Google Drive Connections

Warning

Due to Google’s changes to the Google Drive API, the built-in Google Drive client will be removed from Textastic in a future update.

You can find more information about this change at Removal of Textastic’s Google Drive client.

Add a Google Drive Connection

After opening the File Transfer screen, tap on the + button and choose Google Drive Connection to add a new connection.

Configure Connection

You can add a custom Title that will appear in the connection list (especially useful if you want to connect to several different Google Drive accounts).

Sign in to your Google Drive account

Tap on the Sign In row to log in to your Google Drive account.

A web browser view will open and you will be asked to Sign in to your Google account.

Then you can Allow Textastic access to your Google Drive account.

Save Connection

The Google Drive connection is now linked to your Google Drive account.

Tap Done to save this connection and return to the list of remote connections.

Connect

You can now tap on the newly created connection to connect to your Google Drive account.