<p itemprop="description">Give your users access to their files, wherever they are, on any device. The Google Drive Android API makes it easier than ever to use Drive to store and sync user’s files between their mobile devices and the cloud. Simply use Drive like local file storage and the API will handle the syncing for you.
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<p>Browse the <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/drive/package-summary.html">Google Drive Android API reference</a> to explore the API or visit <a href="http://developers.google.com/drive/android">developers.google.com/drive/android</a> for more information about integrating Google Drive into your app.</p>
<p>The Google Drive Android API uses the local device storage to create, edit, and open files, then syncs them automatically when the device is connected to the Internet. If a user requests a file that isn’t already cached on the device, the Drive service downloads the file the next time the device connects.
<p>Building your own user interface for selecting or creating files is a thing of the past. The Drive API includes activity builders for two of the most common user activities: opening files and creating files.
<p>The query builder allows you to easily construct a query by joining together multiple parameters and filtering based on metadata. This allows you to easily display only relevant files, such as files shared with the user or files with a specific MIME type.<br />
<a class="external-link"
href="http://developers.google.com/drive/android/queries">Query for a file</a></p>
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<h3 style="clear:left">Getting Started</h3>
<h4>1. Get the Google Play services SDK</h4>
<p>The Google Drive Android API is part of the Google Play services platform.</p>
<p>To get started, <a href="{@docRoot}google/play-services/setup.html">set up
the Google Play services SDK</a>.
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<h4>2. Run the sample</h4>
<p>Once you’ve set up the Google Play services SDK, you can run the Google Drive sample located in
<code><android-sdk>/extras/google-play-services/samples/drive</code>. However, before
you can run the sample, you need to register your app in the Google Developers Console.</p>
<p>See <a class="external-link"
href="http://developers.google.com/drive/android/get-started ">Getting Started guide</a> to learn how to get up and running with the Google Drive Android API.
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<h4>3. Read the documentation</h4>
<p>For quick access while developing your Android apps, the
Drive API reference</a> is available here on developer.android.com.</p>
<p>Detailed documentation for the Google Drive Android API is available with the rest of the Google Drive Platform documentation at <a class="external-link"
