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Google docs for android

140 points by albemuth 15y ago

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dantheman 15y ago
I've been hoping they'd release an app like this forever. The app looks great, doesn't seem to cache the documents though.
twinwing 15y ago
Never noticed how much I used Google goggles until I reached for my phone to scan the (nonexisting) qr code from the page.
- wccrawford 15y ago
  Why didn't you just click the 'Install' button and let it send it to your Android automatically?
  - twinwing 15y ago
    I was not logged in to my Google account. Good to know it works that way too.
MatthewPhillips 15y ago
Appears to just be a wrapper around the mobile site.
- cryptoz 15y ago
  You can click "Desktop" at the bottom. Then it becomes a wrapper for the desktop site. I don't...I don't really get this? Why did they release this? How is it in any way better than my docs.google.com bookmark? I'm definitely disappointed.
  - IgorPartola 15y ago
    Editing spreadsheets really sucks. You have to reload the spreadsheet after every edit to see the new data. Yikes.
kgtm 15y ago
Installed. First impressions: Edit mode is quite sluggish and the document header refuses to stay at the top (compare with simple view mode). UI nitpicks: Logo does not work as "home", you need to use the hardware back button. The breadcrumb-as-filter while clever and aesthetically pleasing, is far too small. Bonus points: You can print directly from the app via Google Cloud Print! Overall it looks like quite solid, no complaints here. Looking forward to using it extensively. Tests conducted on HTC Desire (Bravo) CM 7.0.2
nuclear_eclipse 15y ago
For some reason, searching the Market from my phone for "google docs" didn't list this app. Found out that their "install" button on the Market website actually works quite well. :)
- jedc 15y ago
  I find myself hardly ever using the Market app on my phone anymore. (I'm a slow touch-screen typist.) Searching on my laptop and having apps install auto-magically is killer.
  - there 15y ago
    the "plan b" app was mentioned on reddit the other day when someone posted about his wife going missing. it's pretty neat that you could remotely install an app like this after your phone is already lost: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb
    - trotsky 15y ago
      as long as it's you doing the installing. of course, the context in which it was mentioned on reddit was a husband installing it on his wife's phone to locate her.
    - buster 15y ago
      Wow, that's neat! I didn't think of that.. But useful app anyway, thanks!
Macha 15y ago
Could they think of any more permissions to ask for? I think that's the first time the permissions list has needed me to scroll.
smz 15y ago
QR Code for the link: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmarket.android.com%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.google.android.apps.docs http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmark...
swlkr 15y ago
Works like a charm on my Nexus S, even with a relatively large spreadsheet (450 rows).
forkrulassail 15y ago
Thanks.
rosstamicah 15y ago
Well, its not perfect, but its better than GDocs.
samstokes 15y ago
Weird, it got into an infinite loop redirecting between the Docs app and the browser and back again when I tried to open a spreadsheet.
cowmixtoo 15y ago
Google will not allow it to be installed on my hacked Color Nook running CM7. Arg.
- wewyor 15y ago
  I wonder if it requires some buttons or something that your nook doesn't have as it installed fine on my phone running cm7
  - elq 15y ago
    It wants a camera so it can scan and ocr documents.
bane 15y ago
well it's about time (looks pretty good on first impressions, anybody know how it works on a tablet?)

140 points by albemuth 15y ago

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I've been hoping they'd release an app like this forever. The app looks great, doesn't seem to cache the documents though.

twinwing 15y ago

Never noticed how much I used Google goggles until I reached for my phone to scan the (nonexisting) qr code from the page.

wccrawford 15y ago
Why didn't you just click the 'Install' button and let it send it to your Android automatically?
- twinwing 15y ago
  I was not logged in to my Google account. Good to know it works that way too.

MatthewPhillips 15y ago

Appears to just be a wrapper around the mobile site.

cryptoz 15y ago
You can click "Desktop" at the bottom. Then it becomes a wrapper for the desktop site. I don't...I don't really get this? Why did they release this? How is it in any way better than my docs.google.com bookmark? I'm definitely disappointed.
- IgorPartola 15y ago
  Editing spreadsheets really sucks. You have to reload the spreadsheet after every edit to see the new data. Yikes.

kgtm 15y ago

Installed. First impressions: Edit mode is quite sluggish and the document header refuses to stay at the top (compare with simple view mode). UI nitpicks: Logo does not work as "home", you need to use the hardware back button. The breadcrumb-as-filter while clever and aesthetically pleasing, is far too small. Bonus points: You can print directly from the app via Google Cloud Print! Overall it looks like quite solid, no complaints here. Looking forward to using it extensively. Tests conducted on HTC Desire (Bravo) CM 7.0.2

nuclear_eclipse 15y ago

For some reason, searching the Market from my phone for "google docs" didn't list this app. Found out that their "install" button on the Market website actually works quite well. :)

jedc 15y ago
I find myself hardly ever using the Market app on my phone anymore. (I'm a slow touch-screen typist.) Searching on my laptop and having apps install auto-magically is killer.
- there 15y ago
  the "plan b" app was mentioned on reddit the other day when someone posted about his wife going missing. it's pretty neat that you could remotely install an app like this after your phone is already lost: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb
  - trotsky 15y ago
    as long as it's you doing the installing. of course, the context in which it was mentioned on reddit was a husband installing it on his wife's phone to locate her.
  - buster 15y ago
    Wow, that's neat! I didn't think of that.. But useful app anyway, thanks!

Macha 15y ago

Could they think of any more permissions to ask for? I think that's the first time the permissions list has needed me to scroll.

smz 15y ago

QR Code for the link: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmarket.android.com%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.google.android.apps.docs http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmark...

swlkr 15y ago

Works like a charm on my Nexus S, even with a relatively large spreadsheet (450 rows).

forkrulassail 15y ago

Thanks.

rosstamicah 15y ago

Well, its not perfect, but its better than GDocs.

samstokes 15y ago

Weird, it got into an infinite loop redirecting between the Docs app and the browser and back again when I tried to open a spreadsheet.

cowmixtoo 15y ago

Google will not allow it to be installed on my hacked Color Nook running CM7. Arg.

wewyor 15y ago
I wonder if it requires some buttons or something that your nook doesn't have as it installed fine on my phone running cm7
- elq 15y ago
  It wants a camera so it can scan and ocr documents.

bane 15y ago

well it's about time (looks pretty good on first impressions, anybody know how it works on a tablet?)