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The Google Drive user interface
(UI) is a
Google-provided application where Drive users can create,
organize, discover, and share content stored on Google Drive. You can
integrate your Drive-enabled app with the Drive UI
to take advantage of these features. There are two integrations that you can
perform:
If you want Drive UI users to call your app to create a file,
integrate your app with the Drive UI's "New" button.
The "New" button lets users open your application or other editor-style apps,
such as Google Docs and Google Sheets, to create a new document.
Figure 1. Using Drive UI's "New" button.
Drive UI's "Open with" menu item
If you want Drive UI users to open documents with your app,
integrate your app with the Drive UI's "Open with" menu item.
When a user right-clicks on a file in the Drive UI, a context
menu opens. The right-click menu contains an "Open with" item letting the user
select an application to open the file.
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