If you use the Google Drive Android API, you will need to migrate your existing applications to other services prior to December 6, 2019, when all calls to the API and any features in your applications that depend on it will be shut down. Export and convert Google Docs so that your app can open a user's document easily.Also detect changes to files through the Changes collection, and keep track of file changes, including files from Team Drives that have been shared with the user.Search for files using files.list, based on traditional indexing or your own customized, indexable text.The REST API also allows for commenting on files, allowing your app to interact with the conversation around a file. You can manage permissions or prompt the Share dialog to users as needed. Share and collaborate as you expect from Drive.
If you're new to the Drive REST API, it offers all of the same functionality as the Drive Android API, including ways to: We will focus solely on expanding functionality for the Drive REST API. Starting today, we're simplifying options for developers by retiring the Drive Android API. Both tools allow users to download or upload files from Drive from inside of another application. If you're looking to make Google Drive files accessible from within your application, chances are you might use the Google Drive REST API or the Google Drive Android API to help. Posted by Remy Burger, Product Manager, Google Drive