google drive with android chromebook

[emblum22]

How do I view PDFs from google drive as easily as from dropbox in the adobe app on a samsung chromebook? I saw the instructions on how to add google drive to adobe on an ipad/iphone, but does it work for android? I am a big google drive user and I don't want to have to move all my textbooks to dropbox. Thank you.

[AnandSri]

Hello Emblum,

If you want to access the PDF files stored in google drive, then you can access them from the following steps:

• Open your file sharing service. For example, Google Drive.
• Select a PDF.
• If the service does not provide a default PDF viewer, you may be asked how to complete the action. Choose Adobe Acrobat.
• If the PDF opens in the 3rd party app, tap the Open With icon to select Acrobat Reader. See the Dropbox image below for an example.
• Tap Always or Just Once.

However, the Google drive as a storage account in the Adobe Reader app is not available. You can file a feature request using the following URL Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Feel free to update this discussion for any further assistance.

Thanks,

Anand Sri.

[emblum22]

I was asking specifically about SAMSUNG CHROMEBOOK, not an apple product. Below are screen shots of me attempting to open a PDF from Google Drive and Adobe is not an option. I also am not able to open PDFs from Google Drive on the Adobe Acrobat Reader App side. Am I SOL?

[AnandSri · Accepted solution]

Hello Emblum,

Thanks for sharing the additional information. The above details are general information to access the PDF files. However, the Google drive as a storage account in the Adobe Reader app is not available. You can file a feature request using the following URL Feature Request/Bug Report Form

For now, the Adobe Reader is not available for ChromeOS.

Thanks,

Anand Sri.

[~graffiti]

Your screenshot doesn't look like Adobe Acrobat Reader. What is it?

[AnandSri]

Hello Graffiti,

The user's screenshot is from his Samsung Chromebook, and the screenshot shared by me is from Adobe article Acrobat Reader Help for Android: Opening PDFs

- Anand Sri

[~graffiti]

Thank AdandSri. I knew what yours was. I just hadn't seen anything like what the OP posted (but I don't use a Chromebook).

[emblum22]

it was a screenshot from a PDF on google drive (not the adobe reader app), but I can't connect the two directly from either side.