Cannot attach a file from Google Drive.

[thoward9]

It would be very useful to be able to select a file stored in Google Drive as an attachment.  Currently I have to download the file to the phone to be able to see it.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Don't think I'll be able to feed a cloud-stored file to an SMTP server, directly, without downloading....

But -- I just played with it a bit, and compared to DropBox, here is what I see:

1 - When adding an attachment from AquaMail, DropBox is listed, Google Drive is not

2 - When choosing a file from DropBox, it's automatically downloaded (to some sort of temporary directory, I presume), and then control is returned to my app, which is able to handle it like any other attachment

3 - Opening a file in Google Drive, and using Share seems to be the only way to include it in a message. A filename with Russian characters was messed up (in native Gmail app, too).

Seems like Google has work to do, to bring sharing in Drive on par with DropBox.

[thoward9]

Thanks for your response.

I tried the standard Android mail app and it also does not see Google Drive for attacments.  So I have sent a request to the Google Drive team asking them to look in it.