtra(AccountManager.KEY_ACCOUNT_NAME);
                if (accountName != null) {
                    credential.setSelectedAccountName(accountName);
                    service = getDriveService(credential);
                    startCameraIntent();
                }
            }
            break;
        case REQUEST_AUTHORIZATION:
            if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                saveFileToDrive();
            } else {
                startActivityForResult(credential.newChooseAccountIntent(), REQUEST_ACCOUNT_PICKER);
            }
            break;
        case CAPTURE_IMAGE:
            if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                saveFileToDrive();
            }
        }
    }

    private void startCameraIntent() {
        String mediaStorageDir = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES).getPath();
        String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", Locale.US).format(new Date());
        fileUri = Uri.fromFile(new java.io.File(mediaStorageDir + java.io.File.separator + "IMG_" + timeStamp + ".jpg"));

        Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
        cameraIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri);
        startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, CAPTURE_IMAGE);
    }

    private void saveFileToDrive() {
        Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    // File's binary content
                    java.io.File fileContent = new java.io.File(fileUri.getPath());
                    FileContent mediaContent = new FileContent("image/jpeg", fileContent);

                    // File's metadata.
                    File body = new File();
                    body.setTitle(fileContent.getName());
                    body.setMimeType("image/jpeg");

                    File file = service.files().insert(body, mediaContent).execute();
                    if (file != null) {
                        showToast("Photo uploaded: " + file.getTitle());
                        startCameraIntent();
                    }
                } catch (UserRecoverableAuthIOException e) {
                    startActivityForResult(e.getIntent(), REQUEST_AUTHORIZATION);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
        t.start();
    }

    private Drive getDriveService(GoogleAccountCredential credential) {
        return new Drive.Builder(AndroidHttp.newCompatibleTransport(), new GsonFactory(), credential).build();
    }

    public void showToast(final String toast) {
        runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), toast, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        });
    }
}

Answer 4

The Google drive is accessible through the Google Drive API, the sample demo is created by the android folks at the below path which is very helpful and provides a sample of all the capabilities. please follow the below link Git hub demo for Google Drive API