In theory this is simple. In reality, especially given the enhancements to google docs in recent months, this is rather complex. The new "collections" feature basically allows you to create a pseudo-file system within Docs, opening a world of possibilities for cloud storage. Cloud storage services are ubiquitous, but none offer storage for the price google does, unlimited services not-withstanding. ($5/20GB/year if you didn't know). So with this, google docs now allows uploads of any file type, and will even let you play back several media types in the browser. The problem is, there are no apps (that i have found) that are able to take advantage of both of these enhancements. Quickoffice seems to read the folder nesting correctly, but seems to only let me upload document-type files. Same goes for DocsToGo. Gdocs is a no-go, as is Docs Pics. Furthermore, these apps require you to do the whole copy > navigate to other directory > paste shenanigans...which i suppose i could live with if it actually worked. So then, anyone have a clever solution to this issue? No doubt google has new API's to take advantage of these features, somebody just has to scoop them up and run with em. I'd be willing to pay for this app, and i'm sure many others would as well. Let me know what you guys think.
I have been looking for the same thing since October 2010. I read briefly somewhere that you need to be a Google Apps paid user to be able to use the API to upload any file type. I can use QuickOffice to copy my MP3 files from Google Docs to my phone, but not the other way around. Even if Google allowed me to use the Android web browser to upload an any file type file to Google Docs, it would least be a start! My browser keeps crashing every time I try to use the desktop web interface. I am hoping the Google Docs Android app will include this feature someday!
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Hi, I'm a newbie and hope this has not been asked before. I have transferred 20,000 + html files and some pdf files (consisting of primarily text) to my Droid X. They are stored in a folder on my SD card. I can locate the folder. However, all of the file managers require that the entire folder be read before I can even dream of opening one of the files in that folder for viewing.
After an interminable wait, I see all of the 20,000 plus files but cannot get to the one I want to open which links to the other files. In other words, I have 20,000 + files on my SD card that, effectively speaking, I can neither access nor view. This is a database of legal cases and statutes, etc. which I need for my work. I would love to be able to search for specific text as well but first things first. On my office and home computers, these files are conveniently linked by a html menu system (local html files) which permits easy and rapid access. I would like to re-create this menu system and the ease of use on my Droid X. Essentially, what I need is the ability to create a local intranet on my Droid X using one of the Droid browers (e.g. Dolphin, Opera, Galpagos, etc.)
I have tried the local webserver solution which is inadequate and too cumbersome. Obviously, the Android file managers are hopeless for this task.
If this problem cannot be solved, I am faced with two other undesirable situations. 1. I can
open an account on a cloud server and upload my files to it, which would probably permit me to access them by my Droid X the way that any web page on the Web can be accessed. The other solution is using a remote access type program to access my office or home computer to see the files. From previous experience with the latter option (using my office computer from my home computer), it is painfully slow. Since I have roughly 4 gigs of html data I want to access, I would prefer to avoid the (albeit minimal) expense of a subscription for use of a cloud.
Any advice which would permit me to quickly and efficiently access and view my html files on the Droid would be most appreciated. Free apps, if applicable, would be preferred, but I am getting desperate. I have tried webservers, eg I-Jetty, etc., and I have tried Astro File manager and similar apps. They do not even come close to what I want. I have learned that Android has forbidden this kind of access/viewing (the kind I need) due to security concerns.
Any apps? Any fixes? Workarounds?
Essentially, what I seek to do is transfer what is akin to an intranet on my office and home computers on my Droid X. Please offer any advice.
Thanks to one and all.
Phil
Sounds like what you want is actually a web server app for Android. I did a quick Google, and it looks like there are some apps that can do that for you. So long as you don't open any ports on your phone, the site shouldn't be accessible from outside your phone (but I could be wrong about that).
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=android+web+server
Dropbox claims to be a very easy to use system to backup your files, sync them across several computers and share them with friends.
Dropbox: Easy Secure Backup, Sync and sharing the thing that makes Dropbox so much easier than other systems is that there is no learning curve and no special handling required: just drop your files in a destined folder on your hard drive and the files are automatically uploaded to the Dropbox servers. Hook up another computer to your Dropbox and it’ll automatically download the files and sync them when you change them. The system comes along with a powerful web interface that not only offers access to your files from any web browser, but also lets you retrieve older versions of a file, or accidentally deleted files. Dropbox should feel very familiar to those who use SVN in their workflow, except that you don’t need to manually check-in and check-out files to keep them synced. A helpful feature is that before uploading an updated file, it will compare and check and only upload those bits of the file that were actually changed, saving a lot of bandwidth. Luckily, you aren’t confronted with any of the technicalities, it just “does stuff” and works and you don’t need to care.
Setup was surprisingly quick and painless. Also, I recommend that you don’t create and edit new files within your Dropbox folder, as its automatic upload does not have a delay and will start uploading before you’ve even given the file a name.
All in all I’m quite satisfied with Dropbox and it is something I use regularly. Its ease of use guarantees that it won’t require your full attention or slowdowns to your workflow, making it one of those little tools you just won’t want to miss.
The greatest feature for me is the ease of being able to sync titanium backup to my Dropbox account. This recently saved me allot of grief when my SD card went bad recently.
There's already a dropbox thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840940
Hi hope this is in the right bit but i need some help have just got a Desire S first android phone and its great but im having problems with word.docs that are attached to my email when i try to open them it is saying that the content is not supported and there is no application to open it and I have a few apps that should open it I have noticed if i go ahead and download it it is coming up as a .bin file can anyone help at all ? thanks
There is no native way for Android to display Word documents, but there are numerous (and free) apps in the Market that will. For instance ThinkFree Office Mobile is an excellent choice, but there are others.
Thanks but I have tried along with several others and they will open doc and docx files but not wps which i need to open.
Have you tried Google Docs?
I haven't how do I do that on my phone.
Thanks
Assuming you have a Google account you could simply save any document attachments to your phone, navigate to Google Docs from your phones browser, upload the document and if GD supports that format you will be able to read/edit the document right there. When finished save a copy back to your phone if you need to.
It may not be as good as having a native app for this on your phone but they can be expensive.
Evening fellow individuals reading this. I am wondering if something along these lines exist for android. I'm aware of ES file explorer (as everyone else is). It's a beautiful piece of software with amazing functionality the way it integrates my dropbox, box, google drive and my skydrive together well but one thing I would kill for is the ability to have a directory from my internal or external memory periodically copied and replaced to any other directory in a cloud I choose. I don't believe you can do this in that app and I looked a bit. I didn't imagine you would really need root for something like this. Any ideas? Thanks immensely in advance.
A quick search of the Play store brought me to an app called Backup your folders
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fiistudio.fiibackup
From the description I think this might be what you're after.
I also remember the developers behind Titanium backup coming up with an app that did cloud backups. According to the Play store, that would be Titanium Media Sync
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.MediaSync
That one's a paying app.
Hope these help
I am looking for a good app that can handle all my reading/book needs. I want it to be able to load ebooks that I manually put on it, and integrate with Google Play Books/Kindle/Nook, and I want to be able to manually paste in text of short stories that I find online to create a mini ebook within the app itself. If there is a simple way to create a ebook file off of plain text, thats fine, if i can then load it into this app. The ability to load audiobooks(just large audio files, often mp3) would also be good, but I can also just do that through Google Music if necessary.
Does anyone know of any such app? Am I dreaming too big?
Dreaming way too big.. lol.
The only way to get access to the major services' books (Google/Kindle/Nook) is to use their official apps. I don't think there are any 3rd party apps than can access their servers. Google Play does allow you to upload .pdfs and .epubs to their servers, but i believe only through their website IIRC.
Moon Reader is a nice app you can use for files on your device.
I don't know of any apps that can create .epub. But google and you shall find.
yea thought so
your information is really helpful. i had no idea i could upload pdfs to play books, thats a huge helper thank you.
Calibre may be of some help to you. It is a computer application that can import ebooks from many sources (paid-DRM/free) and convert e-formats. You can access on your device from anywhere with Aldiko Reader--maybe others, too. Once I buy a book from Amazon or Nook or Kobo, I import it into Calibre. I can also import texts that I create through a word processor. The program does much more than I ever use or will use. You do have to have a computer.
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Calibre may be of some help to you. It is a computer application that can import ebooks from many sources (paid-DRM/free) and convert e-formats. You can access on your device from anywhere with Aldiko Reader--maybe others, too. Once I buy a book from Amazon or Nook or Kobo, I import it into Calibre. I can also import texts that I create through a word processor. The program does much more than I ever use or will use. You do have to have a computer.
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interesting and will probably end up being very helpful! thanks!
+1 on Calibre! No matter where my ebooks come from I import them into Calibre, convert them and upload them to Play Books so that they sync across all my devices.